| 09/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Global warming is happening now and exponential carbon dioxide rates are human caused.Riti, Pace University School of Law center for environmental legal studies graduate research fellow, 2010
~[Christopher, Pace University school of law LLM candidate, 27 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 783, "COMMENT: Three Sheets to the Wind: The Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit, Congressional Political Posturing, and an Unsustainable Energy Policy" Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP~] ~[*785~] Besides the obvious strategic disadvantages associated with enslavement to fossil fuels,
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ecosystems to the brink of collapse and fundamentally altering the human community. n15 Keating, Foreign Policy Web Editor, 11/13/2009
~[Joshua, "The End of the World," http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/13/the_end_of_the_world?page=full, 11/15~] How it could happen: Under the worst-case scenario predicted by the International Panel on Climate Change, the global surface temperature of the Earth could increase by as much as 4-5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. (Many scientists believe that estimate is conservative). Such a scenario would lead to as much as a half-meter rise in sea levels, flooding coastal regions including many of the world’s major cities.
Meanwhile, nearly one-third of the planet could become desert and more than
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-ending outcomes could be mitigated by a substantial reduction in carbon emissions. McCasland, University of Illinois College of Law JD candidate, 2012
~[Matthew, 2012 U. Ill. J.L. Tech. %26 Pol’y 167, "NOTE: WINDY CITY HEAT: HOW WIND ENERGY CAN HELP POWER ILLINOIS INTO THE FUTURE" Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP~] Forty percent of the carbon dioxide (CO<2>) produced in America comes
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This is the equivalent to taking 140 million vehicles off the road." n137 Caploe, 4/7/9
~[David Caploe is CEO of the Singapore-incorporated American Centre for Applied Liberal Arts and Humanities in Asia., "Focus still on America to lead global recovery", April 7, The Strait Times, lexis~] IN THE aftermath of the G-20 summit, most observers seem to have
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US - and it is going to have to be solved there too. Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, 5/11/2010
~[Michael, "Will the great recession lead to World War IV?," http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv~~] If history is any guide, an era of global economic stagnation will help the
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Eurasia, Eastasia and Oceania in 1984 is all too easy to imagine. Da Costa and Bull, Reuters, 9-14-12
~[Pedro and Alister, "Fed bets big in new push to rescue economy" http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/14/us-usa-fed-idUSBRE88C04T20120914-http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/14/us-usa-fed-idUSBRE88C04T20120914, accessed 9-16-12, TAP~] Bernanke dismissed talk the Fed was taking sides, saying it acted solely because of
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we have seen in the last six months isn’t it," he said. Hemphill, University of Michigan strategy innovation and public policy associate professor, 9-14-12
~[Thomas, "U.S. Manufacturing’s Brave New World" http://american.com/archive/2012/september/u-s-manufacturings-brave-new-world-http://american.com/archive/2012/september/u-s-manufacturings-brave-new-world, accessed 9-16-12, TAP~] After losing 6 million manufacturing jobs between 2001 and 2009, the American manufacturing sector
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a negative impact on their ability to expand operations or improve company productivity. Manufacturing is the lynchpin of the economy and upholds tech leadership.Ettlinger, Vice President for Economic Policy, and Gordon, Vice President for Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress, 4-7-11
(Michael, Kate, "The Importance and Promise of American Manufacturing,"
http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/issues/2011/04/pdf/manufacturing.pdf, accessed 9-6-12, CMM) Manufacturing is critically important to the American economy. For generations,¶ the strength of
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, serving both domestic and external markets—¶ gives it great potential resiliency. Cuttino, Pew Clean Energy Program director, 5-16-12
~[Phyllis, "A Bright Future for Renewable Energy" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phyllis-cuttino/a-bright-future-for-renewable-energy_b_1521445.html-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phyllis-cuttino/a-bright-future-for-renewable-energy_b_1521445.html, accessed 8-29-12, TAP~] According to our recent report, "Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2011
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competitive clean energy technologies for Americans to use and export around the world. Sheridan, AFP, 4-12-12
~[Kerry, "US grabs lead over China in clean energy race" http://phys.org/news/2012-04-china-energy.html-http://phys.org/news/2012-04-china-energy.html, accessed 8-29-12, TAP~] China, which fell to second, invested %2445.5 billion last year
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a profit," said Phyllis Cuttino, director of Pew’s Clean Energy Program. Competitiveness in green energy is key to heg and the economy.Swezey, Breakthrough Institute project director, 2010
~[Devon, "Testimony: The Challenge of China’s Green Technology Policy" http://thebreakthrough.org/archive/testimony_the_challenge_of_chi_1-http://thebreakthrough.org/archive/testimony_the_challenge_of_chi_1, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~] As the United States searches for new sources of growth amidst a sluggish economic recovery
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lose out on one of the greatest economic opportunities of the 21st century. Plan: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase necessary production tax credits for wind power facilities placed in service in the United States after December 31, 2012. McCammon, New York University School of Law JD, 2009
~[Melanie, 17 N.Y.U. Envtl. L.J. 1243, "STUDENT ARTICLE: ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON SITING WIND FARMS: IS GREATER FEDERAL CONTROL WARRANTED?" Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP~] As the need to address the threat of climate change becomes ~[*1244~] ever
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is an initiative aimed at increasing generation of electricity through wind power. n8 McCasland, University of Illinois College of Law JD candidate, 2012
~[Matthew, 2012 U. Ill. J.L. Tech. %26 Pol’y 167, "NOTE: WINDY CITY HEAT: HOW WIND ENERGY CAN HELP POWER ILLINOIS INTO THE FUTURE" Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP~] There are also long-term benefits to wind energy. Should the United States
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will help keep the environment clean and reduce America’s dependence on fossil fuels. Curtis, The Guardian, 2011
~[Polly, 11-21-11, "Do windfarms work?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless~%23block-7-http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless, accessed 9-12-12, TAP~] The Centre for Sustainable Energy, which is a green group campaigning for more sustainable
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overestimated and suppliers are used to dealing with changes in supply and demand. CFR, 7-5-12
~[Council on Foreign Relations, "The Global Climate Change Regime" http://www.cfr.org/climate-change/global-climate-change-regime/p21831~%23p5-http://www.cfr.org/climate-change/global-climate-change-regime/p21831, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~] The failure to pass comprehensive U.S. climate legislation, with a sweeping
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that will be needed through 2050 and beyond at a reasonable economic cost. Hendrix et al, CSIS Energy and National Security Program, 2010
~[Leigh, Nitzan Goldberger, and Sarah Ladislaw, March 2010, "Understanding "Green Jobs"" http://csis.org/files/publication/100217_GreenJobs.pdf-http://csis.org/files/publication/100217_GreenJobs.pdf, p.3-4, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~] Advocates of green job creation argue that green jobs, and the clean energy investments
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energy investments span the full range of jobs which are currently in existence. Colorado Energy News, 2011
~[11-29-12, "Broad Coalition Wants Extension Of Wind Production Tax" http://www.earthtechling.com/2011/11/broad-coalition-wants-extension-of-wind-production-tax/-http://www.earthtechling.com/2011/11/broad-coalition-wants-extension-of-wind-production-tax/, accessed 8-22-12, TAP~] "Farmers and business people know a good deal when they see one, and
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S. wind energy manufacturing jobs rather than lose them to other countries." Status quo uncertainty over the production tax credit creates a boom-and-bust cycle that crushes its effectiveness and makes the wind industry unsustainable – only the plan creates certainty.Dewey, Boston College Law School JD candidate, 2011
~[Erin, 52 B.C. L. Rev 1105, "NOTE: SUNDOWN AND YOU BETTER TAKE CARE: WHY SUNSET PROVISIONS HARM THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY AND VIOLATE TAX PRINCIPLES" Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP~] Despite disagreement among scholars regarding the value of sunset dates generally, those in the
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and development. n181 This impact is evidenced in Table 1, below.
Table I: Installed Capacity of Wind
Energy (MW) from 1992 to 2010 n182
Year Net Installed Percent change from Status of PTC
Wind Capacity previous year
in Megawatts
1999 659.00 — Expired on 7/1/1999
2000 66.845 -899 To Renewed and set to expire
1/1/2002
2001 1692.45 2432% Set to expire 1/1/2002
Expired and then renewed
2002 455388 73% on 3/1/2002 until 2004
2003 1662.581 265% Set to expire 1/1/2004
Expired 1/1/2004, renewed
2004 373.182 -78% 10/2004
2005 2423.94 550% Set to expire 1/1/2006
2006 2427.441 0.14% Set to expire 1/1/2007
2007 5332.545 120% Set to expire 1/1/2008
2008 8502.992 59% Set to expire 1/1/2009
2009 9453.311 11% Set to expire 1/1/2013
Notably, Table 1 demonstrates that newly installed wind capacity dropped precipitously in the years
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that projects would receive sufficient financing at the construction or operating stages. n204 The boom-and-bust cycle stunts the industry – sustained consistent federal policy drives the market.Hinman, University of Oregon School of Law JD, 2009
~[Jeffry, J. ENVTL. LAW AND LITIGATION, Vol 24, "The Green Economic Recovery: Wind Energy Tax Policy After Financial Crisis and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act" http://law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/docs/232/Hinman.pdf-http://law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/docs/232/Hinman.pdf, p.69, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~] The federal government must send a strong signal to the energy¶ industry that it
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the need to reform their¶ business models to include more renewable energy. Boom-and-bust cycles prevent wind prices from competing with fossil fuels and from the industry becoming sustainable – the plan solves.Bode, American Wind Energy Association chief executive officer, 8-22-12
~[Denise, "What Critics of Wind Power’s Incentive Miss" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/denise-bode/wind-energy-tax-credit-_b_1821279.html-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/denise-bode/wind-energy-tax-credit-_b_1821279.html, accessed 8-23-12, TAP~] Here is what the Journal and other critics of the PTC miss:¶ Historically,
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~] life, and it was more than 10 times greater for nuclear." Dewey, Boston College Law School JD candidate, 2011
~[Erin, 52 B.C. L. Rev 1105, "NOTE: SUNDOWN AND YOU BETTER TAKE CARE: WHY SUNSET PROVISIONS HARM THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY AND VIOLATE TAX PRINCIPLES" Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP~] As with any nascent technology, many impediments exist to the development of renewable energy
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development justify tax incentives that encourage investment in the renewable energy industry. n69 Curtis, The Guardian, 2011
~[Polly, 11-21-11, "Do windfarms work?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless~%23block-7-http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless, accessed 9-12-12, TAP~] Damian has also highlighted new research suggesting that wind power could break even with non
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the best wind farms in the world already match their fossil fuel rivals. |
| 09/23/2012 | |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Restuccia, The Hill, 2011
~[Andrew, 12-28-11, "The Race for Wind: Wind Industry Sees Good Prospects for Tax Credit Extension" http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=53497%26pageid=%26pagename-http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=53497%26pageid=%26pagename=, accessed 8-22-12, TAP~] AWEA said recently that 2011 was a banner year for wind energy, citing lower
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statement. "But the PTC movement gathered momentum heading into next year." Styles, The Energy Collective, 8-2-12
~[Geoffrey, "Last Hurrah for the Wind Power Tax Credit?" http://theenergycollective.com/geoffrey-styles/99336/last-hurrah-wind-power-tax-credit-http://theenergycollective.com/geoffrey-styles/99336/last-hurrah-wind-power-tax-credit, accessed 8-22-12, TAP~] The US wind industry has received substantial government support in recent years. When the
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receive a total of %244.5 B over the next decade. Palmer et al, Resources for the Future, 2010
~[Karen, Richard Sweeney, and Maura Allaire, Oct 2010, "Modeling Policies to Promote Renewable and Low-Carbon Sources of Electricity" http://www.rff.org/RFF/Documents/RFF-BCK-Palmeretal%20-LowCarbonElectricity-REV.pdf-http://www.rff.org/RFF/Documents/RFF-BCK-Palmeretal -LowCarbonElectricity-REV.pdf, p.2, accessed 9-21-12, TAP~] A greater reliance on domestic
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reduced oil¶ consumption are likely to be small. Collins, Director, Russia Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 10/12/9
(James, Former Ambassador to Russia, Advisory Board Member, Civilian Research and Development Foundation and the Library of Foreign Literature in Moscow, recipient of the Secretary of State’s Award for Distinguished Service; the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service; NASA Medal for Distinguished Service "US-Russia Relations on the Eve of Clinton’s Trip to Moscow" http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view%26id=23985%26prog=zru-http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view%26id=23985%26prog=zru ~[accessed 10/30/9~]) I think we have done reasonably well at seeing each other as both engaged,
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a broad range of issues—will be less than they could be. Reuters, 9-16-12
~["Crude oil ought to be %24150 per barrel: Iran" http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/16/us-iran-oil-prices-idUSBRE88F0EQ20120916-http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/16/us-iran-oil-prices-idUSBRE88F0EQ20120916, accessed 9-19-12, TAP~] Crude oil should be at least %24150 per barrel, Iran’s oil minister was
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as well we will have a rise in oil prices in the winter." |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Cuttino, Pew Clean Energy Program director, 7-6-12
~[Phyllis, "Investment will follow if Congress renews PTC" http://www.thecleanenergyexchange.org/posts/view/investment-will-follow-if-congress-renews-ptc/d709khtkaw/-http://www.thecleanenergyexchange.org/posts/view/investment-will-follow-if-congress-renews-ptc/d709khtkaw/, accessed 9-17-12, TAP~] Congress has historically preferred to implement energy policy through a series of tax incentives rather
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growth and to assure our global leadership in a rapidly emerging new sector. Jenkins, Muro, Nordhaus, Shellenberger, Tawney, and Trembath, 04-12
~[Jesse Jenkins, Director of Energy and Climate Policy, Breakthrough Institute Mark Muro, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, Cofounders, Breakthrough Institute Letha Tawney, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute Alex Trembath, Policy Associate, Breakthrough Institute, "Beyond Boom and Bust: Putting Clean Tech on a Path to Subsidy Independence," p. 25, thebreakthrough.org/blog/Beyond_Boom_and_Bust.pdf, 04-12, access date: 8-17-12, MAY~] While wind power will continue to benefit from mandates requiring utilities to adopt renewable energy
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in each of these policies, reducing the market opportunities for renewables.51 Corbett, PA Governor, 8-31-12
(Tom, "Governor Tom Corbett: Mitt Romney has right energy policy," http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2012/08/governor_tom_corbett_mitt_romn.html, accessed 9-3-12, CMM) Pennsylvania also is working on exchanging best practices with other states on hydraulic fracturing and
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, and we will all share in the prosperity that comes with that. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Belogolova, National Journal, 8-10-12
~[Olga, "Wind-Energy Jobs Have Candidates Spinning About Extending Production Tax Credit" http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/wind-energy-jobs-have-candidates-spinning-about-extending-production-tax-credit-20120810-http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/wind-energy-jobs-have-candidates-spinning-about-extending-production-tax-credit-20120810, accessed 9-18-12, TAP~] A federal tax incentive for wind power has long been a top priority for clean
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and was the fastest-growing state for new wind installations in 2011. Witt, Examiner, 9-20-12
~[Ryan, "Updated Obama versus Romney polls in 10 key battleground states" http://www.examiner.com/article/updated-obama-versus-romney-polls-10-key-battleground-states-10-http://www.examiner.com/article/updated-obama-versus-romney-polls-10-key-battleground-states-10, accessed 9-20-12, TAP~] Iowa¶ Electoral Votes: 6¶ Most Recent Poll: Romney 47%, Obama
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.. Nate Silver decreased Obama’s odds for victory by 4.8 percent. Witt, Examiner, 9-20-12
~[Ryan, "Updated Obama versus Romney polls in 10 key battleground states" http://www.examiner.com/article/updated-obama-versus-romney-polls-10-key-battleground-states-10-http://www.examiner.com/article/updated-obama-versus-romney-polls-10-key-battleground-states-10, accessed 9-20-12, TAP~] Colorado¶ Electoral Votes: 9¶ Most Recent Poll: Romney 47%, Obama
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Nate Silver decreased Obama’s chances for victory here by 11.1 percent. Iowa and Colorado are key – the race is too tight to discount them.Carpentier, Raw Story, 9-7-12
~[Megan, "Obama, Romney head to swing states post-convention to drum up support" http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/07/obama-romney-head-to-swing-states-post-convention-to-drum-up-support/-http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/07/obama-romney-head-to-swing-states-post-convention-to-drum-up-support/, accessed 9-17-12, TAP~] But it shows how their campaigns are increasingly honing in on a handful of battleground
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or undecided voters where the race is seen as too close to call. Romney winning in Ohio and Wisconsin now.Anderson, Writer for The Weekly Standard and a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, 9-14-12
~[Jeffery, NPR, "Weekly Standard: Obama 290, Romney 222," http://www.npr.org/2012/09/14/161143863/weekly-standard-obama-290-romney-222-http://www.npr.org/2012/09/14/161143863/weekly-standard-obama-290-romney-222, 9-14-12, access date: 9-15-12, MAY~] There are nine key swing states in this election (Florida, Ohio, Virginia
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in Wisconsin and 2 points (46 to 44 percent) in Iowa. Klein et al, Yahoo News, 9-13-12
(Rick, Amy Walter, Richard Coolidge %26 Sherisse Pham, "If Romney loses Ohio, Obama wins big," http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/romney-loses-ohio-obama-wins-big-111350109.html, accessed 9-13-12, CMM) For all the talk of polls, and where President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney
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C., and setting up shop in Cincinnati or Cleveland? Game on. Gabriel and Zeleny, The New York Times, 9-12-12
~[Trip and Jeff, "Ryan Plays Up Wisconsin Pride as Obama TV Ads Begin in State," http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/us/politics/ryan-stumping-in-wisconsin-stresses-local-roots.html-http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/us/politics/ryan-stumping-in-wisconsin-stresses-local-roots.html, 9-12-12, access date: 9-13-12, MAY~] The appeals to state pride were laid on thick because Mr. Ryan’s addition to
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presidential races. However, the 2000 and 2004 elections were very close. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002
~[Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, "ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law" Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP~] A pragmatic approach to environmental decision making requires ~[*255~] environmental advocates to recognize
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. n139 Persuasion, not stubborn dogmatism, is the key to progress. AND perspectives aren’t irreconcilable – incorporating conceptions of the oppressed into the law is the only way to produce structural change.Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002
~[Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, "ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law" Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP~] Pragmatism may prove a useful tool in environmental debates simply because such debates can be
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be, even if the weight of legal institutions coherently excludes them." n134 Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992
~[Martin, "Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism" http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover~%23v=onepage%26q%26f=false-http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover, p.20, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~] A healthy society, I would argue, is one characterized by simultaneous increases in
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rather than strangle the rather truculent capitalist goose that lays the golden eggs. Farber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12
~[Samuel, "Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding" http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding-http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding, accessed 9-15-12, TAP~] The OWS reluctance to formulate demands might have been beneficial initially in that it might
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where they are – to point B – where they want to be. Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992
~[Martin, "Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism" http://www.amazon.com/Green-Delusions-Environmentalist-Critique-Environmentalism/dp/0822314746, p.174-5, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~] It is also essential to recognize that state-mandated social and environmental regulations can
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be well advised to reexamine the recent socioeconomic history of the United States. Farber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12
~[Samuel, "Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding" http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding-http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding, accessed 9-15-12, TAP~] Of all the internal controversies Occupy generated, the one over whether the movement should
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on the state but because they were much stronger than their American counterparts. AND they don’t solve warming – we’re past the tipping point and new tech is keyAtkisson, President and CEO of environmental sustainability group, ’1
(Alan, The Atkisson Group, international sustainability group that advises governments and corporations, "Sustainability is Dead – Long Live Sustainability," 10-18-01, http://www.rrcap.unep.org/uneptg06/course/Robert/SustainabilityManifesto2001.pdf-http://www.rrcap.unep.org/uneptg06/course/Robert/SustainabilityManifesto2001.pdf, accessed 9-10-10) PM Our economies and technologies are changing certain basic structures of planetary life, such as
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with relatively minor risks to the greater whole associated with their inevitable collapse. Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992
~[Martin, "Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism" http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover~%23v=onepage%26q%26f=false-http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover, p.7, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~] While such are the fantasies only of the most moonstruck extremists, even moderate radicals
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firms are able to devise, or afford, adequate pollution abatement equipment. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: EIA, No Date
~[Energy Information Administration, "Primary Energy Consumption" http://www.eia.gov/tools/glossary/index.cfm?id=P-http://www.eia.gov/tools/glossary/index.cfm?id=P, accessed 9-12-12, TAP~] Primary energy consumption: Consumption of primary energy. (Energy sources that are produced
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wood-derived fuels consumption; biomass waste consumption; and biofuels feedstock. Dewey, Boston College Law School JD candidate, 2011
~[Erin, 52 B.C. L. Rev 1105, "NOTE: SUNDOWN AND YOU BETTER TAKE CARE: WHY SUNSET PROVISIONS HARM THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY AND VIOLATE TAX PRINCIPLES" Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP~] The permanent extension of the PTC is necessary to promote renewable energy in the United
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in the interest of realizing the social and economic benefits of renewable energy. 3. Counter-interp- Financial incentives are direct – that includes tax incentives, loan guarantees, and grants – as long as they are directed at production.Al-Juaied, Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs visiting scholar, 2010
~[Mohammed, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Discussion Paper ~%232010-14 , October 2010, "Analysis of Financial Incentives for Early CCS Deployment" http://www.southwestcarbonpartnership.org/_Resources/PDF/Al-Juaied_Analysis_of_Financial_Incentives_web.pdf-http://www.southwestcarbonpartnership.org/_Resources/PDF/Al-Juaied_Analysis_of_Financial_Incentives_web.pdf, p.5, accessed 6-25-12, TAP~] 2. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES Federal and state governments have frequently used direct and indirect incentives to mobilize private sector investment in projects and to advance policy objectives in numerous sectors of the economy. Types of direct incentives have included tax-based incentives, loan guarantees, and other forms of direct government participation such as grants. Indirect incentives can also be valuable tools for mobilizing private sector investment, such as permitting acceleration, and other indirect forms of risk sharing. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Ted Trainer, New South Wales professor, ’85
~[Abandon Affluence%21, pg 18~] The magnitude of the social changes under discussion could not be over-estimated.
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must therefore be built up before the required social change could become possible. 3. No mindset shift - history is on our side, the alt is totalitarianism
Beckerman, Balilol College Emeritus Fellow, 1995
~[William, Small is Stupid, p. 20~] Most criticism of economic growth not only contain errors of logic or fact. They
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fail to deliver the increase in living standards to which their populations aspire. Collapse not inevitable – ev is bad – they don’t even name one Taylor, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, 2
~[Jerry, 8-26, "Sustainable Development: A Dubious Solution in Search of a Problem," http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa449.pdf-http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa449.pdf, Accessed 11-2-10, WHS~] The call for sustainable development implicitly posits that robust stocks of natural resources are crucial
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aside its theoretical difficulties— is a solution in search of a problem. Growth is sustainable and self-correcting – empirically provenGoldberg, AEI visiting fellow, 6-10-11
(Jonah, "Simply Madness," http://www.aei.org/article/103708, accessed 6-11-11, CMM) "Live simply so that others may simply live," Gandhi famously proclaimed.
Some vegetarians see their diet as the truest expression of Gandhi’s advice. But these days, the slogan has been embraced most passionately by those who wish to say goodbye to economic growth.
That’s not an exaggeration. The so-called "steady-state economy" movement holds that "we will have to get beyond growth as a society in order to realize a sustainable future."
That’s from the website steadystaterevolution.org. Its logo features a typical jagged trend line (representing the traditional ups and downs of economic progress) that suddenly flatlines at a high level, sort of like what an EKG would look like if you had a heart attack and died while jogging (death, after all, is the steadiest of states).
The idea behind the steady-state economy should be familiar to anyone who’s heard the lament that capitalism is bad for the environment because it rapaciously consumes resources faster than they can be replaced.
It’s an ancient idea, really, a kind of millenarian paranoia that keeps getting gussied up to fit the latest headlines. My favorite example is the 1968 book The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich. "The battle to feed all of humanity is over," prophesized Ehrlich. "In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now."
It was a "certainty" that even in America, famine would claim millions. Ehrlich desperately claims that his predictions were mostly right and that hundreds of millions of people did indeed die of hunger over the ensuing decades. That’s not exactly true. Global population has doubled, and the amount of food available for humanity has grown as well.
But, yes, people have died of hunger since 1968. Why? It wasn’t because markets failed or resources ran out. It was because government planners failed. That’s why countries such as India and China have introduced markets: Their central planning was killing their own people.
A few years ago, a special issue of New Scientist magazine was dedicated to the steady-state economy. In it, Herman Daly, a leading guru behind the movement, explained that in his new ideal "sustainable economy," "scientists set the rules."
Translation: If the ecologists don’t like an idea, that idea is out. Daly’s hardly the only person out there imagining a kind of Plato’s Republic where the philosopher-kings are replaced with environmental and climate scientists. The 2007 book The Climate Change Challenge and the Failure of Democracy makes a similar argument, though its enemy is liberal democracy rather than economic growth.
Either way, the problem becomes clear: When people start talking about capping, halting, or managing economic growth, what they really mean is capping, halting, and managing freedom. Hence Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist and avowed envier of China’s authoritarian regime, declares that "The Earth Is Full" and we must therefore embrace a version of the steady-state economy.
Economic growth is an enemy of all central planners for the simple reason that growth jumps the guardrails of The Plan; it changes the aesthetically appealing flat line of the steady state and makes it jagged. Growth creates new products, destroys old ones, and allows people to behave in ways that render PowerPoint projections dismayingly obsolete. Worse, it takes power from the planners.
In order to herd people back onto the official path, planners must tell them that what exists outside the guardrails is too terrifying to contemplate. "Beyond here there be monsters" is the posted sign at every guardrail.
For the record, America has more forests than it did a century ago. Our air, water, and food are cleaner than at any time since industrialization. That is not because we lived simply, but because we pursued economic growth and accumulated the wealth and expertise to mend our problems. Over the long run, the same pattern holds true for every country that embraces economic growth.
That’s why climate change is such a useful bogeyman: It is non-falsifiable, at least in our lifetimes. The "scientists set the rules," and there’s no room for appeal. And— surprise%21— in order to avoid catastrophe, the same old adages apply.
"Live simply so that others may simply live" has never made any sense save in this light. To live simply means to live predictably— predictably poor (or to not live at all). When India came closest to following Gandhi’s mantra, untold millions lived and died— albeit "simply"%21— in abject poverty.
What America needs desperately today is massive economic growth. That’s what will pay off our debt, sustain our entitlements, and continue to improve the environment. Almost as important, it will annoy all the right people. Royal, Department of Defense Cooperative threat reduction director, 2010
~[Jedediah, Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises, in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, p.213-4, TAP~] Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict
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not featured prominently in the economic-security debate and deserves more attention. Auslin, resident scholar at AEI, and Lachman, resident fellow at AEI, 9
(Michael, and Desmond, 3-6-2009, "The Global Economy Unravels,"
http://www.aei.org/article/100187%29, accessed 9-29-11, CMM) What do these trends mean in the short and medium term? The Great Depression
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globe, and the concurrent decline of trust in free-market systems.
The threat of instability is a pressing concern. China, until last year the
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people or diverting their energies outward, leading to conflict with China’s neighbors.
Russia, an oil state completely dependent on energy sales, has had to put down riots in its Far East as well as in downtown Moscow. Vladimir Putin’s rule has been predicated on squeezing civil liberties while providing economic largesse. If that devil’s bargain falls apart, then wide-scale repression inside Russia, along with a continuing threatening posture toward Russia’s neighbors, is likely.
Even apparently stable societies face increasing risk and the threat of internal or possibly external conflict. As Japan’s exports have plummeted by nearly 50%, one-third of the country’s prefectures have passed emergency economic stabilization plans. Hundreds of thousands of temporary employees hired during the first part of this decade are being laid off.
Spain’s unemployment rate is expected to climb to nearly 20% by the end of 2010; Spanish unions are already protesting the lack of jobs, and the specter of violence, as occurred in the 1980s, is haunting the country. Meanwhile, in Greece, workers have already taken to the streets.
Europe as a whole will face dangerously increasing tensions between native citizens and immigrants, largely from poorer Muslim nations, who have increased the labor pool in the past several decades. Spain has absorbed five million immigrants since 1999, while nearly 9% of Germany’s residents have foreign citizenship, including almost 2 million Turks. The xenophobic labor strikes in the U.K. do not bode well for the rest of Europe.
A prolonged global downturn, let alone a collapse, would dramatically raise tensions inside these countries. Couple that with possible protectionist legislation in the United States, unresolved ethnic and territorial disputes in all regions of the globe and a loss of confidence that world leaders actually know what they are doing. The result may be a series of small explosions that coalesce into a big bang. Bennett and Nordstrom, Pen State Political Science Professors, Ph.D., 2K
~[Scott, Tim, "Foreign Policy Substitutability and Internal Economic Problems in Enduring Rivalries," The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 44, No. 1~] In this article, we applied arguments about substitutability to the problem of how economic
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economic growth as a precursor to manifest con-flict behavior within states. Sanders, UC, Berkeley Peace and Conflict Studies Professor 90
~[Jerry W., "Global Ecology and World Economy: Collision Course or Sustainable Future" Bulletin of Peace Proposals Vol. 21 (4) p. 395-401~] What will be the likely impact of economic stagnation and increasing competition on the environment
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of fallow land a growing danger in many regions of the Third World. Owen, New Yorker staff writer, 9
(David, 3/30/2009, "Economy vs. Environment," http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2009/03/30/090330taco_talk_owen The environmental benefits of economic decline, though real, are fragile, because they
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while also encouraging them to revive our staggering economy by buying new cars? 1. We’ve passed the tipping point – tech is the only way to prevent warming and growth is keyAtkisson, President and CEO of environmental sustainability group, ’1
(Alan, The Atkisson Group, international sustainability group that advises governments and corporations, "Sustainability is Dead – Long Live Sustainability," 10-18-01, http://www.rrcap.unep.org/uneptg06/course/Robert/SustainabilityManifesto2001.pdf-http://www.rrcap.unep.org/uneptg06/course/Robert/SustainabilityManifesto2001.pdf, accessed 9-10-10) PM Our economies and technologies are changing certain basic structures of planetary life, such as
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with relatively minor risks to the greater whole associated with their inevitable collapse. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Segal, Council on Foreign Relations China studies senior fellow, 2006
~[Adam, Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 2006, "Is America Losing Its Edge?; Innovation in a Globalized World" Lexis, accessed 8-30-12, TAP~] The United States’ global primacy depends in large part on its ability to develop new
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the United States must get better at fostering technological entrepreneurship at home. PENNYWISE Nye, Harvard University distinguished service professor, 2008
~[Joseph, 9-7-8, "A Climate for Change" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/09/05/ST2008090501795.html-http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/09/05/ST2008090501795.html, accessed 8-30-12, TAP~] Of course, rousing a full-bellied nation, groggy from decades of energy
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move in that direction, Friedman will deserve some of the credit. • |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Criticizing instrumental views of nature of looking for intrinsic value in nature fails – immeasurable and subjective.- Motivating people key – it doesn’t which makes it subjective
- Policy makers can’t assess the value of nature to use productively
Light, George Mason University Center for Global Ethics director, 2002
~Andrew, Metaphilosophy, July 2002, Vol 33, No4, "Contemporary Environmental Ethics from Metaethics to Public Philosophy" Wiley, p.427-8, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~ Even with the ample development in the field of various theories designed to answer these
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theory, they will arguably never be able to make such a contribution. - The alt is circular – undercuts any ethics based argument
- Consequentialism is inevitable
Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002
~Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, "ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law" Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP~ A pragmatic approach to environmental decision making requires ~*255~ environmental advocates to recognize
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. n139 Persuasion, not stubborn dogmatism, is the key to progress. Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002
~Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, "ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law" Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP~ Pragmatism may prove a useful tool in environmental debates simply because such debates can be
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be, even if the weight of legal institutions coherently excludes them." n134 The alt is vague – that’s a reason to reject the team because it makes them a moving target that we can’t test to determine if it is true, and vague alts fail.Farber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12
~Samuel, "Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding" http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding-http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding, accessed 9-15-12, TAP~ The OWS reluctance to formulate demands might have been beneficial initially in that it might
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where they are – to point B – where they want to be. Ihde, State University of New York Stony Brook philosophy professor, 2012
~Don, "Experimental Phenomenology" second edition, p.116-7, TAP~ Carl Mitcham, himself a pragmatist, has pointed out that one salient feature of
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not wish to enter since my program here is more prescriptive than expository. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Millennium Energy LLC et al, 2006
~US Department of Energy GeoPowering the West program, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, July 2006, "Summary- 2006 California Geothermal Summit" https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v%26q=cache:ypqkEZMQmHUJ:cgec.geology.ucdavis.edu/publications/2006SUMMITSummary.pdf+%26hl=en%26gl=us%26pid=bl%26srcid=ADGEEShX-fZTWZP9TbKzmI6DeRZn6vqt7D9cNCtcmjxEqWDhM8Eiy3pGIDBWnZjpGNLQ6OsIxLl0iEF_k5Z8lcWB-26WZdqgUB0n4leQo7yiGW2-SzPRfOXFFauiy_mHwLx5Ak3MyAkT%26sig=AHIEtbTbQNNY3AUxb-QuOrEwq_d4JvGqiQ-https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v%26q=cache:ypqkEZMQmHUJ:cgec.geology.ucdavis.edu/publications/2006SUMMITSummary.pdf+%26hl=en%26gl=us%26pid=bl%26srcid=ADGEEShX-fZTWZP9TbKzmI6DeRZn6vqt7D9cNCtcmjxEqWDhM8Eiy3pGIDBWnZjpGNLQ6OsIxLl0iEF_k5Z8lcWB-26WZdqgUB0n4leQo7yiGW2-SzPRfOXFFauiy_mHwLx5Ak3MyAkT%26sig=AHIEtbTbQNNY3AUxb-QuOrEwq_d4JvGqiQ, p.5-6, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~ Following Jason Orta’s presentation, Mr. John White, Executive Director of the Center
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renewables are the only source of¶ energy not indexed to natural gas. Franzen, Talking Points Memo, 8-14-12
~Carl, "U.S. Wind Energy Grows 16 Percent, But Still Lags China" http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/us-wind-energy-lags-china-2011.php-http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/us-wind-energy-lags-china-2011.php, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~ There’s another wrinkle to the matter of the tax credit, as the report points
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must be up and running by the end of this year to qualify. Dewey, Boston College Law School JD candidate, 2011
~Erin, 52 B.C. L. Rev 1105, "NOTE: SUNDOWN AND YOU BETTER TAKE CARE: WHY SUNSET PROVISIONS HARM THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY AND VIOLATE TAX PRINCIPLES" Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP~ The permanent extension of the PTC is necessary to promote renewable energy in the United
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in the interest of realizing the social and economic benefits of renewable energy. Collins English Disctionary, 2009
~"Increase" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/increase?s=t-http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/increase?s=t, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~ Increase — vb - to make or become greater in size, degree, frequency, etc; grow or expand
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| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Restuccia, The Hill, 2011
~Andrew, 12-28-11, "The Race for Wind: Wind Industry Sees Good Prospects for Tax Credit Extension" http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=53497%26pageid=%26pagename-http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=53497%26pageid=%26pagename=, accessed 8-22-12, TAP~ AWEA said recently that 2011 was a banner year for wind energy, citing lower
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statement. "But the PTC movement gathered momentum heading into next year." Styles, The Energy Collective, 8-2-12
~Geoffrey, "Last Hurrah for the Wind Power Tax Credit?" http://theenergycollective.com/geoffrey-styles/99336/last-hurrah-wind-power-tax-credit-http://theenergycollective.com/geoffrey-styles/99336/last-hurrah-wind-power-tax-credit, accessed 8-22-12, TAP~ The US wind industry has received substantial government support in recent years. When the
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receive a total of %244.5 B over the next decade. Uniqueness overwhelms and no link – the investment is guaranteed and no tradeoff with tax credits.Eubank, Hoosier Ag Today, 9-9-12
~Andy, "Smart Grid Investment Goal Reached" http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/index.php/2012/09/09/smart-grid-investment-goal-reached/-http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/index.php/2012/09/09/smart-grid-investment-goal-reached/, accessed 9-23-12, TAP~ USDA has reached its goal of funding 250-million dollars in smart grid improvements
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consumers lower their electric bills by reducing energy use in homes and businesses. Uniqueness overwhelms and no internal link – municipal utilities will solve and investment not key.Korosec, Smart Planet, 9-10-12
~Kirsten, "The next wave of smart grid investment" http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/the-next-wave-of-smart-grid-investment/18662-http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/the-next-wave-of-smart-grid-investment/18662, accessed 9-23-12, TAP~ Municipal utilities are minor players in the power generation industry, serving only about 13
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also will need smart grid tech that’s lower cost than what’s currently available. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Natural gas prices will go up inevitably AND renewables are competing now.Lacey, Climate Progress, 2-23-12
~Stephen, "Top Three Reasons Cheap Natural Gas Won’t Kill Renewable Energy" http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/02/top-three-reasons-cheap-natural-gas-wont-kill-renewable-energy-http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/02/top-three-reasons-cheap-natural-gas-wont-kill-renewable-energy, accessed 9-22-12, TAP~ I’ll be the first to admit that cheap natural gas prices are one of the
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damages from natural gas were greater than the resource’s added value to society. NGI 9-18-12
(Natural Gas Intelligence, "DOE Delays Report on Economic Impact of LNG Exports," 9-18-12, http://intelligencepress.com/subscribers/daily/news/story.emb?REF=88870-http://intelligencepress.com/subscribers/daily/news/story.emb?REF=88870, accessed 9-18-12) PM The Department of Energy (DOE) has postponed the release of the second part
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exports would raise prices U.S. consumers pay for natural gas. NGI 9-17-12
(Natural Gas Intelligence, "Industry Watchers Pick Top U.S. LNG Export Proposals," 9-17-12, http://intelligencepress.com/subscribers/ngi/news/n20120917j.html?printable=yes%26highlight=export-http://intelligencepress.com/subscribers/ngi/news/n20120917j.html?printable=yes%26highlight=export, accessed 9-18-12) PM Market conditions and technology are on target for U.S. natural gas to
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clearing of exchange-listed and OTC energy markets (see related story). Saunders, Executive Director at the Center for National Interest, 7-9-12
(Paul, "The Shale Gas Revolution," 7-9-12, http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/topics/washington-update/shale-gas-revolution-http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/topics/washington-update/shale-gas-revolution, accessed 8-15-12) PM A narrower but still significant question is whether the United States may become a natural
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number of factors that are difficult to anticipate and thus are highly uncertain." |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002
~Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, "ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law" Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP~ A pragmatic approach to environmental decision making requires ~*255~ environmental advocates to recognize
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. n139 Persuasion, not stubborn dogmatism, is the key to progress. Perm solves – mixed motivations is key to successful policy and disads to the perm are empirically denied.Light, George Mason University Center for Global Ethics director, 2002
~Andrew, Metaphilosophy, July 2002, Vol 33, No4, "Contemporary Environmental Ethics from Metaethics to Public Philosophy" Wiley, p.440-1, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~ Katz and Oechsli are not alone in overlooking the importance of local human interests in
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lesson would be one that would be ill fitted to participate in policy decisions where the context always involves an appeal to a variety of intuitions and not only to a discrete set. We must ask ourselves eventually: What is more important, settling debates in value theory correct or actually motivating people to act, with the commitment of someone like Mendes, to preserve nature? The pressing time frame of environmental problems should at least warrant a consideration of the latter. AND they don’t solve warming – we’re past the tipping point and new tech is keyAtkisson, President and CEO of environmental sustainability group, ’1
(Alan, The Atkisson Group, international sustainability group that advises governments and corporations, "Sustainability is Dead – Long Live Sustainability," 10-18-01, http://www.rrcap.unep.org/uneptg06/course/Robert/SustainabilityManifesto2001.pdf-http://www.rrcap.unep.org/uneptg06/course/Robert/SustainabilityManifesto2001.pdf, accessed 9-10-10) PM Our economies and technologies are changing certain basic structures of planetary life, such as
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with relatively minor risks to the greater whole associated with their inevitable collapse. Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992
~Martin, "Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism" http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover~~%23v=onepage%26q%26f=false-http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover, p.11-2, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~ Many eco-radicals hope that a massive ideological campaign can transform popular perceptions,
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environmental circles, their effect on the populace at large has been minimal. Despite the greening of European politics that recently gave stalwarts considerable hope, the more
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political plans must be devised if those policies are ever to be realized. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Plan: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase necessary production tax credits for wind power facilities placed in service in the United States after December 31, 2012. Warming is real and anthropogenic – independently causes economic collapse, coral reef destruction, global starvation, and disease spread.Strom, University of Arizona professor emeritus of planetary sciences, 2007
~Robert, Professor Emeritus of planetary sciences in the Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona, (studied climate change for 15 years, the former Director of the Space Imagery Center, a NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility, "Hot House", SpringerLink, p.211-216~ We currently face the greatest threat to humanity since civilization began. This is the
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starvation, and political and economic chaos with all their ramifications for civilization. Warming is real and anthropogenic – wind power is key to solve.Sawyer, Global Wind Energy Council secretary general, 2009
~Steve, World Environment Magazine, June 2009 Issue 3, "Wind Energy as a Key Climate Solution" http://www.worldenvironment.tv/index.php?option=com_content%26view=article%26id=185:wind-energy-as-a-key-climate-solution%26catid=24:energy-category%26Itemid=39-http://www.worldenvironment.tv/index.php?option=com_content%26view=article%26id=185:wind-energy-as-a-key-climate-solution%26catid=24:energy-category%26Itemid=39, accessed 10-4-12, TAP~ When climate change first started to worry the scientific community in the 1980s, the
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and income as soon as the first turbines are connected to the grid. CFR, 7-5-12
~Council on Foreign Relations, "The Global Climate Change Regime" http://www.cfr.org/climate-change/global-climate-change-regime/p21831~~%23p5-http://www.cfr.org/climate-change/global-climate-change-regime/p21831, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~ The failure to pass comprehensive U.S. climate legislation, with a sweeping
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that will be needed through 2050 and beyond at a reasonable economic cost. Tickell, Climate Researcher, 8
(Oliver,The Guardian, 11 Aug, "On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction,". http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/11/climatechange, accessed 9-4-10, CMM) We need to get prepared for four degrees of global warming, Bob Watson told
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warming caused by human emissions could propel us towards a similar hothouse Earth. Calvin, 1998
(William H, Theoretical Neurophysiologist Univ of Washington, "The great climate flip-flop," The Atlantic Monthly 281(1):47-64, http://williamcalvin.com/1990s/1998AtlanticClimate.htm, ACC: 6.28.07 p. online) The population-crash scenario is surely the most appalling. Plummeting crop yields will
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a Third World War — but Europe’s vulnerability is particularly easy to analyze. Inter Press Service, 2006
~IPS is a non-profit climate news network, "Climate Change Shattering Marine Food Chain" http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=55070%26keybold=coral%20reef%20dying%20Pacific-http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=55070%26keybold=coral%20reef%20dying%20Pacific, accessed 1-16-12, TAP~ "Twenty percent of Earth’s reefs have been lost and 50 percent face moderate to
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known is how marine life will react," Doney said in an interview. Keating, Foreign Policy Web Editor, 11/13/2009
~Joshua, "The End of the World," http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/13/the_end_of_the_world?page=full, 11/15~ How it could happen: Throughout history, plagues have brought civilizations to their knees
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. Biological weapons experimentation has added a new and just as troubling complication. Caploe, 4/7/9
~David Caploe is CEO of the Singapore-incorporated American Centre for Applied Liberal Arts and Humanities in Asia., "Focus still on America to lead global recovery", April 7, The Strait Times, lexis~ IN THE aftermath of the G-20 summit, most observers seem to have
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US - and it is going to have to be solved there too. Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, 5/11/2010
~Michael, "Will the great recession lead to World War IV?," http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv~~ If history is any guide, an era of global economic stagnation will help the
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Eurasia, Eastasia and Oceania in 1984 is all too easy to imagine. Isidore, CNN Money, 11
(Chris, 8/10/2011, "Recession 2.0 would hurt worse," http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/10/news/economy/double_dip_recession_economy/index.htm, accessed 1-6-12, CMM) And while economists disagree on just how likely the U.S. economy is
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this new recession would likely have virtually no policy effort to counteract it. Hemphill, University of Michigan strategy innovation and public policy associate professor, 9-14-12
~Thomas, "U.S. Manufacturing’s Brave New World" http://american.com/archive/2012/september/u-s-manufacturings-brave-new-world-http://american.com/archive/2012/september/u-s-manufacturings-brave-new-world, accessed 9-16-12, TAP~ After losing 6 million manufacturing jobs between 2001 and 2009, the American manufacturing sector
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a negative impact on their ability to expand operations or improve company productivity. Colorado Energy News, 2011
~11-29-12, "Broad Coalition Wants Extension Of Wind Production Tax" http://www.earthtechling.com/2011/11/broad-coalition-wants-extension-of-wind-production-tax/-http://www.earthtechling.com/2011/11/broad-coalition-wants-extension-of-wind-production-tax/, accessed 8-22-12, TAP~ "Farmers and business people know a good deal when they see one, and
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S. wind energy manufacturing jobs rather than lose them to other countries." Hendrix et al, CSIS Energy and National Security Program, 2010
~Leigh, Nitzan Goldberger, and Sarah Ladislaw, March 2010, "Understanding "Green Jobs"" http://csis.org/files/publication/100217_GreenJobs.pdf-http://csis.org/files/publication/100217_GreenJobs.pdf, p.3-4, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~ Advocates of green job creation argue that green jobs, and the clean energy investments
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energy investments span the full range of jobs which are currently in existence. Ettlinger, Vice President for Economic Policy, and Gordon, Vice President for Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress, 4-7-11
(Michael, Kate, "The Importance and Promise of American Manufacturing,"
http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/issues/2011/04/pdf/manufacturing.pdf, accessed 9-6-12, CMM) Manufacturing is critically important to the American economy. For generations,¶ the strength of
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, serving both domestic and external markets—¶ gives it great potential resiliency. Cuttino, Pew Clean Energy Program director, 5-16-12
~Phyllis, "A Bright Future for Renewable Energy" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phyllis-cuttino/a-bright-future-for-renewable-energy_b_1521445.html-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phyllis-cuttino/a-bright-future-for-renewable-energy_b_1521445.html, accessed 8-29-12, TAP~ According to our recent report, "Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2011
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competitive clean energy technologies for Americans to use and export around the world. Swezey, Breakthrough Institute project director, 2010
~Devon, "Testimony: The Challenge of China’s Green Technology Policy" http://thebreakthrough.org/archive/testimony_the_challenge_of_chi_1-http://thebreakthrough.org/archive/testimony_the_challenge_of_chi_1, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~ As the United States searches for new sources of growth amidst a sluggish economic recovery
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lose out on one of the greatest economic opportunities of the 21st century. Scenario three – price spikes Huber, Duke University Masters of Business Administration and Environmental Management candidate, 8-1-12
~Lisa, Rocky Mountain Institute Intern, "Managing Natural Gas Volatility: The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind" http://blog.rmi.org/blog_Managing_Natural_Gas_Volatility_The_Answer_is_Blowin_in_the_wind-http://blog.rmi.org/blog_Managing_Natural_Gas_Volatility_The_Answer_is_Blowin_in_the_wind, accessed 10-4-12, TAP~ The recent shale gas boom has gained the reputation as our energy savior: clean
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pricing support. Turns out that Bob Dylan guy was on to something. Urbina, NYT, 6-25-11
(Ian, "Insiders Sound an Alarm Amid a Natural Gas Rush," http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/us/26gas.html?_r=3%26pagewanted=print, accessed 8-8-12, CMM) The data show that while there are some very active wells, they are often
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while consumers will pay a price in higher electricity and home heating bills. Status quo uncertainty over the production tax credit creates a boom-and-bust cycle that crushes its effectiveness and makes the wind industry unsustainable – only the plan creates certainty.Dewey, Boston College Law School JD candidate, 2011
~Erin, 52 B.C. L. Rev 1105, "NOTE: SUNDOWN AND YOU BETTER TAKE CARE: WHY SUNSET PROVISIONS HARM THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY AND VIOLATE TAX PRINCIPLES" Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP~ Despite disagreement among scholars regarding the value of sunset dates generally, those in the
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and development. n181 This impact is evidenced in Table 1, below.
Table I: Installed Capacity of Wind
Energy (MW) from 1992 to 2010 n182
Year Net Installed Percent change from Status of PTC
Wind Capacity previous year
in Megawatts
1999 659.00 — Expired on 7/1/1999
2000 66.845 -899 To Renewed and set to expire
1/1/2002
2001 1692.45 2432% Set to expire 1/1/2002
Expired and then renewed
2002 455388 73% on 3/1/2002 until 2004
2003 1662.581 265% Set to expire 1/1/2004
Expired 1/1/2004, renewed
2004 373.182 -78% 10/2004
2005 2423.94 550% Set to expire 1/1/2006
2006 2427.441 0.14% Set to expire 1/1/2007
2007 5332.545 120% Set to expire 1/1/2008
2008 8502.992 59% Set to expire 1/1/2009
2009 9453.311 11% Set to expire 1/1/2013
Notably, Table 1 demonstrates that newly installed wind capacity dropped precipitously in the years
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that projects would receive sufficient financing at the construction or operating stages. n204 The boom-and-bust cycle stunts the industry – sustained consistent federal policy drives the market.Hinman, University of Oregon School of Law JD, 2009
~Jeffry, J. ENVTL. LAW AND LITIGATION, Vol 24, "The Green Economic Recovery: Wind Energy Tax Policy After Financial Crisis and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act" http://law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/docs/232/Hinman.pdf-http://law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/docs/232/Hinman.pdf, p.69, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~ The federal government must send a strong signal to the energy¶ industry that it
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the need to reform their¶ business models to include more renewable energy. Trembath, Breakthrough Institute energy and climate program policy associate, 8-11-12
~Alex, "Wind Energy Tax Credit Should Be Reformed and Extended" http://ivn.us/2012/08/11/wind-energy-tax-credit-should-be-reformed-and-extended/-http://ivn.us/2012/08/11/wind-energy-tax-credit-should-be-reformed-and-extended/, accessed 8-17-12, TAP~ The backdrop of the debate is impressive: wind capacity has doubled since 2008,
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and-bust fate since then, is a prime target for reform. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Dewey, Boston College Law School JD candidate, 2011
~Erin, 52 B.C. L. Rev 1105, "NOTE: SUNDOWN AND YOU BETTER TAKE CARE: WHY SUNSET PROVISIONS HARM THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY AND VIOLATE TAX PRINCIPLES" Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP~ The permanent extension of the PTC is necessary to promote renewable energy in the United
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in the interest of realizing the social and economic benefits of renewable energy. Huntowski et al, Northbridge Group, 9-17-12
~Frank, Aaron Patterson, and Michael Schnitzer, "Negative Electricity Prices and the Production Tax Credit" http://www.infrastructureusa.org/negative-electricity-prices-and-the-production-tax-credit/-http://www.infrastructureusa.org/negative-electricity-prices-and-the-production-tax-credit/, accessed 9-21-12, TAP~ The federal wind Production Tax Credit ("PTC") was originally enacted in 1992 to
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cautioned policymakers against further subsidies noting that the PTC had undermined Texas reliability:
"Federal incentives for renewable energy… have distorted the competitive wholesale market in ERCOT
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other generation types to recover their cost and discourages investment in new generation." Collins English Dictionary, 2009
~"Substantial" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/substantial?s=t-http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/substantial?s=t, accessed 9-20-12, TAP~ substantial (səbˈstænʃəl)
— adj - of a considerable size or value: substantial funds
2. worthwhile; important: a substantial reform
3. having wealth or importance
4. (of food or a meal) sufficient and nourishing
5. solid or strong in construction, quality, or character: a substantial door
6. real; actual; true: the evidence is substantial
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| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Restuccia, The Hill, 2011
~Andrew, 12-28-11, "The Race for Wind: Wind Industry Sees Good Prospects for Tax Credit Extension" http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=53497%26pageid=%26pagename-http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=53497%26pageid=%26pagename=, accessed 8-22-12, TAP~ AWEA said recently that 2011 was a banner year for wind energy, citing lower
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statement. "But the PTC movement gathered momentum heading into next year." Styles, The Energy Collective, 8-2-12
~Geoffrey, "Last Hurrah for the Wind Power Tax Credit?" http://theenergycollective.com/geoffrey-styles/99336/last-hurrah-wind-power-tax-credit-http://theenergycollective.com/geoffrey-styles/99336/last-hurrah-wind-power-tax-credit, accessed 8-22-12, TAP~ The US wind industry has received substantial government support in recent years. When the
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receive a total of %244.5 B over the next decade. PR Newswire, 4-12-12
~"U.S. Retakes Lead From China in Clean Energy Race" http://www.dnaindia.com/pressreleases/press-release_u-s-retakes-lead-from-china-in-clean-energy-race_1674761-http://www.dnaindia.com/pressreleases/press-release_u-s-retakes-lead-from-china-in-clean-energy-race_1674761, accessed 8-29-12, TAP~ China attracted %2445.5 billion in clean energy investment, which spurred deployment
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had the world’s second-highest annual growth rate for clean energy investment. Says China solar expansion key too – no unique reason wind is key. US key to global economy. China does not lead in green energy – numbers are distorted and they still produce 100 times more fossil fuel energy.Hayward, AEI FK Weyerhaeuser fellow, 2011
~Steven, 7-27-12, "China, and Overdone Green Energy Hysteria" http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2011/07/27/china_and_overdone_green-energy_hysteria_99149.html-http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2011/07/27/china_and_overdone_green-energy_hysteria_99149.html, accessed 8-29-12, TAP~ Of all the verses in the "China-is-Awesome" hallelujah chorus
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consumption. Does this sound like an authentic "green" energy juggernaut? |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Cass, AP, 9-14-12
~Connie, "October surprise comes early this campaign" http://news.yahoo.com/october-surprise-comes-early-campaign-073638782—election.html-http://news.yahoo.com/october-surprise-comes-early-campaign-073638782~-~-election.html, accessed 9-19-12, TAP~ Septembers shock, Octobers surprise, early Novembers can knock a campaign sideways. In
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world. The same could be said, however, of presidential campaigns. 2. Non-unique – Obama has already supported the PTC and Romney has opposed it.Ho, Washington Post, 8-12-12
~Catherine, "Candidates split over extending tax credit for wind energy producers" http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/candidates-split-over-extending-tax-credit-for-wind-energy-producers/2012/08/10/0f386d94-e26e-11e1-98e7-89d659f9c106_story.html-http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/candidates-split-over-extending-tax-credit-for-wind-energy-producers/2012/08/10/0f386d94-e26e-11e1-98e7-89d659f9c106_story.html, accessed 9-17-12, TAP~ President Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney clashed last week over a federal tax
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credits for wind energy producers," Obama told supporters in Pueblo, Colo. Belogolova, National Journal, 8-10-12
~Olga, "Wind-Energy Jobs Have Candidates Spinning About Extending Production Tax Credit" http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/wind-energy-jobs-have-candidates-spinning-about-extending-production-tax-credit-20120810-http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/wind-energy-jobs-have-candidates-spinning-about-extending-production-tax-credit-20120810, accessed 9-18-12, TAP~ A federal tax incentive for wind power has long been a top priority for clean
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and was the fastest-growing state for new wind installations in 2011. Romney winning in Virginia, Florida, Colorado, and Iowa.Anderson, Weekly Standard, 10-5-12
~Jeffrey, "Rasmussen: Obama 271, Romney 267" http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/rasmussen-obama-271-romney-267_653788.html-http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/rasmussen-obama-271-romney-267_653788.html, accessed 10-5-12, TAP~ One month and one day before the most important presidential election in the past quarter
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into what is now, for all intents and purposes, a tie. Iowa and Colorado are key – the race is too tight to discount them.Carpentier, Raw Story, 9-7-12
~Megan, "Obama, Romney head to swing states post-convention to drum up support" http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/07/obama-romney-head-to-swing-states-post-convention-to-drum-up-support/-http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/07/obama-romney-head-to-swing-states-post-convention-to-drum-up-support/, accessed 9-17-12, TAP~ But it shows how their campaigns are increasingly honing in on a handful of battleground
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or undecided voters where the race is seen as too close to call. Fifield, Financial Times, 9-12-12
~Anna, "And then there were nine" Lexis, accessed 9-13-12, TAP~ It was no accident that the day after the Democratic national convention ended last week
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votes each, will also see plenty of Mr Obama and Mr Romney. Pope, Oregonian, 9-30-12
(Charles, "Swing states like Virginia lock up attention from Obama and Romney," 9-30-12, http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/09/swing_states_like_virginia_loc.html-http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/09/swing_states_like_virginia_loc.html, accessed 10-2-12) PM Independent political analysts
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since Franklin Roosevelt. 7. OR nobody switches their votes – people have made up their mindsDunham, Houston Chronicle, 8-30-12
(Richard, "Still undecided about the presidential election? Pretty lonely, aren’t you?" 8-30-12, http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/08/still-undecided-about-the-presidential-election-pretty-lonely-arent-you/-http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/08/still-undecided-about-the-presidential-election-pretty-lonely-arent-you/, accessed 9-17-12) PM Republicans and Democrats are spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars over the next two
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pollster Whit Ayres. "Much smaller than we usually see right now." Gardett, AOL Energy Managing Editor, 12
~Peter, 1-8-12, Huffington Post, "Energy Voters as a Political Power", http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-gardett/energy-voters-as-a-politi_b_1192646.html-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-gardett/energy-voters-as-a-politi_b_1192646.html, accessed 9-16-12, AFB~ Can the millions of workers in the U.S. energy sector, their
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of billions of dollars at stake, it will not be their last. Englund, WaPo, 9-18-12
(Will, "Romney? At least he’s direct, says Putin," 9-18-12, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/romney-at-least-hes-direct-says-putin/2012/09/17/99435c2c-0188-11e2-9367-4e1bafb958db_story.html-http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/romney-at-least-hes-direct-says-putin/2012/09/17/99435c2c-0188-11e2-9367-4e1bafb958db_story.html, accessed 9-19-12) PM Romney’s characterization of Russia earlier this year as America’s Number One geopolitical foe caught the
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, and Obama at least promises the sort of continuity that Putin values. Ockham Research 8
(an independent equity research provider, "Economic Distress and Geopolitical Risks", November, http://seekingalpha.com/article/106562-economic-distress-and-geopolitical-risks, accessed 9-27-10, CMM) Russia, whose economy, stock markets and financial system have literally imploded over the
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, an impoverished and unstable Russia would be a dangerous thing to behold. Khalilzad, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the UN, 2-8-11
(Zalmay, United States ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations during the presidency of George W. Bush and the director of policy planning at the Defense Department from 1990 to 1992, National Review Online, "The Economy and National Security," http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/259024/economy-and-national-security-zalmay-khalilzad, accessed 2-8-11, CMM) Today, economic and fiscal trends pose the most severe long-term threat to the United States’ position as global leader. While the United States suffers from fiscal imbalances and low economic growth, the economies of rival powers are developing rapidly. The continuation of these two trends could lead to a shift from American primacy toward a multi-polar global system, leading in turn to increased geopolitical rivalry and even war among the great powers.
The current recession is the result of a deep financial crisis, not a mere
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debt rose from 38 to over 60 percent of GDP in three years.
Without faster economic growth and actions to reduce deficits, publicly held national debt is
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that would almost certainly compel a radical retrenchment of the United States internationally.
Such scenarios would reshape the international order. It was the economic devastation of Britain
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be compelled to retrench, reducing its military spending and shedding international commitments.
We face this domestic challenge while other major powers are experiencing rapid economic growth.
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preclude or respond to international crises because of the higher risk of escalation.
The stakes are high. In modern history, the longest period of peace among the great powers has been the era of U.S. leadership. By contrast, multi-polar systems have been unstable, with their competitive dynamics resulting in frequent crises and major wars among the great powers. Failures of multi-polar international systems produced both world wars.
American retrenchment could have devastating consequences. Without an American security blanket, regional powers
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, hostile states would be emboldened to make aggressive moves in their regions.
As rival powers rise, Asia in particular is likely to emerge as a zone
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the United States is the most significant barrier facing Chinese hegemony and aggression.
Given the risks, the United States must focus on restoring its economic and fiscal
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to work our way through the kind of crisis that we face today. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Boom-and-bust cycles prevent wind prices from competing with fossil fuels and from the industry becoming sustainable – the plan solves.Bode, American Wind Energy Association chief executive officer, 8-22-12
~Denise, "What Critics of Wind Power’s Incentive Miss" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/denise-bode/wind-energy-tax-credit-_b_1821279.html-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/denise-bode/wind-energy-tax-credit-_b_1821279.html, accessed 8-23-12, TAP~ Here is what the Journal and other critics of the PTC miss:¶ Historically,
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~ life, and it was more than 10 times greater for nuclear." Boom-and-bust cycles prevent wind prices from competing with fossil fuels and from the industry becoming sustainable – the plan solves.Kerr, Midwest Energy News, 2011
~Drew, 9-30-11, "Can the wind industry survive without federal tax credits?" http://grist.org/wind-power/2011-09-30-can-the-wind-industry-survive-without-federal-tax-credits/-http://grist.org/wind-power/2011-09-30-can-the-wind-industry-survive-without-federal-tax-credits/, accessed 8-23-12, TAP~ "If the ~production tax credit~ were to go away, would the
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this start-stop, constant uncertainty, and that needs to stop." |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Kerr, Midwest Energy News, 2011
~Drew, 9-30-11, "Can the wind industry survive without federal tax credits?" http://grist.org/wind-power/2011-09-30-can-the-wind-industry-survive-without-federal-tax-credits/-http://grist.org/wind-power/2011-09-30-can-the-wind-industry-survive-without-federal-tax-credits/, accessed 8-23-12, TAP~ "If the ~production tax credit~ were to go away, would the
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this start-stop, constant uncertainty, and that needs to stop." Keller, Ag Professional editor, 10-1-12
~Rich, "Need examination of all energy tax credits" http://www.agprofessional.com/news/Need-examination-of-all-energy-tax-credits-171803481.html?ref=481-http://www.agprofessional.com/news/Need-examination-of-all-energy-tax-credits-171803481.html?ref=481, accessed 10-4-12, TAP~ In justifying the wind industry tax credit, he said, "Our energy system
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it helps to remove some of the dependence we have on oil sources." Curtis, The Guardian, 2011
~Polly, 11-21-11, "Do windfarms work?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless~~%23block-7-http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless, accessed 9-12-12, TAP~ On this point, Damian Carrington, the head of environment for the Guardian,
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to the tune of %24409bn globally, while renewables got %2466bn. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Legal Information Institute, University of Southern California, No Date
~UPdated as of August 2012, Title 26 › Subtitle A › Chapter 1 › Subchapter A › Part IV › Subpart D › § 45, "26 USC § 45 - Electricity produced from certain renewable resources, etc." http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/45?quicktabs_8=1~~%23quicktabs-8-http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/45?quicktabs_8=1, accessed 9-21-12, TAP~ (a) General rule¶ For purposes of section 38, the renewable electricity
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account for the project for the taxable year and all prior taxable years. Cuttino, Pew Clean Energy Program director, 7-6-12
~Phyllis, "Investment will follow if Congress renews PTC" http://www.thecleanenergyexchange.org/posts/view/investment-will-follow-if-congress-renews-ptc/d709khtkaw/-http://www.thecleanenergyexchange.org/posts/view/investment-will-follow-if-congress-renews-ptc/d709khtkaw/, accessed 9-17-12, TAP~ Congress has historically preferred to implement energy policy through a series of tax incentives rather
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growth and to assure our global leadership in a rapidly emerging new sector. 5. The boom-and-bust undermines investment – stable transparent signal is key.PR Newswire, 4-12-12
~"U.S. Retakes Lead From China in Clean Energy Race" http://www.dnaindia.com/pressreleases/press-release_u-s-retakes-lead-from-china-in-clean-energy-race_1674761-http://www.dnaindia.com/pressreleases/press-release_u-s-retakes-lead-from-china-in-clean-energy-race_1674761, accessed 8-29-12, TAP~ In the global race to secure private clean energy finance and investment, the United
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, stable, and transparent policies remain a critical signal to private investors." |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Styles, The Energy Collective, 8-2-12
~Geoffrey, "Last Hurrah for the Wind Power Tax Credit?" http://theenergycollective.com/geoffrey-styles/99336/last-hurrah-wind-power-tax-credit-http://theenergycollective.com/geoffrey-styles/99336/last-hurrah-wind-power-tax-credit, accessed 8-22-12, TAP~ The US wind industry has received substantial government support in recent years. When the
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receive a total of %244.5 B over the next decade. Kerr, Midwest Energy News, 2011
~Drew, 9-30-11, "Can the wind industry survive without federal tax credits?" http://grist.org/wind-power/2011-09-30-can-the-wind-industry-survive-without-federal-tax-credits/-http://grist.org/wind-power/2011-09-30-can-the-wind-industry-survive-without-federal-tax-credits/, accessed 8-23-12, TAP~ Whether or not the industry is capable of standing on its own without the tax
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to learn a lot about whether we’ve reached that tipping point or not."
~Tom Note- Harold Prior, Iowa Wind Energy Association executive director~ Danko, Earth Techling, 9-16-12
~Pete, "Wind Power Production Tax Credit Can Create Green Jobs, Environmentalists Argue" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/16/wind-power-production-tax-credit_n_1884287.html-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/16/wind-power-production-tax-credit_n_1884287.html, accessed 9-17-12, TAP~ Taking on that argument
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happen overnight," Steger said. Bode, American Wind Energy Association chief executive officer, 8-22-12
~Denise, "What Critics of Wind Power’s Incentive Miss" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/denise-bode/wind-energy-tax-credit-_b_1821279.html-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/denise-bode/wind-energy-tax-credit-_b_1821279.html, accessed 8-23-12, TAP~ Wind’s incentive, the Production Tax Credit, has strong bipartisan support. As Gov
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high-tech startup to becoming cost-competitive in the energy marketplace." Shale gas production forecasts are exaggerations – estimates are highly uncertain, recoverability projects are wrong, and assumes fixed consumption ratesNelder, Slate energy analyst, 11
(Chris, 12-29-11, "What the Frack?," http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/future_tense/2011/12/is_there_really_100_years_worth_of_natural_gas_beneath_the_united_states_.html, accessed 8-21-12, CMM) The recent press about the potential of shale gas would have you believe that America
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, yet those same advocates never adjust their years of supply estimates accordingly.¶ Butterfield, Huffington Post, 12
(Anne, Columnist for the "Boulder Daily Camera", 4-19-12, "Colorado’s Elegant Solution for Fracking," http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anne-butterfield/colorado-fracking_b_1413811.html, accessed 8-19-12, CMM) And in case anyone has forgotten — there are huge economic risks with shale gas
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| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Bowen, Examiner, 9-11-12
~Robert, "Wind energy advocates push Senate for tax credit vote this week" http://www.examiner.com/article/wind-energy-advocates-push-senate-for-tax-credit-vote-this-week-http://www.examiner.com/article/wind-energy-advocates-push-senate-for-tax-credit-vote-this-week, accessed 9-20-12, TAP~ Wind energy advocates call this week "Wind Week" as they push to get
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it and these eight days are going to be crucial," Keefe said. No deal – massive divisions and there’s not even a draft yetWasson %26 Becker, The Hill, 10-2-12
~Erik %26 Bernie, The Hill, "Senate leadership wants distance from deficit discussions", http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/259905-senate-leaders-distance-selves-from-gang-of-eight-discussions-http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/259905-senate-leaders-distance-selves-from-gang-of-eight-discussions, accessed 10-2-12, AFB~ Senate aides on Tuesday also made clear that the two parties continued to have stark
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I’m stunned by the Gang of Six that we hear so much about." AP, 9-22-12
~"With Obama fully engaged in presidential election, life at the White House gets quiet" http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-obama-fully-engaged-in-presidential-election-life-at-the-white-house-gets-quiet/2012/09/22/b5202a66-0484-11e2-9132-f2750cd65f97_story.html-http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-obama-fully-engaged-in-presidential-election-life-at-the-white-house-gets-quiet/2012/09/22/b5202a66-0484-11e2-9132-f2750cd65f97_story.html, accessed 9-24-12, TAP~ WASHINGTON — It’s awfully quiet at the White House these days.¶ President Barack Obama
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, say their workloads have lessened and their hours have become more reasonable. Kasperowicz, The Hill, 10-2-12
~Pete, The Hill, "GOP gavels Pelosi silent in brief session", http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/259687-gop-gavels-pelosi-silent-in-brief-house-session, accessed 10-2-12, AFB~ Because the House and Senate did not agree to adjourn for these next several weeks
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that the House should take up other bills related to taxes and healthcare. Eilperin, Washington Post, 9-20-12
~Juliet, "Unusual coalitions clash over wind energy tax credit" http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/unusual-coalitions-clash-over-wind-energy-tax-credit/2012/09/20/fd775f1a-01c7-11e2-b257-e1c2b3548a4a_print.html-http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/unusual-coalitions-clash-over-wind-energy-tax-credit/2012/09/20/fd775f1a-01c7-11e2-b257-e1c2b3548a4a_print.html, accessed 9-20-12, TAP~ The wind power industry boasts enviable political assets in its fight to preserve a prized
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working to ensure it stays in place for at least one more year. Malcomb, Hodgson Russ clean and green law, 8-15-12
~Charles, "Will the Wind Energy Production Tax Credit Play a Major Role in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election?" http://www.cleanandgreenlaw.com/2012/08/15/will-the-wind-energy-production-tax-credit-play-a-major-role-in-the-2012-u-s-presidential-election/-http://www.cleanandgreenlaw.com/2012/08/15/will-the-wind-energy-production-tax-credit-play-a-major-role-in-the-2012-u-s-presidential-election/, accessed 9-18-12, TAP~ An August 9, 2012 Los Angeles Times article emphasized that support for the PTC
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Republican governors in "wind" states are similarly supportive of the PTC. Marshall, Miami University political science associate professor, and Prins, University of Tennessee Knoxville political science associate professor, 2011
~Bryan and Brandon, 9-2011, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol 41 Issue 3, "Power or Posturing? Policy Availability and Congressional Influence on U.S. Presidential Decisions to Use Force" Wiley-Blackwell, p.525, accessed 7-30-11, TAP~ Presidents rely heavily on Congress in converting their political capital into real policy success.
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made with an eye toward managing political capital at home (Fordham 2002). |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002
~Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, "ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law" Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP~ A pragmatic approach to environmental decision making requires ~*255~ environmental advocates to recognize
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. n139 Persuasion, not stubborn dogmatism, is the key to progress. Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002
~Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, "ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law" Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP~ Pragmatism may prove a useful tool in environmental debates simply because such debates can be
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be, even if the weight of legal institutions coherently excludes them." n134 The alt is vague – that’s a reason to reject the team because it makes them a moving target that we can’t test to determine if it is true, and vague alts fail.Farber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12
~Samuel, "Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding" http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding-http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding, accessed 9-15-12, TAP~ The OWS reluctance to formulate demands might have been beneficial initially in that it might
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where they are – to point B – where they want to be. Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992
~Martin, "Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism" http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover~~%23v=onepage%26q%26f=false-http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover, p.11-2, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~ Many eco-radicals hope that a massive ideological campaign can transform popular perceptions,
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political plans must be devised if those policies are ever to be realized. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Franzen, Talking Points Memo, 8-14-12
~Carl, "U.S. Wind Energy Grows 16 Percent, But Still Lags China" http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/us-wind-energy-lags-china-2011.php-http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/us-wind-energy-lags-china-2011.php, accessed 8-21-12, TAP~ There’s another wrinkle to the matter of the tax credit, as the report points
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must be up and running by the end of this year to qualify. Dewey, Boston College Law School JD candidate, 2011
~Erin, 52 B.C. L. Rev 1105, "NOTE: SUNDOWN AND YOU BETTER TAKE CARE: WHY SUNSET PROVISIONS HARM THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY AND VIOLATE TAX PRINCIPLES" Lexis, accessed 8-19-12, TAP~ The permanent extension of the PTC is necessary to promote renewable energy in the United
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in the interest of realizing the social and economic benefits of renewable energy. 3. Counter-interp- Financial incentives are direct – that includes tax incentives, loan guarantees, and grants.Al-Juaied, Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs visiting scholar, 2010
~Mohammed, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Discussion Paper ~%232010-14 , October 2010, "Analysis of Financial Incentives for Early CCS Deployment" http://www.southwestcarbonpartnership.org/_Resources/PDF/Al-Juaied_Analysis_of_Financial_Incentives_web.pdf-http://www.southwestcarbonpartnership.org/_Resources/PDF/Al-Juaied_Analysis_of_Financial_Incentives_web.pdf, p.5, accessed 6-25-12, TAP~ 2. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES Federal and state governments have frequently used direct and indirect incentives to mobilize private sector investment in projects and to advance policy objectives in numerous sectors of the economy. Types of direct incentives have included tax-based incentives, loan guarantees, and other forms of direct government participation such as grants. Indirect incentives can also be valuable tools for mobilizing private sector investment, such as permitting acceleration, and other indirect forms of risk sharing. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Drop in Chinese demand dooms coal.Bird, WSJ, 9-28-12
~David, "China Sneezes, Appalachian Coal Miners Get the Flu" http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2012/09/28/china-sneezes-appalachian-coal-miners-get-the-flu/-http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2012/09/28/china-sneezes-appalachian-coal-miners-get-the-flu/, accessed 10-4-12, TAP~ Not so long ago, China’s booming economy was blamed for stealing U.S
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the slide in metallurgical coal demand has been equally devastating," WSJ reports. Lewis, Digital Journal, 9-26-12
~Bill, "Op-Ed: The wind revolution — Why Congress should extend tax credit Special" http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/333636-http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/333636, accessed 10-4-12, TAP~ The second con Mr. Gipe pointed out was the fluctuations in power production.
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well rounded renewable energy policy focused on all forms, not just wind.
~Tom Note- Paul Gipe is acting executive director of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association~ Platt et al, Institute of Public Policy Research senior fellow, 2012
~Reg, Oscar Fitch-Roy and Paul Gardner, Gl Garrad Hassan consultant firm, "BEYOND THE BLUSTER: WHY WIND POWER IS AN EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY" http://ippr.org/images/media/files/publication/2012/08/beyond-the-bluster_Aug2012_9564.pdf-http://ippr.org/images/media/files/publication/2012/08/beyond-the-bluster_Aug2012_9564.pdf, p.18-9, accessed 10-4-12, TAP~ Since electricity cannot currently be easily stored it has been asserted that the variability¶
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in GB) which was easily dealt with without compromising¶ system security. Paris, The Oil Drum, 2011
~Jerome, 3-23-12, "After Fukushima: a new dash for gas? Really?" http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-23/after-fukushima-new-dash-gas-really-http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-23/after-fukushima-new-dash-gas-really, accessed 10-4-12, TAP~ The next argument is (as noted in the footnote of ExxonMobil’s graph) that
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than a pure-wind or pure-solar input into the grid. Loss in efficiency small and natural gas solves.Curtis, The Guardian, 2011
~Polly, 11-21-11, "Do windfarms work?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless~~%23block-7-http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/21/prince-philip-windfarms-useless, accessed 9-12-12, TAP~ James Randerson, the Guardian’s environment and science news editor, expands on Prof Skea’s
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more flexible gas plants then coal - which is also more carbon intensive. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Restuccia, The Hill, 2011
~Andrew, 12-28-11, "The Race for Wind: Wind Industry Sees Good Prospects for Tax Credit Extension" http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=53497%26pageid=%26pagename-http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=53497%26pageid=%26pagename=, accessed 8-22-12, TAP~ AWEA said recently that 2011 was a banner year for wind energy, citing lower
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statement. "But the PTC movement gathered momentum heading into next year." 4. No link to bird murder – it is an anomaly geographically, environmental standards solve, and resources have been committed to stop it.Maxwell, University of California Hastings College of Law JD candidate, 2012
~Veery, 18 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Env. L. %26 Pol’y 323, "ARTICLE: Wind Energy Development: Can Wind Power Overcome Substantial Hurdles to Reach the Grid?" Lexis, accessed 8-17-12, TAP~
Altamont Pass is the root cause of the engrained perception that a conflict exists between
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the 1970s without the rigorous environmental analysis now performed at proposed sites. n57
Altamont Pass became the rallying cry for environmental groups opposed to wind farms. While
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and environmental review resulting from "avian collision concerns" following Altamont. n61
Environmental groups have been fighting to disable the wind turbines at Altamont for decades.
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of the 5,000 turbines, not solely a temporary injunction. n64 Maxwell, University of California Hastings College of Law JD candidate, 2012
~Veery, 18 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Env. L. %26 Pol’y 323, "ARTICLE: Wind Energy Development: Can Wind Power Overcome Substantial Hurdles to Reach the Grid?" Lexis, accessed 8-17-12, TAP~ One of the intriguing aspects of the Cape Wind litigation is that environmental groups are
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the gulf, to say a renewable energy project is a threat. n92 |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Smith, Architectural Press, ’7
(Peter F., "Sustainability at the Cutting Edge: Emerging Technologies for Low Energy Buildings," http://books.google.com/books?id=BGCSy7EilnQC%26printsec=frontcover%26dq=Sustainability+at+the+Cutting+Edge:+Emerging+Technologies+for+Low+Energy+Buildings%26source=bl%26ots=nZCj3HB1XU%26sig=1Td53oVZp97X3QmthVJpXaheUqs%26hl=en%26ei=ThWITL-CCYGB8gbprNDAAg%26sa=X%26oi=book_result%26ct=result%26resnum=1%26ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA~~%23v=onepage%26q%26f=false-http://books.google.com/books?id=BGCSy7EilnQC%26printsec=frontcover%26dq=Sustainability+at+the+Cutting+Edge:+Emerging+Technologies+for+Low+Energy+Buildings%26source=bl%26ots=nZCj3HB1XU%26sig=1Td53oVZp97X3QmthVJpXaheUqs%26hl=en%26ei=ThWITL-CCYGB8gbprNDAAg%26sa=X%26oi=book_result%26ct=result%26resnum=1%26ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA, accessed 9-8-10) PM Saving energy is one thing; buildings as carbon sinks is another, yet this
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since it could replace 80% of uses currently served by Portland cement. Cuttino, Pew Clean Energy Program director, 7-6-12
~Phyllis, "Investment will follow if Congress renews PTC" http://www.thecleanenergyexchange.org/posts/view/investment-will-follow-if-congress-renews-ptc/d709khtkaw/-http://www.thecleanenergyexchange.org/posts/view/investment-will-follow-if-congress-renews-ptc/d709khtkaw/, accessed 9-17-12, TAP~ Congress has historically preferred to implement energy policy through a series of tax incentives rather
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growth and to assure our global leadership in a rapidly emerging new sector. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: - The alt is circular – undercuts any ethics based argument
- Consequentialism is inevitable
Hirokawa, Northwestern School of Law LLM, 2002
~Keith, LLM is an advanced degree that goes beyond JD, 21 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 225, "ARTICLE: Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique In Environmental Law" Lexis, accessed 7-8-12, TAP~ A pragmatic approach to environmental decision making requires ~*255~ environmental advocates to recognize
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. n139 Persuasion, not stubborn dogmatism, is the key to progress. Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992
~Martin, "Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism" http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover~~%23v=onepage%26q%26f=false-http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover, p.20, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~ A healthy society, I would argue, is one characterized by simultaneous increases in
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rather than strangle the rather truculent capitalist goose that lays the golden eggs. Farber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12
~Samuel, "Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding" http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding-http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding, accessed 9-15-12, TAP~ Of all the internal controversies Occupy generated, the one over whether the movement should
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on the state but because they were much stronger than their American counterparts. The alt is vague – that’s a reason to reject the team because it makes them a moving target that we can’t test to determine if it is true, and vague alts fail.Farber, City University of New York Brooklyn College political science professor, 9-13-12
~Samuel, "Occupy Wall Street and the Art of Demanding" http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding-http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11507-occupy-wall-street-and-the-art-of-demanding, accessed 9-15-12, TAP~ The OWS reluctance to formulate demands might have been beneficial initially in that it might
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where they are – to point B – where they want to be. Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992
~Martin, "Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism" http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover~~%23v=onepage%26q%26f=false-http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYC%26printsec=frontcover, p.11-2, accessed 7-10-12, TAP~ Many eco-radicals hope that a massive ideological campaign can transform popular perceptions,
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political plans must be devised if those policies are ever to be realized. Atkisson, President and CEO of environmental sustainability group, ’1
(Alan, The Atkisson Group, international sustainability group that advises governments and corporations, "Sustainability is Dead – Long Live Sustainability," 10-18-01, http://www.rrcap.unep.org/uneptg06/course/Robert/SustainabilityManifesto2001.pdf-http://www.rrcap.unep.org/uneptg06/course/Robert/SustainabilityManifesto2001.pdf, accessed 9-10-10) PM Our economies and technologies are changing certain basic structures of planetary life, such as
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with relatively minor risks to the greater whole associated with their inevitable collapse. AND, the case turns the K, not the other way around
Joshua Goldstein, American University International Relations Professor, 2001, "War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa," p.411-412 I began this book hoping to contribute in some way to a deeper understanding of
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on injustice as the main cause of war seems to be empirically inadequate. |
| 10/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: - If you don't see something, find me on facebook or email at tapachecolbdb8er@gmail.com.
2. If you click on the entry button at the top, it will sort them into categories. Much easier to find things that way. |
| 02/09/2013 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Plan: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase necessary production tax credits for wind power facilities that have commenced construction in the United States after January 1, 2014. |
| 02/25/2013 | Tournament: Districts | Round: 8 | Opponent: Towson JR | Judge:
Text: The Internal Revenue Service should issue guidance clarifying that Production Tax Credit eligibility for wind power facilities requires five percent of the total investment by January 1, 2014. |
| 03/30/2013 | Tournament: NDT | Round: 4 | Opponent: UNT MQ | Judge: Kuenzel, Duffy, Wunderelich
Contention 1 – Warming
Warming is real and anthropogenic – independently causes coral reef destruction, global starvation, disease spread, and water shortages.
Strom, University of Arizona professor emeritus of planetary sciences, 2007
Robert, Professor Emeritus of planetary sciences in the Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona, (studied climate change for 15 years, the former Director of the Space Imagery Center, a NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility, “Hot House”, SpringerLink, p.211-216 We currently face the greatest threat to humanity since civilization began. This is the
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starvation, and political and economic chaos with all their ramifications for civilization. The plan solves warming globally – triggers international spill over.
CFR, 7-5-12
Council on Foreign Relations, “The Global Climate Change Regime” http://www.cfr.org/climate-change/global-climate-change-regime/p21831#p5, accessed 8-21-12, TAP The failure to pass comprehensive U.S. climate legislation, with a sweeping
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that will be needed through 2050 and beyond at a reasonable economic cost. Warming causes extinction – the earth becomes uninhabitable.
Tickell, Climate Researcher, 8
(Oliver,The Guardian, 11 Aug, “On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction,”. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/11/climatechange, accessed 9-4-10, CMM) We need to get prepared for four degrees of global warming, Bob Watson told
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warming caused by human emissions could propel us towards a similar hothouse Earth. Resource wars over food lead to nuclear World War 3.
Calvin, 1998
(William H, Theoretical Neurophysiologist Univ of Washington, "The great climate flip-flop," The Atlantic Monthly 281(1):47-64, http://williamcalvin.com/1990s/1998AtlanticClimate.htm, ACC: 6.28.07 p. online) The population-crash scenario is surely the most appalling. Plummeting crop yields will
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a Third World War — but Europe's vulnerability is particularly easy to analyze. Destruction of the coral reefs results in extinction.
Inter Press Service, 2006
IPS is a non-profit climate news network, “Climate Change Shattering Marine Food Chain” http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=55070andkeybold=coral%20reef%20dying%20Pacific, accessed 1-16-12, TAP "Twenty percent of Earth's reefs have been lost and 50 percent face moderate to
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known is how marine life will react," Doney said in an interview. Diseases cause extinction
Keating, Foreign Policy Web Editor, 11/13/2009
Joshua, "The End of the World," http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/13/the_end_of_the_world?page=full, 11/15 How it could happen: Throughout history, plagues have brought civilizations to their knees
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. Biological weapons experimentation has added a new and just as troubling complication. Water wars go nuclear and cause extinction.
Weiner, Princeton University molecular biology visiting professor, 1990
Jonathan, “The Next One Hundred Years: Shaping the Fate of Our Living Earth” p. 214 If we do not destroy ourselves with the A-bomb and the H-
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of the 60,000 nuclear warheads the world has stockpiled since Trinity. Contention 2-Relations
Contention #2 - Relations
Investment key to clean energy cooperation with China.
Lin, World Bank chief economist, 2011
Justin, 1-21-11, “China, the US and clean energy cooperation” http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/china-the-us-and-clean-energy-cooperation, accessed 10-29-12, TAP Presidents Hu and Obama created buzz earlier this week in Washington when they met on
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planet’s resources and safeguard future generations from the damaging effects of climate change. Critical window of opportunity now to reverse the direction of relations – investment strategies like the plan are critical.
Gross, CSIS Pacific Forum, 12-17-12
Donald, “Seizing the opportunity to improve US–China relations” http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/12/17/seizing-the-opportunity-to-improve-us-china-relations/, accessed 12-28-12, TAP President Obama’s trip to Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand clearly shows how much importance the
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economic power to achieve a far better paradigm for US–China relations. Conflict escalating in the South China Sea now – energy cooperation is the only way to contain it.
Cronin, Center for New American Security Asia-Pacific security program senior director, 9-7-12
Patrick, “Averting Conflict in the South China Sea” http://www.chinausfocus.com/peace-security/averting-conflict-in-the-south-china-sea/, accessed 10-29-12, TAP
Despite rising tensions over the South China Sea, conflict can and should be averted
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the South China Sea will only be harnessed when there is such cooperation. Energy is key
Martin, Pike Research, 1-12-13
(Richard, Pike Research is a market research and consulting firm that provides in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets, “Around Lonely Islands, An Energy War Brews,” http://www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2013/01/12/around-lonely-islands-an-energy-war-brews/, accessed 1-14-13, CMM)
For an international flashpoint, the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea just southwest
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sources, but the chances of that happening have increased in recent weeks.
SCS escalates and collapses the economy
Klare, Peace and World Security Studies professor at Hampshire, Three Days Ago, 1-23-13
(Michael, “The Next War,” 1-23-13, http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2013/01/23/the_next_war_100500.html, accessed 1-24-13) PM Lurking just behind the Iranian imbroglio, however, is a potential crisis of far
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show-of-force operations by both sides in the disputed waters.
Economic collapse leads to global war.
Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, 5/11/2010
Michael, "Will the great recession lead to World War IV?," http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv If history is any guide, an era of global economic stagnation will help the
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Eurasia, Eastasia and Oceania in 1984 is all too easy to imagine.
Escalation in the short term is likely – perception of the plan is enough
Klare, Peace and World Security Studies professor at Hampshire, 1-23-13
(Michael, “The Next War,” 1-23-13, http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2013/01/23/the_next_war_100500.html, accessed 1-24-13) PM As 2012 ended and the New Year began, the situation only deteriorated. On
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planet will look with sadness and horror on the failure of everyone involved. Asian instability escalates
Landay, National Security and Intelligence Correspondent, 2K
(Jonathan S., “Top administration officials warn stakes for U.S. are high in Asian conflicts”, 3-10, Knight Ridder/Tribune News) Accessed on LexisNexis 12-29-09 Few if any experts think China and Taiwan, North Korea and South Korea,
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that totaled $600 billion last year, according to the Commerce Department. Contention 3- Solvency
Contention 3 – Solvency The United States federal should amend section 613 of the Internal Revenue Code to include wind power production as a qualifying resource under section 7704 of the Internal Revenue Code. Amending the tax code solves.
Sheridan, Environmental and Energy Institute, 10-24-12
Blaise, “Issue Brief: New Approaches in Renewable Energy Finance” http://eesi.org/issue-brief-new-approaches-renewable-energy-finance-24-oct-2012, accessed 12-24-12, TAP Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are a corporate structure defined in Section 7704 of
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Thompson (D-CA) and Ted Poe (R-TX).
MLP status picks winners now – expanding MLPs would massively expand investment opportunities.
- MLPs massively broaden the base of investment
North American Wind Power Staff, 12-17-12
“Bipartisan Group Urges Obama To Work With Congress On MLPs, REITs For Renewable Energy” http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.10834#.UNaG52-_GSp, accessed 12-23-12, TAP A bipartisan group of 29 U.S. senators and representatives sent a letter
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up to one-third and dramatically broaden the base of eligible investors.”
MLPs unlock massive amounts of investment for renewables – it solves all the financial barriers facing the industry.
Runyon, Renewable Energy World managing editor, 12-17-12
Jennifer, “Renewable Energy REITs or MLPs Would Unlock Billions for Project Development” http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/12/renewable-energy-reits-or-mlps-would-unlock-billions-for-project-development, accessed 12-23-12, TAP ORLANDO -- Top engineering, procurement and construction firms gathered to network, learn and
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energy projects are being financed today just doesn’t make sense, said Kauffman. Certainty is critical to investment in renewable energy – MLP status provides stability.
Colman, The Hill, 12-12-12
Zack, “Sen. Coons predicts GOP support for bill to boost renewable-energy investment” http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/272519-sen-coons-hopeful-renewable-financing-bill-will-pass-next-congress, accessed 12-20-12, TAP Master limited partnerships would decrease uncertainty in the industry, as firms often depend on
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Policy and Finance at Stanford University, said of expanding the financing structure. Wind power is key to solve warming
Sawyer, Global Wind Energy Council secretary general, 2009
Steve, World Environment Magazine, June 2009 Issue 3, “Wind Energy as a Key Climate Solution” http://www.worldenvironment.tv/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=185:wind-energy-as-a-key-climate-solutionandcatid=24:energy-categoryandItemid=39, accessed 10-4-12, TAP When climate change first started to worry the scientific community in the 1980s, the
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and income as soon as the first turbines are connected to the grid. Cost of wind will fall – solving up-front costs are key
Lacey, Climate Progress, 2-23-12
Stephen, “Top Three Reasons Cheap Natural Gas Won't Kill Renewable Energy” http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/02/top-three-reasons-cheap-natural-gas-wont-kill-renewable-energy, accessed 9-22-12, TAP I'll be the first to admit that cheap natural gas prices are one of the
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damages from natural gas were greater than the resource’s added value to society. The boom-and-bust cycle stunts the industry – sustained consistent federal policy drives the market.
Hinman, University of Oregon School of Law JD, 2009
Jeffry, J. ENVTL. LAW AND LITIGATION, Vol 24, “The Green Economic Recovery: Wind Energy Tax Policy After Financial Crisis and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act” http://law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/docs/232/Hinman.pdf, p.69, accessed 8-21-12, TAP The federal government must send a strong signal to the energy¶ industry that it
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the need to reform their¶ business models to include more renewable energy. More
Institutions don’t check
Klare, Peace and World Security Studies professor at Hampshire, 1-23-13
(Michael, “The Next War,” 1-23-13, http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2013/01/23/the_next_war_100500.html, accessed 1-24-13) PM Regional diplomacy, that classic way of settling disputes in a peaceful manner, has
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Chinese press, while officials there refused to cede any ground at all.
Trade doesn’t check
Medcalf, Lowy Institute (Sydney) International Security Programme Director, and Heinrichs, Australian National University Strategic and Defence Studies Centre Scholar, 11
(Rory and Raoul, 6-27-11, “Asia’s Maritime Confidence Crisis,” http://the-diplomat.com/2011/06/27/asia%E2%80%99s-maritime-confidence-crisis/?all=true, accessed 10-9-11, CMM) To the casual observer, recent security tensions in Asian waters might seem a storm
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relations among major powers, with dangerous implications for regional peace and stability. |
| 03/30/2013 | Tournament: NDT | Round: 4 | Opponent: UNT MQ | Judge:
2ac – T – Increase - We meet – MLP status is not applied to renewable energy now.
2. We meet restrictions – MLP status stops double taxation – increase doesn’t make sense in this context.
Sheridan, Environmental and Energy Institute, 10-24-12
Blaise, “Issue Brief: New Approaches in Renewable Energy Finance” http://eesi.org/issue-brief-new-approaches-renewable-energy-finance-24-oct-2012, accessed 12-24-12, TAP Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are a corporate structure defined in Section 7704 of
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a marked decrease from the current cost of equity for renewable energy projects. 3. Counter-interpretation – increase means to make greater in degree.
Collins English Disctionary, 2009
“Increase” http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/increase?s=t, accessed 8-21-12, TAP Increase — vb - to make or become greater in size, degree, frequency, etc; grow or expand
AND we meet – we make MLPs greater in degree 4. Overlimiting is worse – one of the core arguments in relation to wind power – they make the topic DOD SMRs. 5. No impact – functional limits check, like substantial and community consensus on the states cp AND we defend increased production which checks lost ground. 6. Default to reasonability – they have to win this aff makes it impossible to be neg, competing interps causes a race to the bottom. |
| 03/30/2013 | Tournament: NDT | Round: 4 | Opponent: UNT MQ | Judge:
2ac – China
No uniqueness for it 1ac disproves – US is ahead now on international investment – no impact
US is on top.
Cuttino, Pew Charitable Trusts, 2-12-13
(Phyllis, “End the boom-and-bust cycle of federal clean energy policy,” 2-12-13, http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/282313-end-the-boom-and-bust-cycle-of-federal-clean-energy-policy, accessed 2-23-13) PM What's more, private investment in clean energy is exploding across the globe. Our
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to China during the same time decreased by 22 percent and 20 percent.¶ Other renewables solve – wind not key China wind industry is dying – multiple warrants
Peixe, Oil Price News, ‘12
(Joao, Oil Price is a leading source for oil and energy news, “Don't Fall for the Hype - China's Renewables Sector is in Disarray,” 11-22-12, http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/Dont-Fall-for-the-Hype-Chinas-Renewables-Sector-is-in-Disarray.html, accessed 2-23-13) PM Then there is the wind industry. Not so much rotten, as wasted.
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have the capacity to take all of the energy that it was producing. This card is awful – does not say CCP will collapse
Unrest does not lead to CCP collapse – unified party and mass repression solve
Minxin Pei, Carnegie Endowment China Program Senior Associate, 3/12/2009,
"Will the Chinese Communist Party Survive the Crisis?," http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/64862/minxin-pei/will-the-chinese-communist-party-survive-the-crisis?page=show accessed 9-15-9 It might seem reasonable to expect that challenges from the disaffected urban middle class,
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systems: the regime's capacity for repression and the unity among the elite.
Economic crisis and social unrest may make it tougher for the CCP to govern,
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hand, weakens the regime's repressive capacity and usually spells the rulers' doom.
The CCP has already demonstrated its remarkable ability to contain and suppress chronic social protest
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can still react quickly and thoroughly to end the dissemination of dangerous news.
Since the Tiananmen crackdown, the Chinese government has greatly refined its repressive capabilities.
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and-true practices to ward off any organized movement against the regime. 2ac – SCS – Asian War Impact SCS conflict triggers war in Asia that draws in the US because they have to defend Japan and the Philippines which triggers great power war, that’s Klare. Now is likely – the situation is a powder keg – Chinese deployment happening now, new leaders are militaristic in China and Japan. Asian war goes nuclear – that’s Landay. No taboo means nukes will be used and US draw-in guarantees extinction. AT: Institutions check
Institutions don’t check – we control uniqueness – Klare indicates disputes aren’t getting resolved now – too much distrust. AT: Trade checks
Trade doesn’t check
Medcalf, Lowy Institute (Sydney) International Security Programme Director, and Heinrichs, Australian National University Strategic and Defence Studies Centre Scholar, 11
(Rory and Raoul, 6-27-11, “Asia’s Maritime Confidence Crisis,” http://the-diplomat.com/2011/06/27/asia%E2%80%99s-maritime-confidence-crisis/?all=true, accessed 10-9-11, CMM) To the casual observer, recent security tensions in Asian waters might seem a storm
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relations among major powers, with dangerous implications for regional peace and stability. 2ac – Warming – Real and Anthropogenic Warming is real and anthropogenic – that’s Strom and Sawyer - Temperature increase – CO2 is triggering – it is the only explanation
2. Multiple empirical observations – melting polar ice, rising sea levels, extreme weather – all prove unprecedented warming
3. IPCC – most qualified study – trust peer reviewed scientific consensus
Still enough time to stave off the worst effects – but rapid deployment of wind is critical. Positive feedbacks doom us – still time to act.
Science Daily, 5-4-11
“Effects of Climate Change in Arctic More Extensive Than Expected, Report Finds” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110504084032.htm, accessed 5-4-11, TP ScienceDaily (May 4, 2011) — A much reduced covering of snow,
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Johansson, Torben Christensen from Lund University also took part in the work. No other explanation.
Prothero, Los Angeles Occidental College geology professor, 2-8-12
Donald, California Institute of Technology geobiology professor, “How We Know Global Warming is Real and Human Caused” http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/12-02-08/, accessed 1-26-13, TAP How do we know that global warming is real and primarily human caused? There
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, but the rest of these drowned cities would be deep under water. Overwhelming evidentiary support.
Geman, The Hill, 1-11-13
Ben, “Major report warns climate change could raise temperatures by 10 degrees” http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/276769-federal-report-finding-unambiguous-warming-fuels-calls-for-tougher-action, accessed 1-25-13, TAP A major draft federal report concludes that climate change is already affecting U.S
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dispute the conclusion that human activities are the primary driver of climate change. Warming Now – Feedbacks Positive – Arctic
Global warming is real – most comprehensive study on Arctic melting proves feedbacks are positive.
Science Daily, 5-4-11
“Effects of Climate Change in Arctic More Extensive Than Expected, Report Finds” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110504084032.htm, accessed 5-4-11, TP ScienceDaily (May 4, 2011) — A much reduced covering of snow,
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Johansson, Torben Christensen from Lund University also took part in the work. The harms of CO2 outweigh CO2 fert- independently it causes 5.5 billion people to starve.
Strom, University of Arizona planetary science emeritus professor, 2007
Robert, studied climate change for 15 years, the former Director of the Space Imagery Center, a NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility, “Hot House”, SpringerLink, p.211-216, TAP We are certainly beginning to see that now. According to the study, as
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starvation, and political and economic chaos with all their ramifications for civilization. Collapse of the Amazon triggers extinction.
Takacs, professor of environmental humanities at CSU, 1996
(David, professor of environmental humanities at the Institute for Earth Systems Science and Policy at Cal state “The idea of biodiversity: Philosophies of Paradise,” p. 200-201) So biodiversity keeps the world running. It has value and of itself, as
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bring upon itself consequences depressingly similar to those expected from a nuclear winter. 1ar – AT: CO2 Fert
1ar – AT: SO2 Good
Framing arg – no evidence it can offset the massive amount of CO2 emissions – their ev doesn’t assume current levels of warming Aerosols destroy the ozone furthering global warming
NASA Facts Online ‘96
(http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/PAIS/Aerosols.html, August 1996) Aerosols also can act as sites for chemical reactions to take place (heterogeneous chemistry
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are blown into the atmosphere (Fig. 1).SO2 causes acid rain (Same as in Not Real Block)
Warming is real and anthropogenic and feedbacks are positive – outweighs any cooling effect.
Eurasia Review, 1-8-12
“Global Warming Caused By Greenhouse Gases Delays Natural Patterns Of Glaciation” http://www.eurasiareview.com/08012012-global-warming-caused-by-greenhouse-gases-delays-natural-patterns-of-glaciation/?utm_source=feedburnerandutm_medium=emailandutm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29, accessed 1-13-12, TAP
The study looks at the prehistoric climate-change drivers of the past to project
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for several million years,” Channell said. “All bets are off.” |
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2ac – CP – Delegation - Perm – do both – no reason to delay the plan – post plan review solves the net benefit.
2. Perm – do the CP – if the CP is a way the plan could be done, it would be done that way to avoid the DA Perm do the plan and create the agency - 3. Counterplan adds a layer of complexity and inefficiency – that drives up the cost of renewables which blocks solvency, that’s 1ac Runyon. 4. Counterplan doesn’t solve certainty – counterplan doesn’t get investors on-board – that’s 1ac Hinman – fed drives the wind market – counterplan solves none of the aff.
Cuttino, Pew Clean Energy Program director, 7-6-12
Phyllis, “Investment will follow if Congress renews PTC” http://www.thecleanenergyexchange.org/posts/view/investment-will-follow-if-congress-renews-ptc/d709khtkaw/, accessed 9-17-12, TAP Congress has historically preferred to implement energy policy through a series of tax incentives rather
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growth and to assure our global leadership in a rapidly emerging new sector. 6. Conditionality is a voter –
a. 2ac strategy – they get unlimited unique worlds. CPs are different from DAs because they solve the case
b. Critical thinking – decreases hard debate for the neg by giving them an incentive to go for whatever we undercover AND it hurts rigorous testing by letting them kick what issue the 2ac goes most in depth on
c. Contradictions – Justifies reading the CP that links to the _. Creates bad advocacy skills and makes it impossible for the aff to generate offense Conditional agent counterplan is a voter for fairness – no add-ons answer them and solvency deficits link to the aff – it crushes the aff’s ability to rigorously test the cp 7. Links to politics.
Rosati, University of South Carolina Government and International Studies professor, 4
(Jerel A., THE POLITICS OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY, 2004, p. 80) Given the popular image of presidential power, presidents receive credit when things are perceived
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the opportunity to challenge an incumbent president or his heir as presidential nominee. 8. Agent counterplans are bad and a voter
A. Topic-specific education – they shifts debate to the same generics every year destroying meaningful substantive discussion
B. Regresses – creates an infinite research burden through regression to hundreds of unpredictable subagencies,
C. Super-difficult to get offense – it steals aff ground mooting 1AC advantages and topic solvency which is 90% of our offense. no add-ons answer agent PICs. We’re forced to go for theory 9. Links to politics – the creation of the committee triggers political controversy over who goes onto the committee – the link is as big as the one to the aff. |
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Biotech
Inevitable – warming Investors not investing now – looking to secure markets like bonds – not high tech ones that are risky
Early warning prevents famine
Brian Stewart and Jill Umbach, Care Canada's Ethiopia Project Director, CBC TV, The National Magazine, 4-
20-00 STEWART: There's been a lot of talk about this eventually - - eventually becoming
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a much better position now than we were back in '84, '85. Either resilient or no brink – situation not ideal No ev is predictive of a plan – no zero sum link between the 2 Other barriers to biotech ending famine – commercialism, geographical barriers, and political backlash.
Strickland, How Stuff Works Senior Writer, 8-2, 2010,
(Jonathan, “Could agricultural biotechnology end famine?”, How Stuff Works, PAS) http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/agricultural-biotechnology-end-famine1.htm 10-6-10 One hurdle to overcome is commercialism.
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could slow any distribution of the food or the technology behind it. Biotech grants at an all time high, allowing companies to effectively work on larger problems.
Waltz, Nature Biotechnology Journalist, 2010,
(Emily, “Plant genomics’ ascent” Nature Biotechnology Volume 28 pg. 10) http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v28/n1/full/nbt0110-10b.html 9-13-10 Grants supporting plant genome research in the US have reached an all-time high
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, to expand the knowledge needed to develop switchgrass as a biofuel crop. |
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2ac – Obama Good – Immigration
Winners win on controversial issues
Hirsh, National Journal, 2-7-13
(Michael, “There’s No Such Thing as Political Capital,” http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/there-s-no-such-thing-as-political-capital-20130207?page=1, accessed 2-7-13, CMM) Naturally, any president has practical and electoral limits. Does he have a majority
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right. He did. (At least until Vietnam, that is.) Cyber security thumps.
Chabrow, Bank Info Security, 3-12-13
(Eric, “White House's Fixation on Cybersecurity,” 3-12-13, http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/white-houses-fixation-on-cybersecurity-p-1438/op-1, accessed 3-27-13) PM White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, in his daily briefing of the White House press corps on March 11, volunteered that "the need for Congress to take action on cybersecurity" legislation will be raised when the president makes three trips down Pennsylvania Avenue this week to meet with Congress. The Obama administration is ratcheting up its attention to cybersecurity. In his State of the Union address last month, Obama called on Congress to enact cybersecurity legislation to enhance his executive order calling for information sharing between government and business and establishing IT security best practices see Obama Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order and State of the Union: Cybersecurity Word Count. Obama not pushing.
South Asia Link 3-30 US To Pass New Immigration Bill By This Summer, http://thelinkpaper.ca/?p=27900 President Barack Obama pressed for swift action on a sweeping immigration bill on Wednesday,
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table, Obama has stayed relatively quiet on immigration over the last month. Won’t pass- tons of opposition and other issues thump it
Altman, Time, 3-20-13
(Alex, “Four Hurdles That Could Block Immigration Reform,” http://swampland.time.com/2013/03/20/four-hurdles-that-could-block-immigration-reform/, accessed: 3-30-13, LLL)
The next few months offer the best chance in a generation for the two parties
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is high. Each day, 1,400 undocumented immigrants are deported. The vote places reform in jeopardy
Barnhart, Christian Post, 3-26-13
(Melissa, “Sen. Sessions: Immigration Reform in 'Jeopardy' After Vote Against Ban on Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants,” http://www.christianpost.com/news/sen-sessions-immigration-reform-in-jeopardy-after-vote-against-ban-on-healthcare-for-illegal-immigrants-92624/, accessed: 3-28-13, LLL)
The Senate voted 43 to 56 against an amendment to the budget resolution this past
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.3 trillion to our debt. It has zero real deficit reduction." Won’t pass- Boehner won’t break the Hastert Rule
Stanton, Buzzfeed, 3-21-13
(John, “How Washington's Immigration Momentum Could Collapse At Any Moment,” http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/how-immigration-reform-could-collapse-at-any-moment, accessed: 3-27-13, LLL) And then there's the problem of passing a bill in the House. While Labrador
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. His entire leadership team would get thrown out," the aide warned. Won’t pass- Republicans and Democrats oppose the bill
Martin, 3-28-13
(Gary, “Immigration reform gaining support in Congress,” http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Immigration-reform-gaining-support-in-Congress-4393187.php, accessed: 3-28-13, LLL) Roy Beck, executive director of Numbers USA, which advocates lower numerical numbers on
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on a Senate immigration reform bill died on a 46-53 vote. Capital not key – Obama lacks ability to deploy
Cost 2-11 Jay (staff writer for the Weekly Standard), Obama the Bargainer, http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/obama-bargainer_699205.html Thus, with the festivities finished and the glow of the inauguration fading, it
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office, he still fails to grasp the essence of modern presidential power. - The PTC just got extended – that proves it is popular or it proves it won’t spill over to other fights.
2. More PTC fights now thump the disad.
Real Clear Energy, 1-2-13
“The Daily Energy” http://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2013/01/02/the_daily_energy_106837.html, accessed 1-2-13, TAP Wind energy has survived the fiscal cliff (above) as a one-year
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, and lobbyists are already lining up for the next big tax overhaul. 4. EPA fights coming.
Murray, Business Green, 1-2-13
James, “Home News EnergyWind 'Fiscal cliff' deal edges wind energy industry back from the precipice” http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2233267/-fiscal-cliff-deal-edges-wind-energy-industry-back-from-the-precipice, accessed 1-2-13, TAP However, whoever takes up the reins can expect to face a continuation of the battles with Republicans and industry that characterised Jackson's tenure. A flurry of new legal action is expected this year as the EPA aims to continue with its crackdown on carbon emissions, and air and water pollution. 3. Wind lobby is extremely powerful – they dampen opposition.
Eilperin, Washington Post, 9-20-12
Juliet, “Unusual coalitions clash over wind energy tax credit” http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/unusual-coalitions-clash-over-wind-energy-tax-credit/2012/09/20/fd775f1a-01c7-11e2-b257-e1c2b3548a4a_print.html, accessed 9-20-12, TAP The wind power industry boasts enviable political assets in its fight to preserve a prized tax benefit. Republican and Democratic governors trumpet the benefits of wind energy; industry officials can identify manufacturing jobs at risk in crucial presidential election swing states if the tax credit expires; and a phalanx of lobbyists and consultants are working to ensure it stays in place for at least one more year. MLP status for renewables is bipartisan.
Colman, The Hill, 12-12-12
Zack, “Sen. Coons predicts GOP support for bill to boost renewable-energy investment” http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/272519-sen-coons-hopeful-renewable-financing-bill-will-pass-next-congress, accessed 12-20-12, TAP Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said Wednesday that he is optimistic
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that everybody can win,” Coons told The Hill after the press conference. No link – doesn’t trigger opposition.
Spencer and Shaffer, Star Tribune, 6-16-12
Jim and David, “New strategy targets tax breaks for green energy” http://m.startribune.com/business/?id=159234595, accessed 12-24-12, TAP WASHINGTON - If you can't beat Big Oil, join 'em. That's part of
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of the year. Or it may be rolled into corporate tax legislation. No link – the plan is a small tweak to the tax code.
Sustainable Business, 12-14-12
“Tax Code Change Would Level Playing Field for Clean Energy” http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/24369, accessed 12-23-12, TAP Bipartisan legislation has been introduced to tweak the US tax code, making the same
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that funding devoted to oil-and-gas projects, reports Reuters. |
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2ac 2ac – T – Financial Incentives - We meet restrictions – MLP status stops double taxation.
Sheridan, Environmental and Energy Institute, 10-24-12
Blaise, “Issue Brief: New Approaches in Renewable Energy Finance” http://eesi.org/issue-brief-new-approaches-renewable-energy-finance-24-oct-2012, accessed 12-24-12, TAP
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are a corporate structure defined in Section 7704 of
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a marked decrease from the current cost of equity for renewable energy projects. 4. Counter-interp- Financial incentives are direct – that includes tax incentives, loan guarantees, and grants.
Al-Juaied, Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs visiting scholar, 2010
Mohammed, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Discussion Paper #2010-14 , October 2010, “Analysis of Financial Incentives for Early CCS Deployment” http://www.southwestcarbonpartnership.org/_Resources/PDF/Al-Juaied_Analysis_of_Financial_Incentives_web.pdf, p.5, accessed 6-25-12, TAP 2. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES Federal and state governments
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such as permitting acceleration, and other indirect forms of risk sharing. 5. We meet – MLP status is a tax incentive.
Sustainable Business, 12-14-12
“Tax Code Change Would Level Playing Field for Clean Energy” http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/24369, accessed 12-23-12, TAP Bipartisan legislation has been introduced to tweak the US tax code, making the same
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that funding devoted to oil-and-gas projects, reports Reuters. 2ac – Add-On – Hydrogen
Peak oil coming.
MFI, 1-29-13
Media Freedom International, “Peak Oil Matters” http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2013/01/29/peak-oil-matters/, accessed 2-2-13, TAP Fossil fuel — oil, natural gas, coal — production should peak within the
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petroleum-based products to petroleum-dependent products, such as food. Wind key to hydrogen supply.
Brown, Earth Policy Institute president, 2000
Lester, 8-22, “Farmers are reaping rewards from wind energy” http://grist.org/article/brown-something/, accessed 12-27-12, TAP Cheap electricity produced from wind can also be used to electrolyze water, thereby producing
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. the energy source needed to declare its independence from Middle Eastern oil. Transition key to democracy.
Leder, Analyst at Esso Research and Engineering, Shapiro, President of Strategic Enterprises, August, 2008
(Frederic and Judith, Energy Policy, Volume 36, Issue 8, p. 2840-2842, Science Direct, TAP) A sustained period of ever-increasing oil prices, the most likely outcome of
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fall of the Soviet Union, will become a blip in the past. Extinction.
Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution Senior Fellow, '95
Stanford Univ. Political Science and Sociology professor, former Baghdad CPA senior adviser,
"Promoting Democracy in the 1990s," http://wwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/di/fr.htm Nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons continue to proliferate. The very source of
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which a new world order of international security and prosperity can be built. 2ac – SCS – Econ Impact Economic decline causes war – studies prove
Royal, Department of Defense Cooperative threat reduction director, 2010
Jedediah, Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises, in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, p.213-4, TAP Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict
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not featured prominently in the economic-security debate and deserves more attention. 2ac – SCS – Asian War Impact Institutions don’t check
Klare, Peace and World Security Studies professor at Hampshire, 1-23-13
(Michael, “The Next War,” 1-23-13, http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2013/01/23/the_next_war_100500.html, accessed 1-24-13) PM Regional diplomacy, that classic way of settling disputes in a peaceful manner, has
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Chinese press, while officials there refused to cede any ground at all. 2ac – Bird Murder Disad
Wind turbines are a miniscule fraction of human-caused bat death.
Hickman, The Guardian, 2-27-12
Leo, “Wind myths: Turbines kill birds and bats” http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/27/wind-energy-myths-turbines-bats, accessed 11-3-12, TAP Studies (here, here and here) of windfarms built in California and Spain
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820, on average, are killed striking buildings, typically glass windows. The studies are funded by anti-environmental groups like Chevron that hate wind power – also fossil fuels and nuclear kill comparatively more birds – birds are an advantage.
Nickerson, Sierra Club, 7-17-12
Gary, “Wind Power versus Raptors?” http://nyc.sierraclub.org/2012/07/wind-power-versus-raptors/, accessed 11-3-12, TAP These 2005 data do show that wind turbines cause a very small proportion of avian
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environment, but actually attacks government efforts to protect and improve the environment. *5. No impact- Bird murder is a past occurrence
Maxwell, University of California Hastings College of Law JD candidate, 2012
Veery, 18 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Env. L. and Pol'y 323, “ARTICLE: Wind Energy Development: Can Wind Power Overcome Substantial Hurdles to Reach the Grid?” Lexis, accessed 8-17-12, TAP One of the intriguing aspects of the Cape Wind litigation is that environmental groups are
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the gulf, to say a renewable energy project is a threat. n92 2ac – Nuclear Disad Industry is internally pessimistic because of diminishing returns.
Ahmed, Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Development and Chief Research Officer at Unitas Communications Ltd where he leads on geopolitical risk,
1-10-13
(Nafeez Mosaddeq, “The Great Oil Swindle,” www.fpif.org/articles/the_great_oil_swindle, accessed 1-15-13, CMM) Headlines about 2012’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) from the International Energy Agency (
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even bigger financial mess, on a faster trajectory toward costly environmental destruction. Dead
AP, 7-10-12
Associated Press, “AP IMPACT: Building costs rise at US nuclear sites,” http://washingtonexaminer.com/ap-impact-building-costs-rise-at-us-nuclear-sites/article/feed/2010657#.UEQY5UT9WeE, 7-10-12, access date: 7-11-12, MAY ATLANTA (AP) — America’s first new nuclear plants in more than a decade
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pretty long shadow over the prospects” for construction of new nuclear plants.
No escalation—shared interests
Collins, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, and Wohlforth, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College and serves as a Senior Advisor to NBR’s Eurasia Program, 4
(Kathleen, and William, “Defying ‘Great Game’ Expectations”, Strategic Asia 2003-4: Fragility and Crisis, p. 312-3, accessed 1-21-13, CMM) The popular great game lens for analyzing Central Asia fails to capture the¶ declared
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, as well as reinforce regional¶ and domestic stability in Central Asia. 2ac – CP – States Counterplan doesn’t affect perception of investment.
Mazerov, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities senior fellow, 2010
Michael, 9-14-10, “Cutting State Corporate Income Taxes Is Unlikely to Create Many Jobs” http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=viewandid=3290, accessed 2-19-13, TAP Not all businesses are organized as corporations subject to the state corporate income tax,
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tax cuts are unlikely to have a significant positive impact on state economies. 5. Counterplan doesn’t solve certainty – counterplan doesn’t get investors on-board – that’s 1ac Hinman – fed drives the wind market – counterplan solves none of the aff.
Cuttino, Pew Clean Energy Program director, 7-6-12
Phyllis, “Investment will follow if Congress renews PTC” http://www.thecleanenergyexchange.org/posts/view/investment-will-follow-if-congress-renews-ptc/d709khtkaw/, accessed 9-17-12, TAP Congress has historically preferred to implement energy policy through a series of tax incentives rather
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growth and to assure our global leadership in a rapidly emerging new sector. 7. Links to politics.
Kiely, Fact Check, 2-17-12
Eugene, “Did Obama ‘Approve’ Bridge Work for Chinese Firms?” http://www.factcheck.org/2012/02/did-obama-approve-bridge-work-for-chinese-firms/, accessed 2-19-13, TAP So, how did Obama get blamed for the decisions by state agencies and for
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spending taxpayer money on Chinese firms to build U.S. bridges. 2ac – Obama Good – Immigration
Winners win on controversial issues
Hirsh, National Journal, 2-7-13
(Michael, “There’s No Such Thing as Political Capital,” http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/there-s-no-such-thing-as-political-capital-20130207?page=1, accessed 2-7-13, CMM) Naturally, any president has practical and electoral limits. Does he have a majority
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right. He did. (At least until Vietnam, that is.) Cyber security thumps.
Chabrow, Bank Info Security, 3-12-13
(Eric, “White House's Fixation on Cybersecurity,” 3-12-13, http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/white-houses-fixation-on-cybersecurity-p-1438/op-1, accessed 3-27-13) PM White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, in his daily
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Order and State of the Union: Cybersecurity Word Count. Obama not pushing.
South Asia Link 3-30 US To Pass New Immigration Bill By This Summer, http://thelinkpaper.ca/?p=27900 President Barack Obama pressed for swift action on a sweeping immigration bill on Wednesday,
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table, Obama has stayed relatively quiet on immigration over the last month. Won’t pass- tons of opposition and other issues thump it
Altman, Time, 3-20-13
(Alex, “Four Hurdles That Could Block Immigration Reform,” http://swampland.time.com/2013/03/20/four-hurdles-that-could-block-immigration-reform/, accessed: 3-30-13, LLL)
The next few months offer the best chance in a generation for the two parties
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is high. Each day, 1,400 undocumented immigrants are deported. 3. Wind lobby is extremely powerful – they dampen opposition.
Eilperin, Washington Post, 9-20-12
Juliet, “Unusual coalitions clash over wind energy tax credit” http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/unusual-coalitions-clash-over-wind-energy-tax-credit/2012/09/20/fd775f1a-01c7-11e2-b257-e1c2b3548a4a_print.html, accessed 9-20-12, TAP The wind power industry boasts enviable political
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consultants are working to ensure it stays in place for at least one more year. MLP status for renewables is bipartisan.
Colman, The Hill, 12-12-12
Zack, “Sen. Coons predicts GOP support for bill to boost renewable-energy investment” http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/272519-sen-coons-hopeful-renewable-financing-bill-will-pass-next-congress, accessed 12-20-12, TAP Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said Wednesday that he is optimistic
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that everybody can win,” Coons told The Hill after the press conference. No link – doesn’t trigger opposition.
Spencer and Shaffer, Star Tribune, 6-16-12
Jim and David, “New strategy targets tax breaks for green energy” http://m.startribune.com/business/?id=159234595, accessed 12-24-12, TAP WASHINGTON - If you can't beat Big Oil, join 'em. That's part of
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of the year. Or it may be rolled into corporate tax legislation. |
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1ar Uniqueness
Won’t pass- Conservatives oppose path to citizenship language and logistics
Stanton, Buzzfeed, 3-21-13
(John, “How Washington's Immigration Momentum Could Collapse At Any Moment,” http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/how-immigration-reform-could-collapse-at-any-moment, accessed: 3-27-13, LLL) But Becerra, like most lawmakers involved in the effort, is cognizant of the
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could undo all of this," a senior House GOP leadership aide said. Won’t pass- Republicans oppose path to citizenship and don’t want to give Obama a win
Bouie, Washington Post, 3-26-13
(Jamelle, “Why immigration reform may not help the GOP,” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/03/26/why-immigration-reform-may-not-help-the-gop/, accessed: 3-27-13, LLL) As for the target of this push, it’s not unreasonable to think it’s the
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— and not his Republican partners — will receive most of the praise. Won’t pass- tons of provisions block compromise
Lillis, The Hill, 3-20-13
(Mike, “Pelosi predicts passage of immigration reform bill before summer,” http://thehill.com/homenews/house/289291-pelosi-predicts-passage-of-immigration-reform-bill-by-summer, accessed: 3-27-13, LLL) Comprehensive immigration reform has eluded supporters for many years, as various interest groups have
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who broke the law. They're pushing for stronger enforcement and mass deportation. 1ar MLP Popular
MLP status for renewables is popular – this evidence is predictive prefer it.
Colman, The Hill, 12-19-12
Zack, “Obama energy chief backs effort to encourage renewable investments” http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/273847-obama-administration-backs-renewable-energy-investment-measure, accessed 12-24-12, TAP
The Obama administration lent its support Wednesday to a congressional effort that would open a
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— guess what — the cost of wind goes down,” Chu said. MLP popular – it is seen as simplifying the tax code.
Silverstein, Renewables Biz, 11-26-12
Ken, “Floating New Ideas to Build Wind and Solar Energy Projects” http://www.renewablesbiz.com/article/12/11/floating-new-ideas-build-wind-and-solar-energy-projects-0?quicktabs_4=2, accessed 12-23-12, TAP The idea has broad support: Not only are the environmental and green energy advocates
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come before the two political parties would revert to all-out war. |
