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The United States Federal Government should initiate a binding substantive environmental impact statement, including but not limited to a health impact assessment regarding the consequences of Insert Plan Mandates and adopt such measure only if it can be made consistent with the results of the statement. We’ll clarify

CP solves-public participation is key and equity norms make the plan more sustainable

Bratspies, CUNY law professor, 2010

(Rebecca, “The Intersection Of International Human Rights And Domestic Environmental Regulation”, 8-20, http:~/~/papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1662576url:http:~/~/papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1662576url:http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1662576, DOA: 8-18-12, ldg) 

There are many lessons to draw ...Chukchi Sea leases less likely.

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The United States Navy should extend its Fleet Response Plan to a 42-month/two-deployment cycle

CP allows flexible fleet rotation that solves the aff – this is the conclusion of their 1AC card

Eaglen, Heritage Foundation National Security Senior Policy Analyst, 08

(Mackenzie,” Aircraft Carriers Are Crucial,” http:~/~/www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2008/08/org/research/commentary/2008/08/Cowden%2DGardner+Neg, accessed 9-27-12, ads)

To maintain 11 carriers, the Navy... requirements of the "6+1 fleet" plan

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Federalism is at a tipping point – states have drawn the line over federal intervention in energy; CP is key to create precedent of state action

Stein, Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Law, 12

(Amy L, “The Tipping Point Of Federalism,” 7-3-12, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2098176, Connecticut Law Review, accessed 8-17-12, ara)

And for generation, states continue ...generation used by the states.

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Aff’s logic of incentives presumes universal rationality and drives for profit-re-entrenches neoliberalism.

Reno, Michigan anthropology PhD, 2011

(Joshua, “Motivated Markets: Instruments and Ideologies of Clean Energy in the United Kingdom”, Cultural Anthropology Volume 26, Issue 3, pages 389–413, August 2011, Wiley, ldg)

To grapple with these ongoing... new and potentially alienating forms

Globalization makes extinction inevitable- social and environmental factors build positive feedbacks create a cascade of destruction - only massive social reorganization of society can produce sustainable change and save the planet

Ehrenfeld, Rutgers biology professor, 2005

(David, “The Environmental Limits to Globalization”, Conservation Biology Vol. 19 No. 2, ebsco, ldg)

Ehrenfeld ‘5,

The overall environmental changes brought ..exacerbated by globalization (Ehrenfeld 2003b). 

Alt is to embrace commons and reject enclosures - Discourse of the commons solves-creates space to challenge neoliberalism

De Angelis, East London political economy professor, 2003

(Massimo, “Reflections on alternatives, commons and communities”, Winter, http:~/~/www.commoner.org.uk/Cowden%2DGardner+Neg, DOA: 7-2-12, ldg)

This movement has posed the ...communities through the social fields

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Simulating conflict scenarios ignores the complexity which taints predictions—the aff’s linear war-planning fails and causes escalating conflict

Jervis, professor of international affairs – Columbia University, 97

(Robert, “Complex Systems: The Role of Interactions,”, Complexity, Global Politics, and National Security, 4/9/12, atl)

Warfighting based on linearity causes extinction—rethinking the terms of the simulation itself is key to grappling with every threat environment

Skyttner, professor of natural science – University of Gâvle, professor, 05

(Lars, “Systems theory and the science of military command and control,” Kybernetes Vol. 34, Issue 7/8, p. 1240-1260, 4/9/12, atl)

The alternative is to reject linear scenario planning in favor of complex theoretical analysis—unconditionally inserting complexity analysis into the simulation creates better policy planning

Rosenau, professor emeritus of international affairs – George Washington University, 97

(James, “Many Damn Things Simultaneously: Complexity Theory and World Affairs,” in Complexity, Global Politics, and 

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h2There is an institutional bias in favor of speciesism-the AFF’s failure to
directly challenge it allows hegemonic discourses to constrain the parameters
of discussion and political activity which allows specieisism to continue. /h2

pstrongJackman, UC Davis sociology
professor, 1994/strong/p

p(Mary, The Velvet Glove: Paternalism and Conflict in Gender,
Class, and Race Relations, pg 64-68, ldg)/ppandnbsp;/p

h2Speciesism makes possible “systematic beastilization” which justifies
non-criminal putting to death of the other—root cause of all oppression /h2

pstrongRossini, postdoctoral Fellow
ASCA, 2006/strong/p

p(Manuela, “To the Dogs: Companion speciesism and the new
feminist materialism”, text and image Volume 3, September, a href="http://intertheory.org/rossini"http://intertheory.org/rossini/a,
ldg)/ppandnbsp;/p

h2The alternative is to insembrace the standpoint of the animal/ins—this
overcomes the humanist bias of the affirmative scholarship, connects the
experiences of human and non-human animals and allows for total liberation by
providing insunderstanding of all oppression/ins/h2

pstrongBest, UT El Paso philosophy
professor, 2009/strong/p

p(Steven, “The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: Putting
Theory into Action and Animal Liberation into Higher Education “, Journal for
Critical Animal Studies, Volume VII, Issue 1, 2009, a href="http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/JCAS/Journal_Articles_download/issue_9/JCAS%20VII%20Issue%201%20MAY%20ISSUE%20The%20Rise%20of%20Critical%20Animal%20Studies%20pgs%209-52.pdf"http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/JCAS/Journal_Articles_download/issue_9/JCAS%20VII%20Issue%201%20MAY%20ISSUE%20The%20Rise%20of%20Critical%20Animal%20Studies%20pgs%209-52.pdf/a,
ldg)/p
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Debt ceiling compromise likely now but Obama has to maintain the political upper hand to avoid economic collapse.

Klein, Washington Post politics writer, 1-2-13

(Ezra, “The lessons of the fiscal cliff”, http:~/~/www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/02/the-lessons-of-the-fiscal-cliff/?wprss=rss_com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/02/the-lessons-of-the-fiscal-cliff/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein, DOA: 1-4-13, ldg)

Top of the docket and PC is key

Feehery, Quinn Gillespie and Associates government affairs director, 1-2-13

(John, “The Clock”, http:~/~/www.thefeeherytheory.com/2013/01/02/the-clock/http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2013/01/02/the-clock/, DOA: 1-4-13, ldg)

Global economic crisis causes another nuclear war

Merlini, Center on the United States and Europe nonresident senior fellow, 2011

(Cesare, “A Post-Secular World?”, Survival, 53.2, ebsco, ldg)

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Hagel will be confirmed but it’ll be close—Obama’s PC is vital, high, and will be successful—key to avoid multiple scenarios for global conflict

Kurlander, Huffington post writer, 1/10

(Steven, blogs at Kurlys Kommentary and also writes for Florida Voices and the Huffington Post, January 10, 2013, “Steven Kurlander: Obama will push to advance his vision of America”, http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-01-10/news/fl-skcol-oped0110-20130110_1_hagel-president-obama-steven-kurlander, 1/16/13, atl)

With the angst over the fiscal AND  new 21st century American frontier.

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Oil prices high and will remain high

Corcoran, Senior Editor at Whitespace Publishing Group, 10-15

(Sorcha, “Russian economy to grow by 4pc but needs structural reform – Atradius,” 10-15-12, Business and Leadership, da 10-16-12, http:~/~/businessandleadership.com/exporting/item/37698-russian-economy-to-grow-by/http://businessandleadership.com/exporting/item/37698-russian-economy-to-grow-by/, mee)

Oil price decrease collapses the Russian economy

Harding, The Guardian Lead Correspondent, 08

(Luke, November 20, “Russia close to economic collapse as oil price falls, experts predict,” http:~/~/www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/20/uk/world/2008/nov/20/oil-russia-economy-putin-medvedev, accessed 8-31-12, ads)

Nationalists are threatening Putin now

Agence France-Presse, 11-4-12

(“Russian ultra-nationalists vow to drive Putin out of Kremlin,” http:~/~/www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/04/russian-ultra-nationalists-vow-to-drive-putin-out-of-kremlin/http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/04/russian-ultra-nationalists-vow-to-drive-putin-out-of-kremlin/, d/a 12-22-12, ads)

Nationalism causes dissolution of Russia

com/markadomanis/, Forbes Contributor, 12-1-12

(Mark, “Putin, Russian Nationalism, and the Future of the Opposition,”http:~/~/www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2012/12/01/russia-and-oil-a-recipe-for-preservation-of-the-status-quo/http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2012/12/01/russia-and-oil-a-recipe-for-preservation-of-the-status-quo/, d/a 12-23-12, ads)

Instability causes nuclear war and turns all their impacts

Olicker, RAND senior international policy analysts, 2

(Olga and Tanya Charlick-Paley, RAND Corporation Project Air Force, “Assessing Russia’s Decline,” 2002,

www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1442/, accessed 1-21-10, mss)

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The United States Federal Government should substantially increase investment in smart microgrid technology for installations the plan applies to via a diverse portfolio tailored to individual installation circumstances, including non-nuclear renewable energies for on-site generation, increased backup generation capacity, improvements in energy efficiency and energy storage, intelligent local energy management, and accelerated implementation of the SPIDERS project.

Smart microgrids solve DOD grid vulnerability-CP resolves each threat

SERDP 2012

(Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, “DoD Study Finds Microgrids Offer Improved Energy Security for DoD Installations”, 7-10, http:~/~/www.serdp.org/News-and-Events/News-Announcements/Program-News/org/News-and-Events/News-Announcements/Program-News/DoD-study-finds-microgrids-offer-improved-energy-security-for-DoD-installations, DOA: 10-4-12, ldg)

Advanced microgrids offer a cost-effective AND have become unnecessary or inappropriate