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Bill: Environmental Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Williams Family
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: June 3298
Description[?]:
| Proposes changes to our laws concerning preservation of natural resources, etc. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Current: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
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 | 19:57:09, May 02, 2012 CET | From |  Beluz Democratic Karavist Party | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Act |
| Message | I control my parts of Beluzia, and the other parties control theirs. Why set 1 law for everyone? |
| Date | 22:58:21, May 02, 2012 CET | From | Williams Family | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Act |
| Message | Because environmental issues aren't confined to one part. You can't pollute one area and not expect it to affect neighboring areas despite their best efforts at keeping their own parts clean. Environmental protection is, therefore, a collective responsibility that we all share. It can't work if we aren't all on the same page. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 48 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 51 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
| Random quote: "Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart." - Confucius |