Posted on 27 June 2012. Tags: Apologists, Biological Diversity, Clauses, Confederation, Delegation, Foreign Policy, Framework Convention On Climate Change, Global Affairs, Global Policies, Global Sustainability, Iclei, International Consensus, Key Role, Local Government, Local Governments, Mandate, National Governments, Praise God, Relevance, Sustainability And Environment, Sustainable Development Goals
Once again, ICLEI nailed itself in one of its own documents: This Delegation Briefing (here’s the copy from ICLEI website) for the what appeared to have failed (Praise God!) Rio+20 Summit has several things where ICLEI is clearly conducting foreign policy on behalf of its members: ICLEI Rio+20 preparations and advocacy ICLEI has decided to [...]
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Posted on 02 March 2012. Tags: College Station Texas, College Station Tx, Councilman, Environmental Conditions, Global Objective, Global Sustainability, Gove, Governing Board, Government Policy, Iclei, International Governments, Levels Of Government, Local Governments, M University, Municipal Government, Organization Whose Primary Goal, Sustainability Initiatives, Tangible Improvements, Wall Of Honor, Worldwide Movement
In great news, after a couple of setbacks for the anti-ICLEI fight, College Station Texas (home of Texas A&M University) voted not to renew their membership in the unconstitutional ICLEI! In further evidence elections matter (How about that anti-ICLEI SUPER PAC!) we have this visionary councilman: Jess Fields. Here’s what Councilman Fields had to say [...]
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Posted on 23 April 2011. Tags: 7 Continents, Affiliate Organizations, Climate Protection, Global Sustainability, Global Website, Government Associations, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Iclei, Local Governments, Membership Association, Mission Statements, Pete Kremen, Profit Affiliate, Regional Governments, Sustainabledevelopment, Tangible Improvements, Water Issues, Whatcom County Wa, Whatcom County Washington, Worldwide Movement
Here is a link to an extraordinary letter from Pete Kremen, the County Executive of Whatcom County, Washington. (Whatcom is not a misprint nor is it a parody! Thanks to Paul Murphy for this item.) It is filled with misinformation about ICLEI. Let’s set the record straight: Whatcom County is a member of ICLEI USA,which [...]
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Posted on 11 March 2011. Tags: Commissioner Joseph, Confederation, County Commission Meetings, County Government, Foreign Policy, Global Sustainability, Iclei, Institutional Relationships, International Cities, Joseph Hoeffel, Local Authorities, Montgomery County, Municipality, Pawns, Policy Chief, Policy Goals, Proprietary Software, Protests, Radio Show, Ruth Miller, Steve Nelson, Sustainability Goals, Unep, United Nations Environment Programme, Victory Pa, World Organization
The Montgomery County Commission after protests from citizens elected to allow their ICLEI membership to lapse, according to this report! County Policy Chief Steve Nelson had said at a previous meeting that the county had joined ICLEI in order to access its proprietary software, and Wednesday he said the membership had expired. The protests were [...]
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