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+Sherrie 11. April 4, 2011. All Nuclear Power Plants Need to be Shut Down Immediately. http://sherriequestioningall.blogspot.com/2011/04/all-nuclear-power-plants-need-to-be.html |
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+Governments and those …destroying the Earth? |
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+V: Morality |
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+VC: respecting the rights of present and future generations. |
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+Only ethical theories that include our obligation to protect future generations can be considered moral. |
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+Dr. Stephen Bickham, professor of philosophy at Mansfield State College writes. 1981.Future Generations and Contemporary Ethical Theories. J. Value Inquiry 15:169-177 (1981) 0022-5363/81/0152-0169 $01.35: 9 1981 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague. |
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+There exists today … and permanent bedrock. |
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+Practically all cultures, religions, and nationalities agree that we are on this planet to be a stepping stone for the generations that come after us – this is a reason to prefer my framework in this round. |
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+Professor Edith Weiss of Georgetown University writes. 1992. Edith `Brown Weiss. Professor of Laws, Georgetown University In Fairness To Future Generations and Sustainable Development. American University International Law Review. |
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+This notion conveys … it for ourselves. |
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+Contention 1 is Nuclear Waste |
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+From the dangers that come from uranium mining to the storage of highly radioactive nuclear material, the waste that comes from nuclear production is not only harmful to our planet and its citizens currently, but will continue to plague our children and their children for hundreds of thousands of years. |
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+GA writes: (Green America, organization that works to stop pollution globally, “Ten Strikes Against Nuclear Power,” 2014, http://www.greenamerica.org/programs/climate/dirtyenergy/nuclear.cfm) |
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+Nuclear waste ~-~- The … other communities at risk. |
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+And this waste is not useful, because nuclear power is not the only way to create energy. |
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+Gloria Hsu, professor in National Taiwan University’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences writes. Oct 26, 2013. Nuclear energy not the only option. Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2013/10/26/2003575387/1 |
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+At the end of … no nuclear power. |
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+If we were to get rid of nuclear power, countries would have to rely on renewable energy. And renewable energy sources can replace not just nuclear power, but also our reliance on fossil fuels and fracking, so a reduction in nuclear power will not cause the world to rely on these dangerous practices. |
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+Tim Judson concludes: August 4, 2015. EPA took nuclear out of the Clean Power Plan Executive Director of the NIRS (Nuclear Information and Resource Service). https://safeenergy.org/2015/08/04/epa-took-nuclear-out-of-the-clean-power-plan/ |
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+Yesterday, an amazing … impacts of fracking. |
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+Contention 2 is nuclear accidents |
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+In a world in which we rely on nuclear power, every person on our planet has to live in constant fear of an accident happening - natural disasters and human-caused mistakes can have catastrophic effects on our entire planet. |
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+Linda Gunter writes(Linda, Staff writer for beyond nuclear, “Beyond Nuclear” July 18, 2007, Common Dreams, http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0718-14.htm) |
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+The extensive damage … water aquifer below |
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+These are fears we should not have to worry about. Nuclear Power has contaminated our entire planet, and will continue to do so unless we take action now. |
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+Stephen Lendman writes. Stephen Lendman-Writer and columnist. March 13, 2011. Nuclear Meltdown in Japan. http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/03/nuclear-meltdown-in-japan.html. Stephen Lendman is a writer, syndicated columnist, activist, News TV personality, and radio show host. He currently writes and also hosts, since 2007, a radio show . |
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+For years, Helen … outside East Asia. |
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+Contention 3 is Nuclear Weapons |
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+There is nothing preventing violent groups and countries from developing nuclear weapons and using it on the rest of the world. They will not care about the effects of their actions. |
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+Journalist and author Alok Jah concludes in 2006. Alok Jah December 12, 2006. Climate threat from nuclear bombs. The guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/dec/12/nuclearindustry.climatechange. Alok Jha is a journalist, author and broadcaster, focusing on stories about science. He is the science correspondent at ITV News. Before that, he spent a decade at the Guardian and made programmes for the BBC. Alok Jha is a former Guardian reporter; he is now science correspondent for ITV News and the author of The Water Book: the Extraordinary Story of Our Most Ordinary Substance. |
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+Nuclear weapons pose …would shut down." |