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Bill: Environmental Protection Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Federalist Party
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: April 3646
Description[?]:
| In order to protect the environment and the natural beauty of Beluzia we put forwards the following proposals. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Current: The government funds and maintains a network of national parks and/or marine protected areas.
Proposed: The government devolves park policy to local governments.
Article 2
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.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Renewable energy sources (eg. solar power, wind power).
Old value:: The decision on renewable energy sources is left up to local governments.
Current: Government subsidies are provided for research and generation of energy through renewable sources.
Proposed: Government subsidies are provided for research and generation of energy through renewable sources.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Current: Private companies are responsible for disposing of their own waste. The government disposes of residential waste.
Proposed: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Current: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Proposed: Local government is responsible for drinking water quality regulation.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:52:10, March 30, 2014 CET | From | Autonomous Commons Party | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Bill |
| Message | We support this Bill in full. |
| Date | 09:10:41, March 31, 2014 CET | From | Feministas Verdes | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Bill |
| Message | We would support this bill, despite some reservations on a number of proposals. |
| Date | 20:05:41, March 31, 2014 CET | From | New Beluzian Movement | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Bill |
| Message | We are neutral on most of this, but wonder the purpose of subsidising renewable power when Beluzia owns all its power stations. Who would we be subsidising? We view this stagnant 'green' agenda with suspicion. We also suspect the NFP of attempting to bypass parliamentary objections to its wealth hoarding agenda through privatisation, and instead fragmenting the national systems we have in place to ensure the continuity of Beluzian creative society, for handing over to those who wish for greed and business hierarchies to benefit themselves at the expense of the few. As such, we vote against this bill, and ask other parties to inspect the motivations behind it. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 312 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 163 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 275 |
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