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Bill: The Badger Ban Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Art & Labour
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 3020
Description[?]:
| Hereby outlaws the environment. Nuff said. |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the Dranian Ecotourism Initiative.
Article 2
Withdraw from the Protection Of The Environment Act.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: The government maintains a list of endangered and threatened species, which it encourages hunters not to shoot.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Current: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Proposed: The government promotes and subsidises forest clearance.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Current: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Proposed: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government outlaws designation of property for public parks.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Current: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Proposed: There is no government oversight or regulation of pesticides.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Current: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Proposed: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Proposed: The government funds recycling facilities for public use.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Current: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Proposed: The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:19:21, October 24, 2010 CET | From |  Union Socialism Alliance | To | Debating the The Badger Ban Bill |
| Message | We would, respectively disagree, quite heavily actually. |
| Date | 17:03:35, October 24, 2010 CET | From | Art & Labour | To | Debating the The Badger Ban Bill |
| Message | As, no doubt, will RMS, CFP, probably FFP and possibly DT. |
| Date | 18:28:01, October 24, 2010 CET | From | SCI Libertarian-Socialist Syndicate (LL) | To | Debating the The Badger Ban Bill |
| Message | We will support. |
| Date | 18:37:59, October 24, 2010 CET | From | Dark Templar (LL) | To | Debating the The Badger Ban Bill |
| Message | we will not support |
| Date | 19:34:20, October 24, 2010 CET | From | Art & Labour | To | Debating the The Badger Ban Bill |
| Message | ^ Thought not, though it was more difficult to call where you were going to go on this one than it was for everyone else given your (current) ideological similarity to SCI. So, might as well send this to vote for tis a foregone conclusion really. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 174 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 576 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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