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Bill: Clean Environment Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Workers 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: January 2297
Description[?]:
| All around, we see our once-pristine land being ravaged by unscrupulous developers, avaracious loggers, and polluting industries! We must stop this ecological suicide at once by introducing a comprehensive plan to protect our Lusitanian environment. Article 1: Unless we protect our fish stocks now, we will risk a vital food source in the future. Article 2: Playing God with food genes is both dangerous and risky - and we have no idea what such Franken-foods will do to the Lusitanian people if we introduce it into our food system. We say keep it all out until we have assessed all its potential risks. That's not too much to ask - we road-test cars before they're released so they don't have faults that kill people. This is even more important for food - as we all eat, and the dangers are unknown and quite probable. Article 3: Pollution should be kept down, and actively reduced by strict adherance to the Kyoto Protocol. Lusitania must reduce our industrial pollution not only for our immediate health, but for our position as a responsible world member. Article 4: Tree replanting should be a no-brainer. If logging companies, or developers profit from removing trees, then they should be required to repay their advantage by replacing them. This is not a responsibility for environmental groups or the state - this is a business responsibility. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Current: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Proposed: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are banned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of pollution in industry.
Old value:: The government enforces moderate pollution restrictions.
Current: Industrial pollution is not regulated by the government.
Proposed: The government enforces highly restrictive industrial pollution standards.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy on tree plantation.
Old value:: The government does not intervene with regard to the replantation of trees.
Current: The government requires tree plantation at replacement level for all logging or clearance operations.
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 | 12:11:07, October 09, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Clean Environment Bill |
| Message | Ecological fanatism. Against. |
| Date | 18:23:17, October 09, 2006 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the Clean Environment Bill |
| Message | "We agree with Article 1. On article 4 we disagree with the suggested proposal and would prefer: - "The government encourages, but does not require new and replacement plantation." On article 2 and 3 the social liberal Party is strongly in favour of the status quo and will vote against the bill, if change to either law is included in the bill." - David Suzuki. |
| Date | 00:37:48, October 10, 2006 CET | From | Green Workers Party | To | Debating the Clean Environment Bill |
| Message | Sorry, but we are standing firm on these measures. We shall proceed to vote. |
| Date | 01:04:43, October 10, 2006 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the Clean Environment Bill |
| Message | The Social Liberal Party is unable to agree with with article 2 and 3. We are a different shade of green so to speak. |
| Date | 01:22:29, October 10, 2006 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Clean Environment Bill |
| Message | Finally we and the SLP agree on something! |
| Date | 02:18:12, October 10, 2006 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the Clean Environment Bill |
| Message | As a correction to our last intervention, we would like to add that not only are we opposed to article 2 and 3 but also article 4 as was previously mentioned above. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 77 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 111 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "OOC", "IC" and "IG" are commonly-used acronyms in Particracy. "OOC" refers to comments, discussions and actions which are out-of-character, meaning they are done player-to-player rather than party-to-party. "IC" refers to in-character interactions (ie. party-to-party). Similarly, "IG" means in-game, although this term may also simply refer to what happens in the actual game interface, as opposed to on the forum or elsewhere. "RP" just means "role-play". |
| Random quote: "Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines |