What is it about?
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. The introduction to the book is available at this link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3274052
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Why is it important?
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.
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This page is a summary of: Energy Justice, January 2018, Edward Elgar Publishing,
DOI: 10.4337/9781786431769.
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Energy Justice: frameworks for energy law and policy
This chapter is the introduction for Energy Justice: US and International Perspectives -- co-authored by Raya Salter, Carmen G. Gonzalez, and Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner
An Environmental Justice Critique of Biofuels
This chapter in Energy Justice: US and International Perspectives examines the environmental justice implications of biofuels.
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