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Bill: REPEAL:We ARE Green Act of 3635
Details
Submitted by[?]: La Koalicio por Kialo
Status[?]: passed
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: May 3638
Description[?]:
| While there are sensible portions of this act, a large portion is not and we propose its removal. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Proposed: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Current: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Proposed: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Current: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Proposed: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.
Current: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Proposed: There are no regulations on the ownership of private cars.
Article 5
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: Local governments decide about this.
Proposed: Local governments decide about this.
Article 6
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: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Proposed: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Article 7
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: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector but is regulated.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on whaling.
Old value:: Whaling is illegal.
Current: Local governments decide about whaling.
Proposed: Commercial whaling is legal, but the government establishes whaling quotas.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:23:32, March 18, 2014 CET | From |  Coburan Brotherhood of Homies | To | Debating the REPEAL:We ARE Green Act of 3635 |
| Message | *Senatoress LaQuisha Burns' time starts. She stands up as Senator Isaac Jacobs uses a laptop computer and a projector.* Way back in 2707, back when the Head of State of Cobura was known simply as the 'President', then-President Skylar Cheeseman, elected in 2706 on the ticket of one of the predecessors to the Brotherhood of Homies, the Chicken and Fries Party, and an ancestor of the current BoH National Chair, Skylar Cheeseman XXIX, said in a televised address to the Nation, broadcast live from The Arena of the Homies in the Irkawan city that was then known, quite ironically, as 'Galt's Gulch'... *The Senatoress motions to the Senator, who presses Play. A video of President Cheeseman starts playing.* "To the sociopaths who believe that, in the name of profit, it is fine to destroy the natural environment that we in Cobura are blessed with, I ask them to go to the coast of Dilganato Province and look across Lake Majatra. More specifically, look over at Deltaria. Believe me, you can't miss them--they're the only country bordering that Lake where the clouds are BROWN, for Pete's sake! *laughter emanates from the crowd* The deplorable condition of Deltaria's environment is what results from a Government that allows unbridled capitalism to trample on the environment. Their citizens must wear gas masks to do so much as bicycle down the block to get a gallon of milk. Their forests... well, they're almost gone. And don't even get me STARTED on that 'White Zone' they have over in Doron Akigo. They should call it what it is, rather than dolling it up--it's irradiated! No one can live there without them risking having a third arm grow out of their back! *more laughter, as well as applause* When I was but a wee bairn, my father, the dearly departed Harold Cheeseman, told me an old proverb dating from prehistoric times. 'When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish is dead, man will discover that he cannot eat money.' It's not just an old saying, my fellow Coburans. It is truth. The day Terra's environment is totally destroyed is the day that we learn that the 'laissez-faire' capitalists were wrong, and that it is the social democrats and other assorted leftists who were right. *applause emanates from the crowd*" *The Senator stops the video at the Senatoress' request.* President Cheeseman hit the nail right on the head, y'all. That is why, upon the inevitable passage of this bill, the Brotherhood of Homies will be taking action to continue to protect Cobura's environment. Not us, of course--this legislation will tie the hands of the Homies currently in the national Government--but our hometown Homies all around Cobura. For example, as our cities get bathed in ugly, toxic pollution, our legal staffs will file lawsuits--and, in some cases, even criminal charges--against companies that choose to not control their pollution. After all, if you choose to willingly bombard people with polluted air and/or water, you are guilty of physical harm to them. At the least, they'll be charges and lawsuits for assault. At the most, there will be charges and lawsuits for negligent homicide. Not to mention the animal cruelty and damage to private and public property that results from unbridled pollution. That will only be the beginning. We are looking into the routes we can take to protect the animals of Cobura that are about to be thrown under the bus by this new domestic pet regulation. Lawsuits can and will result against companies that do not replant the forests they clear-cut. To my fellow Senators and Senatoresses, and to all the Coburans watching, listening and reading at home on the Homie's Pride TV, radio, and Internet networks as I speak these words, I and all of my fellow Homies promise that we will defend our environment to the best of our ability. Thank you. Senatoress LaQuisha Burns Member of the Praetorian Senate of Cobura |
| Date | 00:54:39, March 19, 2014 CET | From | La Koalicio por Kialo | To | Debating the REPEAL:We ARE Green Act of 3635 |
| Message | *Boos from the opposition wing* And where were these brown clouds over Cobura before the party opposite took power? We are not for pollution but people cant afford electric cars! We must trust the system of capitalism to adapt our nation as it has done in the past. Or does the United Left propose yet another job killing regulation? -Adorina Paulo,Senate Majority Leader, KpK |
| Date | 02:04:29, March 19, 2014 CET | From | Coburan Brotherhood of Homies | To | Debating the REPEAL:We ARE Green Act of 3635 |
| Message | *Senatoress LaQuisha Burns facepalms as Senator Tyrone "Dawg Pen" Taylor starts speaking* They were everywhere, Captain Obvious! They were smothering every corner of this country of ours. It's been proven time and time again throughout Terra's history that corporations and other similar entities cannot be trusted to police themselves, especially in regards to environmental issues! 'People can't afford electric cars'? Are you kidding me? It's 3638! The electric car has been a thing on Terra for almost two thousand friggin' years! They're *very* affordable by now. I paid for mine when I was 15 with one summer's worth of yard work in the suburbs of Augusta, and it was ready to drive the moment I got my license at 16. And it was NEW! Not even used! Don't even try that line with us, 'cause it's a bunch of bull! Those of us on the left here in Cobura refuse to 'trust' unbridled capitalism. We will do our best to resist the crimes--social, environmental, and otherwise--that result from such. And since this bill will, for the most part, tie the hands of the Homies currently in control of the Executive branch of Cobura's national government, we'll be taking it to the streets as well as the COURTS, y'all! *The Homies of the Legislature stand up and applaud* The broadcast is still on, right? *One of the Homie's Pride TV (HPTV) camerawomen nods* Good. *He looks directly at the main camera* To any corporate types out there who plan on taking advantage of this new legislation to pollute as much as y'all want, the Homies have our eyes on you. Go ahead, poison the air. Poison the water. If you do, we'll be sure to keep tabs on every person, animal, and piece of property you've harmed, and we will not hesitate to take that evidence--and YOU--to court. We'll try our damndest to make sure environmental criminals pay up and/or go to prison for the damage they cause. Tyrone "Dawg Pen" Taylor Member of the Praetorian Senate of Cobura |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 66 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 34 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Particracy has 464 player slots. |
| Random quote: "A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests." - Niccolo Machiavelli |