Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

Green vs. Green

The Political, Legal, and Administrative Pitfalls Facing Green Energy Production

By Ryan M. Yonk, Randy T. Simmons, Brian C. Steed

Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

Renewable and carbon-neutral energy have been promoted as the future of energy production in the United States. Non-traditional energy sources show promise as alternatives to fossil fuels and may provide a sustainable source of energy in increasingly uncertain energy markets. However, these new...

Published May 21st 2015 by Routledge

Globalization, Political Institutions and the Environment in Developing Countries

By Gabriele Spilker

Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

Though industrialized countries are usually the ones indicted when environmental pollution is discussed, over the few last years the rate of emissions in developing countries has increased by a startling amount. The fallout from this increase is evidenced by the struggle of cities like Beijing to...

Published May 21st 2015 by Routledge

The Lilliputians of Environmental Regulation

The Perspective of State Regulators

By Michelle C. Pautz, Sara Rinfret

Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

When we think about environmental policy and regulation in the U.S., our attention invariably falls on the federal level and, more specifically, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Although such a focus is understandable, it neglects the actors most responsible for the implementation...

Published February 27th 2015 by Routledge

National Climate Policy

A Multi-field Approach

By Elin Lerum Boasson

Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

Failed attempts at producing ambitious global climate commitments and instruments have made it increasingly important for nation states to deliver climate policies. This in turn requires a better understanding of national climate policymaking. In this book, Elin Lerum Boasson develops an...

Published November 4th 2014 by Routledge

Comparative Perspectives on Environmental Policies and Issues

Edited by Robert A. Dibie

Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

Comparative Perspectives on Environmental Policies and Issues presents tools and concepts about environmental policies in several developed and developing countries. It explores a broad survey of ecological modernization theory, ecological feminism theory, environmental justice theory, the concept...

Published February 11th 2014 by Routledge

Framing Environmental Disaster

Environmental Advocacy and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

By Melissa K. Merry

Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

The blowout of the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent underground oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 is considered by many to be the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. Interest groups, public officials, and media organizations have spent considerable time documenting the...

Published December 16th 2013 by Routledge