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Bill: Environmental Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Forum of Independent Lists
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 3575
Description[?]:
| An act to reform the broader ecological policy of the country |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep endangered animals, but the trade in, and the ownership of, endangered animals is strictly regulated by the government to prevent their extinction in the wild.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Proposed: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: There is a national agency which owns all forests, but subcontracts the work to private companies.
Current: All forestry is performed by private companies.
Proposed: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Current: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Proposed: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:46:17, November 11, 2013 CET | From | Black Mordusia | To | Debating the Environmental Reform Act |
| Message | We, the Black Mordusia, historically fought very hard to establish article 3 as it is now. We refuse to support a return to previous tree-hugger policy. We therefore will vote no even though we support articles 1 & 2. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 35 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 44 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 20 |
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| Random quote: "The goal of life is living in agreement with nature." Zeno (335 BC - 264 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers |