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Reciprocity And Environmental Obligations, Leslie P. Francis
Reciprocity And Environmental Obligations, Leslie P. Francis
Hofstra Law Review
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Energy And The Environment: Empowering Consumers, Katrina Fischer Kuh
Energy And The Environment: Empowering Consumers, Katrina Fischer Kuh
Hofstra Law Review
Individual consumers and the local governments that serve them are at the center of the energy-environment equation. Consumers experience the fruits of energy and environmental policies--whether those policies damage the environment and imperil environmental goods or protect the environment but perhaps impose higher costs on consumers--and are in a unique position to influence energy policy and environmental outcomes through their political, behavioral, and consumption choices. In the United States, the individual and household sector generates, by some estimates, thirty to forty percent of GHG emissions. And the harms from individual behaviors and consumption with respect to a wide range of …
The Ethical Responsibility To Reduce Energy Consumption, John C. Dernbach, Donald A. Brown
The Ethical Responsibility To Reduce Energy Consumption, John C. Dernbach, Donald A. Brown
Hofstra Law Review
This Article argues that developed countries have an ethical responsibility to reduce energy consumption - through energy efficiency and conservation - as part of the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While this responsibility is borne by nations themselves, it has consequences for the individuals living in those nations. This Article also argues that developing countries have different duties concerning energy consumption. Their responsibility to improve human quality of life will mean greater use of modern energy, especially when it is not now available. At the same time, developing countries should use energy efficiency and conservation when it is …