‘Fixing’ coal in Whitehaven: the affective promises of a coalmine

IF 3.6 3区 社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY
Andrew Telford, Ed Atkins
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This commentary explores the promises surrounding the construction of a new coalmine in Whitehaven in the UK. The impacts of the closure of carbon-heavy coal facilities increasingly feature in scholarship and policy understandings of energy transitions: illuminating the importance of the temporalities of transition. We seek to further such temporal understandings to highlight the importance of ‘futures’ in discussions of coal, which despite promises of abatement maintains a significant presence in global energy relations. We explore how the Woodhouse Colliery at Whitehaven has come to represent a series of fixes—in both socio-ecological and affective terms: promising new futures of work, energy and regional development. These futures are contested by opponents of the project, who highlight the emissions to be associated with the site. In tracing these competing futures, we illuminate the intricate ties between historic industry, present-day regional identity and economies, and the role and presence of carbon in visions of what comes next.

修复 "怀特黑文的煤矿:煤矿的情感承诺
这篇评论探讨了围绕在英国怀特黑文建设新煤矿的承诺。关闭重碳煤炭设施的影响越来越多地出现在对能源转型的学术和政策理解中:这说明了转型时间性的重要性。我们试图进一步加深对这种时间性的理解,以强调 "未来 "在煤炭讨论中的重要性,尽管煤炭有望减少排放,但在全球能源关系中仍占有重要地位。我们探讨了位于怀特黑文的伍德豪斯煤矿如何代表了一系列社会生态和情感方面的修复:工作、能源和地区发展的新未来。这些未来受到了项目反对者的质疑,他们强调了与该地相关的排放问题。通过追溯这些相互竞争的未来,我们揭示了历史工业、当今地区身份和经济之间错综复杂的联系,以及碳在未来愿景中的作用和存在。
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期刊介绍: The Geographical Journal has been the academic journal of the Royal Geographical Society, under the terms of the Royal Charter, since 1893. It publishes papers from across the entire subject of geography, with particular reference to public debates, policy-orientated agendas.
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