Energy justice : US and international perspectives / edited by Raya Salter, Carmen G. Gonzalez, Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Salter, Raya, editor.

Gonzalez, Carmen G., editor.

Kronk Warner, Elizabeth Ann, editor.

Series:

New horizons in environmental and energy law.

New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power resources--Law and legislation.

Power resources.

Energy policy.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 304 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

Energy Justice: US and International Perspectives is a pioneering analysis of energy law and policy through the framework of energy justice. While climate change has triggered unprecedented investment in renewable energy, the concept of energy justice and its practical application to energy law and policy remain under-theorized. This volume breaks new ground by examining a range of energy justice regulatory challenges from the perspective of international law, US law, and foreign domestic law. The book illuminates the theory of energy justice while emphasizing practical solutions that hasten the transition from fossil fuels and address the inequities that plague energy systems. Among the first edited volumes to focus wholly on the emerging field of energy justice, this book takes a multidisciplinary approach that examines energy law and policy through the lens of environmental justice, climate justice, indigenous rights, human rights, and energy democracy. Contributions from prominent scholars and practitioners demonstrate how energy justice frameworks can be applied in theory and practice. With a foreword by Dr Robert Bullard, Energy Justice is a critical resource for: law students and professors; researchers, students and faculty of graduate and undergraduate courses in the area of energy and the environment; and advocates and policymakers in the area of energy and the environment.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Robert D. Bullard

1. Energy justice: frameworks for energy law and policy / Raya Salter, Carmen G. Gonzalez and Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner

2. Fairness in the low-carbon shift: learning from environmental justice / Ouma Outka

3. An environmental justice critique of biofuels / Carmen G. Gonzalez

4. Energy (and human rights) for all: addressing human rights risks in energy access projects / Damilola S. Olawuyi

5. The equities of efficiency: distributing energy usage reduction dollars / Roger Colton

6. Mni Wiconi, tribal sovereignty, and treaty rights: lessons from Dakota Access Pipeline / Jeanette Wolfley

7. Energy access is energy justice: the Yurok Tribe's trailblazing work to close the native american reservation electricity gap / Catherine J.K. Sandoval

8. Transforming Relations in the Green Energy Economy: Control of Lands and Livelihoods / Dayna Nadine Scott and Adrian A. Smith

9. Emerging challenges in the global energy transition: a view from the frontlines / Shalanda H. Baker

10. Energy democracy: power to the people? an introduction / Eleanor Stein

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78643-176-9

9781786431769 (electronic book)