HB 22-14: The Red-Green New Deal (Passed)

[Blair]

happy to sponsor

[Blair]

will be addressing hopefully today! on Wednesday

[Blair]

Apologies for the delay- I will be speaking for longer about this over the weekend and I might bring some amendments that keep the spirit of the bill but I believe it is crucial that we move and actively prepare our economy for Net Zero Emissions.

It will require an economic shift but one that I believe can be sustainable for jobs, whilst ensuring investment, skills and development in our economy- what is clear and what I know that everyone will agree on is that we can't have a business as usual approach.

[Blair]

iirc a motion to table needs to be seconded.

[Blair]

I oppose this bill in its current form, and probably will in any form. It will put hard-working Atlasians out of work in search of some green pipe dream. Things do not get changed over night. We still need natural gas. Fracking it ensures that a lower carbon fuel is used for electricity and to heat homes. Would you prefer we go back to coal - because that’s what will ultimately have to happen. And prices will spike.

Bad bill. Bad idea.

Clearly our dear new Representative can't read what's in the actual bill, or what has been discussed.
It clearly states in the bill that:

The NPWA shall seek to employ twenty million workers over a ten-year period.

This would very likely include said hard-working Atlasian workers, not to mention that a potential worker's compensation might be included in the bill as Speaker Thumb21 has mentioned. So your concerns are ill-founded when it comes to this bill "putting people out of work". Not to mention the ridiculous claims that we still need to rely on coal and natural gas by 2035, because apparently that is supposedly not enough time for our supposed "Green pipe dream".

The fracking ban starts today or in a few months, depending on whether the amendment is adopted. That's not enough time to ramp up the socialist government jobs program created by the bill - which I also oppose. LOL Learn To Code and be forced to join a union is not a solution to people making a lot of money in their current jobs doing something that's both economically and environmentally beneficial to the country.

The Atlasian left seems to think there's no downsides to their government-mandated policies. You can't heat your house in the winter with rainbow and unicorn farts. You need to use some sort of fuel or electricity. Banning fracking will reduce the supply of natural gas. What happens when there's less supply? Prices go up. This bill will cause our senior citizens to literally freeze because they can't afford to heat their houses any more.

Motion to table this bad piece of legislation.

Welcome to the People's House Cinyc; and to think I was worried we wouldn't have fireworks after our recent departures.

[Blair]

Current Text

The Red-Green New Deal

SENATE BILL

To address climate change in Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled,

Section I: Title

1. This Act may be cited as the "Red-Green New Deal" or "RGND".

Section II: Resolution

1. We Recognize:

  a. The seriousness and urgency associated with climate change must be met with swift action in order to ensure the continued welfare and prosperity of all Atlasians.

  b. Those at fault must be held accountable, and the industries polluting our environment must be eliminated.

  c. We must aim for a total phase-out of fossil fuels by 2035.

  d. We can spark a green revolution in Atlasia and become a focal point in a new age of industry and technology.

Section III: Extraction

1. Offshore drilling within 25 miles of the Atlasian coastline shall be prohibited 5 months from the passage of this bill

2. The use of hydraulic fracking in Atlasia shall be prohibited 5 months from the passage of this bill.

3. The placing of new oil pipeline, other than for the use of repair or renovation of existing lines, is hereby prohibited.

  a. Any update, repair, or alteration to existing pipeline must comply with existing regulation and be reviewed by appropriate local and federal agencies.

Section IV: Utility Ownership

1. The Department of Internal Affairs shall be instructed to create a Social Energy Fund.

  a. The Fund shall receive an amount equivalent to gaining public control over the top twenty five largest publicly traded energy companies.

    i. "Public Control" is defined as at least 51% of total shares.

  b. The Fund shall offer to voluntarily purchase up to 51% of the total shares in the companies described in IV.1.a.
 
    i. With each offer, the Department of Internal Affairs shall release a statement declaring its aim to compulsorily purchase the shares required to acquire a majority within sixteen months.

  c. The Fund shall be chartered to utilize its stake in the companies described in IV.1.a to achieve the following.

    i. Compliance with international de-carbonization objectives.
    
    ii. The transition to an energy sector led by publicly owned renewable energy companies.
  
    iii. The gradual phase-out of fossil fuel extraction.

Section V: Public Works

1. The Department Internal Affairs shall be instructed to create a New Public Works Administration

  a. The NPWA shall develop, administrate, maintain and oversee public building projects.

  b. The NPWA shall be led by the ranking officer for the Department of Internal Affairs.

    i. Shall there be no ranking officer for the Department Internal Affairs be vacant, these duties shall fall to the President of Atlasia.

2. The ranking officer for the Department Internal Affairs may appoint a board of NPCs to assist in the development of NPWA projects.

3. NPWA projects shall include

    a. Steel and Auto Manufacturing

    b. Construction and Enginering

    c. Renewable Energy Development and Energy Efficiency Retrofitting

    d. Coding, Server Farms and Technological Development

    e. Sustainable Agriculture

    f. Civil Corps
 
    g. Finance and Information

    h. Statistics and Social Research

4. All NPWA projects shall provide workers with the following.

  a. Pay equivalent to 10% above a "living wage" determined by residency.

  b. Full membership in a labor union.

  c. Employment benefits delegated per project.

5. The NPWA shall seek to employ twenty million workers over a ten-year period.

6. The NPWA shall operate with an annual budget of $250 billion.

Section VI: Effective Date

1. This act takes effect on June 1st, 2020.

[Blair]

Amendment on Fracking; this will stop any new sites being leased & imposes a tax on fracking from 2021 with a ban then taking place from 2022 onwards. I wouldn't favour an immediate ban but support it happening quickly as we know that Fracking contributes heavily to Methane pollution & we've actually gone a lot further in Atlasia in promoting green & clean energy.

Current Text

The Red-Green New Deal

SENATE BILL

To address climate change in Atlasia

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled,

Section I: Title

1. This Act may be cited as the "Red-Green New Deal" or "RGND".

Section II: Resolution

1. We Recognize:

  a. The seriousness and urgency associated with climate change must be met with swift action in order to ensure the continued welfare and prosperity of all Atlasians.

  b. Those at fault must be held accountable, and the industries polluting our environment must be eliminated.

  c. We must aim for a total phase-out of fossil fuels by 2035.

  d. We can spark a green revolution in Atlasia and become a focal point in a new age of industry and technology.

Section III: Extraction

1. Offshore drilling within 25 miles of the Atlasian coastline shall be prohibited 5 months from the passage of this bill

2. The use of hydraulic fracking in Atlasia shall be prohibited 5 months from the passage of this bill.

2.) The placing of new oil pipeline, other than for the use of repair or renovation of existing lines, is hereby prohibited.

  a. Any update, repair, or alteration to existing pipeline must comply with existing regulation and be reviewed by appropriate local and federal agencies.

Section IV: Hydraulic Fracking

1.) No new leases shall be granted by any federal agency for new hydraulic fracturing operations, new pipelines, new liquefied natural gas or oil export terminals, new natural gas storage, new ethane cracker plants, new natural gas power generation plants, or other infrastructure intended to extract, transport, or burn natural gas or oil.

2.) A tax of 10% shall be applied on the profits of any firm which operates any existing lease for hydraulic fracturing operations from the 1st June 2020.

A.) This tax shall increase to 15% from the 1st June 2021.

B.) Beginning on January 1, 2022, the practice of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas is prohibited on all onshore and offshore land in Atlasia.

Section V: Utility Ownership

1. The Department of Internal Affairs shall be instructed to create a Social Energy Fund.

  a. The Fund shall receive an amount equivalent to gaining public control over the top twenty five largest publicly traded energy companies.

    i. "Public Control" is defined as at least 51% of total shares.

  b. The Fund shall offer to voluntarily purchase up to 51% of the total shares in the companies described in IV.1.a.
 
    i. With each offer, the Department of Internal Affairs shall release a statement declaring its aim to compulsorily purchase the shares required to acquire a majority within sixteen months.

  c. The Fund shall be chartered to utilize its stake in the companies described in IV.1.a to achieve the following.

    i. Compliance with international de-carbonization objectives.
   
    ii. The transition to an energy sector led by publicly owned renewable energy companies.
 
    iii. The gradual phase-out of fossil fuel extraction.

Section VI: Public Works

1. The Department Internal Affairs shall be instructed to create a New Public Works Administration

  a. The NPWA shall develop, administrate, maintain and oversee public building projects.

  b. The NPWA shall be led by the ranking officer for the Department of Internal Affairs.

    i. Shall there be no ranking officer for the Department Internal Affairs be vacant, these duties shall fall to the President of Atlasia.

2. The ranking officer for the Department Internal Affairs may appoint a board of NPCs to assist in the development of NPWA projects.

3. NPWA projects shall include

    a. Steel and Auto Manufacturing

    b. Construction and Enginering

    c. Renewable Energy Development and Energy Efficiency Retrofitting

    d. Coding, Server Farms and Technological Development

    e. Sustainable Agriculture

    f. Civil Corps
 
    g. Finance and Information

    h. Statistics and Social Research

4. All NPWA projects shall provide workers with the following.

  a. Pay equivalent to 10% above a "living wage" determined by residency.

  b. Full membership in a labor union.

  c. Employment benefits delegated per project.

5. The NPWA shall seek to employ twenty million workers over a ten-year period.

6. The NPWA shall operate with an annual budget of $250 billion.

Section VII: Effective Date

1. This act takes effect on June 1st, 2020.

[Blair]

Hi folks I'm currently working about 10 hours a day to deal with IRL sh**t & don't have time to check these boards every day- if you have a question that I haven't responded to send me a PM rather than tabling a bill you don't the votes to table.

I'm happy to answer and work on amendments with others if we can withdraw the motion.

[Blair]

Thanks; I know my response was a bit bitchy & is probably a remainder not to post the moment you get up.

I honestly think & will clarify this in more detail tomorrow that with the amount of money being spent to buy outright those 25 companies & shares you can reach the same aims (mitigating the climate crisis) through different means- and of course this was all pre-COVID-19 ruining our economy.

[Blair]

I’ll be looking to finish my amendment which builds on this; I’d like to see a jobs commitment in forms and the possibility of some sort of public energy consortium but appreciate Lumines amendment