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A study of the underlying dynamics of energy siting across resources and kinds of energy.

Resolving Land and Energy Conflicts studies energy in the landscape across gas and oil, wind, transmission and nuclear waste disposal. The authors are particularly interested in the conflicts that emerge from specific sites and proposals as well as how this unique land use plays out in terms of conflict and resolution across scales and jurisdictions while touching on broader issues of policy and values. Resolving Land and Energy Conflicts briefly explains the general context around the energy type; the impacts and conflicts that have arisen given this context; the role laws, rules and jurisdictions play in mitigating, resolving or creating more conflict; and the ways in which communication, collaboration and conflict resolution have been or could be used to ameliorate the conflicts that inevitably arise.

Introduction: The Complexity and Conflicts of Energy in the US Landscape; 1. Land-Based Wind Energy Siting: The Not-So-Silent Wind; 2. Nuclear Waste Siting: Getting Good People to Accept the Bad; 3. Gas and Oil and Unconventional Shale: The New, Old Frontier; 4. The Linear Challenge: Transmission and Natural Gas Pipelines; Conclusions and Recommendations; Index.

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Publié par	Anthem Press
Date de parution	28 septembre 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781783088546
Langue	English

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Resolving Land and Energy Conflicts
ANTHEM ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND RESTORATION SERIES
The Anthem Ecosystem Services and Restoration Series presents lessons for practical decision making by governments, businesses and NGOs seeking to incorporate the language and logic of ecosystem services into their activities. Ecosystems provide valuable services to individuals, organizations and society more generally, but the practical application of this principle is not at all straightforward. Policymakers, businesses and advocacy organizations around the world are developing innovative ways of incorporating ecosystem services into decision making through the creation of markets, trusts and policies of various kinds. This series seeks to develop a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of these initiatives and to generate a more informed understanding of which interventions result in the most effective and sustainable outcomes.
Series Editor
Lawrence Susskind—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Editorial Board
Marina Alberti—University of Washington, USA
Jayanta Bandyopadhyay—Independent policy researcher in environment and development, India
Robert Costanza—Australian National University, Australia
Marta Echavarría—Ecodecision, Ecuador
Pushpam Kumar—UNEP and University of Liverpool, UK
Matthias Ruth—Northeastern University, USA
Anne Spirn—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Resolving Land and Energy Conflicts
Patrick Field, Tushar Kansal, Catherine Morris and Stacie Smith
Anthem Press
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© Patrick Field, Tushar Kansal, Catherine Morris and Stacie Smith 2018
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Contents
List of Illustrations
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: The Complexity and Conflicts of Energy in the US Landscape
Why Is Energy Development and Production Important in Regard to Land Use?
Why This Book?
What General Factors Shape Energy Development and Production on US Lands and What Kinds of Conflicts Arise?
The Organization of This Book
2. Land-Based Wind Energy Siting: The Not-So-Silent Wind
Introduction
The Scale of Wind Energy
Regulatory Structures and Decision-Making Frames for Wind Energy Development
Conflicts around Wind Energy Siting
Factors Fueling These Conflicts
Collaborative Opportunities
Conclusion
Case Studies
3. Nuclear Waste Siting: Getting Good People to Accept the Bad
Introduction
Scope and Scale of the Issues
Regulatory Framework
Conflicts Surrounding Nuclear Waste Facilities Siting
Collaborative and Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Conclusion
Case Studies
4. Gas and Oil and Unconventional Shale: The New Old Frontier
Introduction
The Scale of Oil and Gas Production in the United States
Regulatory Framework
Conflicts Created
Factors Fueling These Conflicts
Collaborative and Conflict Resolution Opportunities
Conclusion
Case Studies
5. The Linear Challenge: Transmission and Natural Gas Pipelines
Introduction
The Scope of the Problem
Regulatory Framework
Conflicts Facing Interstate Electricity and Natural Gas Transmission Siting
Collaborative Opportunities
Case Study
6. Conclusions and Recommendations
Quasi-judicial Decision Making as the De Facto Method of Dispute Resolution
The Attractions and Limitations of Centralized Planning
Harnessing Collaboration: Opportunities and Recommendations
Closing: Collaboration as an Important and Practical Tool for Energy Siting
References
Index
ILLUSTRATIONS
Figures
2.1 Increase in wind turbine size, 1980–2015
3.1 US operating commercial nuclear power reactors
3.2 US GAO spent nuclear fuel
5.1 US Energy Information Administration; map of transmission lines in the United States, >345kV
5.2 US inter- and intrastate natural gas pipelines
Tables
4.1 Benefits and risks to local communities from oil and gas development
4.2 Examples of varying regulatory authority that local governments may exercise
About the Authors
Patrick Field is managing director at the Consensus Building Institute and associate director of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program. Field has helped thousands of stakeholders reach agreement on energy, land use, development and natural resource management issues across the United States and Canada. He has worked with water utilities, communities, agencies and companies around gas and oil development, from the Osage Nation in Oklahoma to communities in California, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Texas and Colorado. He has worked on wind energy siting issues, including science collaborative around bat-wind energy conflict, wind energy siting and landscape values in North Dakota, Michigan and Massachusetts, as well as offshore wind siting with states and communities from Massachusetts to North Carolina. He has worked on transmission cases from New Hampshire’s state energy siting laws and policies with the New Hampshire legislature to work with two large regional transmission organizations, MISO and PJM, to expansion of Tampa Electric’s transmission lines. He has worked on gas and oil pipelines, including a series of joint trainings with the First Nation Tax Commission and the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association across western Canada. He was an energy efficiency planner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ planning and construction agency between 1989 and 1992. He is coauthor of the award-winning book, Dealing with an Angry Public , Land in Conflict: Managing and Resolving Land Use Disputes and Managing Climate Risks in Coastal Communities: Strategies for Engagement, Readiness and Adaptation. Field is listed on the roster of conflict resolution professionals of the US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Interior. He holds a master’s in urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA from Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
Tushar Kansal is a senior associate at the Consensus Building Institute. He has five years of experience as a facilitator, mediator and trainer in collaborative problem solving and negotiation within and across organizations. He has worked extensively in public policy issues over a broad range of areas, including energy and natural resources, climate change, land management, scientific and technical issues and water resources. Kansal also works with organizations to develop collaborative governance structures and strategic plans and is adept working across and between sectors with government, nonprofit and business leaders. He builds consensus and collaboration capacity on a wide range of issues, including renewable energy, oil and gas development and other forms of energy and extractive resources; management of oceans, coasts and marine resources; education; revitalization of national parks; and the management and health of groundwater and surface water sources. Kansal has also led strategic planning, visioning and other organizational development efforts at local, national and international scales, working with groups ranging from a 300-resident island community whose existence is threatened by sea level rise to a 26-member nation body that manages more than half of the world’s tuna catch. Finally, Kansal has facilitated the efforts of roundtables and other efforts to drive corporate supply chain sustainability, including in the aquaculture, beef and egg industries. Kansal holds a master’s in city planning degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA from Wesleyan University.
Catherine Morris is a senior mediator at the Consensus Building Institute. Morris has more than 15 years of experience as a mediator and consensus builder and over 20 years of experience in energy and environmental regulation and policy. She has helped stakeholders collaborate on advancing rural electrification in Africa and Asia, development of large-scale renewable energy projects in New York, the role of US nuclear power to address climate change and transmission needs in the eastern United States to support a clean energy future. With a grant from the Lincoln Institute on Land Use Policy, she led a national workshop on barriers to siting interim storage for nuclear waste and has worked with the state of Vermont to help form a Citizen’s Advisory Board to advise on the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. She has led communities facing the economic and environmental challenges