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Washington Descends Deeper into Climate Gridlock, California and the States Creep Forward

This policy brief argues that Federal cap and trade legislation is dead for now, with bleak near- and medium-term prospects.

Marcus Carson / Published on 29 November 2010
Citation

Carson, M. (2010). Washington Descends Deeper into Climate Gridlock, California and the States Creep Forward. Carson, M. (2010). Washington Descends Deeper into Climate Gridlock, California and the States Creep Forward. SEI.

Fully realizing a new U.S. climate and energy policy will take time – the partisan polarization and well-organized opposition to more stringent environmental regulation that produced Congressional gridlock over the past two decades appears to be reasserting itself.

This policy brief is based on research carried out by Marcus Carson and Mikael Román for the article “Tipping point: crossroads for U.S. climate policy”, in the Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society (2010) Constance Lever-Tracy, editor. Additional research was contributed by Joakim Hellberg.

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Marcus Carson
Marcus Carson

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