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  • This house would break up energy conglomerates

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    Energy conglomerates are corporations that consolidate a significant percentage of different energy sources, both renewable and non-renewable. These include but are not limited to gasoline, electricity, solar energy, natural gas, and nuclear energy. Examples include Total Energies and Repsol in Europe, Shell in Africa, and Ecopetrol in Latin America

    Pakistan Pre-WSDC 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-06-07

  • This house would break up energy conglomerates

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    Energy conglomerates are corporations that consolidate a significant percentage of different energy sources, both renewable and non-renewable. These include but are not limited to gasoline, electricity, solar energy, natural gas, and nuclear energy. Examples include Total Energies and Repsol in Europe, Shell in Africa, and Ecopetrol in Latin America.

    Pakistan Pre-WSDC 2024 · Junior Semifinals · 2024-06-07

  • This House supports the establishment of the West Kalimantan nuclear reactor

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    In March 2023, Indonesia and the U.S. agreed to develop modular reactor technology. The agreement included a $1 million grant to Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to carry out feasibility studies on a nuclear reactor. PLN has proposed a 462-megawatt facility in West Kalimantan, which would use technology supplied by NuScale Power OVS, a public company based in the U.S. NuScale claimed that its technology is more resilient to earthquakes, a significant consideration for civil engineering projects in Indonesia. As of today, Indonesia has three nuclear reactors purely for research purposes, with one each in Banten, Jawa Barat, and DI Yogyakarta.

    NUDC 2024 Tingkat Nasional · Novice Finals · 2024-05-26

  • This house, as the EU, would abandon the European Green Deal

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    The European Green Deal is a series of policy initiatives (directives and funding) which aim to reduce carbon emissions to reach climate neutrality by 2050. These policies include, but are not limited to, heavily increased subsides for green technology, higher taxes on fossil fuel energy and phasing out the production and use of petrol-based cars.

    Sofia Online Open Part 2 · Round 1 · 2024-05-25

  • This house supports a fast-track approval process for all renewable energy projects (e.g wind farms, solar parks, hydroelectric dams).

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    Anyone carrying out a major construction project has to apply for a resource consent. To get a resource consent, a project must recognise and account for possible effects on the environment, nearby communities, and Māori. Rather than local council considering the application and granting the resource consent, a fast track approvals process allows companies to apply to a group of three Cabinet Ministers instead. The Ministers get recommendations from a group of experts, but make the decision themselves. It is also more difficult to appeal the decision in court.

    New Zealand Schools' Debating Championships 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-05-24

  • This house prefers corporate carbon offsets as opposed to direct reductions in corporate carbon emissions

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    For the purpose of this debate, a carbon offset is a means of compensating for one's carbon emissions by engaging in a certain activity that decreases carbon in the atmosphere. For example, purchasing and sustaining forest land, carbon capture and storage technology, or buying and selling carbon credits.

    De La Salle Pre-UADC 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-05-03

  • This house opposes “Olive Financing”

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    "Olive Financing" refers to the practice where private financial institutions provide funding for renewable projects undertaken by companies that are significant polluters in other areas of their operations (e.g. companies transitioning from 'brown' to 'green'.)

    JPDU Spring Tournament 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-04-13

  • This house believes that developing island states should sell 99-year leases for significant portions of their EEZ to companies

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    The Exclusive Economic Zone of a nation is ocean territory that stretches from 12 to 200 Nautical Miles from the coast. Nations are currently responsible for regulating maritime affairs within this area (e.g. fishing, commerce, and policing). For eg. the Philippines has one of the largestEEZin the world which supports fishing, tourism, renewable energy projects, etc.

    IIT Kanpur APD 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-03-29

  • This house believes that countries with high rare earth mineral deposits (e.g., lithium, cobalt) should nationalize its extraction and production

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    Rare earth minerals have diverse uses. Lithium and cobalt, for instance, can be used in making batteries, as in smartphones or electric vehicles (EVs).

    Manila Pro-Am 2024: Pre-UADC · Grand Final · 2024-03-23

  • That the Australian government should incentivise Australian firms to supply American green transition projects (e.g., supplying nickel and lithium) rather than subsidise domestic green corporations (e.g., subsidising battery research)

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    The Biden administration's 'Inflation Reduction Act' directs nearly US$400 billion federal funding to support clean energy through tax breaks, grants and loan guarantees. Its goal is to halve US emissions by 2035."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":801,"3":{"1":0},"8":{"1":[{"1":2,"2":0,"5":{"1":2,"2":0}},{"1":0,"2":0,"3":3},{"1":1,"2":0,"4":3}]},"11":4,"12":0}" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Biden administration's 'Inflation Reduction Act' directs nearly US$400 billion federal funding to support clean energy through tax breaks, grants and loan guarantees. Its goal is to halve US emissions by 2035.

    Melbourne Pre Easters 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-03-22

  • This house supports advanced economies’ recent emphasis on “resilience” over “efficiency” in large-scale economic policy reforms (e.g., semiconductors in the CHIPS Act, green technology in the Inflation Reduction Act, etc.)

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    Efficiency-oriented economic policy centers on reducing prices and maximising output by allocating production according to where a comparative advantage exists (e.g., lowering barriers to trade and investment, removing regulations that impede competition). Resilience-oriented economic policy sacrifices efficiency in order to build redundancies in the event of economic shocks (e.g., subsidizing domestic production, restricting trade of key technologies with adversaries, building national reserves)."

    The Kansai 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-03-01