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Bill: Environmental Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party Royale
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2402
Description[?]:
| This nation's wildlands and its skies are in desperate need of protection. Some may say this is merely unneeded government regulation, but in the presence of a negative externality and a market failure, government regulation is exactly what is needed to get private industry back on track. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Current: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government does not have a national park system policy.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Current: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Proposed: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:17:40, May 09, 2007 CET | From | People's Socialist Front of Aloria | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Act |
| Message | We support these policies even though they are unfavorably moderate... |
| Date | 22:38:29, May 09, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Act |
| Message | They are unnecessary! They are illegal! And they are a flagrant infringement upon the real duties of government. Issuing environment licenses, "good" car/"bad" car decrees, and pumping money into a park service IS NOT THE PLACE/ROLE OF GOVERNMENT. These are unenforceable and will cost a fortune to the working people of the D.R.A. No, no and no! |
| Date | 03:34:14, May 10, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Act |
| Message | Guess what: Money doesn't matter. Money is not what needs protected, our planet, and our wildlife do. Who cares if we fork over a little extra in taxes for the ability to see nature? Who cares if we fork over extra money now if we can cheaper, cleaner, renewable fuel later? The CP sure doesn't . |
| Date | 03:51:53, May 10, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Act |
| Message | Money doesn't matter? Really? Who will pay for this? People don't work on protecting the environment without wages because people need to eat and pay rent--especially working people. Fork over extra money? How much is a "little", as you say, 1%, 5%, 10%, 50%? And when and how do we see results for the taxpayer money our citizens are paying? Accountability and value should come before idealistic platitudes about "saving the environment." |
| Date | 04:04:20, May 11, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Act |
| Message | 10% is as high as it should ever get unless it is just so dire that we need it raised. Do you really want Aloria to be know as "the place where the animals die in smog filled air and have no place to roam because everywhere they used to could is now paved over"? The results are seeing an eagle being born even though their species is almost extinct, the results are less CO2 , milder summers, and the aversion of the next Ice Age. The results are our planet's future and if we don't act we may as well ourselves right now to get it over with. Saving the environment is accountability for years of rampant deforestation and non-stop pollution. Saving the environment is not just about the whales or the eagles, it's about the planet that has absolutely no exits. It's about saving the next generation if not the current. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 307 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 146 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 147 |
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