The politics and policy of carbon capture and storage: Framing an emergent technology

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-281

  Bäckstrand, Karin ^a   Meadowcroft, James ^b   Oppenheimer, Michael ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79956280802     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.03.008     Document Type: Editorial

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