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Energy and Utilities Law

Pace Environmental Law Review

2023

Environmental justice

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Natural Resource Systems And The Evolution Of Environmental Law, Monika Ehrman Jun 2023

Natural Resource Systems And The Evolution Of Environmental Law, Monika Ehrman

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Professor Monika Ehrman provides a pragmatic response to Elliott and Esty’s proposal to end all environmental externalities, which she refers to as an “environmental law moonshot.” She examines the value of transforming environmental law and dreaming big as Elliott and Esty recommend, while discussing the practical considerations of doing so. Her considerations include incentivizing technological advancement, compensating environmentally harmed communities to address systemic issues, and breaking down silos in environmental law.


What Makes It A Just Transition? A Case Study Of Renewable Rikers, Rebecca Bratspies Jan 2023

What Makes It A Just Transition? A Case Study Of Renewable Rikers, Rebecca Bratspies

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This essay offers New York City’s Renewable Rikers as an example of what a just transition might look like in practice. Specifically, this essay describes how Renewable Rikers connects the need for non-polluting energy infrastructure with a broader conversation about decarceration and racial justice to build an inclusive pathway for prosperity and environmental health for all New Yorkers. The first part of this essay sets the stage with a brief overview of the climate crisis. Part two sketches the contours of what constitutes a just transition as that term is used in the Green New Deal Resolution. Part three situates …