Energy Landscapes and Environmentality: Boundaries between Discourses and Practices in Energy Governance

Lima, Arnoldo Santos de; Toni, Fabiano

doi:10.18178/ijesd.2017.8.9.1036

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“…In this paper we analyze how governance evolved along the four aforementioned axes in two emerging energy landscapes, the Eagle Ford Shale in the U.S. and the Gaucho Biodiesel Pole in Brazil. Innovative resources such as biodiesel and shales increased their market share in the last decade, propelled as solutions to economic development, energy security and even as bridges to a clean energy transition (Lima & Toni, 2017). Both resources involve specific political disputes that reflect what Hisschemöller, et al (2001) called the knowledge, power, and participation game.…”

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TheEnergy Leviathan: or how U.S. Shales and Brazil Biodiesel Governance Systems Fail to Promote Decentralization, Accountability, Equity, and Society Participation

Lima¹,

Toni²

2018

EJSD

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Energy resources and their different forms of regulation are critical to sustainable development. Given this perspective, we compare two different energy resources and their governance systemsthe Eagle Ford Shale in the U.S. and the Gaucho Biodiesel Pole in Brazil. Despite the differences in terms of the nature of the energy resource, stakeholders, and institutions, both systems perform poorly in terms of governance, defined here as equity, participation, transparency, and accountability. We collected data using semi-structured interviews with stakeholders, participated in public hearings, and archival research. We found patterns that reveal asymmetric power relations amongst stakeholders and institutions, especially the dominance of the energy industry"s agenda, which hinders self-regulatory autonomy of communities and societal participation. Introduction: Biodiesel and Shales -between Good Governance and the Energy LeviathanThe transition from traditional forms of government to governance arrangements that overcome top-down "big government" structures and widen society participation on policy-making is not a simple task (Jordan, et al., 2005).The heterogeneity among institutions and the uneven distribution of power among stakeholders pose challenges to the enhancement of accountability and to the neutralization of mutual mistrust (Lemos & Agrawal, 2009). The discourse of sustainable development is ubiquitous in the energy sector, yet, complex power relations may turn governance arrangements into threats rather than opportunities (Verdonk, et al., 2007). As Nadaï et al. (2010 p.143) put it, "new energies bring new practices" -shifts in energy generation and in the control and use of resources do not necessarily lead to more transparency, accountability, and equity. Federalist systems are particularly complex, for private and public actors interact at multiple levels. Governance analysis, therefore, needs to address the ways that the regulatory framework flows across the political structure and how policy guidelines define arenas in which actors contend and reap their gains and losses. The degree of 1) decentralization, 2) participation, 3) accountability, and 4) transparency indicates paths towards democratic governance and well-designed policies (Scheberle, 2004;Ribot, 2007). In the opposite direction, arrangements that fail on those parameters have the potential to render spurious governance arrangements (Gerber & Kollman,

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TheEnergy Leviathan: or how U.S. Shales and Brazil Biodiesel Governance Systems Fail to Promote Decentralization, Accountability, Equity, and Society Participation

Lima¹,

Toni²

2018

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“…Facing the above, it needs an innovative governance which include society participation. [4] The regulations and policies should be based on the importance of management and reuse of environment, the needs of urban people . The development of technology is one of the benefit, it means that people has to use it in order to manage, build and reuse the environment.…”

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“…The Constitution of Republic of Indonesia 1945 in Article 28 H stated that every person has rights of good and healthy environment, medical care. The management of environment has begun since Government stipulated the Law No 4 Year 1982 of Environmental Law, then replaced by Law No 23 Year 1997 of Management of the Environment, and the last is Law No 32 Year 2009 of The Safety and Management of Environment (herein after is The Law). The aims of the law among others is to fulfill and protect the rights of environment as part of human rights.…”

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The Role of Government To Build Eco Community

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2018

E3S Web Conf.

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As stated in Article 28 H Consitution on Republic of Indonesia 1945, that every person has rights of good and healthy environment, medical service. The needs of healthy environment in neighborhood is highly demand in a few years. People starts to realize the importance of living in a healthy way. The issue is how the role of governance to build a healthy environment, in order to fulfill the rights of good environment so the people can do the activity without pollution. Government has an important role to make regulations and must be an eco regulations which environment friendly and put the needs of healthy environment as top priority. The regulation of spatial area should be supported with the related regulations and implementation. There should be comprehensive regulations substantively due to the issue. The method of this article is normative approach by analyzed the related regulations and comparative approach. The conclusion is the government has to starts to make an eco regulations to fulfill the needs of healthy environment and regulate the reuse of environment in future.

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“…We explore how those relations potentially affect policy goals, the choice of policy instruments, and governance performance. Also, we discuss to what extent they produce trade-offs between environmental and social outcomes [9]. Those elements are scarcely debated in the discussions on the sustainable development of (bio)energy [10].…”

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Renovabio: Innovation and Sustainability at the New Brazilian Biofuels Policy or The Emperor’s New Clothes?

Lima

Toni

2020

EJGEO

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Biofuel policies are an ongoing matter for both developed and developing countries. Brazil, a giant world producer, has a historical roll of regulations and laws that affect the sector. Nevertheless, studies from a political ecology perspective, which pay attention to the impacts of power relations and discourses in political outcomes are scarce. In this sense, we focus on the National Biofuel Policy (Renovabio), launched in 2017, to analyze discursive coalitions as well as perceptions from social actors settle in a biofuel production territory. We sought to understand contradictions between discourses and practices within Renovabio and how they reproduce traditional Brazilian Biofuel policies. To answer these questions, we used Atlas.ti software to support a content and critical discursive analysis in order to detect distinct perspectives, narratives and interests during Renovabio’s implementation. We draw on: i) statements from stakeholders, lobbyists, and Congress members; ii) Bills, Law Projects and ordinances texts from the special commissions and committees; iii) speeches from plenary sessions occurred on the National Congress; iv) Public Audiences contributions; v) articles from biofuel magazines and specialized websites; and, vi) digital platforms from lobbies and interest groups; We also conducted 24 interviews with community members, farmers, local government officials, civil associations, and industry representatives in the state of Goiás, a large ethanol/ sugar-energy production territory. Results pointed to a strong ecological modernization discourse deployed to justify the rapid policy implementation and to legitimize economic incentives, particularly ecological labeling/certification. Renovabio’s goals, speeches and practices are in many senses contradictory and reproduce problems detected in previous biofuel policies that dim legislative transparency, weakens accountability and tramples society participation and representativeness over biofuel development.

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Energy Landscapes and Environmentality: Boundaries between Discourses and Practices in Energy Governance

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References 21 publications

TheEnergy Leviathan: or how U.S. Shales and Brazil Biodiesel Governance Systems Fail to Promote Decentralization, Accountability, Equity, and Society Participation

TheEnergy Leviathan: or how U.S. Shales and Brazil Biodiesel Governance Systems Fail to Promote Decentralization, Accountability, Equity, and Society Participation

The Role of Government To Build Eco Community

Renovabio: Innovation and Sustainability at the New Brazilian Biofuels Policy or The Emperor’s New Clothes?

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