Lauren+and+Richie

2A- Richie Zhang (SA) - Richiez2468 (at) gmail (dot) com 2N- Lauren Knudson (GJP) - leknudson18 (at) gmail (dot) com

=Affirmative= Plan:
 * The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its economic engagement towards Mexico by providing Border Environmental Cooperation Commission related  renewable energy assistance to Mexico. **

1AC:
 * Advantages: Relations, Heg, Warming **

= 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]
 * Energy cooperation is key to a __sustainable__ partnership – boosts regional economy, Mexican violence and reverses Latin anti-US sentiment **
 * Reyes 13 ** – JD, member of the USA Today Board of Contributors

ThinkProgress ---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.- --the hemisphere. **

Fixing US domestic policies inadequate to boost relations – an agenda of energy cooperation is key Shifter 12 ** (Michael is the President of Inter-American Dialogue. “Remaking the Relationship: The United States and Latin America,” April, IAD Policy Report, [], Accessed 1/23/2013, rwg) **


 * Simply ---relations. **

U.S.-Mexican relations key to solving the environment -- relations are the foundation for environmental efforts and cooperation over pollution Donnelly 12 ** 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 [] **


 * Trust. Loyalty.--- law enforcement.” **

Specifically, BECC action is modeled globally -- it’s a mechanism for transparency and accountability 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//**


 * // The madam ---persistent. //**

// Environmental collapse risks global resource wars // // 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] **//

//** Severe ---cooperation. **//

// And, independently, Environmental degradation risks extinction // // Diner 94 ** ["The Army and the Endangered Species Act: Who's Endangering Whom" l/n] **//

//** By causing ---abyss. ([ ] **// // 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] **//

//** Sharing ---issues. **//

// That solves nuclear terrorism in the US // // 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**

That escalates and risks extinction – nuclear war with Russia and China Ayson 10 ** - Professor of Strategic Studies and Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington **
 * Terrorism ---destruction. **
 * (Robert, “After a Terrorist Nuclear Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects,” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 33.7, InformaWorld)//BB// **
 * // But these ---response. //**

// Fights over drug trafficking are killing US-Mexico cooperation in the status quo -- increased economic engagement is key to solve // // Archibold et. al 4/30 ** (April 30, 2012 [|RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD], [|DAMIEN CAVE] and [|GINGER THOMPSON] 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” [] RT **//

//** MEXICO CITY — In their ---officials say. **//

=** //Advantage// // Two: Heg //**=

// US economic crisis is coming now – dramatic actions needed // // 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**

Plan solves economic leadership -- Latin energy connectivity is the key internal link 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: //
 * Despite its ---ahead. **

// America’s --- United States. // //** Second is Mexican economy **// //** Mexico needs an energy transition – otherwise collapse is inevitable **// // Atlantic Sentinel 12 (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] //

// Despite having ---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 ---agreement. (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]
 * The impact is hegemony – multiple scenarios for extinction **
 * Khalilzad 11 ** – PhD, Former Professor of Political Science @ Columbia, Former ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan

Today, ---regions.

= Warming =

**Warming is real – anthropogenic CO2 overwhelms natural causes**

 * Hansen, environmental science professor, et al., ’13 ** [J. Hansen and Makiko Sato, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University adjunct professor of Earth and Environmental Science; and Reto Ruedy, Trinnovim – Goddard Center scientific support, 1/15/13, “Global Temperature Update Through 2012,” http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2013/20130115_Temperature2012.pdf, accessed 1/19/13, JTF] *Climate forcing – an imposed perturbation of the planet's energy balance that would tend to alter global temperature. *El Nino – oceanic oscillation that tends to increase surface temperature * El Nina – oceanic oscillation that decreases surface temperature

Global surface - next El Nino phase.

**Warming is reversible but the brink is now**
**Lemonick, Climate Central, ’12** [Michael D. Lemonick, senior staff writer at Climate Central, a non-profit climate reporting service, and a former senior science writer at Time magazine, 12/21/12, “It’s Not Too Late to Limit Global Temperatures - But Almost,” http://www.climatecentral.org/news/its-not-too-late-to-limit-global-temperatures-but-almost-15397, accessed 12/23/12, JTF]

For a couple --- the atmosphere

// Preliminary ---climate change. // //** 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 ---civilisation."

Desjardins 13 (Clea, “Global Warming: irreversible but not inevitable”, Concordia University, __http://www.concordia.ca/now/what-we-do/research/20130402/global-warming-irreversible-but-not-inevitable.php__ //SJ)// // There is ---motivate change.” //
 * Warming isn’t inevitable- CO2 emission cuts now solve **

//** And, current GHG emission rates will cause rapid ocean acidification – extinction **// //** Romm 12 ** – 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] //

// The world’s ---of years.” //

//** 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/BECC%20WP%20%20Nov%202011%20index.pdf)//BB] //

// This white ---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 ---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 ---energy trade.” //


 * Mexican economic leadership is modeled – new geopolitical configuration **
 * 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]

As many ---economies.


 * That includes spillover to Europe and Asia **
 * 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”, [], // JG)

While ---Security Council.

= Solvency =

(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]
 * Renewables solve quickly – outside expertise is key **
 * Carus 13 ** - UK journalist, regularly reporting on clean energy policy and finance from California for a global audience

Solar investors ---said Hanhausen. (Nancy, “A Sunny Future for Border Relations?,” [|http://breakingenergy.com/2011/05/10/featured-a-sunny-future-for-border-relations/)//BB]
 * 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

Amidst ---future.

(Duncan, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, [|http://www.statealliancepartnership.org/resources_files/USMexico_Cooperation_Renewable_Energies.pdf)//BB]
 * US financing and expertise is key – empirics, proximity, free trade, and bilateral mechanisms **
 * Wood 10 ** – PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City

Over ---funds.

=Negative:= Practice Rounds: 2NR: vs Mexican Renewables CIR and Canada CP 2NR: vs Cuba Embargo- CIR and case 2NR vs- Border Infrastructure US States CP and Dip Cap

2NR vs Mexican Renewables T- Gov to Gov must be conditional Tournament Round 2: Neg Against Border Infrastructure 1NC: SSS CP, T- Gov to Gov must be conditional, CIR, Neolib, 2NR: T Gov-Gov must be conditional

Round 3: Neg against Mexican Renewables 1NC: US states CP, Dip Cap- India, CIR, T-Trade, 2NR: Dip Cap and U.S. States