Uma Outka

University of Kansas - School of Law

Professor of Law

Green Hall

1535 W. 15th Street

Lawrence, KS 66045-7577

United States

http://law.ku.edu/faculty/uma-outka

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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“  My current research is focused on (1) advancing equity through energy and environmental law and policy reform and (2) law and policy to accelerate the clean energy transition, consistent with energy and environmental justice. Additional works in progress address the regulation of coal ash waste from power plants and the barriers to public engagement with state PUCs.  ”

Scholarly Papers (31)

1.

Environmental Justice in the Renewable Energy Transition

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law (University of Missouri School of Law), Forthcoming , Inaugural Symposium Issue, Environmental Justice Issues in Sustainable Development, 2012, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2012
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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environmental justice, renewable energy, solar, wind, biomass, sustainable development, green economy

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The Renewable Energy Footprint

Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 30, p. 241, 2011, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 475
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 19 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2014
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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Environmental Law and Fossil Fuels: Barriers to Renewable Energy

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 6, p. 1679, 2012
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2012
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
Downloads 494 (113,489)
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environmental law, energy law, renewable energy, fossil fuel, transition, sustainability

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Siting Renewable Energy: Land Use and Regulatory Context

Ecology Law Quarterly, Vol. 37, p. 1041, 2010, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 427
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 11 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2012
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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renewable energy, solar, biomass, land use, siting, facilities, environmental justice, comprehensive plan, growth management, power plant, distributed generation

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Climate, Energy, Justice: The Policy Path to a Just Transition for an Energy-Hungry America

U of Houston Law Center 2021-W-1
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 04 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2021
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Northeastern University - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, George Washington University - Law School, University of San Francisco - School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Lewis & Clark College Paul L Boley Library, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cincinnati - College of Law, University of Montana - Alexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Colorado Law School, University of Kansas - School of Law, UC Law, San Francisco, University of California, Irvine, School of Law, Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR) and Penn State Law – University Park
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climate change, climate justice, energy, energy policy, climate policy, electricity, electricity policy, transportation

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Towards Engaged Scholarship

Pace Law Review, Forthcoming, 33 Pace L. Rev. 821 (2014)
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2024
Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University, University of Montana - Alexander Blewett III School of Law, Columbia University - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, SUNY Buffalo Law School, Fordham University School of Law, South Texas College of Law, Pace Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Albany Law School, University of San Francisco - School of Law, West Virginia University - College of Law, Vermont Law School, University of Kansas - School of Law, University of Miami - School of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Albany Law School and Vanderbilt Law School
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legal scholarship, teaching, legal profession, education, pedagogy

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Renewable Energy Siting for the Critical Decade

69 KANSAS LAW REVIEW 101 (2021)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2022
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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renewable energy, wind, solar, siting, energy transition, landscape, local, accelerate, energy development, energy sector, climate change mitigation, renewable energy law, land use law

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Symposium Essay: The Energy-Land Use Nexus

Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2012, University of Kansas School of Law Working Paper No. 2011‐08
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 21 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2015
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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energy, land use, renewable, fossil fuel, transportation, sprawl, power plant, distributed generation

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Making America A Better Place for All: Sustainable Development Recommendations for the Biden Administration

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 51, No. 4, 2021, Widener Law Commonwealth Research Paper No. 21-12, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 437
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2021
Widener University - Commonwealth Law School, Wake Forest University - School of Law, University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law, Landesa, Legal Action Chicago, Feeding America, United States Agency for International Development, Arizona State University (ASU) - Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Columbia University - Law School, Keystone Research Center, University of California, Merced, Feeding America, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Kansas - School of Law, Brookings Institution, Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health, George Washington University - Law School, Albany Law School, American University - Washington College of Law, California Polytechnic State University, Yale Law School, University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and Shriver Center on Poverty Law
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sustainable development goals; SDG; sustainable development; climate change; Biden Administration; poverty; COVID-19; inequality; partnerships; environmental protection, poverty, hunger, infrastructure, education, justice, decent work, hunger, health

10.

Intrastate Preemption in the Shifting Energy Sector

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 86, 2015, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 10 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2015
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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preemption, energy law, wind, hydraulic fracturing, land use, local government

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'100 Percent Renewable': Company Pledges and State Energy Law

Utah Law Review, Spring 2019
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Sep 2018
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
Downloads 143 (394,494)

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Renewable Energy, Wind, Solar, Public Utility Commission, Corporate Demand, Clean Power, Green Tariff, PPA, Power Purchase Agreement

12.

Affordable and Clean Energy

Chapter 7 in Governing for Sustainability, Environmental Law Institute (2023), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 569
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2023
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law and University of Kansas - School of Law
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Nepa and Environmental Justice: Integration, Implementation, and Judicial Review

Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, Vol. 33, pp. 601, 2006
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2014
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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NEPA, environmental justice, categorical exclusion

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Reversing Course on Environmental Justice under the Trump Administration

Wake Forest Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 336
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2019
University of Kansas - School of Law and University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Ethical Drivers for the Renewable Energy Transition (Book Chapter)

Research Handbook on Energy Law and Ethics; Malik R. Dahlan & Rosa Maria Lastra, eds. Edward Elgar, 2022 See: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-on-energy-law-and-ethics-9781839100826.html
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 26 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2022
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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energy law, environmental ethics, energy justice, renewable energy, electric power, electricity, utilities, energy transition

16.

Environmental Injustice and the Problem of the Law

Maine Law Review, Vol. 57, p. 209, 2005
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Mar 2010
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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environmental justice

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Cities and the Low-Carbon Grid

Environmental Law, Vol. 46, No. 105, 2016
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2016
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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cities, local government, renewable energy, municipal, local climate action, climate change, electricity, low-carbon

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The Obama Administration's Clean Air Act Legacy and the UNFCCC

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Mar 2016
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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Clean Air Act, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, climate change, greenhouse gas regulation

19.

State Lands in Modern Public Land Law

Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2017
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 31 Aug 2017
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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Fairness in the Low-Carbon Shift: Learning from Environmental Justice

Brooklyn Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 2, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Jun 2017
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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Environmental Justice, Energy, Fairness, Climate Change, Low-Carbon, Transition

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Local Promise for Climate Mitigation: An Empirical Assessment

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, Vol. 36, p. 635, 2012, University of Kansas School of Law Working Paper No. 2011‐07
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2012
Uma Outka and Richard C. Feiock
University of Kansas - School of Law and Florida State University - Askew School of Public Administration and Policy
Downloads 92 (544,565)

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climate change, land use, energy, sustainable development, local government, mitigation, adaptation

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Ch. 7: Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry - US

Forthcoming in Van Calster, G., Vandenberghe, W., and Reins, L. (eds), Research Handbook on Climate Mitigation Law, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2014
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2014
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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climate mitigation, land use, land use change, forestry, UNFCCC, transportation, energy

23.

Local Autonomy and Energy Law: Introduction

36 J. of Land Use & Envtl. L. __ (2020)
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 07 Feb 2021
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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renewable energy, land use, local government, wind, solar, energy, electricity, power plants, climate, cities

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Accelerating Energy Transition in India: A Comparative Perspective

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 50, No. 10459, 2020
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 15 Dec 2020
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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India, renewable energy, clean energy, Paris Agreement, Nationally Determined Contributions, hybrid renewable, energy access, electricity, energy transition, climate change, wind, solar

25.

Synthesizing Energy Transitions

Georgia State University Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 4, 2023, Penn State Law Research Paper No. 7-2023
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2024
Barry University - Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, University of Kansas - School of Law, University of Richmond and Penn State Law – University Park
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energy transitions, clean energy, equity, energy justice, policy reform, energy law, environmental law, natural resources law

26.

Bioenergy Feedstocks

Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States (Environmental Law Press, 2018), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 May 2018 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2018
Blake Hudson and Uma Outka
Cumberland School of Law and University of Kansas - School of Law
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Energy Communities: Comparative Perspectives from the EU and the United States

Handbook of Energy Law in the Low-Carbon Transition (Giuseppe Bellantuono et al eds.) (De Gruyter 2023) https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110752403-038
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 24 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2023
Annalisa Savaresi and Uma Outka
University of Eastern Finland - Centre for Climate, Energy and Environmental Law and University of Kansas - School of Law
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renewable energy, clean energy directive, energy communities, clean energy, energy transition

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Evolving Legal Conceptions of 'Energy Communities'

University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 78, No. 2 (2024)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Feb 2024
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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energy communities; energy justice; environmental justice; coal; renewable energy; Justice40; inflation reduction act

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Federal-State Conflicts Over Environmental Justice

Center for Progressive Reform Online Symposium Series 2023
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 14 Feb 2024
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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environmental justice; coal ash; Title VI; civil rights

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Energy Law and the Low-Income Household 

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 26 Aug 2024
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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energy insecurity, energy burden, LIHEAP, energy assistance, energy law, poverty law, PIPP, lifeline, percentage-of-income payment plan, low-income home energy assistance

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Chapter 12: Environmental Law: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Principled Legacy

THE JURISPRUDENTIAL LEGACY OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG (Ryan Vacca & Ann Bartow, Eds.) (NYU Press 2023) Available at: https://nyupress.org/9781479817856/the-jurisprudential-legacy-of-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg/
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 21 Mar 2024
Uma Outka
University of Kansas - School of Law
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court, environmental law