Energy's central place in economic, political and social systems—and the broad impacts that
energy choices have on the natural world and public health—mean that new technologies …

With the huge generation of municipal solid waste (MSW), proper management and disposal
of MSW is a worldwide challenge for sustainable development of cities and high quality of …

Historically, climate governance initiatives and associated scholarship have all but ignored
the potential for “global moral norms” to bring about changes in the political conditions for …

A growing area of research has addressed public perception of unconventional oil and
natural gas development via hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”). We extend this research by …

Research suggests that previous, current, and prospective extractive industry activities
influence perceptions of new development. Studies that have drawn this conclusion …

A key obstacle to nuclear energy as a decarbonization policy is the public perception of risks
of radiation leaks from reactors. In particular, the “not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY)" syndrome …

Public support is a key determinant of whether any energy project is developed in
democratic countries. In recent decades, scholars have extensively examined levels of …

Environmental justice and social movements scholarship demonstrates how not-in-my-
backyard activism by more privileged communities leaves the disadvantaged with “locally …

What drives local decisions to prohibit industrial land uses? This study examines the
passage of municipal ordinances prohibiting gas development using hydraulic fracturing …

How contemporary environmental struggles and resistance to pipeline development
became populist struggles Stunning Indigenous resistance to the Keystone XL and the …