Justice, social exclusion and indigenous opposition: A case study of wind energy development on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico

Zárate-Toledo, Ezequiel; Patiño, Rodrigo; Fraga, Julia

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2019.03.004

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“…The negative impacts associated with wind energy remain contested. Opposition to proposed wind energy projects is multi-dimensional and stems from a number of concerns including annoyance and chronic stress due to noise [36], visual impacts caused by landscape change [36], perceived impacts to property values [37][38][39], wildlife impacts [36], and feelings of exclusion and powerlessness in the planning process [6,8,40]. While habitat and wildlife related impacts from wind turbines are smaller than impacts from other forms of energy such as coal and oil, a potentially more significant negative impact of wind turbine proximity is noise pollution [36,41].…”

Section: Distributional Wind Energy Injusticementioning

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“…The residents felt development was out of their control and they were receiving little, if any, economic benefit [7]. Finally, in a recent study in Mexico, Zárate-Toledo et al [6] found strong evidence of procedural energy injustice surrounding wind and concluded the wind energy development in Mexico used an extractive model of development, where indigenous communities were not considered, land was grabbed, and large companies were allowed to build with limited community engagement. This injustice sparked such fierce opposition that one of the largest projects was ultimately halted [6].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Assessing and preventing inequality in the distribution of renewable energy infrastructure is necessary, not only to ensure these transitions to renewable energy are just, but also successful [1][2][3][4]. As hallmarked by the importance of the social license to operate in mining and energy development [4,5], community support and buy-in for development is crucial for the sustainability and efficacy of projects [6]. Further, as Walker, Mason, and Bednar [7], Walker and Baxter [8,9], and Zárate-Toledo et al [6] have shown recently in the case of wind energy, this support ultimately hinges on public perceptions of fairness, equity, and power in the siting process.…”

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“…As hallmarked by the importance of the social license to operate in mining and energy development [4,5], community support and buy-in for development is crucial for the sustainability and efficacy of projects [6]. Further, as Walker, Mason, and Bednar [7], Walker and Baxter [8,9], and Zárate-Toledo et al [6] have shown recently in the case of wind energy, this support ultimately hinges on public perceptions of fairness, equity, and power in the siting process. Thus, an uneven distribution of renewable energy infrastructure along social dimensions such as income, race, or ethnicity results in distributional injustices that not only further marginalize vulnerable populations, but also limit the success of renewable energy transitions.…”

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“…From this, we argue that environmental and energy injustice theory suggest wind energy will be disproportionately sited in areas where residents have lower social and financial capital, placing the cost and burden of wind energy development on groups historically marginalized in society. Indeed, recent research in Mexico suggests that the exclusion of local residents from the decision-making process surrounding wind energy bore a striking resemblance to the patterns of injustice surrounding the siting of toxic waste facilities in the United States [6].…”

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The transition towards renewable energy is likely to be uneven across social and spatial dimensions. To ensure this transition is equitable and just, energy injustice has become the key framework for analyzing and interpreting the distribution of energy infrastructure. Wind energy development has experienced a significant gap between broad public support for increased development but persistent localized opposition to proposed projects, indicating that wind represents a locally unwanted land use. We present the theoretical argument that although the negative impacts of wind energy infrastructure are less extreme than those posed by other, more toxic, unwanted land uses, their status as a locally unwanted land use will produce similar distributional injustices as have been found throughout the environmental injustice literature.

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Justice, social exclusion and indigenous opposition: A case study of wind energy development on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico

Cited by 96 publications

References 20 publications

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Burdened by renewable energy? A multi-scalar analysis of distributional justice and wind energy in the United States

Deconstructing knowledge and reconstructing understanding: Designing a knowledge architecture for transdisciplinary co‐creation of energy futures

Multicriteria wind potential assessment using fuzzy logic in decision making: A case study of Iran

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