Tournament: Harvard | Round: 1 | Opponent: na | Judge: na
V: Gov't Obl
VC: Util

State not moral actor
Lloyd Gerson, professor of philosophy, “The Morality of Nations: An Aristotelian Approach”, Aristotle’s Politics Today, 2007

State duty to protect people
Robin West. "Rights, Capabilities, and the Good Society." Fordham Law Review Vol. 69 Issue 5.

Gov't util
Gary Woller, “An Overview by Gary Woller”, “A Forum on the Role of Environmental Ethics”, 1997

Platinum Group Metal extraction conflicts with E/P
Asya Pereltsvaig, Writer for Geocurrents, “Pollution Problems in Norilsk”, http://www.geocurrents.info/place/russia-ukraine-and-caucasus/siberia/pollution-problems-in-norilsk, April 19, 2012

PGM in Russia and S.A
David R. Wilburn, Donald I. Bleiwas, Researchers for USGS, “Platinum-Group Metals – World Supply and Demand”, USGS Open File Report 2004-1224, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1224/2004-1224.pdf, 2004

Need PGM for catalytic converter
Charles W. Bryant and Karim Nice, Writers for HowStuffWorks, “How Catalytic Converters Work”, http://auto.howstuffworks.com/catalytic-converter2.htm

Lot's of cars in world
John Sousanis, Journalist for WardsAuto, “World Vehicle Population Tops 1 Billion Units”, “WardsAuto”, http://wardsauto.com/ar/world_vehicle_population_110815, August 15, 2011

NOx emissions creates acid rain, lowers BioD
Contaminates food, hurts econ
Drives up health costs because NOx is bad for lungs
U.S Environmental Protection Agency, “Effects of Acid Rain – Surface Waters and Aquatic Animals” http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/effects/surface_water.html, 2012