Tournament: Cites | Round: Finals | Opponent: Who knows | Judge: Frank B Wilderson
Plan: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic engagement toward Mexico by providing renewable energy assistance to Mexico through the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission.
Energy cooperation is key to a SUSTAINABLE partnership – boosts regional economy, solves Mexican violence and reverses Latin anti-US sentiment
Reyes 13 – JD, member of the USA Today Board of Contributors
(Raul, April, “Opinion: President Obama has the chance to improve US/Mexico relations,” http://nbclatino.com/2013/04/29/opinion-president-obama-has-the-chance-to-improve-usmexico-relations/)//BB
Obama will arrive in Mexico with good and bad news. …… based on its potential, not on its problems.
Thinking BEYOND security is key – energy cooperation overcomes alternate impediments and creates a resilient partnership
Miller and DeLeon 9 - *Stephanie, consultant on U.S.-Latin America relations and was formerly the Research Associate for the Americas Project on the National Security Team. Born in Venezuela with family from Colombia, Miller earned her degree from Duke University in International Comparative Studies with a focus on Latin America. She currently lives in Bogotá, Colombia, Rudy, Senior Vice President of National Security and International Policy at American Progress
(“Transcending the Rio Grande,” http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/04/pdf/mexico.pdf)//BB
The U.S.-Mexico relationship ……. allies in ¶ the hemisphere.
SEQUENCING is vital – CLIMATE cooperation FIRST spills over to the rest of relations
Donnelly 10 – Program Associate, Mexico Institute @ Wilson Center
(Robert, “U.S.-Mexico Cooperation on Renewable Energy: Building a Green Agenda,” http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/us-mexico-cooperation-renewable-energy-building-green-agenda)//BB
Discussant Johanna Mendelson Forman …….. export-import financing.
Only Obama solves – reverses Anti-US sentiment throughout Latin America
Valencia 13 - New York-based political analyst and is a contributing writer for Global Voices Online
(Robert, “U.S. and Latin America: Economic Cooperation without Militarization?,” http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/05/20/us-and-latin-america-economic-cooperation-without-militarization)//BB
In May, President Barack ……… integration amongst themselves.
US-Mexico climate cooperation prevents Latin skirmishes from escalating to war
Barry 13 – senior policy analyst at the Center for International Policy, where he directs the TransBorder project, he specializes in immigration policy, homeland security, border security and the outsourcing of national security, has authored or co-authored more than twenty books on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, food aid, the United Nations, free trade and U.S. foreign policy
(Tom, “Changing Perspectives on US-Mexico Relations,” http://truth-out.org/news/item/16221-changing-perspectives-on-us-mexico-relations)//BB
It’s unfortunate that the two …….. with shared interests and responsibilities.
Latin American wars go global
Rochin 94 – Professor of Political Science
(James, Professor of Political Science at Okanagan University College, Discovering the Americas: the evolution of Canadian foreign policy towards Latin America, pp. 130-131)BB
While there were economic ………. be discussed in the next chapter.
Relations solve border terrorism
Storrs 6 (K. Larry Storrs, Specialist in Latin American Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of CRS, 1/18/2006 “Mexico’s Importance and Multiple Relationships with the United States”, http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33244_20060118.pdf)//JG
Sharing a 2,000-mile border …….. terrorism,¶ health, environment, and energy issues.
The impact is an attack on US soil
McCaul 12 – JD @ St. Mary’s, former federal prosecutor
(Michael, “A LINE IN THE SAND: COUNTERING CRIME, VIOLENCE AND TERROR AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER,” UNITED STATES HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY, Lexis)BB
Terrorism remains a serious threat ……. ¶ into a weapon of mass destruction.
Nuclear war
Ayson 10 - Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington
(Robert, “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 33.7, InformaWorld)BB
But these two nuclear worlds—……. that any preemption would probably still meet with a devastating response.
Independently, a US economic crisis is coming
DeLong 13 - Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Visiting Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation (J. Bradford, “The Second Great Depression: Why the Economic Crisis is Worse Than You Think”, July/August 2013 Foreign Affairs)Beddow
Despite its many virtues, however, the book paints an overly optimistic portrait of the state of the U.S. economy. “More than four years after Lehman Brothers went under……… in the years ahead.
Latin energy connectivity is key to growth
Noriega and Cardenas 12 – *Former US State Dept Official, director with Vision Americas
(“An action plan for US policy in the Americas,” December, http://www.aei.org/outlook/foreign-and-defense-policy/regional/latin-america/an-action-plan-for-us-policy-in-the-americas/)//BB
Key points in this Outlook:
America’s economic crisis …….. means a more prosperous United States.
Clean energy investment spurs jobs in the U.S. and is publicly popular
The Energy Collective 7/17 (Billy Parish, “United States Can't Afford to Cede Green Energy Industry to Competitors”, http://theenergycollective.com/billyparish/249626/us-cant-afford-cede-green-energy-industry-its-competitors)//lm
The clean energy industry is as American as fireworks ………. clean energy is about all of us, and our shared future.
US growth solves great power war
Khalilzad 11 – PhD, Former Professor of Political Science @ Columbia, Former ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan
(Zalmay Khalilzad was the 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. "The Economy and National Security" Feb 8 http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/259024/economy-and-national-security-zalmay-khalilzad)//BB
Today, economic and fiscal …….. aggressive moves in their regions.
Growth key to democracy
William J Baumol, professor of economics at NYU, Robert E. Litan, Senior Fellow of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institute, and Carl J. Schramm, President and chief executive officer of the Kauffman Foundation,” 2007, Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity
Now, ask the question the other way around…… suggest that political rights eventually will follow.
Democracy reduces the risk of every impact
Diamond 95 Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, December 1995, Promoting Democracy in the 1990s, http://wwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/di/1.htm
OTHER THREATS This hardly ……… security and prosperity can be built.
Global warming is real and human induced – top climate scientists agree
Anderegg et al 10 – PhD Candidate @ Stanford in Biology
(William, “Expert credibility in climate change,” National Academy of Sciences, p. 12107-12109)BB
Preliminary reviews of scientific literature and surveys of …… anthropogenic climate change.
Renewable energy policy is sustainable and key to solve climate change
UCS, May 9th, 2011(Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit science advocacy group based in the United States; “Renewable Energy Likely to Become Dominant Climate Change Solution by 2050, U.N. Study Concludes”; News Center; http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/renewable-energy-likely-climate-solution-0539.html )
If the full range of renewable technologies ………. That’s a sure way to transition to a clean energy economy while driving down costs and significantly reducing emissions.”
Action now averts extinction
Morgan 9 – professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Dennis Ray, “World on Fire: Two Scenarios of the Destruction of Human Civilization and the Possible Extinction of the Human Race”, 2009)Beddow
As horrifying as the scenario of ……. industrial civilization and nature.
Must act now – solves risky solutions Carnesale 11 (Albert Carnesale, PhD in Nuclear Enginerring, UCLA Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Engineering, Professor of Public Policy and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 3/2011, “America’s Climate Choices,” http://americasclimatechoices.org/ACC_Final_Report_Brief04.pdf).
In the judgment of this …….. stringent than actually needed.
Warming is an existential risk – quickening reductions is key to avoiding extinction
Mazo 10 – PhD in Paleoclimatology from UCLA
(Jeffrey Mazo, Managing Editor, Survival and Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, 3-2010, “Climate Conflict: How global warming threatens security and what to do about it,” pg. 122)BB
The best estimates for global warming to the ……. cultural and political changes.
Extinction
Tickell 8 (Oliver, Climate Researcher and Author – Kyoto2, “On a Planet 4C Hotter, All We Can Prepare For is Extinction”, The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/11/climatechange)
We need to get prepared for four ……. into a squabble over national emission rights.
Sea level rise from warming empirically causes extinction- none of their generic defense applies.
NatGeo News, 8
(John Roach, Staff Writer for National Geographic, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080617-sea-change-extinctions_2.html, Accessed 11/19/13)
The rise and fall of ………. the fossil record, are associated with changes in sea level and sedimentation.
Technical assistance for renewables significantly reduces greenhouse gases
COCEF 12 - La Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza
(“Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Transportation: Project Opportunities in the U.S. – Mexico Border Region,” http://www.cocef.org/Eng/VLibrary/Publications/SpecialReports/BECC20WP2020Nov20201120index.pdf)//BB
This white paper describes the current deficit in ……. experienced program manager.
Mexico is key: First – production – they have ENORMOUS renewable energy potential
Wood 10 – PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City
(Duncan, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, http://www.statealliancepartnership.org/resources_files/USMexico_Cooperation_Renewable_Energies.pdf)//BB
The North American context¶ The North …….. private sector¶ development of renewable resources
Second – technology transfer – Mexico will spread the green tech globally
ENS 12 – Environmental News Service
(“U.S., Canada, Mexico Vow ‘Continental’ Energy Grid,” http://www.reepedia.com/archives/4568)//BB
The leaders of the United States, Mexico, and ……. North American energy trade.”
Third – international cooperation – Mexican leadership leads to GLOBAL climate agreements
O’Neill 13 – PhD in Government @ Harvard, senior fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan foreign-policy think tank and membership organization
(Shannon, “Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government,” Foreign Affairs, 92.2)BB
If Mexico addresses …… and climatechange accords.
Cont 3 - Sol
An expanded BECC role quickly facilitates a Mexican green economy
COCEF 12 - La Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza
(“Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Transportation: Project Opportunities in the U.S. – Mexico Border Region,” http://www.cocef.org/Eng/VLibrary/Publications/SpecialReports/BECC20WP2020Nov20201120index.pdf)//BB
SECTION 4: BECC – THE BORDER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER 25¶ Since 1995, the BECC Border Environmental Cooperation Commission has demonstrated a ……. technical assistance in the focus sectors.
Renewables solve quickly
Carus 13 - UK journalist, regularly reporting on clean energy policy and finance from California for a global audience
(Felicity, “Mexico offers tantalising prospect of a dawning major market,” http://www.pv-tech.org/editors_blog/mexico_offers_tantalising_prospect_of_a_dawning_major_market)//BB
He added that construction of a natural gas …… gas pipelines,” said Hanhausen.
Specifically – the US is key
--aid is high now, but should be re-oriented towards renewables
Hartsoch 11 – MA @ San Jose State, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales for SolFocus
(Nancy, “A Sunny Future for Border Relations?,” http://breakingenergy.com/2011/05/10/featured-a-sunny-future-for-border-relations/)//BB
Amidst the darkening cloud …… prosperous, cleaner future.
No energy agenda, no binational grid, no renewables
Bonner et al 10 – Former Commissioner of U.S. customs and Border Protection, Former Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (Robert C.,”Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges”, 1/14/10; http://www.pacificcouncil.org/document.doc?id=31)//Beddow
The sector with perhaps …….. subnational governments across the border.
China wants to go green now – their “won’t transition” cards are reasons the plan is key
Yang 12 – World Resources Institute (Ailun, “What Is The Future Of King Coal In China?” http://insights.wri.org/news/2012/10/what-future-king-coal-china)
China’s great thirst for coal is …….. clean and low-carbon future.
No funding
Godoy 12 – Mexico-based correspondent who covers the environment, human rights and sustainable development. He has been a journalist since 1996 and has written for various media outlets in Mexico, Central America and Spain (Emilio, “Mexico: So Close to Oil, So Far From Clean Energy”, Global Information Network, 3/22/12, Proquest)AY
"And the laws on renewable energies have been useless…….. something that could change, since the United Nations declared 2012 the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.
But your links are still all non-unique
Seelke and Finklea 13 (Clare Ribando Seelke is a Specialist in Latin American Affairs and Kristin M. Finklea is an Analyst in Domestic Security “U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: The Mérida Initiative and Beyond”, June 12, 2013, http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/210921.pdf, A.S.)
Inaugurated on December 1, 2012, Mexican ……. Mérida Initiative funding.
Latin America is a vital market for renewable energy production, but it’s lagging behind now – cooperation and investment from the US is key.
O’Toole 12 ¬– teacher of Latin American Politivs at the region of Queen Mary, University of London, former visiting postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for the Study of the Americas, subeditor of the Observer, contributor to Reuters, Al Jazeera, and the Guardian (Gavin, “Red light for green energy in Latin America and the Caribbean”, 6/8/12; http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/jun/08/green-energy-latin-america-caribbean)//Beddow
Latin America and the Caribbean are …….. Climatescope, to be formally launched at Rio+20 on 19 June.
Plan gives Obama a high-profile win – without one his agenda is tanked
Lawrence, 9/17/13 - national correspondent at National Journal. (Jill, “Obama Says He’s Not Worried About Style Points. He Should Be.” National Journal, http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/obama-says-he-s-not-worried-about-style-points-he-should-be-20130917)
In some ways Obama's fifth year is typical of fifth years…… needs to have some successes and perceptions of success."