ENVIRON 155
Energy and Society in Time of Climate Change: Moving toward Just Transition
Description: Lecture, three hours. Introduction to energy systems and their regulatory infrastructure, with focus on U.S. and California. History of field of energy including rise of coal mining, development of petroleum both in U.S. and Middle East, and enrollment of public lands for extraction or collection of energy from fossil deposits and flows. Examination of concept of energy and differences between energy and power. Focus on understanding contemporary energy system, different sources of energy, how energy is transmitted and distributed, and regulatory infrastructure that has arisen around this vast and essential system that provides electricity and natural gas for most commercial and domestic activities. Discussion of challenges and opportunities in current transition away from fossil fuels and progress of just transition in California. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2024 - I really enjoyed this class. If you are into environmental justice this class is for you. The class is pretty easy in it's entirety, with a weekly assignment writing about an article, one or two longer papers, and then a final project that was very easy. The lectures are very informative if you pay attention, she isn't the most engaging person ever but the material is interesting enough for the lectures to be nice. She does not allow electronics in the classroom, and if you are using an iPad or a laptop to take notes she will ask you to put it away, but that fit the vibe of the class so I understand. Overall, very fun class, very nice and understanding professor, and very fun to talk to if you want to get into environmental justice or talk about politics.
Fall 2024 - I really enjoyed this class. If you are into environmental justice this class is for you. The class is pretty easy in it's entirety, with a weekly assignment writing about an article, one or two longer papers, and then a final project that was very easy. The lectures are very informative if you pay attention, she isn't the most engaging person ever but the material is interesting enough for the lectures to be nice. She does not allow electronics in the classroom, and if you are using an iPad or a laptop to take notes she will ask you to put it away, but that fit the vibe of the class so I understand. Overall, very fun class, very nice and understanding professor, and very fun to talk to if you want to get into environmental justice or talk about politics.
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