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Tipping Point: Crossroads for US Climate Policy

This chapter is part of the Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society which contains chapters on American, European and Chinese climate policies.

Mikael Román, Marcus Carson / Published on 29 July 2010
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Carson, M., Román, M. (2010). Tipping Point: Crossroads for US Climate Policy. Carson, M. and M. Román (2010). Tipping point: crossroads for US climate policy. In: C. Lever-Tracy (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society. Routledge. ISBN 9780415544764. Pp. 379-404.

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