Global warming and the neglected greenhouse gas: A cross-national study of the social causes of methane emissions intensity, 1995

Social Forces

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1779-1798

  Jorgenson, Andrew K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645938006     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2006.0050     Document Type: Article

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