Toward a climate change strategy for Pennsylvania

Penn State Environmental Law Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 181-205

  Dernbach, John C ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942648324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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