Comparing local energy conflicts in NSW Australia: moving to climate generosity

Marshall, JP

Comparing local energy conflicts in NSW Australia: moving to climate generosity

Marshall, JP

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Publisher:: Taylor and Francis Group
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Globalizations, 2023
Issue Date:: 2023-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Marshall, JP
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-19T22:09:05Z
dc.date.available	2023-11-19T22:09:05Z
dc.date.issued	2023-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Globalizations, 2023
dc.identifier.issn	1474-7731
dc.identifier.issn	1474-774X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/173456
dc.description.abstract	Australia does not have ‘carbon democracy', but a ‘carbon oligarchy,' in which the State defends the established and self-destructive relations of order, wealth and power built around fossil fuel energy. The article sketches interaction with carbon oligarchy in three NSW country towns of Lismore, Narrabri, and Bega, in relation to renewable energy. The aim is to uncover some problems of energy transition, and to suggest possible courses of action. In one town, a Local Council program to become self-supporting on renewables ran into problems of regulation and neoliberal economic values. In the second, transition was constrained by local fossil fuel supplies. In the third, some people embraced a form of ‘climate generosity’ which enabled support for transition against the requirements of carbon oligarchy. Climate generosity could usefully supplement Climate Justice, by circumventing demands for fairness and by providing an exemplar of action to help build community, support and meaning.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT160100301
dc.relation.ispartof	Globalizations
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/14747731.2022.2073067
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Globalizations on 15 May 2022, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14747731.2022.2073067
dc.title	Comparing local energy conflicts in NSW Australia: moving to climate generosity
dc.type	Journal Article
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dc.date.updated	2023-11-19T22:09:04Z
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Abstract:

Australia does not have ‘carbon democracy', but a ‘carbon oligarchy,' in which the State defends the established and self-destructive relations of order, wealth and power built around fossil fuel energy. The article sketches interaction with carbon oligarchy in three NSW country towns of Lismore, Narrabri, and Bega, in relation to renewable energy. The aim is to uncover some problems of energy transition, and to suggest possible courses of action. In one town, a Local Council program to become self-supporting on renewables ran into problems of regulation and neoliberal economic values. In the second, transition was constrained by local fossil fuel supplies. In the third, some people embraced a form of ‘climate generosity’ which enabled support for transition against the requirements of carbon oligarchy. Climate generosity could usefully supplement Climate Justice, by circumventing demands for fairness and by providing an exemplar of action to help build community, support and meaning.

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