Environmental Law and Sustainability

You can search for online and print treatises ASU Library catalog by using subject headings such as Energy & Utilities Law and Energy Policies. You can limit your results to e-books by clicking “Full Text Online” on the right. Print books available in other ASU libraries may be requested and delivered to you at the law library.

Advanced Introduction to Law and Renewable Energy (Joel B. Eisen, 2021)
This slim, sub-200 page volume introduces renewable energy production processes and discusses policies to promote renewable energy development and use, utility regulation, and finance of renewable energy projects.

Energy Justice: U.S. and International Perspectives (Raya Selter et al. eds., 2018)
Analyzing policies for sustainable energy infrastructure that will minimize the problems of environmental justice, or the disproportionate impact energy infrastructure placement has had on low-income populations, and improve energy accessibility.

Energy Law (Alexandra B. Klass & Hannah J. Wiseman, 2020) (West Academic login required)
Summarizing the legal regimes surrounding energy facility siting, energy material extraction, environmental protection, and energy financing and markets.

Energy Law in a Nutshell (Joseph P. Tomain, 2017) (West Academic login required)
An introduction to energy law and policy, with a summary of energy law administration and issues surrounding the most important energy production media, including oil, nuclear, and renewable strategies.

The Law and Economics of a Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement (Gary C. Hufbauer et. al eds., 2016)
International frameworks and competing national and sub-national energy policies are leaving the critical task of clean energy transition underserved, but a series of articles proposes ways to improve the situation.

Nuclear Energy, Regulation, Risk and the Environment (Abdullah Al Faruque, 2019)
An international perspective on nuclear energy, its potential to mitigate climate change, and how regulation worldwide aims to mitigate the risk of catastrophic accidents such as Chernobyl or Fukushima.

Oil and Gas Law in a Nutshell (John S. Lowe, 2019)
Summarizing the legal regimes surrounding transfers of oil and gas production rights along with taxation and contractual issues. Also available on West Academic.

Our Energy Future: Resources, Alternatives and the Environment (Christian Ngo & Joseph Natowitz, 2016)
A comprehensive look at the various energy-production media and strategy for effective power generation that minimizes environmental harms.

Renewable Energy: Law, Policy and Practice (Troy A. Rule, 2018)
ASU Law Professor wrote the book on the legal regimes governing and promoting energy strategies such as wind, geothermal, and solar, covering related legal issues such as property law and tax incentives.

Renewable Energy Finance: Theory and Practice (Santosh Raikar & Seabron Adamson, 2020)
Examines the shifting landscape of energy production and distribution, discusses how policymakers could employ methods of building public support for renewable energy, and to manage costs domestically and internationally.

Wind Energy Essentials (Andrew Swift & Richard P. Walker, 2015)
An overview of the science of wind energy, energy policy, and the challenges wind energy presents, including impacts on the environment, wildlife, and the electric grid.

Accenture Newsroom: Utilities
A technology firm’s compilation of commentary on utility regulation and energy advances.

Bloomberg Law News (Bloomberg password required)
Provides information organized by multiple energy-related topics.

Energy Bar Association
A group for energy attorneys, other professionals, and law students that aims to promote effective energy policies. 

Law360 (Lexis password required)
Energy market and legal developments from the U.S. and around the world.

LexBlog: Energy
Commentary on energy policy and technology developments in the U.S. and worldwide.

Westlaw Energy News (Westlaw password required)
Features the most recent energy stories of the day, along with a searchable database of further developments.