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The United States Federal Government should provide renewable energy assistance to Mexico through the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission. Solvency

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**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//
 * Energy cooperation is key to a SUSTAINABLE partnership – boosts regional economy, solves Mexican violence and reverses Latin anti-US sentiment **

Obama will arrive in Mexico... potential, not on its problems.

**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
 * Thinking BEYOND security is key – energy cooperation overcomes alternate impediments and creates a resilient partnership **

The U.S.-Mexico relationship is ready... strategic allies in ¶ the hemisphere.

(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//
 * SEQUENCING is vital – CLIMATE cooperation FIRST spills over to the rest of relations **
 * Donnelly 10** – Program Associate, Mexico Institute @ Wilson Center

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Discussant Johanna Mendelson Forman stressed... of adequate export-import financing.

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(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
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">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//

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In May, President Barack Obama... and security integration amongst themselves.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Relations solve border terrorism and drug networks **
 * 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//

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sharing a 2,000-mile border... health, environment, and energy issues.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Michael, “A LINE IN THE SAND: COUNTERING CRIME, VIOLENCE AND TERROR AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER,” UNITED STATES HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY, Lexis) BB
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The impact is an attack on US soil **
 * McCaul 12** – JD @ St. Mary’s, former federal prosecutor

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Terrorism remains a serious threat... a weapon of mass destruction.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Robert, “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects,” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 33.7, InformaWorld)BB
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This leads to nuclear war—US would place the blame on other countries for the attack **
 * Ayson 10** - Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">But these two nuclear worlds—a... still meet with a devastating response.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">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

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Despite its many virtues, however... crisis in the years ahead.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(“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//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Engagement is key to competitiveness **
 * Noriega and Cardenas 12 –** *Former US State Dept Official**,** director with Vision Americas

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">High-level official US engagement is... full advantage of the opportunities.

//**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Latin energy connectivity is key to growth **// //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Noriega and Cardenas 12** – //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">*Former US State Dept Official, director with Vision Americas <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(“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

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">America’s economic crisis and threats... a more prosperous United States.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(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
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">US growth solve great power war **
 * Khalilzad 11** – PhD, Former Professor of Political Science @ Columbia, Former ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Today, economic and fiscal trends... would be emboldened to make aggressive moves in their regions.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(“Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf) BB <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Increased Potential for Global Conflict
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">These wars go nuclear because of resource wars and proliferation **
 * Harris and Burrows 9** - *Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor in the National Intelligence Council (NIC), Jennifer, a member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Of course, the report encompasses... more dog-eat-dog world.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Warming
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Anderegg et al 10** – PhD Candidate @ Stanford in Biology <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(William, “Expert credibility in climate change,” National Academy of Sciences, p. 12107-12109)//BB//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Global warming is real and human induced – top climate scientists agree **

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Preliminary reviews of scientific literature... forums regarding anthropogenic climate change. //

//**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Warming is reversible - only action now solves future catastrophe **// //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Antholis and Talbott 10** – Director and President @ Brookings // //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(William Antholis, managing director of the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow in Governance Studies, former director of studies at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Strobe Talbott, president of the Brookings Institution, deputy Sec. of State under Clinton, “The Global Warming Tipping Point,” The Globalist, http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=8523) //BB

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Moreover, we need to start... pump CO2 into the atmosphere.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**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//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Action now averts extinction **

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">As horrifying as the scenario... between industrial civilization and nature. //

//**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Warming is an existential risk – quickening reductions is key to avoiding extinction **// //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Mazo 10** – PhD in Paleoclimatology from UCLA // //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(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

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The best estimates for global... social, cultural and political changes.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**COCEF 12** - La Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(“Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Transportation: Project Opportunities in the U.S. – Mexico Border Region,” http://www.cocef.org/Eng/VLibrary/Publications/SpecialReports/BECC%20WP%20%20Nov%202011%20index.pdf)//BB//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Technical assistance for renewables significantly reduces greenhouse gases **

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This white paper describes the... capacitated and experienced program manager. //

//**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Mexico is key: **// //**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">First – production – they have ENORMOUS renewable energy potential **// //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Wood 10** – PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City // //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Duncan, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, http://www.statealliancepartnership.org/resources_files/USMexico_Cooperation_Renewable_Energies.pdf) //BB

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The North American context The... sector development of renewable resources

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Maslin et al 11** – Professor at Department of Geography at University College of London (Mark, “Global health and climate change: moving from denial and catastrophic fatalism to positive action”, 2011; http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/369/1942/1866.full.pdf+html)//Beddow//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Renewables will catch on – the green energy revolution is at the tipping point. **

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Low-carbon options for a... can get to market faster. //

//**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Second – technology transfer – Mexico will spread the green tech globally **// //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**ENS 12** – Environmental News Service // //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(“U.S., Canada, Mexico Vow ‘Continental’ Energy Grid,” http://www.reepedia.com/archives/4568) //BB

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The leaders of the United States... increasing North American energy trade.”

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**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)//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tech spreads – strong international ties **

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">While Mexico is strongly linked... in a still-to-be-approved enlarged Security Council. //

//**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Third – international cooperation – Mexican leadership leads to GLOBAL climate agreements **// //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**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 // //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Shannon, “Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government,” Foreign Affairs, 92.2) //BB

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">If Mexico addresses these challenges... trade, and climate change accords.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Peña-Franco 13** – Emerging Markets Analyst and Strategist, financial and political risk analyst, focus on Latin America, education at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (Ramón, “The Great Debate: Will Mexico Assume Clear Leadership in South America”, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs Journal of International Affairs, 4/4/13; < http://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/great-debate-will-mexico-assume-clear-leadership-latin-america>)//Beddow
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Mexican economic leadership is modeled **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">As many Latin American countries... to other commodity-driven economies.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**COCEF 12** - La Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(“Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Transportation: Project Opportunities in the U.S. – Mexico Border Region,” http://www.cocef.org/Eng/VLibrary/Publications/SpecialReports/BECC%20WP%20%20Nov%202011%20index.pdf)//BB//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">An expanded BECC role quickly facilitates a Mexican green economy—past experience proves **

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">SECTION 4: BECC – THE BORDER TECHNICAL... assistance in the focus sectors. //

//**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Renewables solve quickly – outside expertise is key **// //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Carus 13** - UK journalist, regularly reporting on clean energy policy and finance from California for a global audience // //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(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

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Solar investors in the US... potential gas pipelines,” said Hanhausen.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Wood 10** – PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Duncan, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, http://www.statealliancepartnership.org/resources_files/USMexico_Cooperation_Renewable_Energies.pdf)//BB// //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This report argues that US involvement... even more in the future. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Government-to-gover **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> ment cooperation is key **

//**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Specifically – the US is key—its unique location and tech allows for effective investment **// //**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">--aid is high now, but should be re-oriented towards renewables **// //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Hartsoch 11** – MA @ San Jose State, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales for SolFocus // //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Nancy, “A Sunny Future for Border Relations?,” http://breakingenergy.com/2011/05/10/featured-a-sunny-future-for-border-relations/) //BB

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Amidst the darkening cloud of... a peaceful, prosperous, cleaner future.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Wood 10** – PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Duncan, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, http://www.statealliancepartnership.org/resources_files/USMexico_Cooperation_Renewable_Energies.pdf)//BB
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">US financing and expertise is key **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Over the last 15 years... stagnated due to lack of funds.