LEADER 03947nam 22006253 450 001 9910554229203321 005 20231110215158.0 010 $a9781978820722 010 $a1978820720 024 7 $a10.36019/9781978820722 035 $a(CKB)4100000011977016 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6661534 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6661534 035 $a(OCoLC)1259589158 035 $a(DE-B1597)596593 035 $a(OCoLC)1260161856 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781978820722 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011977016 100 $a20210901d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aElectric Mountains $eClimate, Power, and Justice in an Energy Transition 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew Brunswick :$cRutgers University Press,$d2021. 210 4$d©2021. 215 $a1 online resource (307 pages) 225 1 $aNature, Society, and Culture 311 08$a9781978820692 311 08$a1978820690 327 $aCover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Windy Ridgelines, Social Fault Lines -- 3. For the Love of Mountains: The Green Politics of Place -- 4. But What If . . . ? Wind and the Discourse of Risk -- 5. Following Power Lines: A Regional Political Economy of Renewables -- Part I: The Money -- Part II: The People -- 6. Scripted in Chaos -- 7. Why We Follow the Slow Transition Road Map -- 8. Ecological Modernizations or Capitalist Treadmills? -- 9. Energy and "Justice" in the Mountains -- 10. Reimagining Energy -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Series Titles. 330 $aClimate change has shifted from future menace to current event. As eco-conscious electricity consumers, we want to do our part in weening from fossil fuels, but what are we actually a part of? Committed environmentalists in one of North America?s most progressive regions desperately wanted energy policies that address the climate crisis. For many of them, wind turbines on Northern New England?s iconic ridgelines symbolize the energy transition that they have long hoped to see. For others, however, ridgeline wind takes on a very different meaning. When weighing its costs and benefits locally and globally, some wind opponents now see the graceful structures as symbols of corrupted energy politics. This book derives from several years of research to make sense of how wind turbines have so starkly split a community of environmentalists, as well as several communities. In doing so, it casts a critical light on the roadmap for energy transition that Northern New England?s ridgeline wind projects demarcate. It outlines how ridgeline wind conforms to antiquated social structures propping up corporate energy interests, to the detriment of the swift de-carbonizing and equitable transformation that climate predictions warrant. It suggests, therefore, that the energy transition of which most of us are a part, is probably not the transition we would have designed ourselves, if we had been asked. 410 0$aNature, Society, and Culture 517 $aElectric Mountains 606 $aEnergy policy$zUnited States 606 $aRenewable energy sources$zNew England 606 $aSustainable development 606 $aWind turbines$zNew England 606 $aTechnology & Engineering / General$2bisacsh 615 0$aEnergy policy 615 0$aRenewable energy sources 615 0$aSustainable development. 615 0$aWind turbines 615 7$aTechnology & Engineering / General. 676 $a333.790973 700 $aGolding$b Shaun A$01219088 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554229203321 996 $aElectric Mountains$92819036 997 $aUNINA