Shale Gas and the Future of Energy

Law and Policy for Sustainability

New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law series

Edited by John C. Dernbach, Distinguished Professor of Law, Widener University Commonwealth Law School and James R. May, Distinguished Professor of Law, Widener University Delaware, US and President, Dignity Rights International

The rapid growth of shale gas development has led to an intense and polarizing debate about its merit. At the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, countries around the world concluded that the transition to sustainability must be accelerated. This book asks and suggests answers to the question that has not yet been systematically analysed: what laws and policies are needed to ensure that shale gas development helps to accelerate the transition to sustainability?

‘Dernbach and May have brought together a marvelous collection of essays that join two inseparable issues: shale gas and sustainability. Each of the 12 articles, written by important authors, together with an introduction and conclusion from Dernbach and May, offers insightful recommendations on how to explore shale gas around the globe in a sustainable way.’
– Marcelo Dantas, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), SC, Brazil

‘This collection of essays provides a good introduction to the policy and legal issues related to sustainable extraction of shale gas.’
——欧洲能源和环境法律评论