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Bill: Clean Industry Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Evolution Party
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: November 2041
Description[?]:
| Recognizing that humanity must maintain responsible stewardship over the earth; noting with satisfaction the government of Ikradon's unique ability to facilitate a standard of industrial regulation; wishing to maintain a sustainable level of economic growth in harmony with Ikradon's ecology; the Parliament proposes the following government restrictions over and government benefits for industry: A) All industrial emissions, including water-bound and air-bound emissions from manufacturing facilities and/or transportation vehicles (i.e. tankers, cruise ships, etc), must meet with tolerable low-level toxicity requirements to be established by the Department of Infrastructure. Tax incentives will be offered for companies implementing emissions reduction technologies that lower emission pollution to an optimal level, including such methods as air scrubbers, waste purification, etc. B) Lumbering and mining operations or other resource acquisition-related operations that have potential to cause gross ecosystem destabilization or destruction must operate within specified parameters. Proof of a sustainable small-footprint resource collection plan must be provided and approved by a review board of the Department of Infrastructure. C) Animal feeds may only contain regulated additives. Under no circumstances shall hormones be introduced into feed substances. Additionally, all fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides, as well as any other chemical substances intended for use in agriculture which may cause pollution, including many phosphate-based and nitrogenous substances, may only be utilized in regulated amounts. A listing of acceptable chemical agents and usage capacities will be produced by the Department of Infrastructure pending its investigation of the effects of potential chemical leaching and consumption dangers related to commercially available agents. D) Noise pollution will be regulated for industrial operations within a ten mile radius of residential zones, with regulations to be established limiting decibel level to a maximum of 60-75dB during the daytime and 50-65dB at night time detectable from the nearest residential location dependent upon the operation’s relative distance from a residential zone. E) Minor tax incentives will be afforded to companies utilizing small-footprint and lowered-risk transport technologies, including [where appropriate] raised pipelines, double-hulled tankers, and other such ecologically sound transport technologies. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government.
Current: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Proposed: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the Clean Industry Act |
| Message | we see no reason to oppose this bill... |
| Date | not recorded | From | Progressive Evolution Party | To | Debating the Clean Industry Act |
| Message | Would the SDP potentially have any other moderate-line industrial regulations that the nation of Ikradon should undertake for the sake of a sustainable ecology with balanced economic growth? |
| Date | not recorded | From | Democratic Socialist Party | To | Debating the Clean Industry Act |
| Message | Replacing 'invalid choice' as our current politic seems a lofty goal indeed. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the Clean Industry Act |
| Message | (OOC: Lets give this bill a few days while all the bugs are worked out of the proposal.) |
| Date | not recorded | From | Progressive Evolution Party | To | Debating the Clean Industry Act |
| Message | OOC: There aren't any bugs, just that the options aren't being displayed properly. I can attest to that. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Progressive Evolution Party | To | Debating the Clean Industry Act |
| Message | OOC: Fixed |
| Date | not recorded | From | Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the Clean Industry Act |
| Message | Ok this bill has my support, though I ask that it be brought to a vote after the election... |
| Date | not recorded | From | Progressive Pragmatists | To | Debating the Clean Industry Act |
| Message | This is the longest suicide note in history. If this is to be voted on before the election then the SDP is not voting for it until everyother party does so. Until then we will abstain... |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 169 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 72 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 50 |
| Random fact: Particracy is set in the fictional world of Terra, which mirrors the real world of today and yet is not quite like it. |
| Random quote: "There is no problem that cannot be solved with diplomacy or debate. Anyone who thinks otherwise does not need a gun, but a direct ride to a mental health clinic." - Ascentio Cartaginese, former Istalian politician |