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Bill: Environmental Protection Bill (EPB)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Humanist 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: February 4541
Description[?]:
| It is imperative for the health of our people for generations to come that our environment is protected to a high standard, air pollution reduces lifespan and increases the risk of lung diseases in children, ground pollution leaves areas devoid of life and of no use to any person or animal, water pollution seeps into drinking water and damages our biodiversity. If we do not take control and prevent pollution and destruction of our environment, we will surely suffer. For our people, our children and our grandchildren. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government.
Current: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Proposed: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy regarding a national park system.
Old value:: The government does not have a national park system policy.
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 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning forest protection.
Old value:: Forest protection is left to local governments.
Current: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Proposed: Forests are protected. Logging is allowed by licence only.
Article 4
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 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: Local governments may choose to regulate pesticides certification programs.
Current: There is no government oversight or regulation of pesticides.
Proposed: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: Local governments may set plantation policy.
Current: The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation.
Proposed: The government requires tree plantation at higher than replacement levels for all logging or clearance operations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:48:23, March 03, 2019 CET | From |  Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Bill (EPB) |
| Message | We support this. |
| Date | 12:03:21, March 04, 2019 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Bill (EPB) |
| Message | LP agree with this propose. Jovicic N. |
| Date | 10:21:58, March 05, 2019 CET | From | Faschistische Union | To | Debating the Environmental Protection Bill (EPB) |
| Message | This bill just creates unnecessary beaucratic effort and cannot even be executed because the ministry for the Environment does not exist anymore. Prime minister First Soldier Martin zu Rosstein |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 25 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 45 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 5 |
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| Random quote: "John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites undergo a complete transformation when torn from their soil in field and forest. With human nature caged in a narrow space, whipped daily into submission, how can we speak of its potentialities?" - Emma Goldman |