Tournament: yale | Round: 1 | Opponent: ridge vt | Judge: cameron cohen
McMahon 6/23 ~Jeff McMahon, contributor at Forbes, "U.S. On Track To Achieve 2030 Emissions Goals In 2016," Forbes Magazine, June 23, 2016, http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2016/06/23/u-s-on-track-to-achieve-2030-emissions-goals-in-2016/~~#fa3d9fa42c8e~~ JW
A dramatic slump in coal production has pushed U.S. carbon emissions so
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," Cohan said, "if the Clean Power Plan is not implemented."
Cohen 2012
~Armond, Executive Director, Clean Air Task Force, 2-13, "Decarbonization: The Nuclear Option," http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/02/is-america-poised-for-nuclear.php?print=trueandprintcomment=2161670~~
Three years ago, MIT's Richard Lester published a simple analysis of what would be
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power, despite its genuine challenges, cannot be left off the table.
Halpert 12 ~Julie Halpert, author at Yale Climate Connections, "Native Americans and a Changing Climate," Yale Climate Connections, June 21, 2012, http://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2012/06/native-americans-and-a-changing-climate/~~ JW
Native Americans are expected to be among the population groups most vulnerable to adverse effects
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2011, the organization passed a resolution opposing the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
Coverstone 5 ~MBA (Alan, Acting on Activism)
An important concern emerges when Mitchell describes reflexive fiat as a contest strategy capable of
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that is a fundamental cause of voter and participatory abstention in America today.