Energy myth twelve-climate policy will bankrupt the U.S. economy

Energy and American Society - Thirteen Myths

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 311-340

  Claussen, Eileen ^a   Peace, Janet ^a  

^a Pew Center on Climate Change   (United States)

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EID: 34548738316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5564-1_13     Document Type: Chapter

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