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Bill: Clean Air Act 2040
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
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: July 2042
Description[?]:
| The environment is a national issue, affecting quality of life and human health. Poor air quality, for instance, has led to an increase in childhood asthma. Therefore, the national government shall introduce strict legislation on maximum air pollution permitted by factories. |
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 highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Clean Air Act 2040 |
| Message | As a by-the-way: this is a modified version of my original proposal in the forums. So if anyone wants to try writing new proposals, Wouter is implementing them at a decent rate, and improving them in some cases (although i'd have preferred a local governments option being available, given the shape of debates here). |
| Date | not recorded | From | Chorus of Amyst | To | Debating the Clean Air Act 2040 |
| Message | (Definitely need a local government option ;) ) The Council wonders again where the money for such an endeavour would come from. How does the CCF intend to enforce its standards? |
| Date | not recorded | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Clean Air Act 2040 |
| Message | This may require a small increase in government expenditures. (ducks for cover) |
| Date | not recorded | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Clean Air Act 2040 |
| Message | Moving this to a vote before upcoming elections. To give a more detailed answer to the Amystian Council: the CCF envisions a system of self-reporting on emissions by factories. A small team of government environmental inspectors will be empowered to go into factories to verify complinace with the law and monitor the accuracy of self-reporting. The costs of this environmental agency are not expected to be excessive, but will require a modest increase in central government expenditures. The exact form of financing this would be up to the government, but the CCF would fund it through a small increase in the corporate tax rate. |
| Date | not recorded | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Clean Air Act 2040 |
| Message | The Libertarian Socialist Party, as a self-styled "Greenish" party, backs this bill. The LSU feels that preserving our environment is a fair price to pay for a slight increase in government expenditure, and a possibly non-existant drop in industrial production. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Clean Air Act 2040 |
| Message | The support of the LSU is welcome. We in the CCF are certain that this new party will make a valuable contribution to the parliament of Lodamun. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Clean Air Act 2040 |
| Message | This proposal seems to be adequately built to ensure a balance that will not create an overly detrimental penalty on industry. The Shylock Party supports it on this basis -- but if it should turn out to produce significant costs, whether to the government directly, or to the economy, we may urge for it to be repealed. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Chorus of Amyst | To | Debating the Clean Air Act 2040 |
| Message | As with the hunting and fishing act, this is recognized by the Council as better left to a nationwide plan. With the clarifications given by the CCF, and the proviso stated by the Shylock Party, the Council grants its support. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Clean Air Act 2040 |
| Message | (will no one vote against the environment? ;) ) |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Clean Air Act 2040 |
| Message | (Despite the rising cost of living, it remains staggeringly popular.) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 66 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The people in your nation don't like inactive parties. When you often abstain from voting for a bill, they will dislike your party and your visibility to the electorate will decrease significantly. Low visibility will means you are likely to lose seats. So keep in mind: voting Yes or No is always better than Abstaining. |
| Random quote: Although I understand and respect the intentions behind the gesture, this is not something that is universally understood or appreciated, and it tends to give out a negative impression of our party. ~ Anton Weinreich, General Secretary of the Dorvish Communist Party, pleading with his members to stop burning the national flag |