Public Responses to Fossil Fuel Export provides wide-ranging theoretical and methodological international contributions on the human dimensions of fossil fuel export, with a distinctive focus on exporting countries, some of which are new entrants into the marketplace.
What do members of the public think about exporting fossil fuels in places where it is happening? What do they see as its main risks and benefits? What connections are being made to climate change and the impending energy transition?
How have affected communities responded to proposals related to fossil fuel export, broadly defined to include transport by rail, pipeline, and ship? Contributions to the work are presented in three parts. The first part synopsizes the background of the project, outlines major social science theories and relevant previous research, and identifies global trends in energy production. Regional and national case studies related to public opinion on fossil fuel export are included in part two of the manuscript. Part three highlights community-based case studies. Implications for research and practice feature in the concluding chapter.
Author(s): Hilary Boudet, Shawn Hazboun
Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 293
City: Amsterdam
Front Cover
PUBLIC RESPONSES TO FOSSIL FUEL EXPORT
PUBLIC RESPONSES TO FOSSIL FUEL EXPORT: Exporting Energy and Emissionsin a Time of Transition
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
I - Introduction
1 - An introduction to the social dimensions of fossil fuel export in an era of energy transition
Fossil fuel export: status and trends
What do we already know?
Boomtowns, risk perceptions, and overadaptation
Locally unwanted land uses and the environmental justice movement
Renewables and fracking
Summary
Organization of the book
Some concluding thoughts
References
II - The new landscape of fossil fuel technology, supply, and policy
2 - The new global energy order: shifting players, policies, and power dynamics
Introduction: the emergence of a new energy order
Global energy system
COVID-19 energy impacts
Between old and new
Clean energy transition
Winners and losers of the energy transition
Conclusion
References
3 - Fossil fuel export as a climate policy problem
Why fossil fuel export is often ignored in climate policy
The rationale for addressing fossil fuel export as a component of climate policymaking
How public response has helped bridge the issues of climate change and fossil fuel export
References
III - Public opinion on export
4 - The evolution of US public attitudes toward natural gas export: a pooled cross-sectional analysis of time serie ...
Background
Natural gas: bridge fuel or a bridge too far?
Research questions
Materials and methods
Data
Measures
Analysis
Findings
Patterns in agreement across time
Modeling agreement with natural gas export
Discussion
References
5 - Drivers of US regulatory preferences for natural gas export
Introduction
Literature review
Age
Gender
Political ideology
Awareness
Benefit and risk perception
Data and methods
Results
Discussion and policy implications
References
6 - Energy and export transitions: from oil exports to renewable energy goals in Aotearoa New Zealand
Island transitions
Critical time and place methodologies
Debating offshore exploration and an onshore terminal
Disputing employment promotions and lowered petrol prices
Transitioning to green jobs and green technology exports
Conclusions
References
7 - Trends in Norwegian views on oil and gas export
Background—Norway's role as an oil and gas exporter
Data and methods
Policy analysis
Public opinion studies
Main findings from policy analysis
Results from public opinion studies
Public opinion on drilling in new areas
Future size of the oil and gas industry
Worry about climate change
Discussion
References
8 - A “thin green line” of resistance? Assessing public views on oil, natural gas, and coal export in the Pacific N ...
Introduction
Fossil fuel production, export, and policy in the Pacific Northwest
Public opinion on fossil fuels: how does it relate to export?
Methods: survey sampling and measurement
Results
Discussion, implications, and future research
References
IV - Community response to export projects
9 - Global discourses, national priorities, and community experiences of participation in the energy infrastructure ...
Introduction
Shifting spatialities of Russia's oil and gas projects
Rising community concerns
Evolving community responses
Growing demands for meaningful participation
Strategies of exclusion and nonparticipation
Discursive strategies
Market mechanisms
Legal and bureaucratic strategies
Strategies of uncertainty
Discussion and conclusion
References
10 - Indigenous ambivalence? It's not about the pipeline …: Indigenous responses to fossil fuel export projects in ...
Introduction
Settler colonialism and the ongoing struggles for Indigenous self-determination
The Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project
Methods
Case studies: contextualizing ambivalence
Rights and governance
Economy and capacity
Decision-making and project
Discussion and conclusions
References
11 - The primacy of place: a community's response to a proposed liquefied natural gas export facility∗
Introduction
Context
Methods
Findings
“It was about the fish, really; salmon, and the communities that relied on them.” (N-13)33Interviews were coded based on lo ...
“You're asking us to take all of the risks—which seem rather significant—and get none of the rewards?” (N-12)
“[G]overnments do make bad decisions, whether they intend to or not, and corporations do not have the communities' best int ...
Discussion and conclusions
References
12 - Impact geographies of gas terminal development in the northern Australian context: insights from Gladstone and ...
Introduction
LNG development in Australia
Purpose of this chapter
Methods
Gas terminal development in Australia: a tale of two cities
Gladstone, Queensland
Darwin, Northern Territory
Concluding reflections
References
13 - Community risk or resilience? Perceptions and responses to oil train traffic in four US rail communities
Introduction
Perceptions of energy transportation and exports via rail
Methods and analysis
Survey dissemination
Study communities
Analysis
Risk perceptions on a range of potential OBR impacts
Community capacity and vulnerability perceptions
Overall support and opposition
Findings
Risk perceptions
Community capacities and vulnerabilities
Support, opposition, and uncertainty
Discussion: rural and urban risks, vulnerabilities, and opposition
Conclusion
References
14 - Leave it in the ground, or send it abroad? Assessing themes in community response to coal export proposals usi ...
Introduction
Background and framework
Energy policy and fossil fuel export in Western Washington State
“Scaled-up” social movement activities: from locally unwanted land uses to broader contention
Data and methods
Description of the cases: Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT) and Millennium Bulk Terminals (MBT)
Data acquisition and cleaning
Topic modeling using LDA
Findings
How do the two cases differ in terms of the themes that were most prominent?
How did local versus “scaled-up” concerns feature in the GPT and MBT debates?
Conclusion: implications for fossil fuel export in the Pacific Northwest
References
V - The future of fossil fuel export in an era of energy transition
15 - Social dimensions of fossil fuel export: summary of learnings and implications for research and practice
Climate is an increasing concern in energy export debates
Export routes present many opportunities for opposition
Changing attitudes about natural gas likely to impact export
Some familiar patterns persist
Implications (and a few limitations) for research and practice
Closing words
References
Further reading
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