Electric mountains : climate, power, and justice in an energy transition /

"Climate change has shifted from future menace to current event. As eco-conscious electricity consumers, we want to do our part in weening from fossil fuels, but what are we actually a part of? Committed environmentalists in one of North America's most progressive regions desperately wante...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Golding, Shaun A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Colección:Nature, society, and culture.
Temas:
Energy policy > United States.
Renewable energy sources > New England.
Wind turbines > New England.
Sustainable development.
Politique énergétique > États-Unis.
Énergies renouvelables > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Éoliennes > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Développement durable.
sustainable development.
Technology & Engineering > General.
Energy policy
Renewable energy sources
Sustainable development
Wind turbines
New England
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Windy Ridgelines, Social Fault Lines
  • 3. For the Love of Mountains: The Green Politics of Place
  • 4. But What If ...? Wind and the Discourse of Risk
  • 5. Following Power Lines: A Regional Political Economy of Renewables
  • Part I: The Money
  • Part II: The People
  • 6. Scripted in Chaos
  • 7. Why We Follow the Slow Transition Road Map
  • 8. Ecological Modernizations or Capitalist Treadmills?
  • 9. Energy and "Justice" in the Mountains
  • 10. Reimagining Energy
  • Epilogue.

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