But what about Texas? Climate disruption regulation in recalcitrant states

Harvard Environmental Law Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-91

  McGarity, Thomas O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREENHOUSE GAS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84983467141     PISSN: 01478257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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