Post date: Aug 12, 2014 5:41:54 PM
The following four topics (all of which have been recommended as “Novice Case Areas” by the NFHS) will be designated as “Oregon Novice Debate Case Areas” on the 2014-15 National Policy Debate Topic:
1. Ratify (Accede) to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea so that resources of the Arctic can be developed by the U.S.
2. Increase development of offshore aquaculture in U.S. Ocean waters
3. Increase federal oil and/or gas leasing on the outer continental shelf
4. Increase offshore renewable energy development (offshore wind, ocean thermal gradients wave power, or tidal barrages)
Source: http://www.osaa.org/docs/spe/14NoviceDebateCaseAreas.pdf