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Article: Challenges and opportunities for regulating greenhouse gas emissions at the state, regional and local level.
- Article from:
- UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
- Article date:
- December 22, 2009
- Author:
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ABSTRACT
Addressing climate change is one of the great challenges of our age. While the current president has signaled that this will be a top priority under his administration, previous administrations have not pursued a comprehensive regulatory or diplomatic strategy to counteract the causes and consequences of climate change. Until recently, the federal government's efforts in this area have been limited almost exclusively to climate-related research, energy research, and voluntary emission reduction programs to curb greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, states such as Wisconsin--as well as tribes and local governments--have taken the lead to explore ...