The effect of the 2010 Gulf oil spill on public attitudes toward offshore oil drilling and wind development

Lilley, Jonathan; Firestone, Jeremy

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.139

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“…Acute pollution also has substantial immediate costs to communities; cyanide (a product of some gold mining techniques), for example, in ground or irrigation water is very poisonous for humans and livestock, even in small concentrations (von der Goltz and Barnwal 2014). Oil spills similarly impact local residents in highly visible ways (Lilley and Firestone 2013). When externalities are highly visible to communities, citizens are also likely become acutely aware of any shortfalls in compensation.…”

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Unpacking the Local Resource Curse: How Externalities and Governance Shape Social Conflict

Sexton

2019

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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Natural resource extraction is economically important in many developing countries, but social conflict can threaten the viability of the sector. This article examines why polluting extractive industries sometimes generate social mobilization but often do not. First, I distinguish acute, highly visible environmental externalities from chronic, less observable pollution, showing that only the former generate social mobilization. Second, I explore how high-quality local governance can mitigate the local resource curse dynamic by both reducing pollution and improving compensation in mining-intensive areas. The analysis uses microlevel data on extractive commodities, water pollution, children’s and livestock health, local government quality, and mining-related social conflict in Peru to demonstrate the full causal pathway of the local resource curse.

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Section: Externalities and The “Local Resource Curse”mentioning

confidence: 99%

Unpacking the Local Resource Curse: How Externalities and Governance Shape Social Conflict

Sexton

2019

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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“…A small number of studies have commented on how aspects of the wider energy system or energy policy developments influence public engagement with ORE. A longitudinal survey study conducted before 2008 and after 2010 the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico found that this event did not significantly change support for offshore wind energy. The data also suggested polarization over this time period: opponents to offshore wind became stronger opponents, while supporters also ‘hardened’ their positions.…”

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Public engagement with offshore renewable energy: a critical review

Wiersma

Devine‐Wright

2014

WIREs Climate Change

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Offshore renewable energy, including offshore wind, tidal and wave energy, has sometimes been represented as opposition‐free alternatives to controversial technologies such as onshore wind turbines, and has received increasing attention from social scientists in recent years. A fragmented literature has emerged investigating public engagement with these technologies and the determinants of public acceptance, comprising 59 key studies—the majority investigating offshore wind energy (59%). This literature review argues that while the ways in which public actors engage with offshore renewable energy are to some extent similar to onshore energy infrastructure, there are also important differences. These include the generally lower levels of public knowledge about the technologies, a changing role for visual impacts, a fundamentally different, marine, spatial context, and different sets of stakeholders in different decision‐making arenas. There is a need to explore as yet unasked and unanswered questions—going beyond ‘established’ variables identified in the onshore wind‐based ‘beyond NIMBY’ literature—especially regarding the role of the marine location of these technologies, and the cross‐technology and cross‐disciplinary applicability of findings. In order to more fully understand public responses to energy infrastructures, future research needs to move beyond case studies of onshore wind developments, adopting more diverse and ambitious research designs and methodologies. This article is categorized under: Perceptions, Behavior, and Communication of Climate Change > Behavior Change and Responses

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“…4 For the most part, public opinion of offshore energy is generally positive. General support for offshore wind in the United States has been shown to hover around the 80% mark [22]. When specific, individual projects are at issue, support levels fluctuate more -ranging from 57% in Cape Cod to 80% in Delaware [23].…”

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“…Where concerns have been raised, they typically relate to: visual impacts [31][32][33]; environmental impacts [32,33]; impacts on local industry and tourism [32,33]; the cost of renewable energy projects [22]; and the concept of place attachment [29,[34][35][36].…”

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Cool as a (sea) cucumber? Exploring public attitudes toward seawater air conditioning in Hawai‘i

Lilley

Konan

Lerner

2015

Energy Research & Social Science

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a b s t r a c tSeawater air conditioning (SWAC) has the potential to reduce the energy demand for air conditioning by 75-90%. This article reports the findings of a mail survey sent to residents of the Hawaiian island of O'ahu investigating attitudes toward SWAC and opinions of installing a system in Waikīkī. Results show that while only 55% of O'ahu residents were previously aware of SWAC, 62% supported its development in Waikīkī and just 7% opposed. Of those familiar with the technology, support rose to 69%. However, when compared to eight other low-carbon energy options, SWAC ranked second to last. Concern exists about the potential environmental impacts of SWAC, particularly with regard to reef damage and algae production. Logistic regression analysis shows no significant difference in the likelihood of a person supporting SWAC due to their sex or level of education; although age, political affiliation, and locality do affect the likelihood of support. Those who see tourism as very important to Hawai'i and think SWAC will benefit the tourism industry are more likely to support, along with those who have a very positive opinion of renewable energy, and those who are familiar with the technology. In contrast, high-income O'ahu residents are less likely to support SWAC.

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The effect of the 2010 Gulf oil spill on public attitudes toward offshore oil drilling and wind development

Cited by 19 publications

References 9 publications

Unpacking the Local Resource Curse: How Externalities and Governance Shape Social Conflict

Unpacking the Local Resource Curse: How Externalities and Governance Shape Social Conflict

Public engagement with offshore renewable energy: a critical review

Cool as a (sea) cucumber? Exploring public attitudes toward seawater air conditioning in Hawai‘i

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