Oxford LibGuides: Environmental Law: Energy law and Mining law

Energy law

Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence
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Alternative name: OGEL

OGEL focuses on recent developments in the area of oil-gas-energy law.
Oil-gas-energy law (OGEL) has over the last decade transcended national borders. With privatisation, restructuring, the emergence of competitive markets, cross-border energy trade and regional integration, legal instruments from one jurisdiction (countries; international organisations; professional and industry associations; civil society forums, internal corporate codes) have a bearing on others - they provide a model, a legal precedent, a directive, standard or guideline for further regulatory implementation.
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Subject searches to use in SOLO

Power resources -- Law and legislation
Energy development -- Law and legislation
Electric utilities -- Law and legislation
Energy security -- Law and legislation

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Routledge Handbook of Energy Law by Tina Hunter (Editor); Ignacio Herrera (Editor); Penelope Crossley (Editor); Gloria Alvarez (Editor)
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9780429835063
Publication Date: 2020
Chapter 12 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Research handbook on energy, law and ethics by Daḥlān, Mālik ibn Rabīʿ; Lastra, Rosa M.; Rochette, Gustavo, editors
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9781839100833
Publication Date: 2022
The Transnational Law of Renewable Energy by Edward Baldwin; Catherine Banet; édéric G. Sourgens
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9780198894520
Publication Date: 2024
Print copy at Internat 610 S724.5b if preferred
Energy law and the sustainable development goals : host government instruments for sustainability in oil and gas operations by Pereira, Eduardo G.; Muinzer, Thomas L.; Baker, Patrick R. editors
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9781040027332
Publication Date: 2024
Energy and the Environment by Sherzod Shadikhodjaev
Call Number: Internat 610 S524a
ISBN: 9781316517444
Publication Date: 2024

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The Changing Energy Mix by Paul Meier
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9780190098391
Publication Date: 2020
"Paul F. Meier compares twelve renewable and nonrenewable energy types using twelve common technical criteria. These criteria span projected reserves, cost to the consumer and supplier, energy balances, environmental issues, land area required, and lasting impacts. While explaining the pros and cons of these resources, Meier takes readers through the history of energy in the United States and world."

Subject searches for SOLO

Mineral industries -- Law and legislation (perhaps + jurisdiction)

New terminology: "Critical energy transition minerals" eg copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements which are essential components in many clean energy technologies. https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/critical-minerals accessed 12 May 2025

Governing the Extractive Sector by Jeffrey Bone
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9781509944750
Publication Date: 2022
Print copy at Internat 610 B712.4a
The Indigenous Right to Self-Determination in Extractivist Economies by Marcela Torres-Wong
Call Number: Internat 610 T693a
ISBN: 9781009410908
Publication Date: 2023
Arbitration of International Mining Disputes: Law and Practice by Henry G. Burnett; Louis-Alexis Bret; Oxford Editor
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this book online via title link
ISBN: 9780198757641
Publication Date: 2017
Print copy at Internat 710 B964.5a if preferred.
Ch 10 is on 'Environmental and Social Disputes'

Open access resources available to all

Sustainable Development Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Official UN website
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Official website
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Official website
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Official website
World Bank Group: Energy
Amnesty International
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Monitoring & advocacy group makes its reports available open access.
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"We are 13 trustees and 70+ colleagues dedicated to advancing human rights in business and eradicating abuse.

Our Regional Researchers are based in Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, UK, Ukraine, Uruguay and the USA. They are supported by our two offices in London and New York. Oversight is provided by our board of trustees which consists of former business people, human rights, development, and environmental advocates and academics."
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRG)
In 2013 the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) combined with the Natural Resource Charter
"Drawing on RWI’s country-based approach and the Charter’s leading-edge academic foundations, in 2014 the united entity became the Natural Resource Governance Institute. Since then NRGI has worked at the cutting edge of oil, gas and mineral governance and helped civil society actors and government officials in more than a dozen focus countries to begin negotiating the energy transition."
Human Rights Watch
A nonprofit registered in the USA makes its reports and publications available Open Access Use eg Country or Topic filter, or the search function

Mining

Definition. "Critical energy transition minerals" eg copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements which are essential components in many clean energy technologies. https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/critical-minerals accessed 12 May 2025

Congomines
Portal for information on the industrial mining sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
ICMM resources
OA library of documents"ICMM is a partner in the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative (CMSI) with The Copper Mark, Mining Association of Canada (MAC) and World Gold Council (WGC). Together, we aim to create a unified global standard for responsible mining and metals, accessible to any company committed to high environmental, social, and governance practices."
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ICMM's "vision is a simplified standards landscape that sets a high bar for responsible mining and drives continuous improvement across the industry at scale. Building on the best attributes of the existing standards, we are developing the new consolidated standard with the support of a wide range and diverse group of stakeholders and rights holders through global public consultations and advisory groups."
Illegal mining and trafficking in precious metals (UN)
Part of official Office on Drugs and Crime website
UN Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals
Part of official website. Critical energy transition minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements are essential components in many of today’s rapidly growing clean energy technologies
10 Human Rights Priorities for the Extractives Sector
OA post by BSR® "a sustainable business network and consultancy focused on creating a world in which all people can thrive on a healthy planet. With offices in Asia, Europe, and North America, BSR® provides its 300+ member companies with insight, advice, and collaborative initiatives to help them see a changing world more clearly, create long-term value, and scale impact."
Global Mining Review
Partially OA technical magazine for the industry published in UK. Has news in areas such as Exploration & development and
Environment & sustainability.
Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)
The IGF originated at the United Nations (UN) 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.

At the summit, UN members with an interest in mining collaborated on paragraph 46 of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, emphasizing priorities related to mining’s importance for social and economic development, the value of minerals for modern living, and the need to enhance contributions from the sector.
Responsible Mining Foundation
Official website "The Responsible Mining Foundation is an independent research organisation based in Switzerland."

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Energy law and Mining law
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Environmental crime & ecocide
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War & the environment
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Water, Watercourses & Dams
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