Tan-Nwosu Aff

Advantage 1:  Climate Change

Climate justice is a moral obligation and precondition for policymaking 

Burkett 8 (Maxine, Assoc. Prof. of Law, and Director, Island Climate Adaptation and Policy, University of Hawai‘I, “Just Solutions to Climate Change”, Lexis, OG)

Environmental justice norms....however flawed, may be just.

Addressing climate change is key to human survival

Burkett 8 (Maxine, Assoc. Prof. of Law, and Director, Island Climate Adaptation and Policy, University of Hawai‘I, “Just Solutions to Climate Change”, Lexis, OG)
The unparalleled scale ....an abrupt climate surprise. n17 

Advantage 2:  Culture Death
Climate change causes Native cultural death
Krakoff 8 (Sarah, Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School, American Indians, Climate Change, and Ethics for a Warming World, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1265804, Acc: 7/18/12, og)

This attachment to place, ....for some time to come.

Native sovereignty and survival is key to human survival and is a moral side constraint
Suagee 93 (Dean B., member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, J.D. – University of North Carolina Law, LLM – American University, University of Michigan, “Indigenous Rights and Responsibilities for the Natural World”, http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/v2i3/suagee23.htm, Acc: 7/26/12, og)
Some might suggest that.... of indigenous peoples is all about.

1AC: Plan Text

Plan: The United States Federal Government should provide long-term tradable tax credits to Native American tribes for wind energy projects.

Observation 1: Solvency

Native wind power solves climate change AND reduces emissions
Gough 7 (Robert, Secy Intertribal Council On Utility Policy, testimony before Energy & Minerals Sub-Committee,http://www.intertribalcoup.org/pdfs/Gough%20testimony%20Energy%20and%20Minerals%20SubCommittee.pdf, Acc: 7/23/12, og)
CONCLUSION: Wind power and solar, unlike conventional generation from the....Tax credits are key to tribal wind projects – sidesteps the 10% return deficit 

Shahinian 8 (Mark, J.D. and M.S. in Environment and Natural Resources from University of Michigan, “SPECIAL FEATURE: THE TAX MAN COMETH NOT: HOW THE NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF TAX CREDITS HARMS INDIAN TRIBES”, 32 Am. Indian L. Rev. 267, Lexis, og)

The importance of tax credits....tribal wind power and solves climate change

Shahinian 8 (Mark, J.D. and M.S. in Environment and Natural Resources from University of Michigan, “THE TAX MAN COMETH NOT”, Lexis, og)
"The power to tax involves the power to destroy,....will better provide for tribal economic development.

Native renewable projects spurs global alternative energy – unique linkages enable technology and knowledge transfers 

Suagee 98 (Dean B., member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, J.D. – University of North Carolina Law, "Renewable Energy in Indian Country", http://www.repp.org/repp_pubs/articles/issuebr10/issuebr10.html, Acc: 7/26/12, og)
Many developing countries have little hope... Some of these potential advantages are discussed in the next section. 

Native wind projects solve climate change and justice – comparatively better
Burkett 8 (Maxine, Assoc. Prof. of Law, and Director, Island Climate Adaptation and Policy, University of Hawai‘I, “Just Solutions to Climate Change”, Lexis, OG)
There are as many possibilities in rural communities....while restoring the balance upset by environmental and climate injustices.