LEADER 04952nam 2200529 450 001 9910254016703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61091-852-5 024 7 $a10.5822/978-1-61091-852-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000000881812 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-61091-852-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5508345 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5508345 035 $a(OCoLC)1010504802 035 $a(PPN)220122946 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000881812 100 $a20180927d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aEnergy democracy $eadvancing equity in clean energy solutions /$fedited by Denise Fairchild and Al Weinrub 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aWashington ;$aCovelo ;$aLondon :$cIsland Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (Approx. 290 p.) 311 $a1-61091-851-7 311 $a1-61091-929-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $g1.$tIntroduction /$rby Denise Fairchild and Al Weinrub --$g2.$tFrom commodification to the commons : charting the pathway for energy democracy /$rby Cecilia Martinez --$g3.$tThe case for a just transition /$rby Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan --$g4.$tEnergy democracy through local energy equity /$rby Strela Cervas and Anthony Giancatarino --$g5.$tBase-building and leadership development for energy democracy : APEN's work in East Bay Asian immigrant and refugee communities /$rby Vivian Yi Huang and Miya Yoshitani --$g6.$tOrganizing for energy democracy in rural electric cooperatives /$rby Derrick Johnson and Ashura Lewis --$g7.$tConflicting agendas : energy democracy and the labor movement /$rby Sean Sweeney --$g8.$tDemocratizing municipal-scale power /$rby Al Weinrub --$g9.$tCommunity-anchor strategies for energy democracy /$rby Maggie Tishman --$g10.$tNew economy energy cooperatives bring power to the people /$rby Lynn Benander, Diego Angarita Horowitz, and Isaac Baker --$g11.$tBuilding power through community-based project development /$rby Anya Schoolman and Ben Delman --$g12.$tConclusion : building an energy democracy movement /$rby Denise Fairchild. 330 $aA global energy war is underway. It is man versus nature, fossil fuel versus clean energy, the haves versus the have-nots, and, fundamentally, an extractive economy versus a regenerative economy. The near-unanimous consensus among climate scientists is that the massive burning of gas, oil, and coal is having a cataclysmic impact on our atmosphere and climate, and depleting earth?s natural resources, including its land, food, fresh water and biodiversity.  These climate and environmental impacts are particularly magnified and debilitating for low-income communities and communities of color that live closest to toxic sites, are disproportionately impacted by high incidences of asthma, cancer and rates of morbidity and mortality, and lack the financial resources to build resilience to climate change.     Energy democracy tenders a response and joins the environmental and climate movements with broader movements for social and economic change. Energy democracy is a way to frame the international struggle of working people, low income communities, and communities of color to take control of energy resources from the energy establishment and use those resources to empower their communities?literally providing energy, economically, and politically. Energy democracy is more important than ever as climate and social justice advocates confront a shocking political reality in the U.S. This volume brings together racial, cultural, and generational perspectives. This diversity is bound together by a common operating frame: that the global fight to save the planet?to conserve and restore our natural resources to be life-sustaining?must fully engage community residents and must change the larger economy to be sustainable, democratic, and just. The contributors offer their perspectives and approaches to climate and clean energy from rural Mississippi, to the South Bronx, to Californian immigrant and refugee communities, to urban and semi-rural communities in the Northeast. Taken together, the contributions in this book show what an alternative, democratized energy future can look like, and will inspire others to take up the struggle to build the energy democracy movement. 606 $aClean energy$zUnited States 606 $aEnergy policy$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$2fast 615 0$aClean energy 615 0$aEnergy policy$xSocial aspects 676 $a333.79 702 $aFairchild$b Denise Griffin$f1951- 702 $aWeinrub$b Al 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254016703321 996 $aEnergy democracy$92487064 997 $aUNINA