Opposition to Agenda 21, an old U.N. planning resolution, moves from the fringe to the GOP platform:

Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21

Opposition to Agenda 21, an old U.N. planning resolution, moves from the fringe to the GOP platform:

The G.O.P. platform approved Tuesday in Florida included tough language on many expected issues like abortion, but also takes a stand on an issue that has historically been out of the party’s mainstream: Agenda 21 . “We strongly reject the U.N. Agenda 21 as erosive of American sovereignty, and we oppose any form of U.N. Global Tax,” the platform reads. Agenda 21 is a 1992 United Nations resolution that encourages sustainable development globally. Although it is nonbinding and has no force of law in the United States, it has increasingly become a point of passionate concern to a circle of Republican activists who argue that the resolution is part of a United Nations plot to deny Americans their property rights. In a New York Times article in February written with my colleague, Kate Zernike, we reported about activists aligned with the Tea Party disrupting local city and sta...

Full article: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/republican-plat...

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@dion_jeff » 13 Sep '12, 1pm
RT @FightAgenda21: Green: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link]
@ercidometz » 05 Sep '12, 4pm
Whats next.GEEZ. Green: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link]
@PPS_Placemaking » 05 Sep '12, 4pm
From the GOP's new official platform: "We strongly reject the @UN Agenda 21 as erosive of American sovereignty." [link] #wuf6
@IDSprout » 05 Sep '12, 3pm
If you don't know what this is about, you better read up on it - Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link]
@amyferg » 03 Sep '12, 9pm
these people just continue to reach new heights of holy fuckness - [link]
@mchelldryjanski » 01 Sep '12, 2pm
Green: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link] // YES!
@KevinOfMI » 01 Sep '12, 4am
Conspiracy theorists who see bike trails as a UN plot for world domination have a plank in the GOP platform: [link]
@KevinOfMI » 01 Sep '12, 4am
Wow. GOP capitulates to one of the most unhinged conspiracy theories ever, adding an anti Agenda 21 plank to platform. [link]
@primesites » 31 Aug '12, 6pm
Ditto!!"@hollybmartin: Good on us: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link]"
@andilinks » 31 Aug '12, 6pm
RT @hollybmartin: Good on us: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link]
@lightninglandon » 31 Aug '12, 5pm
Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21, takes aim at community planning [link]
@Greenangierapp » 31 Aug '12, 12pm
BIG FAT BOO!!! Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link]
@S4Pattern » 30 Aug '12, 10pm
“We strongly reject .. Agenda 21 as erosive of American sovereignty, and we oppose any .. UN Global Tax" GOP platform [link]
@mmorris280 » 30 Aug '12, 7pm
Green: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link] Ask an environmentalist how to measure sustainability. No answer so far
@KootenaiEnviro » 30 Aug '12, 6pm
Mainstreaming the fringe RT @Eco_Econ_Future: Republican Platform Opposes UN's Agenda 21 on encouraging sustainability [link]
@TippingMar » 30 Aug '12, 6pm
Uh-oh: GOP platform takes aim at global sustainability development #RNC2012 #agenda21 [link]
@junelin » 30 Aug '12, 5pm
This is just ridiculous. I thought one thing everyone could agree on was that sustainability is a good thing. [link]
@mypublicoffice » 30 Aug '12, 3pm
Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link] #urbanism #development #planning #un #policy #sustainability #cities #us
@samgeall » 30 Aug '12, 3pm
Conspiracy politics at work in GOP platform “We strongly reject the U.N. Agenda 21 as erosive of American sovereignty" [link]
@netmtman » 30 Aug '12, 1pm
Green: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link] I thought the Olympics were over, but as they say "let the Games begin!"
@mktrias » 30 Aug '12, 1pm
Bike lanes limit my freedom to live in a world without bike lanes! Green: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link]
@mariagallucci » 30 Aug '12, 1pm
GOP platform strongly rejects UN Agenda 21 as "erosive of American sovereignty." *facepalm* x10 [link] @nytimesgreen
@JosOlivier » 30 Aug '12, 12pm
NYT: #US #Republican Platform Opposes #Agenda21 [link]
@youngnata » 30 Aug '12, 11am
Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 - United Nations resolution that encourages sustainable development globally - [link]
@LaurSilv » 30 Aug '12, 7am
Green: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link] this just doesn't really make sense to me
@janus303 » 30 Aug '12, 3am
This Agenda 21 crap used to be confined to the Montana Militia wing of the Republican Party. Now it's in the platform. [link]
@reurbanist » 30 Aug '12, 2am
RT @tpatch22: As if you needed another excuse. RT @MarketUrbanism GOP platform includes anti-Agenda 21 language: [link]
@tpatch22 » 30 Aug '12, 2am
As if you needed another excuse. RT @MarketUrbanism GOP platform includes anti-Agenda 21 language: [link]
@progressive_va » 29 Aug '12, 11pm
Paranoid freaks MT@coopnytimes: Opposition to Agenda 21 moves from fringe to GOP platform: [link] #sustainability #environment
@onishenko » 29 Aug '12, 9pm
Giving more credence to the fear mongering of land use planning opponents: "Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21" [link]
@RootdNCommunity » 29 Aug '12, 7pm
The #GOP2012 platform opposes Agenda 21, a United Nations resolution that encourages sustainable global development. [link]
@MaryLauran » 29 Aug '12, 6pm
Whoa. Really? RT @marcscribner: Haha! Idiots. RT @MarketUrbanism: GOP platform includes anti-Agenda 21 language: [link]
@transbay » 29 Aug '12, 6pm
Does such a good job making fun of itself I needn't lift a finger! MT @MarketUrbanism GOP platform anti-Agenda 21 lgg: [link]
@marcscribner » 29 Aug '12, 6pm
Haha! Idiots. RT @MarketUrbanism: GOP platform includes anti-Agenda 21 language: [link]
@MarketUrbanism » 29 Aug '12, 6pm
GOP platform includes anti-Agenda 21 language: [link]
@Fresnomac » 29 Aug '12, 6pm
Agenda 21 conspiracy theorists, largely Tea Party members, move into mainstream with GOP platform (via NYT) [link]
@Scorptilicus » 29 Aug '12, 5pm
Oh, yah, let's keep going backwards, GOP. Great idea!: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link]
@amronsomar » 29 Aug '12, 5pm
RT @NorCalCrush: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link] Some greenies are upset (as noted in article), but this is a ...
@NorCalCrush » 29 Aug '12, 5pm
Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link] Some greenies are upset (as noted in article), but this is a GOOD GOP position!
@APATPD » 29 Aug '12, 4pm
Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link] Have you had Agenda 21 protesters at transportation projects mtgs?
@Lilly_bette » 29 Aug '12, 4pm
Why is GOP pandering 2 fringe? MT @nate_berg: RT @coopnytimes: Opposition to Agenda 21...moves to the GOP platform: [link]
@merriamiam » 29 Aug '12, 4pm
Here we go RT @coopnytimes: Opposition to Agenda 21, old U.N. planning resolution, moves from fringe to GOP platform: [link]
@BigHeadTales » 29 Aug '12, 4pm
Republicans are strongly opposing: A 20 year old non-binding UN resolution encouraging sustainable development. Really. [link]
@annachittum » 29 Aug '12, 4pm
Yikes. It's metastasizing MT @coopnytimes: Opposition to Agenda 21, moves from the fringe to the GOP platform: [link]
@bpgrady » 29 Aug '12, 4pm
RT @coopnytimes: Opposition to Agenda 21, an old U.N. planning resolution, moves from the fringe to the GOP platform: [link]
@jblev17 » 29 Aug '12, 4pm
RT @coopnytimes: Opposition to Agenda 21, an old U.N. planning resolution, moves from the fringe to the GOP platform: [link]
@Murph_Digs » 29 Aug '12, 4pm
RT @coopnytimes: Opposition to Agenda 21, an old U.N. planning resolution, moves from the fringe to the GOP platform: [link]
@TheWeinMachine4 » 29 Aug '12, 4pm
Green: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link] #really
@inspectorlopez » 29 Aug '12, 4pm
Green: Republican Platform Opposes Agenda 21 [link]
@BrooklineDems » 29 Aug '12, 4pm
RT @coopnytimes: Opposition to Agenda 21, an old U.N. planning resolution, moves from the fringe to the GOP platform: [link]