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** Plan Text: **

 * Thus the plan: The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its economic engagement toward Mexico by providing Border Environmental Cooperation Commission related energy assistance to Mexico. **

**RELATIONS **
(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// //ThinkProgress reports … **__on its potential, not on its problems __**. // //**Thinking __beyond__ security is key – energy cooperation overcomes alt causes and spills over to 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 …. strategic allies in __**¶ **__ the hemisphere __**. **
 * Energy cooperation is key to a __sustainable__ partnership – boosts regional economy, Mexican violence and reverses Latin anti-US sentiment **
 * Reyes 13 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> – <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">JD, member of the USA Today Board of Contributors

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Fixing US domestic policies inadequate to boost relations – an agenda of energy cooperation is key <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Shifter 12 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">(Michael is the President of Inter-American Dialogue. “Remaking the Relationship: The United States and Latin America,” April, IAD Policy Report, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">, Accessed 1/23/2013, rwg) ** __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Simply addressing an … into hemispheric relations. __**

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">U.S.-Mexican relations key to solving the environment -- relations are the __foundation__ for environmental efforts and cooperation over pollution
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Trust. Loyalty. Friendship <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">…policy and law enforcement.”
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Donnelly 12 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Robert Donnelly. Writer. "Our Shared Border: Success Stories in US-Mexico Collaboration" published by North American Center for Transborder Studies at Arizona State University and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Our%20Shared%20Border.pdf

Specifically, BECC action is modeled globally -- it’s a mechanism for transparency and accountability
The madam co-chairs …. have ¶ been very persistent.
 * Rocha** 9/8/**12 –** Consul of NADBank Board of Directors (Ortiz, http://www.nadbank.org/pdfs/publications/PM110812English.pdf, Public Meeting of the Board of Directors Transcript¶ November 8, 2012) //KT

Environmental collapse risks global resource wars
Severe conflict … __and undermining possibilities for cooperation__.
 * Homer-Dixon, ’98** [Thomas, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Programme at the University of Toronto, World Security Challenges for a New Century, p. 342-343]

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">And, independently, Environmental degradation risks extinction

 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Diner 94 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> ["The Army and the Endangered Species Act: Who's Endangering Whom" l/n]

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">By causing … __closer to the abyss__. ([ ] (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 presidents …nterests 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 ….which led Canada to become involved in efforts at regional conflict resolution, such as Contadora, as will be discussed in the next chapter.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The second impact is skirmishes **
 * 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

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Fights over drug trafficking are killing US-Mexico cooperation in the status quo -- increased economic engagement is key to solve
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">MEXICO CITY — **__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">In their joint … counterparts, some American officials say. __**
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Archibold et. al 4/30 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">(April 30, 2012 <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none;">[|RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none;">[|DAMIEN CAVE] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> and <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none;">[|GINGER THOMPSON] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> Writers for the New York times, reporters specifically on Mexico stories, National Correspondents “Mexico’s Curbs on U.S. Role in Drug Fight Spark Friction” <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> RT

**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">And, Mexican drug networks fund Afghanistan cartels – US border is the key internal link **
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">According to Borderland Beat …. Nothing is out of the question, it really just depends on the region.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Holt, 11 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">– <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">staff writer at the New American, citing Edgardo Buscaglia, investigator and fellow at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (Kelly, “Mexican Cartels Buy Afghan Heroin — Drug Wars Claim 507 in 14 Days,” The New American,” 18 January 2011, http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/north-america/item/10622-mexican-cartels-buy-afghan-heroin-%E2%80%94-drug-wars-claim-507-in-14-days)//BI

That leads to Afghanistan instability
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> … <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> and development.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Inkster, 12 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> (Nigel, Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, “Drugs: A war lost in Afghanistan”, Foreign Policy, 5/29/2012, http://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/29/drugs_a_war_lost_in_afghanistan, JKahn)

Afghan instability goes nuclear – Indo-Pak tensions and Iran
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">The national security … nuclear conflict in the world.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Rubin, 11 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">(Joel, Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Ploughshares Fund, former congressional aide and diplomat, fellow at the State Department in both Near Eastern Affairs and Political-Military Affairs, Master’s degree in Public Policy and Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s degree in Politics from Brandeis University, Huffington Post, 77/2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-rubin/middle-east-nuclear-threat_b_891178.html, JKahn)

**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">ECON **
//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Despite its many virtues… **__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">another major economic crisis __****__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> in the years ahead __**__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">. __//
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">I’ll isolate Two internal links **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">First is the US competitiveness **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">US economic crisis is coming now – dramatic actions needed **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">DeLong 13 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">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//

Specifically, Renewable integration key to meet US energy demands – otherwise collapse is inevitable
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 need … the north.//

__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">America’s economic …means a more prosperous United States __**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">. ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Second is Mexican economy **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Plan solves economic leadership -- Latin energy connectivity is the key internal link **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Noriega and Cardenas 12 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> – <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">*Former US State Dept Official, **director with Vision Americas**
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">(“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: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">Key points in this Outlook: **

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Mexico needs an energy transition – otherwise collapse is inevitable
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Atlantic Sentinel 12 <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">(Alfredo Montufar-Helu Jimenez, degree in political science and international relations from CIDE, Mexico City, “Oil Dependence Puts Mexico’s Energy Security At Risk”, http://atlanticsentinel.com/2012/05/oil-dependence-puts-mexicos-energy-security-at-risk/)//lm// <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Despite having been favored with … attention should be paid to the development of these resources. //

Mexican growth is key to US competitiveness
Marczak 13 - director of policy at Americas Society and Council of the Americas, senior editor of the AS/COA policy journal, //Americas Quarterly,// and managing editor of AQ Online (Jason, “Immigration Reform get U.S. in on Mexico’s Boom”, 4/18/13; < http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/18/opinion/marczak-immigration-the-new-mexico>)//Beddow// // As Congress crafts comprehensive … umbrella of the Pact for Mexico political agreement. // //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The impact is hegemony – multiple scenarios for extinction **// //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Khalilzad 11 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> – <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">PhD, Former Professor of Political Science @ Columbia, Former ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan // //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">(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: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 5pt;">Today, __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">economic __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 5pt;"> and fiscal __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">trends pose …. aggressive moves in their regions __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 5pt;">.

**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">WARMING **
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">(William, “Expert credibility in climate change,” National Academy of Sciences, p. 12107-12109)//BB// //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Preliminary reviews of scientific … __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> regarding anthropogenic climate change __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">. // //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Warming is an existential risk – **//**__quickening__ //reductions is key to avoiding extinction//** //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Mazo 10 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">– <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">PhD in Paleoclimatology from UCLA // //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">(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: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">The best estimates … **__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">existential threat __**__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">to civilisation __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">."
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Global warming is real and human induced – top climate scientists agree **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Anderegg et al 10 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> – <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">PhD Candidate @ Stanford in Biology

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Warming isn’t inevitable- CO2 emission cuts now solve
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Desjardins 13 <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">(Clea, “Global Warming: irreversible but not inevitable”, Concordia University, <span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">@http://www.concordia.ca/now/what-we-do/research/20130402/global-warming-irreversible-but-not-inevitable.php <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">//SJ) There is a persistent misconception … <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> is critical to motivate change.”

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">And, current GHG emission rates will cause rapid ocean acidification – extinction
//__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The world’s oceans … “remain for thousands of years.” __//
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Romm 12 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">– physicist and climate expert, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress (Joseph J., “Science: Ocean Acidifying so fast that it threatens humanity’s ability to feed itself”, 3/2/12; < http://earthlawcenter.org/news/headline/science-ocean-acidifying-so-fast-it-threatens-humanitys-ability-to-feed-itself/>)//Beddow//

//**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Technical assistance for renewables significantly reduces greenhouse gases **// //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">COCEF 12 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">- La Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza // //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">(“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: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">(Duncan, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, http://www.statealliancepartnership.org/resources_files/USMexico_Cooperation_Renewable_Energies.pdf)//BB// //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">The North American context <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">…¶ **__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">development of renewable resources __**// //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Second – technology transfer – Mexico will spread the green tech globally **// //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">ENS 12 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> – <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">Environmental News Service // //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">(“U.S., Canada, Mexico Vow ‘Continental’ Energy Grid,” http://www.reepedia.com/archives/4568) //BB <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">The leaders of the … increasing North American **__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">energy trade.” __**
 * __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">This __**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> white **__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">paper … __****__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">experienced program manager __**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Mexico is key: **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">First – production – they have ENORMOUS renewable energy potential **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Wood 10 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> – <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City

//**__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">As many Latin American … __****__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">commodity-driven economies __****__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">. __**//
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Mexican economic leadership is modeled – new geopolitical configuration **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Peña-Franco 13 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">– 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: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">That includes spillover to Europe and Asia **// //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Storrs 6 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> (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”, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">, // JG) <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">While **__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> Mexico __**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> is strongly …d Security Council.

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">China is going green now, structural changes
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Yang 12 <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> – World Resources Institute <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">(Ailun, “What Is The Future Of King Coal In China?” http://insights.wri.org/news/2012/10/what-future-king-coal-china) <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">China’s great <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">… //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">clean and low-carbon future //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">.

**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">SOLVENCY **
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">(“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: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">SECTION 4: BECC – THE BORDER TECHNICAL … **__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">technical assistance __****__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> in the focus sectors. __**// //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Renewables solve quickly – outside expertise is key **// //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Carus 13 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> - UK journalist, regularly reporting on clean energy policy and finance from California for a global audience // //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">(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: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 3pt;">Solar investors in the US and further afield would … **__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">gas pipelines,” __**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> said Hanhausen.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">An expanded BECC role quickly facilitates a Mexican green economy **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">COCEF 12 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> - La Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza

US technical assistance is key to __follow through__ on commitments
Wood 13 – PhD, Director of Mexico Institute (Duncan, “Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives,” March 14, Lexis)//BB// //Underlying all three … industry best practices. //

//**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Specifically – the US is key ****<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-- ****<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">aid is high now, but should be re-oriented towards renewables **// //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Hartsoch 11 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> – <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">MA @ San Jose State, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales for SolFocus // //<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">(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: Calibri,sans-serif;">Amidst the darkening … __**//<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">peaceful, prosperous, cleaner future. //

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">WASHINGTON -- President Barack **__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">…. efficiency for appliances. __**
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Disad links are non-unique – new Obama climate push **
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">AP 6/24 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> (“AP sources: Obama to expand renewable energy”, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/303807/226/Obama-to-unveil-climate-plan-in-Tuesday-speech,//] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> JG) (BLUE)

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">US financing and expertise is key – empirics, proximity, free trade, and bilateral mechanisms
<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">(Duncan, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, http://www.statealliancepartnership.org/resources_files/USMexico_Cooperation_Renewable_Energies.pdf)//BB// //**__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Over the last 15 years, … __**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> stagnated due to lack of funds. //
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Wood 10 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> – <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City

//**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Mexico supports renewables investment **// //**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">World Energy 8 **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">( <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Allan T. Marks, “Mexico Offers Diverse Opportunities for Investment in Renewable Energy”, http://sitemaker.umich.edu/ipe2012/files/0208_mexico_offers_diverse_opportunities_world_energy.pdf) //lm
 * __<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Investors seeking opportunities … in renewable __**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 6pt;">¶ **__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> energy projects. __**

====Finally, There are no prior questions - empirical validity is a sufficient justification for action. Emphasis on metaphysical hurdles destroys any chance of effectively describing the world and guiding action – our aff is a disad to any alt==== David **<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Owen ****<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 14pt;">, ** Reader of Political Theory at the Univ. of Southampton, Millennium Vol 31 No 3 200 **<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 13pt;">2 ** p. 655-7 Commenting on the ‘philosophical turn’ … __potentially__ **__ vicious circle arises. __**

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