Environmental Law V/S Energy Law: An Analysis

Shifa Khan, BBA LLB (Hons.), University of Mumbai Law Academy

ABSTRACT

Environment, a crucial prerequisite for sustenance of humankind, is under threat in the modern times owing to the overexploitation of non-renewable and renewable energy resources ultimately paving the way for global warming and climate change. Environmental laws are hence a mandate for protection of these resources nearing depletion. These sources of energy also need regulation, often- times restriction to keep the resources from extinction. Energy laws, in modern day India however, focus on the undisrupted distribution of energy for consumption titling heavily towards the commercial side and not taking into account the environmental aspect of this situation. The question motivating this conference is what the future of energy law holds. This research paper is an attempt to acknowledge the realities of how energy is created and the critical and pressing question of climate change. Energy law must become more integrated with environmental law in order to ensure a balance in these interconnected disciplines.

Keywords: Environmental law, Energy Law, Global Warming, Climate Change, Renewable and Non-renewable Energy.