Episode 71: Measuring the Law in JOULEs: Energy's Most Interdisciplinary Research

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of legal scholarship in energy technology development with experts from the JOULE research group.

In this episode of Energy Frontier: The Wyoming Landscape, Dr. Erin Phillips, Acting Senior Director of Research at the School of Energy Resources, sits down with legal scholars Tara Righetti and Scarlett Forrest in SER’s Jurisprudence of Underground Law and Energy (JOULE) research group to talk about why the accompanying legal scholarship is so critical in emerging energy technology development and opportunities, and delve into a prime example, spent fuel storage.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Erin Phillips

Guests: Tara Righetti, Scarlett Forrest

Topics covered

• energy technology
• legal scholarship
• spent fuel storage
• interdisciplinary research
• emerging energy opportunities

Keywords

• energy
• law
• research
• technology
• spent fuel
• JOULE
• interdisciplinary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: School of Energy Resources, Jurisprudence of Underground Law and Energy (JOULE)

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