Essays about: "fossil communities"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 47 essays containing the words fossil communities.
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11. Community voices against neo-extractivist projects. An analysis of the discourses surrounding fracking in La Huasteca Potosina, Mexico
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : In 2013, the previous Mexican federal government passed a constitutional reform of the energy sector that set the grounds for the use of fracking at a national scale. Less than two years later, a strategic policy document was published, mapping a whole set of areas whose deposits require the use of fracking to be exploited. READ MORE
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12. Between People and Energy - A comparative case study analysis of the role of Energy Communities in Belgium and the Netherlands
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Energy communities are on the rise in the EU. Viewed as a potential driver to a socio-technical transition towards renewable energy, they are given substantial room for growth within EU policy. In some EU member states, they are flourishing, while in others they barely exist. READ MORE
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13. Extraction for the Green Transition: An Eco-Marxist actor analysis of lithium governance in Bolivia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Bolivia holds among the biggest reserves of lithium in the world. Lithium-ion batteries are essential components in electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines, and are therefore crucial for a global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Meanwhile, the extraction process of lithium can cause large environmental damage. READ MORE
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14. Climate change beliefs, environmental policies support and the fossil fuels industry
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis aims to provide a contribution to the analysis of how relevant the presence of the fossil fuels industry is in shaping the attitudes toward climate change and environmental policies. This presence is studied in the form of coal plants at county-level and in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 in Louisiana, a state that largely relies on oil and gas extractive activities. READ MORE
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15. Delivering sustainable energy transition : A techno-economic analysis on households, businesses and communities of the Keweenaw Peninsula
University essay from KTH/EnergiteknikAbstract : Energy security understood as the practice by which risks associated with interruptions to the energy supply are low, represents one of the main objectives of energy policies in many countries. In this context, Keweenaw County or Michigan's northernmost County is placed as locked in an unreliable, unsustainable and particularly wasteful energy system. READ MORE