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Bill: Environment Protection Act
Details
Status[?]: defeated
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: December 3285
Description[?]:
| To protect the environment, acting both as a a source of tourism as well as natural heritage for generations to come. |
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 Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Current: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Proposed: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
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 | 11:44:15, April 06, 2012 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Environment Protection Act |
| Message | The current regulations are sufficient. To article 1, we acknowledge the necessity of protecting endangered animals, but want to subdelegate this to local governments, who have better knowledge about regional species and whether they shall be protected or not. Article 2 reduces consumer choice and hinders innovation in farming. The consumer shall decide via the free market which chemicals shall be used used in agriculture. Article 3 is a no-go to us. This would lower producitivity, boost prices, kill jobs and severely damage the prosperity of our economy. Marit Jensson (GNP) Minister for Environment and Tourism |
| Date | 17:06:13, April 07, 2012 CET | From | Unity | To | Debating the Environment Protection Act |
| Message | Destroying priceless natural value in the pursuit of short-sighted profit is utter betrayal of coming generations, who have as much of a claim to it as we do. It would also lay waste to the toursim sector, for who wants to see a wasteland country? Emissions and and pesticides must be controlled to keep nature and the health of both people and animals out of harm's way. And an endangered animal is an endangered animal is an endangered animal. There is nothing to discuss here, it should not be hunted down and exterminated. |
| Date | 20:21:27, April 08, 2012 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Environment Protection Act |
| Message | Economic growth is one of the best ways to take care of future generations, therefore you missed the point when you depicted us as greedy capitalists who only care for the 'short-sighted profit' of businesses. Secondly, not the government must control the people's health, but the people themselves. Let them decide through the marketplace which products they favor. We agree that tourism is important. But with emission restrictions, you would damage the tourist business by increasing prices for airlines and other branches of infrastructure which are crucial in this area. Marit Jensson (GNP) Minister for Environment and Tourism |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 56 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 130 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 64 |
| Random fact: Submitting a bill without any proposals in it will not attract or detract voters. It will not raise your visibility or change your political position. |
| Random quote: "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church." - Thomas Paine |