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

Advantage one – relations

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 ...

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 is strategic allies in ¶ the hemisphere .

SEQUENCING is vital – CLIMATE cooperation 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 stressed ... of adequate //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">export-import financing //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Only Obama solves – reverses Anti-US sentiment throughout Latin America

Valencia 13 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> - New York-based political analyst and is a contributing writer for Global Voices Online

<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; font-size: 11pt;">In May, President Barack Obama ... and security integration amongst themselves <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">.

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

Storrs 6 <span style="font-family: Georgia,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: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">)//JG

Sharing a 2,000-mile border... <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">health, environment, and energy issues.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The impact is an attack on US soil

McCaul 12 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> – JD @ St. Mary’s, former federal prosecutor

<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

Terrorism remains a serious threat... a //<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">w ////<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">eapon of mass destruction //.

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

Ayson 10 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> - 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;">(Robert, “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects,” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 33.7, InformaWorld)//BB

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">But these two nuclear worlds—a ... <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">meet with a devastating response.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Independently, a US economic crisis is coming

DeLong 13 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">- 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; font-size: 11pt;">Despite its many virtues, however... //<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">crisis // in the years ahead __<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">. __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Latin energy connectivity is key to growth 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 America’s economic crisis <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;"> and threats ... a more prosperous United States <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">US growth solves great power war

Khalilzad 11 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> – PhD, Former Professor of Political Science @ Columbia, Former ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan

<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; font-size: 5pt;">Today, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">economic <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 5pt;"> and fiscal <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">trends pose... <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">aggressive moves in their regions <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 5pt;">.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">These wars go nuclear

Harris and Burrows 9 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> - *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;">(“Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">)//BB

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Increased Potential for Global Conflict... <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">more dog-eat-dog world.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Advantage two – warming

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Global warming is real and human induced – top climate scientists agree

Anderegg et al 10 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> – 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; font-size: 11pt;">Preliminary reviews of scientific literature ... <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">forums regarding anthropogenic climate change.

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

Morgan 9 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> – 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 ... <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">between industrial civilization and nature.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Warming is an existential risk – //__quickening__// reductions is key to avoiding extinction

Mazo 10 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">– 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; font-size: 11pt;">The best estimates for global ... <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">social, cultural and political changes.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Technical assistance for renewables significantly reduces greenhouse gases

COCEF 12 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> - 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

This <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;"> white <span class="StyleBoldUnderline" style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">paper describes the ... //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">capacitated // and //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">experienced program manager //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">First – production – they have ENORMOUS renewable energy potential

Wood 10 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> – 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; font-size: 11pt;">The North American context <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 6pt;">¶ The ... sector ¶ development of renewable resources

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Second – technology transfer – Mexico will spread the green tech globally

ENS 12 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> – 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; font-size: 11pt;">The leaders of the United ... <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">increasing North American <span class="StyleBoldUnderline" style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">energy trade.”

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Third – international cooperation – Mexican leadership leads to GLOBAL climate agreements

O’Neill 13 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> – 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

If Mexico addresses these challenges... trade, and //<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">climate change accords //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Finally – solvency

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">An expanded BECC role quickly facilitates a Mexican green economy

COCEF 12 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> - 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; font-size: 11pt;">SECTION 4: BECC – THE BORDER ... //<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">assistance // in the focus sectors.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Renewables solve quickly – outside expertise is key

Carus 13 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> - 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; font-size: 11pt;">Solar investors in the US ... <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">potential <span class="StyleBoldUnderline" style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">gas pipelines,” <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;"> said Hanhausen.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Specifically – the US is key

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">--aid is high now, but should be re-oriented towards renewables

Hartsoch 11 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> – 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

Amidst the darkening cloud of ... a peaceful, prosperous, cleaner future <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">.

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