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..[SNIP]...The plan is led by a consortium established jointly by the South Florida Regional Planning Council and the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council and is funded by a $4.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Some 200 public agencies, advocates, business and academic groups are involved, including county and city planners, elected officials, major universities and chambers of commerce. ..[SNIP]..HUD has issued similar grants to 45 U.S. regions in an effort to get more bang for its economic development dollars as federal outlays shrink amid increasing demand. HUD wants to focus its funding on places...

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Anthony Watts Delusion is a big problem with the green crowd By Stephen Murgatroyd, Troy Media The draft text for discussion at Rio +20 – the UN conference on sustainable development – makes clear that the summit itself is a waste of energy and time. Even the environmental non-government organizations attending it think so.Jim Leape, international director-general of World Wildlife Fund, hoped that the document would be renegotiated: “It’s pathetic. It’s appalling. If this becomes the final text the last year has been a colossal waste of time.” Friends of the Earth are even...

Creeping tyranny Posted: May 31, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: The May edition of WND's acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine is devoted entirely to the United Nations and globalism, and includes an in-depth, groundbreaking report by Henry Lamb. The issue focuses on the critical decisions America faces in the near future, which will determine whether it stays a free and sovereign nation or submits to global governance under the authority of the U.N. Readers may subscribe to Whistleblower at WND's online store. © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com The term "sustainable development" has flooded both the media and public policy since it was...

It was a grand affair. The dinner was fitting of the potentates, perfumed princes, government leaders, and the other insecure third-world riffraff who attended. Participants dined on the finest fillet steaks, expertly prepared lobster and oysters, among other rich delicacies. No expense was spared for these captains of failed governments. They were there, after all, to celebrate poverty and starvation around the world. Oh, sure, this was the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa and they say they were meeting to fight famine. Yet, just down the road from that fancy dinner live many of the poorest...