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Empowering Energy Justice.

Mary Finley-Brook1, Erica L Holloman2

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The U.S. energy transition away from fossil fuels presents both opportunities for environmental justice and risks of exacerbating inequities. Achieving a just transition requires equitable distribution of benefits and inclusive decision-making for all communities.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Sociology
  • Policy Studies

Background:

  • The U.S. is rapidly shifting from coal and oil, impacting communities disproportionately affected by pollution.
  • Energy transitions can either alleviate or worsen environmental injustices, depending on policy design and public involvement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the extent to which U.S. energy transitions ensure equitable distribution of costs, benefits, and decision-making power.
  • To examine opportunities and pitfalls in fossil fuel divestment, carbon pricing, cap-and-trade, renewable energy, and energy efficiency through an energy justice lens.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of trends in fossil fuel divestment, carbon taxes, cap-and-trade policies, renewable energy deployment, and energy efficiency initiatives.
  • Review of existing research on energy justice, distributive justice, procedural justice, and recognition justice in the context of U.S. energy transitions.
  • Examination of illustrative case studies of energy transition initiatives.

Main Results:

  • Current energy transition strategies show mixed or partial success in achieving energy justice, with significant inequities persisting.
  • Opportunities for positive change exist, but often conflict with "green" initiatives, highlighting stark disparities in clean energy access and benefits.
  • Empowering approaches are feasible and beneficial, yet require careful attention to distributive, procedural, and recognition justice.

Conclusions:

  • Greater attention to distributive, procedural, and recognition justice is crucial for equitable energy transitions.
  • An energy justice research agenda should prioritize interactive and participatory practices, aligning advocacy, activism, and academia.
  • Moving forward requires addressing the specific needs and involvement of burdened low-income communities and people of color.