<p>In this episode, we talk with Benjamin Sovacool about how the most toxic and least safe aspects of energy resources (e.g., e-waste facilities and mining operations) are borne by those who do not have the benefit of consuming those resources, as well as his reflections on being an author of the most recent IPCC report.</p>

The decline of coal communities with Julia Haggerty

When we think about energy, we tend to think of technology, like wind turbines, pipelines, or cars. But underlying all technologies are people — and the human dimensions of energy are fraught with inequities.
 
“Just Energy” is a podcast collaboration between me, an energy justice professor at Indiana University’s O’Neill School, and my master of public affairs students. Here we explore what energy (in)justice is, its racial and social dimensions, and how to make future energy policy more inclusive by design. Because it’s never just about energy. It’s about people.