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26 Windsor Rev. Legal & Soc. Issues 179 (2009)
Climate Change Charades: False Environmental Pretences of Statist Energy Governance

handle is hein.journals/wrlsi26 and id is 181 raw text is: Vol. 26 1 Climate Change Charades 1 179 CLIMATE CHANGE CHARADES: FALSE ENVIRONMENTAL PRETENCES OF STATIST ENERGY GOVERNANCE Bruce Pardy* Abstract Climate change is a poor justification for energy statism, which consists of centralized government administration of energy supplies, sources, prices, generating facilities, production and conservation. Statist energy governance produces climate change charades: government actions taken in the name of climate change that bear little relationship to the nature of the problem. Such actions include incremental, unilateral steps to reduce domestic carbon emissions to arbitrary levels, and attempts to choose winners and losers in future technology, using public money to subsidize ineffective investments. These proffered solutions are counter-productive. Governments abdicate their responsibility to govern energy in a manner that is consistent with domestic legal norms and competitive markets, and make the development of environmental solutions less likely rather than more so. Resume Le changement climatique constitue une mauvaise justification pour le dirigisme de l 'Vconomie nergdtique, ce qui est l 'administration gouvernementale centralisde des fournitures, des sources, des prix, des installations de gdn&ation, de la production et de la conservation de 1'6nergie. La gouvernance dirigiste de l 'nergie rdsulte en charades : les actions gouvernementales entreprises au nom du changement climatique qui n 'ont pas beaucoup ci voir avec la nature du probldme. De telles actions incluent les ddmarches unilatdrales et incrdmentales dans la rdduction des omissions de carbone domestiques 6 des niveaux arbitraires, qui tentent * Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University. This article is based upon a paper presented at the Queen's Business Law Symposium, October 2007. I am grateful for the excellent research assistance of Kimberley Broome, LL.B. Any errors are my own. Comments are welcome at pardyb@queensu.ca.

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