Scientific Papers
The Politics of ‘Green’ Extraction Frontiers: Mapping Metals and Mineral Mining Conflicts Related to the Energy Transition in the Americas
Article by Mariana Walter, Yannick Deniau, and Viviana Herrera Vargas DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/08969205241305963 Abstract We document how the extraction of metals and minerals, deemed critical for green growth and its energy transition, is expanding and being resisted in the …
Book Chapter: “Unburnable Coal and Unlabelled Climate Activism in China”
By Bowen Gu and Juan Liu Chapter found at the book The Routledge Handbook of Grassroots Climate Activism ABSTRACT China burns half of the coal produced in the world. As of 2022, coal …
New Article: “Colonial Governance in the Mining Sector: Las Bambas’ RSC and the Conflicts with the Communities”
Author: Raquel Neyra Raquel Neyra, a member of the EJAtlas team, is the author of an article on the conflicts surrounding the Las Bambas copper mine in Apurímac, Peru. Raquel has …
New Research – Participatory Security as Form of Control: Kaziranga National Park, India
Fanari, Eleonora – Ph.D. Candidate, Institute de Ciència y Tecnologia Ambientals Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain. Abstract ‘More security, more conservation’ is the mantra utilised by the Indian forest service …
Available now: “We are protectors, not protestors”: global impacts of extractivism on human–nature bonds
By: Ksenija Hanaček, Dalena Tran, Arielle Landau, Teresa Sanz, May Aye Thiri, Grettel Navas, Daniela Del Bene, Juan Liu, Mariana Walter, Aida Lopez, Brototi Roy, Eleonora Fanari & Joan Martinez-Alier Abstract This article analyzes the global impacts of extractivism on human–nature bonds. To do so, …
New Article: “Green and climate colonialities: Evidence from Arctic extractivisms”
Authors: Ksenija Hanaček (University of Helsinki & Autonomous University of Barcelona), Markus Kroger (University of Helsinki), Joan Martinez-Alier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.5512 Abstract This article examines 16 environmental conflicts across the Arctic that demonstrate resistance to both climate …
New: “From Fukushima to fossil fuels: Carbon emissions, climate narratives, and grassroots movements in Japan’s energy transition”
By May Aye Thiri, Mihály Tamás Borsi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103520 Abstract The Fukushima Nuclear Accident triggered an energy predicament in Japan, necessitating initiatives to decarbonise and denuclearise its energy landscape. This shift has intensified reliance on fossil fuels, …
Read Now: “Black gold and green BRI–A grounded analysis of Chinese investment in coal-fired power plants in Indonesia”
By Bowen Gu https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2024.101411 Highlights First countrywide analysis of socio-environmental conflicts over coal-fired power plants with Chinese investment. Demonstrates how the politics from below shapes BRI energy infrastructure investment in practice. Analyzes the uneven development of CFPPs in …
New Article: “The political ecology of oil and gas corporations: TotalEnergies and post-colonial exploitation to concentrate energy in industrial economies”
By Marcel Llavero-Pasquina, Grettel Navas, Roberto Cantoni, Joan Martínez-Alier Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambiental, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Facultad de Gobierno, Universidad de Chile, Chile Highlights TotalEnergies function is to extract and concentrate energy in industrial cores. Oil and gas …
The political ecology of oil and gas corporations: the case of TotalEnergies
Browse the conflicts in the EJAtlas linked to the French oil major TotalEnergies analyzed in the research article entitled: “The political ecology of oil and gas companies: TotalEnergies and post-colonial …
The project ENVJUSTICE has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 695446)