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Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/activists-fight-green-projects-seeing-un-plot.html?_r=1[font face=Times,Times New Roman,Serif][font size=5]Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot[/font]
By LESLIE KAUFMAN and KATE ZERNIKE
Published: February 3, 2012
[font size=3]Across the country, activists with ties to the Tea Party are railing against all sorts of local and state efforts to control sprawl and conserve energy. They brand government action for things like expanding public transportation routes and preserving open space as part of a United Nations-led conspiracy to deny property rights and herd citizens toward cities.
They are showing up at planning meetings to denounce bike lanes on public streets and smart meters on home appliances — efforts they equate to a big-government blueprint against individual rights.
“Down the road, this data will be used against you,” warned one speaker at a recent Roanoke County, Va., Board of Supervisors meeting who turned out with dozens of people opposed to the county’s paying $1,200 in dues to a nonprofit that consults on sustainability issues.
Local officials say they would dismiss such notions except that the growing and often heated protests are having an effect.
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By LESLIE KAUFMAN and KATE ZERNIKE
Published: February 3, 2012
[font size=3]Across the country, activists with ties to the Tea Party are railing against all sorts of local and state efforts to control sprawl and conserve energy. They brand government action for things like expanding public transportation routes and preserving open space as part of a United Nations-led conspiracy to deny property rights and herd citizens toward cities.
They are showing up at planning meetings to denounce bike lanes on public streets and smart meters on home appliances — efforts they equate to a big-government blueprint against individual rights.
“Down the road, this data will be used against you,” warned one speaker at a recent Roanoke County, Va., Board of Supervisors meeting who turned out with dozens of people opposed to the county’s paying $1,200 in dues to a nonprofit that consults on sustainability issues.
Local officials say they would dismiss such notions except that the growing and often heated protests are having an effect.
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The enemy within. 
Forest road closure is a particular favorite of the UN, apparently. 
Sure, the UN is influencing the US government in a major way (don't ask me how) because they for some reason abhor individual rights.
These people are nuts. The danger, of course, is that enough nuts, yelling loudly enough, can have influence.