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+CO2 is on the rise and the time to act is now—unless measures are implemented, CO2 will be locked in to reach 450 ppm. IEA ’11: |
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+International Energy Agency. (The IEA is an autonomous organization, which works to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its 29 member countries and beyond. The IEA has four main areas of focus: energy security, economic development, environmental awareness and engagement worldwide. World Energy Outlook 2011 brings together the latest data, policy developments, and the experience of another year to provide robust analysis and insight into global energy markets, today and for the next 25 years. This edition of the IEA’s flagship WEO publication gives the latest energy demand and supply projections for different future scenarios, broken down by country, fuel and sector). “World Energy Outlook”. 2011. SHSJW |
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+Global energy-related ... invest now in CCS. |
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+Nuclear power has zero emissions. Countries have decided on using it to combat climate change but the aff’s ban cripples that plan. IEA ’15: |
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+International Energy Agency. (The IEA is an autonomous organization, which works to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its 29 member countries and beyond. The IEA has four main areas of focus: energy security, economic development, environmental awareness and engagement worldwide. ) “Technology Roadmap: Nuclear Energy." 2015. https://www.oecd-nea.org/pub/techroadmap/ |
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+Nuclear power is ... the nuclear industry. |
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+Nuclear power has been and will continue to be the only way to get C02 emissions back down to 350 ppm. It’s empirically proven; this study is fantastic. Kharecha and Hansen ’13: |
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+Pushker A. Kharecha and James E. Hansen. (Kharecha is a researcher at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Hansen is a researcher at Columbia University) “Prevented Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Historical and Projected Nuclear Power. Environmental Science and Technology. March 15, 2013. SHSJW |
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+We calculate that ... 240 by 500). |
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+Without nuclear power, countries will be forced to rely on fossil fuels. This is empirically proven in Germany. Kharecha and Hansen 13: |
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+Pushker A. Kharecha and James E. Hansen. (Kharecha is a researcher at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Hansen is a researcher at Columbia University). “Response to Comment on “Prevented Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Historical and Projected Nuclear Power”. Environmental Science and Technology. May 22, 2013. SHSJW |
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+Sovacool et al. 1 ... fuel-fired power plants. |
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+Above 350 ppm climate change impacts are triggered. Hansen et al. ’08: |
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+Hansen, J., Sato, M., Kharecha, P., Beerling, D., Berner, R., Masson-Delmotte, V., ... and Zachos, J. C. (James Hansen is a researcher at Columbia University specializing in issues of global warming and climate change). “Target atmospheric CO2: Where should humanity aim?” The Open Atmospheric Science Journal. October 15, 2008. SHSJW |
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+Humanity today, collectively ... tragic consequences unavoidable. |
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+This means extinction—CO2 ruins our oceans and the earth uninhabitable for thousands of years; nothing would survive. Romm 10: |
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+Romm, Joe. (Joe Romm 12 is a Fellow at American Progress and is the editor of Climate Progress). “Science: Ocean Acidifying So Fast It Threatens Humanity’s Ability to Feed Itself,” 3/2/2012, http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/02/436193/science-ocean-acidifying-so-fast-it-threatens-humanity-ability-to-feed-itself/?utm_source=feedburnerandutm_medium=emailandutm_campaign=Feed3A+climateprogre. SHSJW |
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+The world’s oceans ... and shell-building. |
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+Climate change disproportionally affects minoritarian groups despite the fact that they have contributed the least to the problem ~-~- fighting climate change means fighting oppression. |
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+Pellow 12, David Naguib, (Ph.D. Professor, Don Martindale Endowed Chair – University of Minnesota) February 2012, “Climate Disruption in the Global South and in African American Communities: Key Issues, Frameworks, and Possibilities for Climate Justice,” http://www.jointcenter.org/sites/default/files/upload/research/files/White_Paper_Climate_Disruption_final.pdf SHSAM |
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+While contributing the ... combat climate disruption. |