UNST 232 Global Environmental Change
Winter 2012
Debate topics

PLEASE SIGN UP FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SLOTS IN A TEAM.

IN EACH CASE "PRO" MEANS YOU WILL ARGUE FOR THE PROPOSITION AS STATED.
"CON" MEANS YOU WILL ARGUE AGAINST AS STATED.
 

 1: "More nuclear power plants should be built to help combat global warming".
 
Pro Team                                                      Con Team

Zach Dixon                                                   Austin Wriggle
Morgan Cunningham                                  Tracy Burns
David Hickey                                                Adam Kiss

 

2: "We should pay for removing remove as many dams as possible in the Pacific Northwest".
 
Pro Team                                                     Con Team

James Gardner                                            Tyler Prehn
Taylor Fessenden                                        Paul McDill
Alexandra Markel
 
 

3: "To combat overpopulation, nations should limit family size to one child per family."
"To decrease human contribution to climate change, nations should regulate over population by limiting one child per family."

Pro Team                                                     Con Team

Nathan Treacy                                             Aline Ndemeye
Alyssa Staples                                              Kevin Chavez
Emily Burns                                                 Summer Van der Wolf
 

 

4: "The USDA should ban the use of genetically modified plants in America."
 
Pro Team                                                     Con Team

Carly Hirschman                                        Ross Hering
Hope Wareing                                             Dustin Jarvis
Mary Nash-O'Malley                                 Socheat Tauch
 

 

5: "We should pay at least $2/gallon gas tax to promote conservation and fund more mass transit."

Pro Team                                                     Con Team

William Saye                                               Michael Lipson
Dia Fekaris                                                  Gautum Kottapalli
Elise Harris
 

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