Repeal "Fossil Fuel Reduction Act"
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| Category: | Repeal | Resolution: | #126 | Proposed By: | Omigodtheykilledkenny |
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Description: UN Resolution #126: Fossil Fuel Reduction Act (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Argument: UNDERSTANDING the need for effective legislation to promote clean and renewable energy alternatives and accelerate their development;
EMPHASIZING that such legislation should be sensitive to economic factors and circumstances, especially where small and developing nations are concerned;
ACKNOWLEDGING that Resolution #126: Fossil Fuel Reduction Act fails on this point;
RECOGNIZING that a mandate for a 2-percent annual reduction in fossil-fuel emissions based on a flat “ceiling consumption rate” does not take into account the rapid growth of nations over time, and thus requires nations to cut emissions by much more than 2 percent each year;
REGRETTING that small and developing nations will be forced to bear the brunt of this mandate and withstand the most damage to their national economies, as their populations grow at a relatively faster rate, and they may not yet be equipped with the resources necessary for such a dramatic shift in energy supply;
CONCERNED that the “time extensions” authorized under this act cover only catastrophic circumstances (specifically natural disasters, war and “severe economic depression”) and may not allow nations to apply for extensions based on less severe economic or political conditions, such as domestic political turmoil, recessions or significant economic strain; and
TROUBLED by this act’s authorization of trade sanctions on noncompliant nations, which would force some governments to take drastic measures -- including imposing hefty new taxes on businesses and private citizens, placing severe new restrictions on private enterprise, and even seizing businesses and shutting down their factories if nationwide emission rates are not decelerating fast enough -- in order to come into compliance on schedule and avoid punitive sanctions,
The United Nations hereby REPEALS Resolution #126: Fossil Fuel Reduction Act.
- Votes For: 5,386
- Votes Against: 8,232
- Defeated: Fri Nov 4 2005
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Additional Materials
- Repeal "Fossil Fuel Reduction Act" UN Floor Debate
- Fossil Fuel Reduction Act Floor debate for original resolution
- UN Timeline
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