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1. To Green or Not to Green: Understanding Variations in Levels of Climate Change Policy Adoption by U.S. States.

Author

Temlak, Shannon

Subjects
*CLIMATOLOGY, *POLLUTION, *URBANIZATION, *ELECTRIC power production, *FOSSIL fuels, *GOVERNMENT policy, *ECONOMICS
Abstract

The article focuses on factors responsible for the adoption of climate policies by states in the U.S. Topics discussed include relationship between economic circumstances and environmental characteristics differentiates between policy adopter states, factors contributing to adoption of climate policies such as high pollution severity and high urbanization and an increase in state climate policy adoption due to low electricity generation from fossil fuels.

Published
2015