American policy conflict in the greenhouse: Divergent trends in federal, regional, state, and local green energy and climate change policy

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4555-4573

  Byrne, John ^a   Hughes, Kristen ^a   Rickerson, Wilson ^a,b   Kurdgelashvili, Lado ^a  

^a Center for Energy and Environmental Policy   (United States)

^b BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Sustainable energy; U.S. energy policy

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY; CLIMATE PROTECTION; GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS; LOCAL GREEN ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

ENERGY POLICY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347270220     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.02.028     Document Type: Article

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