Here are a couple of good place to start trying to unravel this mess.
http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/usa/index.htm
And
http://www.un.org/esa/index.html
Lots of really grand plans - also compare what you read with what you see happening. There is more going on than what you might think :) Cheers
Thanks for the links; pph, fyi to post #181