Environmental Policy

The following consists of the complete season release of cases and briefs from for the topic listed below. Upon purchase, you will have access to a Word Document containing each of the cases and briefs listed. NOTE: Notice the release dates at the footer of every page. It is strongly advised to check each hyperlink before running any piece of evidence in an official debate round.

Resolved: That the United States Federal Government should significantly reform its environmental policy.

Purchase includes four Word documents covering the content listed above:

1. Blue Book. The traditional Blue Book materials, totaling 20 cases in all.
2. Blue Book Advanced. Edited by Matthew Baker, champion debaters assembled most of this advanced textbook.
3. Blue Book Lite. The consisted of cases and briefs gathered from Research Camp in Monument, Colorado.
4. Blue Book Midseason. This was the traditional sourcebook midseason supplement that released January 1 of the competitive year, just in time for the qualifying competitions.

I. Blue Book (344 pages)

A. Cases

1. NOT EASY BEING GREEN: THE CASE FOR FREE MARKET ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
2. FROZEN TREAT: The Case for ANWR Oil
3. WASTED ON THE WAY: THE CASE FOR THE BASEL CONVENTION
4. CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE CASE FOR THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
5. MONEY TO BURN: THE CASE FOR THE CARBON TAX
6. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE: STOP EPA REGULATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES
7. BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE CASE FOR COMMON LAW ENVIRONMENTALISM
8. GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM: THE CASE FOR THE CLEAN WATER RESTORATION ACT
9. DEAL WITH THE DEVIL: THE CASE FOR ENDING DELEGATED RULE-MAKING
10. FIRST, DO NO HARM: THE CASE FOR REFORMING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
11. AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: THE CASE FOR FIFTH AMENDMENT COMPENSATION
12. THE DEADLIEST CATCH: THE CASE FOR FISHING ITQs
13. FAT-FREE DONUTS: THE CASE FOR CANCELING FUTUREGEN
14. BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY: THE CASE FOR GMO MORATORIUM
15. CHEMICAL WARFARE: THE CASE FOR THE KID-SAFE CHEMICAL ACT
16. NO MAN IS AN ISLAND: THE CASE FOR RATIFYING THE KYOTO PROTOCOL
17. APPALACHIAN APOCALYPSE: THE CASE FOR ENDING MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING
18. REFINED TASTE: THE CASE FOR OIL REFINERY DEREGULATION
19. BURY THE KRYPTONITE: THE CASE FOR REFINANCING SUPERFUND
20. DECENT BURIAL: THE CASE FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN

B. Negative Briefs

1. NEGATIVE BRIEF: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY – Good
2. NEGATIVE BRIEF: ANWR
3. NEGATIVE BRIEF: E-WASTE / BASEL CONVENTION
4. NEGATIVE BRIEF: BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION
5. NEGATIVE BRIEF: CARBON TAX
6. NEGATIVE BRIEF: EPA REGULATING GREENHOUSE GASES – GOOD IDEA
7. NEGATIVE BRIEF: COMMON LAW
8. NEGATIVE BRIEF: CLEAN WATER RESTORATION ACT
9. NEGATIVE BRIEF: DELEGATED RULE-MAKING – Good
10. NEGATIVE BRIEF: ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
11. NEGATIVE BRIEF: FIFTH AMENDMENT COMPENSATION
12. NEGATIVE BRIEF: INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTAS (IFQs/ITQs)
13. NEGATIVE BRIEF: FUTUREGEN / CARBON CAPTURE & STORAGE – Good
14. NEGATIVE BRIEF: GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMO) – Good
15. NEGATIVE BRIEF: KID-SAFE CHEMICAL ACT
16. NEGATIVE BRIEF: RATIFYING KYOTO PROTOCOL – Bad
17. NEGATIVE BRIEF: MOUNTAINTOP COAL – NOT A PROBLEM
18. NEGATIVE BRIEF: REFINERIES
19. NEGATIVE BRIEF: SUPERFUND TAX – Not Needed
20. NEGATIVE BRIEF: YUCCA MOUNTAIN / NUCLEAR ENERGY

II. Blue Book Advanced (365 pages)

• DEFINITIONS- ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
• DEFINITIONS- SIGNIFICANT
• TOPICALLY PRESS: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY = EPA
• TOPICALLY PRESS: POLICY = GOAL
• KRITIK: ECO-IMPERIALISM
• KRITIK: STATISM
• 50 STATES COUNTERPLAN
• 2N EVIDENCE: 50 STATE COUNTERPLAN
• A-SPEC: COURTS
• CON: ACID RAIN
• CON: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SUBSIDIES
• CON: ANWR
• CON: AIR POLLUTION
• CON: BIODIESEL
• CON: BIODIESEL (ALGAE)
• CON: BIOFUELS
• CON: CAFÉ STANDARDS
• CON: CAP AND TRADE
• CON: CLEAN COAL
• CON: CLIMATE CHANGE: CO2 HARMFUL
• CON: CLIMATE CHANGE: EXISTENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING
• CON: CLIMATE CHANGE: HARMFUL IMPACT
• CON: CLIMATE CHANGE: HUMAN CAUSED
• CON: DDT
• CON: DOMESTIC OIL
• CON: ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
• CON: EPA EFFECTIVENESS
• CON: ETHANOL
• CON: FORESTS
• CON: GAS TAX
• CON: GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
• CON: GROWTH IMPROVES THE ENVIRONMENT
• CON: HYDROGEN
• CON: KYOTO PROTOCOL
• CON: NUCLEAR ENERGY
• CON: OFFSHORE DRILLING
• CON: OIL DEPENDENCE
• CON: OIL PRICES HARM THE ECONOMY
• CON: OZONE HOLE
• CON: PESTICIDES
• CON: PLASTIC BAGS
• CON: RAINFORESTS
• CON: RECYCLING
• CON: RELISTING GRAY WOLF
• CON: REGULATION: ENVIRONMENT
• CON: SOLAR ENERGY
• CON: TOBACCO SMOKE
• CON: WATER QUALITY
• PRO: ACID RAIN
• PRO: AIR POLLUTION
• PRO: ANWR
• PRO: BIODIESEL
• PRO: BIODIVERSITY
• PRO: BIOFUELS
• PRO: CAFÉ STANDARDS
• PRO: CAP AND TRADE
• PRO: CLIMATE CHANGE: CO2 HARMFUL
• PRO: CLIMATE CHANGE: EXISTENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING
• PRO: CLIMATE CHANGE: HUMAN CAUSED
• PRO: CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACT
• PRO: DDT
• PRO: DOMESTIC DRILLING
• PRO: ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
• PRO: EPA EFFECTIVENESS
• PRO: ETHANOL
• PRO: FORESTS
• PRO: GAS TAX
• PRO: GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANIZATIONS
• PRO: GROWTH IMPROVES THE ENVIRONMENT
• PRO: LANDFILLS
• PRO: OCS
• PRO: OIL DEPENDENCE
• PRO: OIL PRICES HARM THE ECONOMY
• PRO: PESTICIDES
• PRO: PLASTIC BAGS
• PRO: REGULATION: ENVIRONMENTAL
• PRO: TOBACCO SMOKE
• PRO: WATER QUALITY
• PRO: WETLANDS
• DA: BUSINESS CONFIDENCE SHELL
• DA: BUSINESS CONFIDENCE EXTENSIONS
• DA: COAL
• DA: FEDERALISM
• DA: INTERNATIONAL TREATY VIOLATION
• DA: POLLUTION HAVEN HYPOTHESIS
• DA: RUSSIAN OIL
• SOURCE INDICTMENTS
- CLIMATE CHANGE
• RIGHT WING SOURCE INDICTMENTS

III. Blue Book Lite (126 pages)

• CASE: Trash To Treasure: The Case for Methane Landfill Recovery
• CASE: The Case for Nuclear Power Expansion
• CASE: Expose and Depose: The Case for Abolishing the EPA
• CASE: Decaf: The Case for Repealing the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards
• CASE: Bogus Bags: The Case for a Tax on Plastic Shopping Bags
• CASE: The Grim Reeper: The Case for Passing REEP
• CASE: Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP)
• CASE: Up in Smoke: The Case for Banning Public Smoking
• NEGATIVE BRIEF: Methane Landfill Recovery
• NEGATIVE BRIEF: Nuclear Power Expansion
• NEGATIVE BRIEF: Abolish the EPA
• NEGATIVE BRIEF: CAFÉ
• NEGATIVE BRIEF: PLASTIC SHOPPING BAG TAX
• NEGATIVE BRIEF: Ban Public Smoking
• NEGATIVE BRIEF: No REEP
• Pro Brief: Oceans
• Con Brief: Oceans
• Pro Brief: Desertification
• Con Brief: Desertification
• CON BRIEF: OIL SHALE
• Pro Brief: Clean Air Act
• Pro Brief: Clean Water Act
• Con Brief: Clean Water Act
• CON BRIEF: GLOBAL WARMING EXISTENCE

IV. Blue Book Midseason (170 pages)

1. NEGATIVE BRIEF: ALIEN TORT CLAIMS ACT
2. NEGATIVE BRIEF: CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFO)
3. NEGATIVE BRIEF: BALLAST WATER
4. NEGATIVE BRIEF: BEES/CCD COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER - not a problem
5. NEGATIVE BRIEF: BIOCHAR
6. NEGATIVE BRIEF: BOTTLE BILL
7. NEGATIVE BRIEF: CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION
8. NEGATIVE BRIEF: CARBON LABELING
9. NEGATIVE BRIEF: CFC (CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS) LEGALIZATION/ MONTREAL PROTOCOL WITHDRAWAL
10. NEGATIVE BRIEF: ETHANOL is good
11. NEGATIVE BRIEF: EXOTIC PETS
12. NEGATIVE BRIEF: FARM SUBSIDIES – good, don't cancel
13. NEGATIVE BRIEF: FEDERALISM FAILS / STATES STUMBLE
14. NEGATIVE BRIEF: FUSION REACTORS - won't work
15. NEGATIVE BRIEF: GASIFICATION OF TRASH
16. NEGATIVE BRIEF: EMAILS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING - BIG HOAX
17. NEGATIVE BRIEF: EMAILS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING - PROVE NOTHING, G.W. IS STILL A PROBLEM
18. NEGATIVE BRIEF: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR)
19. NEGATIVE BRIEF: LIGHT BULB STANDARDS REPEAL - bad idea
20. NEGATIVE BRIEF: LOUISIANA WETLANDS RESTORATION
21. NEGATIVE BRIEF: MERCURY EMISSIONS
22. NEGATIVE BRIEF: NEPA TOPICALITY/SOLVENCY ISSUES
23. NEGATIVE BRIEF: NEW SOURCE REVIEW / 51 COAL FIRED PLANTS
24. NEGATIVE BRIEF: OGALLALA (HIGH PLAINS) AQUIFER DEPLETION
25. NEGATIVE BRIEF: SMOKING RESTRICTIONS – not needed
26. NEGATIVE BRIEF: SOFT POWER
27. NEGATIVE BRIEF: SPACE JUNK – not a problem SPACE JUNK LASERS – won’t work
28. NEGATIVE BRIEF: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
29. NEGATIVE BRIEF: THERMAL DEPOLYMERIZATION (TDP)
30. NEGATIVE BRIEF: WHALES

History of This Resolution

NCFCA 2009-2010 Policy Resolution This was Monument Publishing's largest year of publishing for policy debate. Four books consisting of a total of 1,005 pages were published with the help of its camps in Monument, Colorado. NCFCA Nationals that year was in Virginia Beach, VA, at Regent University. Contributors to the year of Blue Book consisted primarily of Vance Trefethen (editor since 2001) and Matthew Baker (2004 and 2005 policy finalist). Contributors to the main Blue Book included Leanne Livingston, Michael Bixby, and Josh Craddock. Attendees of the Research Camp included Jesse Montoya, Katherine Kaiser, Margaret Kaiser, Cameron Walker, Shane Baumgardner, Chad Frantz, Billy Klein, Sarah Klein, Sarah Carr, Lauren Miller, Joseph Martin, Elaine Hammett, Nathanael Hammett, Justin Knopp, Kaitlin Nelson, Lael Burge, Guthrie Leath, Rachel Watson, Hannah Groenevelt and Christy Reid.