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A. Link – The affirmative’s approach and objectives are thoroughly anthropocentric – they view the environment as a resource to be used for human benefit, they center their justification for action around humanity’s survival and subjugate all other needs of nature to the interests of humanity.  This approach denies nature’s intrinsic worth and precludes a deep ecological approach.

Taylor 98 (Prudence Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Law at University of Auckland (New Zealand), 1998 10 Geo. Int’l Envtl. L. Rev. 309, L/N)

There is very…requires human protest.
B. Impact – Anthropocentrism causes extinction—it divorces our relationship with the natural world and makes ecocide inevitable.

Gottlieb 94 (Roger S. Gottlieb, Professor of Humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Brandeis University, “Ethics and Trauma: Levinas, Feminism, and Deep Ecology,” Crosscurrents: A Journal of Religion and Intellectual Life, Summer, Available Online at http://www.crosscurrents.org/feministecology.htm)

Here I will…for us all.
C. Alternative –
VOTE NEGATIVE – reject the affirmative’s anthropocentric approach in favor of a shift towards deep ecology.
This round represents a starting point for creating a genuine encounter with the otherness of nature by providing context for a shared conversation with the world around us.  Questioning our own subject position starting with the consideration of anthropocentrism creates space for constructing a systematic framework that allows for the ethical connection with the world.

Weston 91 (Anthony Weston, “Non-Anthropocentrism in a Thoroughly Anthropocentrized World,” 1991 Trumpeter, 8.3, http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/459/760)

I have argued…begin to say.

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A. Uniqueness – Oil prices will stabilize now unless OPEC floods the market

Gronholt-Pedersen 6/22 (Joseph, the Economist, “Oil Market Well Balanced; OPEC to Determine Short-Term Outlook -BP Economist” http://investing.businessweek.com/research/markets/news/article.asp?docKey=600-201206220519DOWJONESENRGYSVC000603-1andparams=timestamp%7C%7C06/22/2012%205:19%20AM%20ET%7C%7Cheadline%7C%7COil%20Market%20Well%20Balanced%3B%20OPEC%20to%20Determine%20Short-Term%20Outlook%20-BP%20Economist%7C%7CdocSource%7C%7CDow%20Jones%20and%20Company%2C%20Inc.%7C%7Cprovider%7C%7CACQUIREMEDIA)

SINGAPOREThe global…while," he said.
B. Link – Any alternatives to OPEC oil will cause them to flood the market, drowning out investment in those very alternatives.

Kole 7 (William, AP Writer, “Despite Rising Prices, OPEC Appears to be in No Rush to Raise its Output Targets,” 9/8, http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/09/08/business/business/doc7e79bb33cb7ec6f28625734f00723bfd.txt)

If you remember…money as possible.
C. Impact – High prices key to renewables transition – low prices cause nuclear war.

Paehlke 89 (Robert, Environmental and Resource Studies, Environmentalism and the Future of Progressive Politics,p. 240)

Declining oil prices…in oil prices.

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The affirmative’s preoccupation with resolving specific forms of injustice maintains the leftist desire to control the land from which critique is launched.  The 1AC remains imbedded within the orthodox script by which intellectuals participate in the continued domination of indigenous peoples in Native North America, reproducing the very systems of power that make their particular atrocities inevitable.  Even if the affirmative resolves their specific demands, the resulting society is still defined by an adamant desire to remain comfortable in the extermination of indigenous peoples.  

The first priority for this debate is decolonization of indigenous lands – anything short reinforces participation in the colonial order.
Churchill 96 (Ward, Former Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado-Boulder, From A Native Son pgs 520-30)
I’ll debunk some…order on non-Indians.

Nuclear energy production cycle is built on destruction of Native American and minority communities
CANE 7 (9/7/07 Coalition against nuclear energy, http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:zorzbFAnhq8J:www.cane.org.za/2007/09/10/nuclear-energy-related/environmental-racism/+Nuclear+waste+dumping+racism+African&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us)
“The nuclear chain…and Mexican Americans. 

The genocidal mentality that legitimates colonial control ensures that the earth will become uninhabitable due to radioactive colonization – only abandoning  the core belief that Americans have a legitimate right to this land can alter this thinking.
Churchill 99 (Ward, Former Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado-Boulder, “A Breach of Trust: The Radioactive Colonization of Native North America, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 23(4)
These and myriad…as it has.(FN216)

What happens to indigenous peoples in this country is part and parcel to the logic that will inevitably infect us all – ignorance to the effects of controlling indigenous populations ensures that we will all be relegated to the status of irrelevancy.
Churchill 99 (Ward, Former Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado-Boulder, “A Breach of Trust: The Radioactive Colonization of Native North America, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 23(4)
As Felix S….or later.(FN210)

Every successful attempt at decolonization can reverse the course of inevitable extinction that arises from colonialism’s exploitation of the earth and its inhabitants.
Churchill 99 (Ward, Former Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado-Boulder, “A Breach of Trust: The Radioactive Colonization of Native North America, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 23(4)
 It is worth…of life itself.

The alternative – reject the Affirmative and embrace indigenous land return as the first priority.  

United States out of Indian Country.  United States out of North America.  US off the planet.

The alternative is the ultimate example of the impossibility of politics – decolonization is rendered unspeakable because it is always discussed from within the colonial paradigm.  We must accept that what is right is not the same as what is realistic – it’s the struggle for decolonization that makes the process of the alternative emancipatory in and of itself.  Any permutation shares the loot of colonialism by redistributing power in such a way as to preserve the illegal occupation of Native North America.  Only embracing our first priority can enable a form of “impossible realism” that makes the elimination of specific forms of oppression possible.
Churchill 96 (Ward, Former Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado-Boulder, From A Native Son, p. 85-90)
The question which…on attaining it?

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TEXT – [REPLACE THE WORD ‘FOREIGN’ IN THE PLAN WITH ‘INTERNATIONAL.’]
The language we use in crafting legislation matters—the affirmative’s designation of “foreign” cultivates a relationship toward otherness premised on fear and hatred.
Hill 2(Cheryl Lynn Wofford, “Restating International Jurisprudence in Inclusive Terms: Language as Method in Creating a Hospitable Worldview,” 27 Okla. City U.L. Rev. 297, Spring, L/N)
The terms "neighbor"…or secret other.
Our ethic of hospitality is key to check global state killing—only welcoming the stranger can confront the kill to save mentality which makes nationalistic violence inevitable in the status quo.
Fasching 93 (Darrell, religious studies at University of South Florida, The Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz, p. 5-8)
Nevertheless, I am…pluralistic human interdependence.
Policymakers have an obligation to rename statutes containing inhospitable language – only the counterplan can step out of the cycle of energy creation and cultivate a relationship of openness and respect toward Otherness.
Hill 2 (Cheryl Lynn Wofford, “Restating International Jurisprudence in Inclusive Terms: Language as Method in Creating a Hospitable Worldview,” 27 Okla. City U.L. Rev. 297, Spring, L/N)
First, the strategy for…and nation states.

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TEXT - [CHANGE THE TERM 'ENERGY' IN THE PLAN TEXT TO 'POWER']

Use of the term ‘energy’ creates political confusion that opens the door for counterproductive manipulation and control – the term itself is anti-democratic and dangerous, allowing violence and environmental destruction as a means of measuring progress.
Hildyard et al 12 (Nicholas, Larry Lohmann and Sarah Sexton, Published by The Corner House in collaboration with Hnuti DUHA–Friends of the Earth Czech Republic, CEE Bankwatch Network, Les Amis de la Terre-Friends of the Earth France, Campagna per la riforma della Banca Mondiale and urgewald e.V., “Energy Security For What? For Whom?” http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/sites/thecornerhouse.org.uk/files/Energy%20Security%20For%20Whom%20For%20What.pdf)
Like “security,” “energy”…or plant growth).

Tournament: NJDDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: Concordia CT | Judge: Dan Stout
The United States Federal Government should remove non-cultural resource related environmental review and comment restrictions on Tribal Energy Resource Agreements.

The counterplan competes – TERAs require an evaluation of the environmental impact of energy projects on Native American cultural resources – plan removes ALL review and comment provisions, the counterplan leaves cultural resources protection in place – any permutation would sever the word ALL from the plan.
TEEIC No Date (Tribal Energy and Environmental Information Clearinghouse, DOI Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, US Department of the Interior, “About Tribal Energy Resource Agreements (TERAs),” http://teeic.anl.gov/abouttera/index.cfm)
Title V of the…tribal environmental laws.

Environmental review is key to protecting cultural resources – no other mechanism solves.
Butler &Niquette8(William and Charles, “In Consideration Of Archeologists Serving Industry, Cultural Resources and the Profession,” paper originally published on the American Cultural Resources Association (ACRA) website, http://www.crai-ky.com/education/reports-consideration.html)
As archeologists, our…separately.

The net-benefit turns the case – cultural resource preservation is key to Native American resistance to European colonization and genocide.
Feagin&Feagin 4 (Joe &Clairece, “Race and Ethnic Relations in Theoretical Perspective,” http://homepage.smc.edu/delpiccolo_guido/Soc34/Soc34readings/race%20theories.pdf)
In the centuries…and social justice.

Cultural Diversity is key to human survival
Bowers 1 (C.A, has served on the faculty of the University of Oregon and Portland State University, “Education for eco-Justice and Community”, AD:7-6-09) MT
First is the… and unpredictable changes.