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Dernbach, C. John; May, R. James --- "Shale Gas and the Future of Energy" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) [2016] ELECD 378

Editor(s): Dernbach, C. John; May, R. James

Title: Shale Gas and the Future of Energy

Sub-title: Law and Policy for Sustainability

Series: New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law series

Topics: Energy Policy; Environmental Management; Environmental Politics and Policy; Energy Law; Environmental Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 26 February 2016

Number of pages: 352

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783476145

EISBN: 9781783476152

Abstract/Description:

The rapid growth of shale gas development has led to an intense and polarizing debate about its merit. This book asks and suggests answers to the question that has not yet been systematically analysed: what laws and policies are needed to ensure that shale gas development helps to accelerate the transition to sustainability?

In this groundbreaking book, more than a dozen experts in policy and academia assess the role that sustainability plays in decisions concerning shale gas development in the US and elsewhere, offering legal and policy recommendations for developing shale gas in a manner that accelerates the transition to sustainability. Contributors assess good practices from Pennsylvania to around the planet, discussing how these lessons translate to other jurisdictions. Ultimately, the book concludes that major changes in law and policy are needed to develop shale gas sustainably.

Policymakers and educators alike will find this book to be a valuable resource, as it tackles the technical, social, economic and legal aspects associated with this sustainability issue. Other strengths are its clear language and middle-ground policy perspective that will make Shale Gas and the Future of Energy accessible to both students and the general public.