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Bill: Environment act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom Party
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: August 3481
Description[?]:
| The Werin Deg seeks to return Dranland to the naturalistic and pastoral state that is a core part of it's Draddwyr cultural heritage. In archiving this, we shall also deal with threats to our environment. We were born unto this land, but we are not above it's laws, we humans are part of nature and has a responsibility to care for the rest of creation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Current: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Proposed: Only one car allowed per household, people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives on cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Current: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Proposed: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size is not regulated.
Current: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Proposed: Farms that grow too large are broken up and the land redistributed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Current: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Proposed: Chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are banned.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:34:31, May 06, 2013 CET | From | Centre Democrats | To | Debating the Environment act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We oppose article 1 and 3. but agree with all the other articles, so we will vote yes. We would like to encourage people to travel by bus, train or metro or buy environmental friendly cars, but we do not want to forbid people from owning more than one car. We do not support article 3 because we see the environment be better off with large and effective farms instead of small, ineffective ones. Erik Scavenius (R) Spokesperson for Environment |
| Date | 00:28:38, May 07, 2013 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Environment act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, The Werin Deg believes that making locals buy from small, community-oriented organic farms will for the better for both the environment and for the rural societies. If you buy your daily piece of bread from a local producer that you know, you won't have to drive it half across the country from some mass-producer. We also don't see owning more than one car as a right, since one then contributes re than necessary to global warming. Other than that, I'd like to thank the R and the DHD for their support. Lisa Alderstrom, WD Environment Spokeswoman |
| Date | 00:37:54, May 07, 2013 CET | From | Centre Democrats | To | Debating the Environment act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We in Retsforbundet would rather increase the agricultural, environmental and science and technology budget so that we can research new green agricultural technology and later on create vertical farms in the cities. We believe that this should be in the position of large companies so that the "farms" can be managed more efficient. Erik Scavenius (R) Spokesperson for Environment |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 169 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 201 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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