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Salter, Raya; Gonzalez, Carmen G.; Kronk Warner, Elizabeth Ann --- "Energy justice: frameworks for energy law and policy" [2018] ELECD 1090; in Salter, Raya; Gonzalez, G. Carmen; Kronk Warner, A. Elizabeth (eds), "Energy Justice" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 1

Book Title: Energy Justice

Editor(s): Salter, Raya; Gonzalez, G. Carmen; Kronk Warner, A. Elizabeth

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781786431752

Section: Chapter 1

Section Title: Energy justice: frameworks for energy law and policy

Author(s): Salter, Raya; Gonzalez, Carmen G.; Kronk Warner, Elizabeth Ann

Number of pages: 11

Abstract/Description:

1. Raya Salter, Carmen G. Gonzalez, and Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner, Energy justice: frameworks for energy law and policy. This chapter provides an introduction to Energy Justice: US and International Perspectives. This volume 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 chapters both illuminate the theory of energy justice and explain how energy justice might be applied in practice. The introductory chapter lays the foundation for the volume by examining the dominant definitions of energy justice and then discussing how these definitions intersect with environmental justice, human rights, climate justice, indigenous rights, and energy democracy. The goal of the volume is to invite further engagement with these linkages and to underscore the pressing need for practical solutions that hasten the transition from fossil fuels while addressing the inequities that plague energy systems.