Tournament: KCKCC | Round: 4 | Opponent: Kansas  | Judge: Matt Moore

A. Link – Military procurement legitimizes global militarism while shielding the Pentagon from its role in over-consumption – this forces green tech firms to produce inefficient products while serving as a smokescreen for imperial violence.

Feldman 7 (Jonathan, lecturer at Stockholm University, “The Strange Political Economy of Death in the South,” Counterpunch, 11/1, http:~/~/www.counterpunch.org/2007/11/01/the-strange-political-economy-of-death-in-the-south/http://www.counterpunch.org/2007/11/01/the-strange-political-economy-of-death-in-the-south/)

A growing group…by environmental charlatans.

B. Impact – Masking the military’s role in environmental crisis allows global wars to be fought and the environment to be plundered for the sake of preserving high levels of consumption – failure to contain the spread of militarism risks extinction.

Nevins 10 (Joseph, associate professor of geography at Vassar College, “Greenwashing the Pentagon,” Common Dreams, 6/14, https:~/~/www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/14-1url:https://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/14-1)

As oil continues…long afford them.

C. The Alternative –

The United States federal government should shift its financial support for the Department of Defense to domestic renewable energy production and environmental clean-up.

Greening the military does nothing to improve the environment – the only solution is to pull back the military entirely, using its resources and people to contribute to truly effective energy production.

Harding 10 (Dan, well-versed veteran of solar critique, commentary and reporting, published well over 1,000 articles on a wide variety of solar industry topics, “Let’s Trade Militarism for Environmentalism and Clean Up Our com/blog/solar-politics/lets-trade-militarism-for-environmentalism-and-clean-up-our-act/,” 2/10, http:~/~/solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-politics/lets-trade-militarism-for-environmentalism-and-clean-up-our-act/http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-politics/lets-trade-militarism-for-environmentalism-and-clean-up-our-act/)

Last week I … Just imagine Engelhardt-Heidtke Neg

Tournament: KCKCC | Round: 2 | Opponent: Kansas | Judge: Justin Kirk

Nuclear tech optimism is predicated on emphasizing benefits of nuclear power while obscuring the structural impacts

Byrne and Toley 6 (John – Head of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy – It’s a leading institution for interdisciplinary graduate education, research, and advocacy in energy and environmental policy – John is also a Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at the University of Delaware – 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Toley – Directs the Urban Studies and Wheaton in Chicago programs - Selected to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Emerging Leaders Program for 2011-2013 - expertise includes issues related to urban and environmental politics, global cities, and public policy, “Energy as a Social Project: Recovering a Discourse,” p. 1-32)

A second mega-energy…(Byrne and Hoffman, 1996).

The impact is extinction – Nuclear power exports violence to the periphery in the form of reactionary nuclear wars and environmental destruction

Byrne and Toley 6 (John – Head of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy – It’s a leading institution for interdisciplinary graduate education, research, and advocacy in energy and environmental policy – John is also a Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at the University of Delaware – 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Toley – Directs the Urban Studies and Wheaton in Chicago programs - Selected to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Emerging Leaders Program for 2011-2013 - expertise includes issues related to urban and environmental politics, global cities, and public policy, “Energy as a Social Project: Recovering a Discourse,” p. 1-32)

From climate change…sustainable energy futures.

Refuse the rhetorical flourish of the affirmative – nuclear power can never be safe and acquiescence to this truth can never be accepted.

Solomon 11 (Norman, president of the Institute for Public Accuracy and a senior fellow at RootsAction, “Nuclear Power Madness,” Counterpunch, March 14, http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/03/14/nuclear-power-madness/)

Political elites are…with prudent sagacity.

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
UMKC Round 1
vs. Weber Bataille AFF
2NR - (T) Framework

UMKC Round 3
vs. Kansas SPS AFF
2NR - Elections DA

UMKC Round 6
vs. Baylor SMR AFF
2NR - Heg Bad

UMKC Round 8
vs. Kansas Solar Vehicles AFF
2NR - Cars Bad / Bikes Good (K)

KCKCC Round 2
vs. Wichita SMR AFF
2NR - Nuclear Priesthood (K)

KCKCC Round 4
vs. Kansas SPS AFF
2NR - Green Militarism (K)

KCKCC Round 6
vs. Kansas Solar Vehicles AFF
2NR - Backstopping DA

Wake Round 2
vs. Weber Stage Bataille AFF
2NR - Cap (K)

Wake Round 4
vs. Rutgers Thorium AFF
2NR - Nuclear Priesthood (K)

Wake Round 6
vs. Bard Zero Point Energy AFF
2NR - Aesthetics Bad (K)

Wake Round 7
vs. Western Connecticut
2NR - Cap (K)

UTD Round 2
vs. UCO Natural Gas Pipelines AFF
2NR - 'Natural Gas' Language PIC

UTD Round 3
vs. Georgia DOD SMRs AFF
2NR - Exclude Hawaii CP

UTD Round 5
vs. Kansas Solar Vehicles AFF
2NR - Exclude Puerto Rico CP

UTD Round 7
vs. Georgia SMRs AFF
2NR - Nuclear Priesthood (K)

Districts Round 2
vs. MSU Fusion AFF
2NR - ITER DA

Districts Round 4
vs. MSU Fusion AFF
2NR - Fusion K

Districts Round 6
vs. ISU IFRs AFF
2NR - Warming Adv CP + South Korean ENR DA

Districts Round 8
vs. Wayne State Fracking AFF
2NR - SSM PIC

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
A. Link - Strategies of energy production are co-opted by capitalism as a means to fuel production. The affirmative thus does not produce energy to satisfy human needs—rather, it exploits the energy produced by the working class to do nothing but further sustain strategies of domination and exploitation.

ICC 11 (International Communist Current, August 16, 2011, “Nuclear energy, capitalism and communism,” http://en.internationalism.org/wr/347/nuclear)

The revolution in…of humanity today.
B. Impact - Capitalism guarantees extinction – reforms within the market system cause genocide and global war on an unprecedented scale

Harman 95 (Chris Harman, Editor of International Socialism, 1995 Economics of the Madhouse, p. 99-100)

‘A reprise in…mass of people.
C. The Alternative – Reject the affirmative as a means of refusing complicity with capitalism.
Rejecting capitalism is key to opening up new alternatives.  Refusal is a daily act of resistance capable of moving us away from inevitable slavery and extinction.

Herod 4 (James Herod, “Getting Free,” 4th Edition, 2k4 http://site.www.umb.edu/faculty/salzman_g/Strate/GetFre/4thEd/4-index.htm)

It is time…even to extinction.

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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.

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Fifty states do the plan

Solvency varies by AFF

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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.

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Don't have the cites on hand, but the scenarios are pretty standard - prolif, terror, china

Tournament:  | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Don't have the cites on hand, but the scenarios are pretty standard - K-Waves, De-Dev, Warming

Tournament: UTD | Round: 2 | Opponent: UCO AB | Judge: Cook
TEXT – [REPLACE THE TERM ‘NATURAL GAS’ IN THE PLAN WITH ‘METHANE’]

The term ‘natural gas’ is a euphemism for methane that allows industry to hide environmentally destructive projects behind a smokescreen of success – the counterplan is key to drawing attention to this destructive tendency.
Gallagher 12 (This Week In Natural Gas Leaks and Explosions – Aug. 13, 2012, http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=1487)
Usually, it’s the…get some traction.

The institutionalization of euphemisms into policy discourse enables all forms of violence.
Bosmajian 84 (Dr. Haig, Professor of Speech Communication at University of Washington, 12/5, “Dehumanizing People and Euphemizing War,” http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1442)
Our nation has…defending the indefensible.

Tournament: UTD | Round: 3 | Opponent: Georgia | Judge: Abelkop
TEXT – [REPLACE THE PHRASE ‘IN THE UNITED STATES’ IN THE PLAN TEXT WITH ‘IN THE 48 CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES AND ALASKA’].

Competition – the counterplan solves case by providing enough nuclear power without the risk of the disadvantages of nuclear power in Hawaii.

The net-benefit is Militarism –

Nuclear power in Hawaii trades off with indigenous renewable energy development that’s more effective at solving the case.
Mikulina 9 (Jeff, Executive Director of Blue Planet Foundation, “Should Hawaii use Nuclear Power for its Energy Needs?” Hawaii Business, March, http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/Hawaii-Business/March-2009/Should-Hawaii-use-Nuclear-Power-for-its-Energy-Needs/)
Hawaii’s only safe...power our economy.

Furthermore, renewable energy production is the VITAL internal link to Hawaiian resistance to militarism – Sidelining the counterplan in the form of a permutation or impact turns provides the smokescreen the military to enact redemptive violence.
Letman 12 (Jon, freelance writer and photographer based on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, “Hawaii: Head of the Tentacled Beast,” Foreign Policy in Focus, 10/18, http://www.space4peace.org/articles/head_of_the_tentacled_beast.htm)
Much has been...more secure future.

Masking the military’s role in environmental crisis allows global wars to be fought and the environment to be plundered for the sake of preserving high levels of consumption – failure to contain the spread of militarism risks extinction.
Nevins 10 (Joseph, associate professor of geography at Vassar College, “Greenwashing the Pentagon,” Common Dreams, 6/14, https://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/14-1)
As oil continues...long afford them.

Tournament: UTD | Round: 5 | Opponent: Kansas DH | Judge: Fifelski
TEXT – [RE-WRITE THE AFFIRMATIVE PLAN EXCEPT ADD ‘EXCLUDING PUERTO RICO’ AT THE END].

Federal control locks in American control over Puerto Rican sovereignty.  This form of colonialism must be resisted – it is fundamentally unjust to enact cosmetic reforms while retaining complete control over the lives and destiny of Puerto Rico.
Gonzales 66 (Dr. Antonio, Former Professor of Economics at University of Puerto Rico, “Puerto Rico is a Colony,” Magazine of Social Sciences of the UPR (University of Puerto Rico), Vol. X, March, (Republished 2001), http://www.independencia.net/ingles/pr_is_a_colony.html)
The Puerto Rican…Independence and Sovereignty!

Colonialism is genocidal and results in extinction
Porter 98 (Robert, Associate Professor of Law @ University of Kansas, 31 U. Mich. J.L. Ref. 899, L/N)
I do not mean…point of extinction.

Tournament: UTD | Round: 5 | Opponent: Kansas DH | Judge: Fifelski
A. Uniqueness – Russia’s economy will continue to grow in 2013 – high oil prices key to reforms that promote stability.
Kostomarova 1/3 (¬Anastasiya, Business RT, “2013: Lucky or unlucky for the world economy?” http://rt.com/business/news/russia-world-economy-2013-997/)
Despite being on…Capital expert forecasts.

B. Link – Development of alternative energy causes prices to drop.
DeCiantis 8 (Devin, Masters candidate in Public Policy at Harvard’s JFK School of Government, specializing in development economics and international trade, “Speculations on an Oil Tariff,” March, http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2008/03/25/speculations-on-a-25-oil-tariff/)
In the mid-term…remain relatively plentiful.

C. Internal Link – Low oil prices crush the Russian economy.
SHELIN 12 (Shelin, Sergey. “Putin Without Oil “. April 30, 2012. http://en.novayagazeta.ru/business/52381.html)
Russia’s economic dependence…surge in inflation.

D. Impact – Russian economic collapse causes civil war, risking nuclear escalation.
David 99 (Steven, Professor of Political Science at the Johns Hopkins University, "Saving America from the Coming Civil Wars," Foreign Affairs, January/February)
Divining the military's…Russian civil war.

Tournament: UTD | Round: 3 | Opponent: Georgia HP | Judge: Abelkop
A. Uniqueness – Immigration reform will pass - it’s a top priority.
Foley & Stein 1/2 (Elise and Sam, Obama’s Immigration Reform To Begin This Month, The Huffington Post, p. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/obama-immigration-reform_n_2398507.html)
Despite a bruising…not," Lofgren said.

B. Link – [INSERT SPECIFIC LINK]

2. Internal Link – Capital is key - it bridges support from both parties.
DMN 1/2 (Dallas Morning News, Editorial: Actions must match Obama’s immigration pledge, p. http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20130102-editorial-actions-must-match-obamas-immigration-pledge.ece)
The president’s words…the Press Sunday

D. Impact – 

1. Immigration reform expands skilled labor - spurs relations and economic growth in China and India
   LAT 12 (Other countries eagerly await U.S. immigration reform, 11/9, p. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/11/us-immigration-reform-eagerly-awaited-by-source-countries.html)
   "Comprehensive immigration reform…not," he said.

2. US/India relations averts South Asian nuclear war.
Schaffer, Spring2002 (Teresita – Director of the South Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Security, Washington Quarterly, p. Lexis)
Washington's increased interest…the United States.

Tournament: Districts | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU GT | Judge:
A. ITER funding is coming now - cuts in domestic fusion research are key to fund the contribution
Washington Post, 6/25/2012 (Budget cuts threaten pursuit of nuclear fusion as a clean energy source, p. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/budget-cuts-threaten-pursuit-of-nuclear-fusion-as-a-clean-energy-source/2012/06/25/gJQAKlpS2V_story.html)
President Obama’s budget… Korea and Japan.)

B. ITER commitment solidifies science diplomacy - prevents great power conflict and spurs international cooperation
Fedoroff, 4/2/2008 (Nina – Ph.D., Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State and the Administration of USAID, Making Science Diplomacy More Effective, Testimony Before the House Science on Research and Science Education, Hearing on Science Diplomacy, p. http://2001-2009.state.gov/g/stas/2008/105286.htm)
Science by its…engagement more paramount.

Tournament: Districts | Round: 4 | Opponent: MSU BC | Judge:
Fusion technology increase the power of the military industrial complex – funnels resources and human capital into defense contracting and discounts any tech development not explicitly linked to military applications.
Blakeslee 11 (Thomas, Former President and Chairman of the Board of Orion Instruments, Inc. and President of the Clearlight Foundation, a non-profit organization that invests in alternative energy, "Clean, Safe Nuclear: Why We Don't Have It...Yet," Renewable Energy World, 7/5, http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/07/renewables-generate-more-than-nuclear-eia-first-quarter-report)
The latest EIA…based on bombs.

The impact is extinction – The promise of new and innovative nuclear energy exports violence to the periphery in the form of reactionary nuclear wars and environmental destruction.
Byrne and Toley 6 (John – Head of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy – It’s a leading institution for interdisciplinary graduate education, research, and advocacy in energy and environmental policy – John is also a Distinguished Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at the University of Delaware – 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Toley – Directs the Urban Studies and Wheaton in Chicago programs - Selected to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Emerging Leaders Program for 2011-2013 - expertise includes issues related to urban and environmental politics, global cities, and public policy, “Energy as a Social Project: Recovering a Discourse,” p. 1-32)
From climate change…sustainable energy futures. 

The alternative is to reject nuclear power.

It’s try-or-die for a nuclear public sphere – only politicizing nuclear science checks arms races and future weapons development.
Beljac 8 (Marko has a PhD from Monash University, “Mission Statement”, http://scisec.net/?page_id=5)
But it cannot…undergirds the Pentagon system. 

Tournament: Districts | Round: 6 | Opponent: ISU HO | Judge:
A. US won’t cave on South Korea ENR now
Lee ByongChul, senior fellow @ Inst. For Peace and Coop., 10-8-2012, “South Korea eschews enrichment of uranium,” Japan Times, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20121008a4.html
South Korean officials… for military purposes.)

B. Failure to maintain a hardline on domestic reprocessing shatters the norm against ENR and makes credible US diplomatic pressure impossible – ensures South Korean ENR
Scott Sagan, poly sci prof @ Stanford, co-chair Global Nuclear Future Initiative, 4-18-2011, “The International Security Implications of U.S. Domestic Nuclear Power Decisions,” http://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/brc/20120621005012/http://brc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sagan_brc_paper_final.pdf
A similar phenomenon…for commercial purposes.21

C. South Korean ENR causes South Korean prolif and undermines US nonprolif efforts with Iran, North Korea, and Southeast Asia
Zachary Keck 12, Assistant Editor of The Diplomat, “Rough Waters? The State of the ROK-U.S. Alliance,” The Diplomat, 8-22-12, http://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2012/08/22/rough-waters-the-state-of-the-rok-u-s-alliance/
Washington’s concerns over… in the region.

D. New Asian prolif ensures widespread nuclear conflict - asymmetries
Lyon 9 (December, Program Director, Strategy and International, with Australian Strategic Policy Institute, previously a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Queensland, “A delicate issue, Asia’s nuclear future”)
Deterrence relationships in…of their arsenals.

E. Extinction
Hayes 10 Peter Hayes, *Executive Director of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, AND, Michael Hamel-Green,  Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development act Victoria University (1/5/10, Executive Dean at Victoria, “The Path Not Taken, the Way Still Open: Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia,” http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/10001HayesHamalGreen.pdf
But the catastrophe…the international community. 

Tournament: Districts | Round: 8 | Opponent: Wayne State DN | Judge:
Text: The United States federal government should substantially reduce restrictions on natural gas production in the United States by repealing the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for: 

-leaking components at onshore natural gas processing plants;
-sulfur dioxide emissions from natural gas processing plants;
-volatile organic compound emissions from natural gas wells, centrifugal compressors, reciprocating compressors, pneumatic controllers and storage vessels;
-existing leak detection and repair requirements for the natural gas source category;
-modification and addition of testing and monitoring and related notification, recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the natural gas source category. 

The United States federal government should issue a moratorium on further federal restrictions on natural gas production in the United States.

The counterplan competes – we repeal all restrictions of the affirmative EXCEPT for the “startup, shutdown and malfunction” regulations imposed by NSPS and NESHAPs
Federal Register 12 (“Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews: A Rule by the Environmental Protection Agency on 08/16/2012,” https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/08/16/2012-16806/oil-and-natural-gas-sector-new-source-performance-standards-and-national-emission-standards-for)
This action finalizes…shutdown and malfunction.

Re-opening the SSM exemption allows massive pollution and flaring in nearby communities – companies will take advantage of the loophole to emit more than they do during normal business operations
Pew 10 (James, Earthjustice Staff Attorney, Washington, DC Office, “Clearing the Air,” 12/10, http://earthjustice.org/features/ourwork/clearing-the-air-qa-with-earthjustice-attorney-jim-pew)
Earthjustice litigation recently …from the fumes.

Federal oversight is key – only way to enforce closure of the SSM loophole
Pew 10 (James, Earthjustice Staff Attorney, Washington, DC Office, “Clearing the Air,” 12/10, http://earthjustice.org/features/ourwork/clearing-the-air-qa-with-earthjustice-attorney-jim-pew)
During the Clinton… will be critical.

Natural gas flaring depletes the ozone layer - extinction
Osai 2 (Professor of Social Sciences at The Rivers State College of Arts and Science, SHELL AS AGAMA LIZARD, www.waado.org/Environment/OilCompanies/Shell-Communities/ShellsFalsePR.html)
Talking of the…immediate or otherwise.