Technologies of Existence: The indigenous environmental justice movement

Powell, Dana E.

doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100287

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“…In a related theoretical vein, and with Mitchell's (2011) Carbon Democracy as a frequently cited exemplar and inspiration, several contributions here work to integrate attention to materialities, assemblages and “artifactual politics” that has long been advanced by STS—with similar histories too of contestation and evolving synthesis with political economy and political ecology (e.g. Kirsch and Mitchell, 2004; McFarlane and Anderson, 2011 vs Brenner et al, 2011 and Appadurai, 2015, but then Ranganathan, 2015; Demaria and Schindler, 2016; Baker and McGuirk, 2017 and others). In expanding this toolkit for analysis of renewable energy transition, authors contend with such preexisting critiques of these approaches.…”

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“…This rising debate centers around how more just models of the renewable energy transition are conceived, and diverging visions for making renewables live up to their potential as liberatory "technologies of existence" (Powell, 2006). Consistent with much energy democracy organizing to date, alternatives to the kind of large project favored by mainstream investors and governments have often been imagined to lie in local solutions and distributed energy models such as rooftop solar and community energy (see, e.g.…”

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New political ecologies of renewable energy

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Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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The critique of fossil fuel regimes has been a foundational concern for the field of political ecology, in its drives to expose the injustices and harms of energy extractivism and its early warnings of the climate crisis. However, it is increasingly evident that renewable energy sources and their infrastructures will carry their own costs and trade-offs, and that critique, resistance and alternative movement-building are needed to forge a truly just renewable energy transition. This theme issue underlines the many ways in which political ecology is well-positioned to lead critical and engaged scholarship in support of energy/climate justice. In this introduction and survey, we draw on new research collected here to reflect on political ecology's distinctive analytical capacities and forms of praxis for this task. We argue that the collection advances political ecology's intellectual and political purchase on renewable transition in several crucial ways. These include (1) Theorizing Renewables-Driven Land Transformations, (2) Advancing Industrial Political Ecologies of Renewables, (3) Locating Power within Technical and Artifactual Politics and (4) Generating Knowledge and Tools for Just Transitions. We conclude with reflections on further pressing concerns for the field: for example, rising debates over scale, ownership and accountability models within renewable energy justice and democracy movements and critical conversations growing around renewable energy's own extraction geographies and diverse forms of racialization.

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New political ecologies of renewable energy

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Behrsin

Levenda

et al. 2022

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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“…55 This characterization holds true in the context of shale gas development on Indigenous lands where Indigenous peoples may be among the first to suffer from local environmental degradation. 56 Environmental justice literature [57][58][59][60][61] has shown that Indigenous peoples are often more vulnerable to the environmental risks related to resource extraction for two main reasons that are described below.…”

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“…First, Indigenous peoples, as well as those marginalized in environmental decision‐making for reasons of race, income, class, culture, age, and gender, bear a disproportionate burden and exposure to risks of industrial development and the associated environmental degradation . This pattern is true worldwide, and Canada is no exception.…”

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Consultation is not consent: hydraulic fracturing and water governance on Indigenous lands in Canada

2016

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The rapid increase in private sector proposals and permit applications to use water for the purpose of hydraulic fracturing has led to significant concerns in nearly every jurisdiction in the world where shale gas development has been explored. In addition to concerns about risks to water quantity and quality, in Canada, shale gas development has highlighted how the Crown (federal and provincial governments) continues to struggle in its approach to honor, respect, and uphold Nation‐to‐Nation relationships with Indigenous peoples. But moving beyond the criticism, we argue that these circumstances have provided a renewed opportunity to explore alternative governance approaches. Existing water governance challenges are exacerbated by historical injustices generated by resource management approaches that have exposed Indigenous nations to disproportionate environmental risks. Furthermore, the inadequacy of current water governance approaches to recognizing Indigenous rights, self‐determination, ways of knowing, and values has been well established in literature relating to environmental governance and Indigenous peoples. Given these circumstances, if water is allocated to hydraulic fracturing in Canada with continued disregard for Indigenous rights and risks, we contend that this only further intensifies unjust environmental and cultural harm to Indigenous peoples. In the quest for solutions, we discuss the challenges to alternative models (co‐management, collaborative governance, and impact benefit agreements) that are frequently cited in environment‐Indigenous literature. We conclude with recommendations to address the unresolved challenges inherent in these governance models, in the interest of improving water decision‐making. WIREs Water 2017, 4:e1180. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1180 This article is categorized under: Human Water > Rights to Water Engineering Water > Sustainable Engineering of Water Human Water > Water Governance

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“…While EJ principles articulate space for Indigenous Peoples and IEJ movements, explicit cross movement interaction remains understudied due to a lack of emphasis on conceptions of justice that address cultural and political inclusion of Indigenous practices and rights to self-determination (Gilio-Whitaker 2019; Schlosberg 2004). Interconnected with the traditional EJ framework, IEJ promotes a different understanding of justice and environmental protection rooted in sovereignty and the fair and meaningful involvement of Indigenous Peoples (Schlosberg and Carruthers 2010; Vickery and Hunter 2016) to reflect the diversity of Indigenous, Native, and Aboriginal experiences (McGregor 2018; Powell 2006; Whyte 2011).…”

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“We Must Work… Toward Justice in Action”: Grievances, Claims Making, and Spillover in the Idle No More Movement

2022

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The Idle No More (INM) movement emerged in reaction to Bill C-45, the Canadian Jobs and Growth Act, in November 2012, inspiring a new wave of activism. Central to the movement’s grievances are Indigenous resistance and environmental justice (EJ), positioning INM’s activities against neo-colonialism, exploitation, and environmental degradation. We build upon existing EJ movements, Indigenous Peoples/Indigenous Environmental Justice (IEJ) movements, and social movement spillover, grievance, and claims making literatures to understand the role of shared movement narratives in encouraging mobilization. INM relies on social media to educate members and construct and communicate movement goals and actions. Analyzing 6 months of Facebook comments, reflecting the INM movement’s emergence period, we argue that INM activists employ structural grievances embedded in previous EJ and Indigenous resistance movements, combined with emerging (incidental) grievances to articulate shared claims that address inequality and justice, appealing to a range of potential supporters. We offer an analysis of the emergent INM movement to consider the active intersection of EJ, Indigenous Peoples, and IEJ movements to mobilize and sustain movement activities in spite of Bill C-45’s passage.

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Technologies of Existence: The indigenous environmental justice movement

Cited by 26 publications

References 7 publications

New political ecologies of renewable energy

New political ecologies of renewable energy

Consultation is not consent: hydraulic fracturing and water governance on Indigenous lands in Canada

“We Must Work… Toward Justice in Action”: Grievances, Claims Making, and Spillover in the Idle No More Movement

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