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+====Shutdown of nuclear power creates a shift to renewables==== |
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+Shrader- Frechette ’13 (*brackets in original text, Kristin, Spring 2013 , O'Neill Family Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Philosophy, at the University of Notre Dame. She has previously held senior professorships at the University of California and the University of Florida. Most of Shrader-Frechette's research work analyzes the ethical problems in risk assessment, public health, or environmental justice - especially those related to radiological, ecological, and energy-related risks.1 Shrader-Frechette has received the Global Citizenship Award, and the Catholic Digest named her one of 12 "Heroes for the US and the World", published more than 380 articles and 16 books/monographs, “Answering Scientific Attacks on Ethical Imperatives”, Ethics and the Environment, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2013, pg 1-17, Published by Indiana University Press, Project Muse ghs//sk) |
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+Nuclear proponents like Forsberg (2011), however, disagree. They say that because |
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+intermittency is not a roadblock to the ethical imperative to use renewable energy. |
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+====AND- Renewables are the SINGLE BIGGEST DRIVER of African land grab==== |
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+Schneider and Sorman 12, “Energy Transitions and the Global Land Rush: Ultimate Drivers and Persistent Consequences,” Elsevier Vol. 22 Issue 3, August 2012. |
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+While the recent emergence of a global land rush has initiated large debates and conflicts |
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+AND |
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+long-term consequences for land use and struggles over access to land. |
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+====Huge multinational energy corporations are grabbing land in Africa for the renewables industry–usually through corruption==== |
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+Mulubrhan Balehegn 15, is an assistant professor at the Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences at Mekelle University, Ethiopia, “Unintended Consequences: The Ecological Repercussions of Land Grabbing in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Environment Magazine, 2015. |
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+Recently, the world has witnessed a colonial-like rush and scramble for farmlands |
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+AND |
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+) reached 45 million hectares in the years between 2002 and 2009.3 |
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+====These land deals are HORRIBLE–they’re corrupt, threaten food security, hurt over farmers, and are a form of neo-colonialism==== |
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+Roy Laishley 14, Africa Renewal, Kenya, “Is Africa’s land up for grabs?” Africa Renewal: Special Edition on Agriculture 2014. |
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+The outcries reflect the continuing impact of the continent’s history, when as recently as |
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+AND |
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+thousands of hectares of farmland are sometimes just three or four pages long. |