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Biofuels: Potentials, Problems & Solutions, Richard L. Ottinger
Biofuels: Potentials, Problems & Solutions, Richard L. Ottinger
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Biofuels have the exciting potential of mitigating the grave threats of global warming, reducing the world's dependence on imported oil from insecure sources and of reducing the skyrocketing costs of oil that are threatening to undermine the world's economies and devastating the people in non-oil producing, developing countries. For the people in these countries, biofuel offer a promising road to enhance development since they use local materials, can provide local jobs, and do not require the import of expensive equipment and expertise. Brazil has been the pioneer in the use of biofuel, allowing it to eliminate its oil imports, becoming …
Energy Security, Green Job Creation, And Youth Innovation, Elizabeth Burleson
Energy Security, Green Job Creation, And Youth Innovation, Elizabeth Burleson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
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Using Local Knowledge To Shrink The Individual Carbon Footprint, Katrina Fischer Kuh
Using Local Knowledge To Shrink The Individual Carbon Footprint, Katrina Fischer Kuh
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Entire texts have been devoted to exploring the meaning of the term “lifestyle” and sociological understandings of lifestyle are complex and nuanced.For present purposes, however, a more simple articulation of the term will suffice. Lifestyle can mean “mode of living,” including “patterns of action” and “patterns of ways of living.” Without rendering judgment, one observation that can fairly be made about the current lifestyles and associated behaviors of Americans is that they indirectly and directly lead to the emission of a high volume of greenhouse gases (“GHGs”).7 Although an American diplomat is said to have remarked in preparing for …
Wind Power, National Security, And Sound Energy Policy, Elizabeth Burleson
Wind Power, National Security, And Sound Energy Policy, Elizabeth Burleson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Wind-generated electricity in the United States has grown by more than 400 percent since 2000. According to the Department of Energy, 6 percent of US land could supply more than one and a half times the current electricity consumption of the country. Yet, challenges remain in matching demand for electricity with supply of wind as well as achieving grid parity. Careful wind turbine and transmission line siting can occur through cooperation between federal, state, tribal, and civil society participation in decision-making. Tribal wind initiatives have shown that developing wind power can also benefit rural communities. Congress should pass a national …
Energy Policy, Intellectual Property, And Technology Transfer To Address Climate Change, Elizabeth Burleson
Energy Policy, Intellectual Property, And Technology Transfer To Address Climate Change, Elizabeth Burleson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
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Foreword: Energy And The Environment: Empowering Consumers, Katrina Fischer Kuh
Foreword: Energy And The Environment: Empowering Consumers, Katrina Fischer Kuh
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
The conference Energy and the Environment: Empowering Consumers brought together legal scholars, attorneys, scientists, philosophers, journalists, sociologists, elected representatives, and agency experts. This symposium issue of the Hofstra Law Review presents a selection of papers from conference participants that, together, illustrate some of the opportunities, challenges, and diverse questions that arise in the effort to deploy energy and environmental law and policy to embrace individual consumers and combat climate change.