RIO DE JANEIRO — Amid the thousands of people assembled at the United
Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development calling for global
government and anti-market "solutions" to alleged planetary
"sustainability" and "biodiversity" problems, a vocal coalition of
environmental realists who refuse to buy the UN-backed agenda are
calling for some sanity — market solutions, real science, and national
sovereignty. Some have even proposed abolishing the controversial global
institution altogether.
While the international press has
largely ignored the stinging criticism so far, the small cadre of
liberty-minded environmental experts, activists, and lawmakers seemed
optimistic. The climate alarmism of a few years ago, for example, is
virtually "dead" despite overwhelming media support. On Thursday, following the stunning implosion of the science behind global-warming theories, the whole topic has largely taken a back seat to new UN allegations — overpopulation, decreasing biodiversity, and a lack of "sustainability." But those overhyped fears may well collapse soon as well.
Citing the growing worldwide awareness about the true nature of the UN's dangerous schemes, the crumbling of the supposed "science" underpinning the agenda, and the increasing irrelevancy of the mainstream media, all of the critics who spoke to The New American said there is cause for hope. They were surprisingly upbeat, too.
Among
the most prominent opponents lambasting the UN and its lavish Rio+20
"sustainability" conference was U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the
ranking member on the Senate Environment Committee. Appearing at a
conference via video, the well-known skeptic of "global-warming"
alarmism blasted the worldwide "far-left" agenda to impose carbon taxes
and redistribute wealth. "Whatever happened to sovereignty?" he asked.
However, there is cause for celebration, the GOP heavyweight said, pointing to the complete lack of interest by top U.S. political leaders in the UN summit. "President Obama is avoiding it like the plague," Sen. Inhofe noted, adding that his "absence speaks volumes" — especially considering his "far-left agenda" and its alignment with UN ambitions. Meanwhile, members of Congress including notorious pro-UN Democrats are ignoring Rio+20 as well, a stark contrast with past environmental gatherings.
Other critics of the global body's agenda offered even harsher criticism during the conference. Lord Christopher Monckton, a former science policy advisor to U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and a well-known advocate for real science and human liberty, slammed the entire UN summit and declared that its dangerous agenda should fail.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/rio-20/item/11807-critics-of-sustainability-hys...
Written by Alex Newman
However, there is cause for celebration, the GOP heavyweight said, pointing to the complete lack of interest by top U.S. political leaders in the UN summit. "President Obama is avoiding it like the plague," Sen. Inhofe noted, adding that his "absence speaks volumes" — especially considering his "far-left agenda" and its alignment with UN ambitions. Meanwhile, members of Congress including notorious pro-UN Democrats are ignoring Rio+20 as well, a stark contrast with past environmental gatherings.
Other critics of the global body's agenda offered even harsher criticism during the conference. Lord Christopher Monckton, a former science policy advisor to U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and a well-known advocate for real science and human liberty, slammed the entire UN summit and declared that its dangerous agenda should fail.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/rio-20/item/11807-critics-of-sustainability-hys...
Written by Alex Newman
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