James M. van Nostrand

The Coal Trap

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the impact of developments in the energy industry, and the associated political dynamics, in West Virginia. It describes how culture and politics can block progress towards a just, low-carbon energy transition, and the environmental and economic consequences for West Virginians.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781108830584
• ISBN-10: 1108830587
• Artikelnr.: 63460699

Autorenporträt

James M. Van Nostrand is the Charles M. Love, Jr. Endowed Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law and Director of its Center for Energy and Sustainable Development. He has forty years' experience in a variety of roles in the energy industry, including positions as a regulator, energy lawyer, and director of a New York-based environmental nongovernmental organization.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "the lost decade"
1. The rise of environmental regulations under Obama's EPA
2. The shale gas revolution
3. The rise of renewable energy
4. The Ds of today's electric utility industry: Decarbonization and decentralization
5. From "friends of coal" to the "war on coal:" how West Virginia went from blue to red
6. "Leadership" from Washington, DC: the congressional delegation that could have but didn't
7. "Manchin in the middle"
8. The failure of the public service commission to serve the public
9. The role of the legislature in West Virginia's failed energy policies
10. Bailing out the coal industry on the backs of West Virginia electric ratepayers
11. Coal operators get rich and West Virginia gets to clean up the mess
12. What the future could hold if the leaders choose to lead.