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Bill: Environmental Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Lutte Féministe de Libération
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: January 2185
Description[?]:
| Because protecting our environment is one of the core issues of the new CDP mission statement, and because the CDP believes that whenever possible decisions should be passed on to local governments to decrease the opportunity for bureaucratical waste on the part of the federal authority, we introduce the following provisions to make our nation a better place: ARTICLE 1: As the registration of domesticated animals does not represent a crucial function for the central government, the responsibility should be passed on to local governments who can provide for registration far more efficently. ARTICLE 2: Thanks to advances in modern science, the use of lumber in construction is no longer needed. The diminishing forests of Rildanor should therefore be protected by a strict ban on timber harvesting. ARTICLE 3: The use of fossil-fuel based vehicles has been extremely destructive to the environment, people should only be allowed to purchase environmentally friendly cars. We no longer allow pesticides that are bad for the environment, why should we insist on allowing destructive vehicles? Besides, our public transport system is so successful that cars are a thing of the past anyway. |
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 national government.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Proposed: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
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 are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: Forests have strictly enforced protection. Felling is limited to fire breaks.
Article 3
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: Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.
Proposed: Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:04:09, February 11, 2006 CET | From |  Front Canrillaise | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Act |
| Message | So we can't cut trees at all? Where do we get paper? Import them from countries who cut them elsewhere? I fail to see the logic in that. We support article 1, but against articles 2 and 3. |
| Date | 10:24:07, February 11, 2006 CET | From | Devout Ecologists Party | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Act |
| Message | Against first, for third, and the second.. well we considered it way back, but due to the article "The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations." we don't particarly mind that there is some logging, since it would actually enlarge our forests. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 181 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 181 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 196 |
| Random fact: "Kubrk" is a Jelbic word that has the colloquial meaning "old man" or "geezer". |
| Random quote: "What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?" - Abraham Lincoln |