Sheesh. Not Evil Just Wrong is Wrong.

If you're not familiar with Not Evil Just Wrong, they're the outfit that went after Al Gore and his oscar-winning "An Inconvenient Truth" movie. I still give them props for that endeavor but this latest message from them severely erodes their credibility in my eyes.

This is the email I received:

EXCLUSIVE

SUNDANCE KID, ROBERT REDFORD EXPOSED AS HYPOCRITE

A new short film exposes Robert Redford campaigning against building eco-houses whilst quietly selling lots for luxury vacation homes.

Los Angeles, CA - AS THE Sundance Film Festival closes, its founder, Robert Redford, is accused of hypocrisy for opposing an eco-village near his property whilst quietly selling $2 million lots in the Sundance Preserve for luxury vacation homes.

Redford is one of the main opponents of a plan by the Pacific Union College to build an eco-village in Angwin California. The college says it needs the funds because of a dire financial situation.

The village is close to Redford’s vineyard in the Napa Valley. However whilst publicly opposing this development “to preserve the rural heritage” Redford has been quietly selling development lots in the Sundance Preserve for $2 million. These lots are intended for vacation homes close to Redford’s Sundance Ski Resort.

The double standard is revealed in a short film Robert Redford Hypocrite which has just been released.

Film director Ann McElhinney said the film is not criticising Redford for selling his property.

"It is great that in a recession Mr Redford can find so many buyers. I am delighted that those houses will be built, creating jobs and vitality in a remote area but it is shocking that Mr Redford would deny others similar opportunities to make a profit and create jobs."

The film’s co-director Phelim McAleer said the film was highlighting the double standards of so many celebrities and environmentalists.

"This is just another example of environmental elites telling the rest of us how and where we must live and what we are not allowed to do, but thinking that those rules don’t apply to themselves. Robert Redford has shown himself to be a hypocrite - plain and simple," said McAleer.

The film - released on YouTube - also shows how Redford has campaigned against "dirty fuels" and wants to end the use of oil whilst promoting flying by doing lucrative voice overs for a series of United Airlines commercials.

"Again Robert Redford has shown he has an appalling double standard. The rest of us must stop flying because of the environment but these restrictions don’t apply to him. He is somehow different," said McElhinney.

Robert Redford Hypocrite was produced and directed by Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer. They previously produced Not Evil Just Wrong, a documentary which took a sceptical look at Global Warming hysteria.

The duo also recently produced James Cameron Hypocrite which looks at the double standards of Avatar director James Cameron.

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I did a little research on this because it sounded like a heavily biased report mostly due to the lack of hard facts in their argument. Well, I went to the Angwin Eco-Village website to see if there was more information and here's the plan they have in mind.

That's some "village" if you ask me.

The developer's website doesn't have much to say about it except that it plans "275 housing units and a 105-unit retirement/assisted living center on 30.1 acres of new development". I mean it's awfully coy to call that an "eco village" when it's actually high-density housing. Of course this isn't covered in this short film.

Like it or not, large, expensive homes do more to preserve "the rural heritage" of an area than high-density housing does.