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How Can Policy Balance The Goals Of Transition Acceleration And Justice? Permitting Reform, Large-Scale Renewable Energy, And Host Communities In The United States, J. B. Ruhl, David J. Hess Oct 2025

How Can Policy Balance The Goals Of Transition Acceleration And Justice? Permitting Reform, Large-Scale Renewable Energy, And Host Communities In The United States, J. B. Ruhl, David J. Hess

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Implementing energy-transition policies requires building new infrastructure, but the result is often opposition from host communities and associated actors. An important research and policy problem emerges over how to balance two goals that can be in tension: rapidly implementing energy-transition policies and addressing the needs and concerns of local communities, including diverse justice-related issues. This study adopts the perspective that the analysis of this problem benefits from opening the black box of permitting policy reform. The research contributes to the literature on siting conflicts by shifting the focus from explaining conflicts or suggesting targeted policy reforms such as improved engagement …


Somebody Call 911: Windmills Are Killing Our Birds, Jessica Raba, Bryan Ebert Jan 2010

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 Jan 2010

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.