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8310 - Energy Law
Professor: Cinnamon Carlarne
Semester: 2013 Spring
Second Writing Requirement? No
Seminar? No
Professional Responsibility? No
Prerequisites: None
Course Description
One of the most critical challenges facing the United States and the global community is how to ensure access to safe, reliable and clean sources of energy. This class provides students with an introduction to energy law, regulation and policy in the United States. The course offers students a broad overview of the historical development of energy law and the regulation of energy markets and energy infrastructure development as well as more focused discussions of specific sources of energy and the implications of recent developments in energy law in response to increasing calls for cleaner and more diversified sources of energy as a result of concerns about climate change and over-reliance on foreign sources of energy.
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