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Slides: Impacts Of Oil Shale On Carbon Emissions, Jeremy Boak
Slides: Impacts Of Oil Shale On Carbon Emissions, Jeremy Boak
The Promise and Peril of Oil Shale Development (February 5)
Presenter: Dr. Jeremy Boak, Center for Oil Shale Technology & Research, Colorado School of Mines
43 slides
Slides: Promise Or Peril: Shale Oil, Energy, And The Region, Chase Huntley
Slides: Promise Or Peril: Shale Oil, Energy, And The Region, Chase Huntley
The Promise and Peril of Oil Shale Development (February 5)
Presenter: Chase Huntley, Policy Adviser for Energy & Climate Change, The Wilderness Society
8 slides
Slides: The Peril Of Energy Usage, Mike Tupper
Slides: The Peril Of Energy Usage, Mike Tupper
The Promise and Peril of Oil Shale Development (February 5)
Presenter: Mike Tupper, Executive Vice President, Composite Technology Development, Inc.
9 slides
Slides: Energy Development Water Needs Assessment And Water Supply Alternatives And Analysis, Benjamin Harding
Slides: Energy Development Water Needs Assessment And Water Supply Alternatives And Analysis, Benjamin Harding
The Promise and Peril of Oil Shale Development (February 5)
Presenter: Benjamin Harding, Principal Engineer, AMEC Earth and Environmental
15 slides
Slides: Oil Shale Water Needs, State Water Planning And The Colorado River Compact, Daniel R. Birch
Slides: Oil Shale Water Needs, State Water Planning And The Colorado River Compact, Daniel R. Birch
The Promise and Peril of Oil Shale Development (February 5)
Presenter: Daniel R. Birch, Deputy General Manager & Chief Engineer, Colorado River District
17 slides
Slides: Costs And Benefits Of Development: An Industry Perspective, Glenn Vawter
Slides: Costs And Benefits Of Development: An Industry Perspective, Glenn Vawter
The Promise and Peril of Oil Shale Development (February 5)
Presenter: Glenn Vawter, Executive Director, National Oil Shale Association
12 slides
Slides: The Logistics And Energy Needs Of Oil Shale Extraction, Alan K. Burnham
Slides: The Logistics And Energy Needs Of Oil Shale Extraction, Alan K. Burnham
The Promise and Peril of Oil Shale Development (February 5)
Presenter: Dr. Alan K. Burnham, Chief Technology Officer, American Shale Oil, LLC
10 slides
Slides: The History Of Oil Shale Development And What It Means For The Future, Patty Limerick
Slides: The History Of Oil Shale Development And What It Means For The Future, Patty Limerick
The Promise and Peril of Oil Shale Development (February 5)
Presenter: Patty Limerick, Center of the American West, University of Colorado at Boulder
35 slides
Slides: The Elusive Bonanza, Randy Udall
Slides: The Elusive Bonanza, Randy Udall
The Promise and Peril of Oil Shale Development (February 5)
Presenter: Randy Udall, Co-founder, Association for the Study of Peak Oil-USA
62 slides
Slides: Water For Oil (Shale)?, Bart Miller
Slides: Water For Oil (Shale)?, Bart Miller
The Promise and Peril of Oil Shale Development (February 5)
Presenter: Bart Miller, Water Program Director, Western Resource Advocates
10 slides
Framing Water Policy In A Carbon Affected And Carbon Constrained Environment, Robert H. Abrams, Noah D. Hall
Framing Water Policy In A Carbon Affected And Carbon Constrained Environment, Robert H. Abrams, Noah D. Hall
Journal Publications
Climate change driven by greenhouse gas emissions is substantially altering water availability while increasing water demand. Shifts in domestic energy policy and production, while needed to confront the challenge of climate change, may further stress the nation's water resources. These changes and new demands will be most severe in regions that are already experiencing water stresses and conflicts. This article examines the extent of the changes in water supply and demand by assessing how water conflicts will be addressed in the four overarching water use categories: water for population security, water for ecological security, water for energy security, and water …
Symposium--Critical Intersections For Energy & Water Law: Exploring New Challenges And Opportunities: Foreward, Alastair R. Lucas, Gregory S. Weber, Patricia K. Wouters
Symposium--Critical Intersections For Energy & Water Law: Exploring New Challenges And Opportunities: Foreward, Alastair R. Lucas, Gregory S. Weber, Patricia K. Wouters
McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles
No abstract provided.
Curbing Energy Sprawl With Microgrids, Sara Bronin
Curbing Energy Sprawl With Microgrids, Sara Bronin
Faculty Articles and Papers
Energy sprawl - the phenomenon of ever-increasing consumption of land, particularly in rural areas, required to site energy generation facilities - is a real and growing problem. Over the next twenty years, at least sixty-seven million acres of land will have been developed for energy projects, destroying wildlife habitats and fragmenting landscapes. According to one influential report, even renewable energy projects - especially large-scale projects that require large-scale transmission and distribution infrastructure - contribute to energy sprawl. This Article does not aim to stop large-scale renewable energy projects or even argue that policymakers focus solely on land use in determining …
Can Urban Solar Become A "Disruptive" Technology?: The Case For Solar Utilities, Joel B. Eisen
Can Urban Solar Become A "Disruptive" Technology?: The Case For Solar Utilities, Joel B. Eisen
Law Faculty Publications
After examining the theory of disruptiveness and the inadequacy of current initiatives for renewables, I argue for a disruptive solution to solar. Achieving the kind of deployment that would be required to make a serious down payment on our climate obligations will take something far different than we have seen to date: companies devoted to national (or at least regional), large-scale installations of solar technology, and which are deeply capitalized and willing to take risks to bring solar to many homeowners. I will term these "solar utilities,'' and I propose that one or more of them should take over the …
China's Renewable Energy Law: A Platform For Green Leadership?, Joel B. Eisen
China's Renewable Energy Law: A Platform For Green Leadership?, Joel B. Eisen
Law Faculty Publications
This article describes programs and initiatives in China promoting growth of renewable energy capacity, and analyzes obstacles to future growth.
Solar Rights For Texas Property Owners, Sara C. Bronin
Solar Rights For Texas Property Owners, Sara C. Bronin
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
In response to Jamie France's note, A Proposed Solar Access Law for the State of Texas, Professor Bronin urges future commentators to focus on three additional areas of inquiry related to proposed solar rights regimes. Bronin argues that such proposals would be strengthened by discussion of potential legal challenges to the proposals, related political issues, and renewable energy microgrids. Ms. France’s proposal for the State of Texas includes the elimination of preexisting private property restrictions that negatively affect solar access. Bronin argues that this proposal would be strengthened by a discussion of potential challenges under federal and state takings clauses. …
Keep Hope Alive: Updating The Prudent Investment Standard For Allocating Nuclear Plant Cancellation Costs, Jonathan Kahn
Keep Hope Alive: Updating The Prudent Investment Standard For Allocating Nuclear Plant Cancellation Costs, Jonathan Kahn
Faculty Scholarship
As the United States is poised to enter a new era of nuclear power plant construction, it behooves us to revisit some of the controversies of the past and consider how best to deal with some of the major problems that arose once before and may confront us once again as we go down this path. A flurry of costly, protected, and complex disputes concerning the allocation of plant cancellation cost followed upon the collapse of the first boom in nuclear power plant construction during the 1970s and 1980s. These cases led to highly divergent results depending of the jurisdiction …
Somebody Call 911: Windmills Are Killing Our Birds, Jessica Raba, Bryan Ebert
Somebody Call 911: Windmills Are Killing Our Birds, Jessica Raba, Bryan Ebert
Student Environmental Law Films/Golden Tree Films
The film "Somebody Call 911: Windmills Are Killing Our Birds” examines the impact of wind power on birds.
Solar Homes, Cheryl Cortemeglia, Jim Getz, Molly Knoll, Cara Shepley
Solar Homes, Cheryl Cortemeglia, Jim Getz, Molly Knoll, Cara Shepley
Student Environmental Law Films/Golden Tree Films
The film "Solar Homes” interviewed contestants in the U.S. Department of Energy’s solar home design competition.
Governance, Technology, And The Search For Modernity In Kenya, Warigia M. Bowman
Governance, Technology, And The Search For Modernity In Kenya, Warigia M. Bowman
Articles, Chapters in Books and Other Contributions to Scholarly Works
An ICT policy that produces broad access quickly is better than one that does not. Accordingly, success in ICT policymaking can be measured by three empirical measures: speed of passage, scope of implementation, and distribution, as well as one normative measure, process. "Process" represents an important normative dimension of ICT policymaking. Process measures the extent to which the ICT policymaking involves the citizenry, as represented by individuals, civil society groups, local private sector groups, and ideally, urban and rural residents ("wananchi "). Kenya is a case of slow speed of passage, low scope of implementation, low distribution, but high process. …
Algae And Biodiesel: Patenting Energized As Green Goes Commercial, Matthew R. Priess, Stanley P. Kowalski
Algae And Biodiesel: Patenting Energized As Green Goes Commercial, Matthew R. Priess, Stanley P. Kowalski
Law Faculty Scholarship
In the twenty-first century, predominant dependence on fossil fuels as energy resources will not be sustainable. Developing and commercializing green energy innovations will be an essential component of the transition to a more diversified energy economy. Algal biodiesel is one of the most promising green fuels because of its potential as a renewable and sustainable fuel source without displacing food crops. Algal biodiesel research and development are necessary early steps towards a transition to a green energy economy. The strategic use of strong patent portfolios will drive this by attracting investment, incentivizing innovation and accelerating commercialization. Whereas algal biodiesel research …
Siting Transmission Lines In A Changed Milieu: Evolving Notions Of The "Public Interest" In Balancing State And Regional Considerations, Jim Rossi, Ashley C. Brown
Siting Transmission Lines In A Changed Milieu: Evolving Notions Of The "Public Interest" In Balancing State And Regional Considerations, Jim Rossi, Ashley C. Brown
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
This Article discusses how state public utility law presents a barrier to the siting of new high voltage transmission lines to serve renewable resources, and how states could approach its evolution in order to preserve a role for state regulators in a new energy economy in which renewable energy will play a significant role. The traditional approach to determining the "public interest" in siting transmission lines is well on its way to obsolescence. Two developments over the past fifteen years have begun to challenge this paradigm. First, policies at the federal level and in many states have encouraged increased competition …
The Limits Of A National Renewable Portfolio Standard, Jim Rossi
The Limits Of A National Renewable Portfolio Standard, Jim Rossi
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
In this Commentary Article, Professor Rossi highlights some of the distributional and operational problems presented by a national renewable portfolio standard ("RPS") in electric power. He also offers several solutions to these problems as a way of advancing a cautionary defense of a national RPS. Ultimately, Professor Rossi concludes that addressing climate change will need to involve more systemic and larger scale modifications to regulation of the electric power industry, including addressing infrastructure issues such as transmission and carbon pricing.
Public Trust Limits On Greenhouse Gas Trading Schemes: A Sustainable Middle Ground?, Karl S. Coplan
Public Trust Limits On Greenhouse Gas Trading Schemes: A Sustainable Middle Ground?, Karl S. Coplan
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
There is a some consensus among economists, environmentalists, and politicians that some form of “cap and trade’ program is the appropriate regulatory mechanism to achieve the greenhouse gas emissions reductions necessary to avoid disastrous global climate disruptions. “Cap and trade” programs necessarily incorporate tradable emissions rights – essentially tradable rights to pollute. As such, they run into principled objection by some environmentalists who oppose the notion of creating economic rights in the global commons – essentially the “right to pollute.” This principled objection derives doctrinal support from the public trust doctrine – the ancient notion rooted in common law and …
China In Context: Energy, Water, And Climate Cooperation, Elizabeth Burleson
China In Context: Energy, Water, And Climate Cooperation, Elizabeth Burleson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Energy Justice And Sustainable Development, Lakshman Guruswamy
Energy Justice And Sustainable Development, Lakshman Guruswamy
Publications
Sustainable Development ("SD")--an expression of distributive justice--is the foundational premise of international energy and environmental law. It posits that international answers to environmental and energy problems cannot be pursued as independent and autonomous objectives but must be addressed within the framework of economic and social development. SD has been politically institutionalized in the Millennium Development Goals and a plethora of significant international instruments. Perhaps more importantly from a legal standpoint, SD is unequivocally codified, in the most widely accepted international energy and environmental treaties. This Article affirms the importance and continuing applicability of SD to the "other" third of the …
Following Industry's Leed : Municipal Adoption Of Private Green Building Standards, Sarah B. Schindler
Following Industry's Leed : Municipal Adoption Of Private Green Building Standards, Sarah B. Schindler
Faculty Publications
Local governments are beginning to require new, privately constructed and funded buildings to be “green” buildings. Instead of creating their own, locally-derived definitions of green buildings, many municipalities are adopting an existing private standard created by members of the building industry: LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). This Article explains and assesses the privately promulgated LEED standards. It argues that the translation of LEED standards, which were intended to be voluntary, into law raises several theoretical and practical problems. Specifically, private green building ordinances that rely on LEED do not ensure a reduction in the negative local environmental impacts …
Siting Green Infrastructure: Legal And Policy Solutions To Alleviate Urban Poverty And Promote Healthy Communities, Alexandra Dapolito Dunn
Siting Green Infrastructure: Legal And Policy Solutions To Alleviate Urban Poverty And Promote Healthy Communities, Alexandra Dapolito Dunn
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Green infrastructure is an economically and environmentally viable approach for water management and natural resource protection in urban areas. This Article argues that green infrastructure has additional and exceptional benefits for the urban poor which are not frequently highlighted or discussed. When green infrastructure is concentrated in distressed neighborhoods—where it frequently is not—it can improve urban water quality, reduce urban air pollution, improve public health, enhance urban aesthetics and safety, generate green collar jobs, and facilitate urban food security. To make these quality of life and health benefits available to the urban poor, it is essential that urban leaders remove …
Shadows On The Cathedral: Solar Access Laws In A Different Light, Troy A. Rule
Shadows On The Cathedral: Solar Access Laws In A Different Light, Troy A. Rule
Faculty Publications
Unprecedented growth in rooftop solar energy development is drawing increased attention to the issue of solar access. To operate effectively, solar panels require un-shaded access to the sun’s rays during peak sunlight hours. Some landowners are reluctant to invest in rooftop solar panels because they fear that a neighbor will erect a structure or grow a tree on nearby property that shades their panels. Existing statutory approaches to protecting solar access for such landowners vary widely across jurisdictions, and some approaches ignore the airspace rights of neighbors. Which rule regime for solar access protection best promotes the efficient allocation of …
Is Environmental Law A Barrier To Emerging Alternative Energy Sources, Amy J. Wildermuth
Is Environmental Law A Barrier To Emerging Alternative Energy Sources, Amy J. Wildermuth
Articles
My aim in this article is to explore the environmental law-energy divide from the environmental law perspective. In doing so, I will examine the impact of environmental law on energy use and energy sources today, focusing particularly on the development of alternative energy. Professor Lincoln Davies has taken up the same task---exploring the environmental law-energy divide-but from the perspective of energy law. Our collective goal is to inspire a discussion about how energy law and environmental law interact and what that means for energy development and use. We also hope to provide some ideas, based on lessons from alternative energy …