LEADER 03556nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910808670503321 005 20240509003921.0 010 $a1-282-71851-7 010 $a9786612718519 010 $a0-8157-0465-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000037677 035 $a(EBL)570333 035 $a(OCoLC)659500386 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000419002 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11312787 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419002 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10378039 035 $a(PQKB)11214430 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC570333 035 $a(OCoLC)659562751 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35192 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL570333 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10408662 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL271851 035 $a(PPN)148168868 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000037677 100 $a20100506d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGreenhouse governance $eaddressing climate change in America /$fBarry G. Rabe, editor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (392 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-0331-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Preface; Part 1: Framing the Issue of Climate Governance; Introduction: The Challenges of U.S. Climate Governance; American Public Opinion and Climate Change; Compensatory Federalism; The Politics of Vertical Diffusion: The States and Climate Change; Part 2: Market and Regulatory Approaches to Climate Governance; The Emerging Revolution in Emissions Trading Policy; The ""Impossible Dream"" of Carbon Taxes: Is the ""Best Answer"" a Political Non-Starter?; The Long and Winding Road: Automotive Fuel Economy and American Politics 327 $aEncouraging Renewable Electricity to Promote Climate Change MitigationAdapting to Climate Change: Problems and Prospects; Part 3: Are Federal Institutions up to the Challenge of Climate Change?; Courts and Climate Policy: Now and in the Future; Can Congress Govern the Climate?; Greenhouse Regulation: How Capable Is EPA?; Part 4: Reconnecting the United States with the World; Re-engaging International Climate Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for the United States; Multilevel Governance and Transatlantic Climate Change Politics; Conclusion; Contributors; Index; Back Cover 330 $a"Examines national and international laws and institutions governing human-mediated climate change. Issues examined include public perceptions and economic effects of climate change and policies to mitigate it, renewable electricity standards, vehicle fuel economy standards, cap-and-trade regimes, carbon taxes, and the adaptation-versus-mitigation debate"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zUnited States 606 $aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 615 0$aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy 615 0$aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects 676 $a363.738/7405610973 701 $aRabe$b Barry George$f1957-$01635375 712 02$aBrookings Institution. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808670503321 996 $aGreenhouse governance$94118130 997 $aUNINA