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Bill: DPA Environmental Platform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Progressive Alliance (IA)
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: March 2916
Description[?]:
| The DPA outlines its plan for competent environmental policy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Current: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Proposed: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government.
Current: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Proposed: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Proposed: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Current: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector but is regulated.
Proposed: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:04:48, March 28, 2010 CET | From | Democratic Progressive Alliance (IA) | To | Debating the DPA Environmental Platform |
| Message | More articles will be added upon my quota increasing. Until then, discuss. I think it's ridiculous that a modern nation such as Luthori has such a simple environmental policy, especially regarding pollution. We are willing to compromise on moderate regulations if the conservatives wish to pass a split bill. |
| Date | 20:33:34, March 28, 2010 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the DPA Environmental Platform |
| Message | Mr Speaker, it is our belief that local governments should be the ones to regulate pollution and logging. We might add that we believe articles 3, 5 and 6 to be prohibitive and unacceptable in a free society. However, we might be willing to allow local governments to set pollution regulations as a compromise. Apart from that, the status quo is the result of a compromise with social democrats and we find the proposals to be too extreme and harmfull to the economy. I yield. |
| Date | 23:45:12, March 28, 2010 CET | From | Democratic Progressive Alliance (IA) | To | Debating the DPA Environmental Platform |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Articles 3 and 5 pose no threat to free societies. They are simply responsibilities accorded to active members of our society with different requirements for the different type of actor (eg, individual recycling vs corporate recycling). It is our understanding that conscription and service in the military is mandatory in Luthori, presumably an obligation required to maintain and protect our society. In the same way the military defends us from foreign aggressors, a competent environmental policy defends us domestically. The local government solution is ineffective at achieving this. We need to protect our environment as a whole, rather than parts of it. Regions where resource exploitation is valuable are particularly prone to abuse by local governments who may decide that profits outweigh sensible environmental regulations. Article 6 can be amended to include "moderate" regulations, but again, allowing local governments to set pollution standards is ineffective. Currently, the Luthori central government regulates the water we drink to ensure cleanliness. Why shouldn't it also ensure that the air we breathe is also clean? Not to mention that cleaner air means less spending allocated to covering lung-related health issues. I yield. |
| Date | 03:53:05, March 29, 2010 CET | From | Heaven on Terra (IA) | To | Debating the DPA Environmental Platform |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, HoT will support this bill. I yield |
| Date | 08:13:24, March 29, 2010 CET | From | Social Democratic League | To | Debating the DPA Environmental Platform |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The WCP support this bill. I yield. |
| Date | 13:10:51, March 29, 2010 CET | From | Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the DPA Environmental Platform |
| Message | Mr Speaker The EAP oppose this mess. I yield |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 114 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 86 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Whilst the use of non-English languages can be appropriate for nation names, party names, constitutional titles and other variables, English is the official language of communication in the game. All descriptive texts and public communications should be in English or at least appear alongside a full English translation. |
| Random quote: "I am a conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few." - Benjamin Disraeli |