How the Coal, Utilities, and Transportation Industries Block Climate Policy

The coal, utilities, and transportation industries have all played a major role in stopping governments from regulating emissions or transitioning to cleaner energy. Examining how those effort have taken shape around the world, Jen Schneider (boisestate.edu/sps-publicpolicy/faculty-and-st…) (Boise State University) and Gregory Trencher (gregorytrencher.net) (Kyoto University) break down the strategies these industries use to influence policymakers, resist decarbonization, and slow climate action.

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Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment (global.oup.com/academic/product/climate-obstru…;)
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