{"72482":{"#nid":"72482","#data":{"type":"event","title":"The Intersection of Energy Security and Justice","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis talk will explore the intersection of three emerging topics in the\nenergy policy community: justice, poverty, and security. Energy\njustice involves how to provide a clean energy, zero\u2010emission, zerowaste\nfuture for all. Energy poverty refers to lack of access to\nelectricity and reliance on traditional biomass fuels for\ncooking. Energy security encompasses equitably providing\navailable, affordable, reliable, efficient, environmentally benign,\nproactively governed and socially acceptable energy services to endusers.\nHow do these topics relate to each other? How can they\ninform energy policymaking in the United States and abroad?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the speaker:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDr. Benjamin K. Sovacool is a Visiting Associate Professor at Vermont Law School, where he manages the Energy Security and Justice Program at their Institute for Energy \u0026amp; the Environment. His research interests include the barriers to alternative sources of energy supply such as renewable electricity generators and distributed generation, the politics of large-scale energy infrastructure, designing public policy to improve energy security and access to electricity, and building adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change in least developed Asian countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENovember 14, 2011\u003Cbr \/\u003E10:00am - 11:00am\u003Cbr \/\u003ED.M. Smith Building, Room 303\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAny questions? Contact Dr. Marilyn Brown at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:marilyn.brown@pubpolicy.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emarilyn.brown@pubpolicy.gatech.edu\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis talk will explore the intersection of three emerging topics in the energy policy community: justice, poverty, and security. Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool is a Visiting Associate Professor at Vermont Law School, where he manages the Energy Security and Justice Program at their Institute for Energy \u0026amp; the Environment.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2011-11-09 11:52:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:56:37","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-11-14T09:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2011-11-14T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-11-14T10:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-11-14 14:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-11-14 15:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-11-14 15:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.vermontlaw.edu\/our_faculty\/faculty_directory\/benjamin_k_sovacool.htm","title":"Benjamin Sovacool"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/files\/wysiwyg\/file\/flyer_sovacool_nov14.pdf","title":"See Flyer"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"15015","name":"Benjamin Sovacool"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"15016","name":"The Intersection of Energy Security and Justice"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}