Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge:
[James E., "Climate change is here — and worse than we thought," http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/climate-change-is-here--and-worse-than-we-thought/2012/08/03/6ae604c2-dd90-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.html]
When I testified before the …
The future is now. And it is hot.
Ritz, 8-4-12
[Erica, "‘We Are Wasting Precious Time’: Influential NASA Scientist Urges Government Action on ‘Climate Change’", http://www.theblaze.com/stories/we-are-wasting-precious-time-influential-nasa-scientist-says-government-must-take-action-on-climate-change/]
In a blunt departure from most climate research, … climate change is occurring and that it is harmful.”
Aurelie and Vlad, Lund University, 1-8-2012
[Bachy and Privulescu, "Terrestrial and marine carbon uptake in the future: can we extrapolate today's situation?," http://www.nateko.lu.se/courses/ngen03/projects%202011/Bachy%20Pirvulescu.pdf]
Modeling the carbon cycle is a daring attempt … CO2 at high rate during the 21st century [1].
Roberts, Grist Staff Writer, 7-9-12
[David, "Strategies for a Changing Planet: Awareness", http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-06/climate-change-here-its-time-get-ready]
There is no longer any question … adapting to climate change. We must do both.
Plan solves - Indian wind power greens the US economy and curbs emissions
Unger, 2010
[Kathleen R., J.D. Candidate, "Change is in the Wind: Self-Determination and Win Power Through Tribal Energy Resource Agreements," Loyola Law School Los Angeles, www.tribesandclimatechange.org/docs/tribes_24.pdf]
On Earth Day 2009, President … advantages of wind power far outweigh those concerns.
U.S. failure to transition from oil dependency to green energy ensures primacy collapse – sparks great power wars and global instability
Klarevas, New York University Center for Global Affairs Professor, 2009
[Louis, "Securing American Primacy While Tackling Climate Change: Toward a National Strategy of Greengemony," http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louis-klarevas/securing-american-primacy_b_393223.html, accessed: 9-2-12]
As national leaders from …promote a national strategy of greengemony.
Kagan 2011 (Robert, Senior Associate – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, “The Price of Power”, The Weekly Standard, 1-24, http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/price-power_533695.html?nopager=1)
Today the international situation is … under a table and the table will not fall over.
Owen 2011 (John – professor of politics at the University of Virginia, Don’t Discount Hegemony, p. www.cato-unbound.org/2011/02/11/john-owen/dont-discount-hegemony/)
Andrew Mack and his …material and moral support for liberal democracy remains strong.
Kronk, Texas Tech University Law School Assistant Professor, 2012
[Elizabeth Ann, "Tribal Energy Resource Agreements: The Unintended "Great Mischief for Indian Energy Development" and the Resulting Need for Reform," digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1705andcontext=pelr]
Today, escaping stories of political …inevitably accompanies the leasing of Tribal resources.21
American Indian tax-free status prohibits tax credit eligibility – establishing a federal tradable production tax credit enables mass capital investment for tribal wind projects which empower indigenous communities and curb U.S. carbon emissions
Shahinian, 2008
[Mark, J.D. University of Michigan, The tax man cometh not: hwo the non-transferability of tax credits harms indian tribes," American indian law review, 32 AM. Indian L. Rev. 267, lexis law, accessed: 8-17-12]
I. Introduction
"The power to tax involves the power to destroy… wind energy an extremely attractive investment.
Tribal wind technology spills-over nationally – reservation lands function as laboratories for market-wide adoption
Sullivan, 2010
[Bethany, J.D. Candidate, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law., "Changing Winds: Reconfiguring the Legal Framework for Renewable-Energy Development in Indian Country," Arizona Law Review, 52 Ariz. L. Rev. 823., Lexis, accessed: 8-14-12]
Additionally, studies indicate that reservation land is … players - such as state governments - can learn. n12
This ensures international engagement and collaboration – Plan generates foreign policy goodwill to spread effective wind technology globally
Fry, University of Colorado Law School J.D., 2008
[Christopher W., "Harvesting the Sky: An Analysis of National and International Wind Power," Colorada Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy, 19 COLO. J. INT'L ENVTL. L. and POL'Y 427, summer 2008, lexis, accessed: 8-14-12]
B. Political Environment
Many factors suggest that the moment …costs of developing traditional hydrocarbon energy production infrastructure. n74
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, 10/25/2009. NY Times, “We Can Do It,” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/opinion/26iht-edban.html
Every day, the critical December summit in … last week by Senators Kerry and Graham: “Yes, we can.”
Gross, Centre for Energy Policy and Technology, 1-9-12
[Dr. Robert, Senior Lecturer in Energy and Environmental Policy at Imperial, runs the Technology and Policy Assessment theme of UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and has a long standing interest in the costs of energy technologies and in the issue of 'intermittency'.,"Are wind turbines increasing carbon emissions?”, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/jan/09/wind-turbines-increasing-carbon-emissions, accessed: 8-23-12]
12.54pm: I have received this reaction from Dr Robert Gross, … widely out of step with the scientific consensus.
Federal Action is key – only the plan deals with a comprehensive national program – localized action creates unintended price wars
Hamilton, UConn Law JD Candidate, 2012
[Jessica A., "Finding New Power in the Wind, the Earth, and the Sun: A Survey of the Regulation of Alternative Energy Generated on American Indian Reservations in the United States and First Nation Reserves in Canada," Connecticut Law Review April, 2012 Connecticut Law Review 44 Conn. L. Rev. 1383, Lexis, accessed: 7-27-12]
With the exception of a handful … renewable energy development through federal initiatives.
