How to decarbonize : policy and social theory /

How to Decarbonize explores opportunities for decarbonization introduced by recent federal legislation, which has prompted state-level climate planning. It is designed for students and professionals whose work brings them into contact with these opportunities, even if climate is not their primary pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Astoria, Ross (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Subjects:	Carbon dioxide mitigation. Environmental protection > Citizen participation. Environmental policy. Gaz carbonique > Réduction. Environnement > Protection > Participation des citoyens. Environnement > Politique gouvernementale. environmental policy. Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: can we decarbonize?
Part I: environmental economics
Carbon pricing and Pigou's "violent paradoxes"
Other "market failures" and decarbonization
Part II: the theory of strategic action fields
The theory of strategic action fields
The electrical power company as strategic action field
New York and reforming the energy vision
Part III: political economy
Decarbonizing fossil capitalism
Green Mehrwert and decarbonization
Part IV: climate and environmental justice
Dispossession and environmental racism
Descriptive model of EJ policy
Conclusion: a democratic decarbonization?