The Demise of the 2009–2010 Climate Bill and the Implications for Future US Climate Policy

This paper explores US congressional resistance to climate change policy. It presents a case study of the 2009–2010 climate bill, which passed narrowly in the US House, only to die as a result of US Senate inaction. The paper employs an analytical framework derived from the writings of US policy sch...

The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses

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