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The Environmental Justice Implications Of Biofuels, Carmen G. Gonzalez
The Environmental Justice Implications Of Biofuels, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Carmen G. Gonzalez
Analyses of the viability of biofuels as alternatives to fossil fuels have
often adopted a technocratic approach that focuses on environmental
consequences, but places less emphasis on the impact that biofuels may have
on vulnerable populations. This Article fills the gap in the existing literature
by evaluating biofuels through the lens of environmental justice – including
climate justice and food justice. The Article examines the impact of biofuels
on the global food system and on the planet’s most food-insecure
populations. It concludes that the laws and policies promoting the
cultivation of biofuels have contributed to global malnourishment by raising
food …