
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:- Blue Book. The traditional Blue Book materials, totaling 20 cases in all.
- Blue Book Advanced. Edited by Matthew Baker, champion debaters assembled most of this advanced textbook.
- Blue Book Lite. The consisted of cases and briefs gathered from Research Camp in Monument, Colorado.
- 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.
A. Cases
- NOT EASY BEING GREEN: THE CASE FOR FREE MARKET ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
- FROZEN TREAT: The Case for ANWR Oil
- WASTED ON THE WAY: THE CASE FOR THE BASEL CONVENTION
- CIRCLE OF LIFE: THE CASE FOR THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
- MONEY TO BURN: THE CASE FOR THE CARBON TAX
- EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE: STOP EPA REGULATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES
- BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE CASE FOR COMMON LAW ENVIRONMENTALISM
- GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM: THE CASE FOR THE CLEAN WATER RESTORATION ACT
- DEAL WITH THE DEVIL: THE CASE FOR ENDING DELEGATED RULE-MAKING
- FIRST, DO NO HARM: THE CASE FOR REFORMING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
- AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: THE CASE FOR FIFTH AMENDMENT COMPENSATION
- THE DEADLIEST CATCH: THE CASE FOR FISHING ITQs
- FAT-FREE DONUTS: THE CASE FOR CANCELING FUTUREGEN
- BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY: THE CASE FOR GMO MORATORIUM
- CHEMICAL WARFARE: THE CASE FOR THE KID-SAFE CHEMICAL ACT
- NO MAN IS AN ISLAND: THE CASE FOR RATIFYING THE KYOTO PROTOCOL
- APPALACHIAN APOCALYPSE: THE CASE FOR ENDING MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL COAL MINING
- REFINED TASTE: THE CASE FOR OIL REFINERY DEREGULATION
- BURY THE KRYPTONITE: THE CASE FOR REFINANCING SUPERFUND
- DECENT BURIAL: THE CASE FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN
B. Negative Briefs
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY – Good
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: ANWR
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: E-WASTE / BASEL CONVENTION
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: CARBON TAX
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: EPA REGULATING GREENHOUSE GASES – GOOD IDEA
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: COMMON LAW
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: CLEAN WATER RESTORATION ACT
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: DELEGATED RULE-MAKING – Good
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: FIFTH AMENDMENT COMPENSATION
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTAS (IFQs/ITQs)
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: FUTUREGEN / CARBON CAPTURE & STORAGE – Good
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMO) – Good
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: KID-SAFE CHEMICAL ACT
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: RATIFYING KYOTO PROTOCOL – Bad
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: MOUNTAINTOP COAL – NOT A PROBLEM
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: REFINERIES
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: SUPERFUND TAX – Not Needed
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: YUCCA MOUNTAIN / NUCLEAR ENERGY
- 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
- 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
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: ALIEN TORT CLAIMS ACT
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFO)
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: BALLAST WATER
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: BEES/CCD COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER - not a problem
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: BIOCHAR
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: BOTTLE BILL
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: CARBON LABELING
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: CFC (CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS) LEGALIZATION/ MONTREAL PROTOCOL WITHDRAWAL
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: ETHANOL is good
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: EXOTIC PETS
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: FARM SUBSIDIES – good, don't cancel
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: FEDERALISM FAILS / STATES STUMBLE
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: FUSION REACTORS - won't work
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: GASIFICATION OF TRASH
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: EMAILS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING - BIG HOAX
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: EMAILS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING - PROVE NOTHING, G.W. IS STILL A PROBLEM
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR)
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: LIGHT BULB STANDARDS REPEAL - bad idea
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: LOUISIANA WETLANDS RESTORATION
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: MERCURY EMISSIONS
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: NEPA TOPICALITY/SOLVENCY ISSUES
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: NEW SOURCE REVIEW / 51 COAL FIRED PLANTS
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: OGALLALA (HIGH PLAINS) AQUIFER DEPLETION
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: SMOKING RESTRICTIONS – not needed
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: SOFT POWER
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: SPACE JUNK – not a problem SPACE JUNK LASERS – won’t work
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
- NEGATIVE BRIEF: THERMAL DEPOLYMERIZATION (TDP)
- 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.