Business lobbying and the prospects for American climate change legislation

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-25

  Falke, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change policy; Governance; Kyoto protocol; U.s. congress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955404240     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.20.1.6     Document Type: Article

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