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Climate of capitulation : an insider's account of state power in a coal nation /

How power is wielded in environmental policy making at the state level, and how to redress the ingrained favoritism toward coal and electric utilities.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomson, Vivian E., 1956- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2017]
Subjects:
United States. > Clean Air Act.
Air > Pollution > Government policy > Virginia.
Energy industries > Political activity > Virginia.
Electric utilities > Virginia.
Coal-fired power plants > Virginia.
Energy policy > Virginia.
Virginia > Politics and government > 21st century.
ENVIRONMENT/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:How power is wielded in environmental policy making at the state level, and how to redress the ingrained favoritism toward coal and electric utilities.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) : illustrations, map
ISBN:9780262340663
0262340666
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/10918.001.0001