America's Energy Gamble: People, Economy and Planet
Cambridge University Press
Edition: New, 1/13/2022
EAN 9781009018012, ISBN10: 1009018019
Paperback, 540 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
How can America get back to an energy transition that's good for the economy and the environment? That's the question at the heart of this eye-opening and richly informative dissection of the Trump administration's energy policy. The policy was ardently pro-fossil fuel and ferociously anti-regulation, implemented by manipulating science and economic analysis, putting oil and gas insiders at the helm of environmental agencies, and hacking away at democratic norms that once enjoyed bipartisan support. The impacts on the nation's health, economy, and environment were - as this book carefully demonstrates - dire. But the damage can be reversed. Ordinary Americans, civil society groups, environmental professionals, and politicians at every level all have parts to play in making sure the needed energy transition leaves no one behind. This compelling book will appeal to course instructors and students, government and industry officials, activists and journalists, and everyone concerned about the nation's future.
1. Introduction
Part I. America's Energy
2. Oil and gas
the quest for energy dominance
3. Renewable energy
setbacks, successes and strategies for the energy transition
Part II. America's Lands
4. Public and private lands
extraction and infrastructure versus competing economic pursuits
5. Native American lands
respect for tribes' rights vs. encroachment
Part III. America's Seas
6. Oceans
drilling v. competing use of coasts and seas
7. Backtracking on safety
risking another BP oil spill
Part IV. America's Regulatory Process. 8. Science
undermining facts to understate regulatory benefits
9. Economics
skewing analyses to justify weaker regulations
10. Law
anti-regulatory statutory interpretations and reshaping the judiciary
Part V. The Global Climate
11. Endangering the climate
attacking global cooperation, state governments' leadership and the private sector's economic restructuring
12. America at crossroads.