ABSTRACT

This study draws on environmental and energy justice research to develop the analysis of energy infrastructure opposition from a justice perspective. A comprehensive data set of 70 cases of opposition to socioenvironmental effects of proposed electricity power lines in North America was developed. The analysis of strategic frames used by opposition groups provides the basis for an evaluation of theoretical categories of justice, their empirical operationalization, and their limits. Four categories of justice are associated with eight of the 12 main types of frames. In turn, frames are connected to types of opposition actors in the analysis of sequences of justice-related actions and outcomes. Subnational governments are important actors in many cases that have outcomes of remediation and/or a decision not to build the line. Coalition breadth and opposition from federal government actors, marginalized groups, and environmentalists are also associated with those outcomes.

摘要

本研究借鉴环境和能源正义研究，从正义的角度发展对能源基础设施反对的分析。开发了一个包含 70 个反对北美拟建电力线对社会环境影响的案例的综合数据集。对反对派团体使用的战略框架的分析为评估正义的理论类别、它们的经验操作化及其局限性提供了基础。四类正义与 12 种主要框架类型中的 8 种相关联。反过来，在分析与正义相关的行动和结果的序列时，框架与反对行动者的类型相关联。在许多情况下，地方政府是重要的行动者，他们有补救和/或决定不修建这条线路的结果。