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Bill: Environment National Revolutionary Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic 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: November 3935
Description[?]:
| NRP environment bill |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to kill animals.
Old value:: Killing animals is legal and unregulated.
Current: Killing animals is illegal.
Proposed: Killing animals is illegal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: Keeping endangered animals, or trading therein, is 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 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: Keeping exotic animals is forbidden.
Proposed: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: Local governments may set up forestry agencies. Where they do not, forestry is on a commercial basis.
Current: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Proposed: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Current: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Proposed: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Article 7
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 8
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Current: The government provides pollution prevention guidelines, but does not enforce them.
Proposed: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: Local governments decide about this.
Current: Local governments decide about this.
Proposed: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Article 10
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Current: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Proposed: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
Article 11
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Current: It is the responsibility of local governments to decide on waste disposal regulation.
Proposed: Private companies are responsible for disposing of their own waste. The government disposes of residential waste.
Article 12
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: Local government is responsible for drinking water quality regulation.
Current: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Proposed: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Article 13
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Current: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Proposed: Wild animals may be kept as pets; the owners of dangerous wild animals must take the necessary measures to ensure they can't escape.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:13:28, November 01, 2015 CET | From | Conservative | To | Debating the Environment National Revolutionary Bill |
| Message | If you removed the articles on the right to kill animals, forest management and regulation of pollution in industry, we would support this bill. As it stands, though, we oppose. - CPA |
| Date | 23:18:43, November 09, 2015 CET | From | Conservative | To | Debating the Environment National Revolutionary Bill |
| Message | Frankly, I'm perplexed. The CPA co-opted some of the better proposals and already passed an Ecology Bill that was a fair but realistic compromise. - CPA |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 208 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 304 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 33 |
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