Reviews of Climate and Clean Energy Policy: State Institutions and Economic Implications

Publius: The Journal of Federalism:

Climate and Clean Energy Policy: State Institutions and Economic Implications, by Benjamin H. Deitchman
Political Opportunities for Climate Policy: California, New York, and the Federal Government, by Roger Karapin

Climate and Clean Energy Policy: State Institutions and Economic Implications

Barry G Rabe

Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 48, Issue 4, 1 September 2018, Pages e6,https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjy027

This context makes the publication of a pair of books written prior to the 2016 election all the more important. These complementary contributions by Benjamin Deitchman and Roger Karapin provide valuable insights into state climate policy and combine to offer a solid foundation to understand what has transpired to date and where we might head next. Both make clear that states have enormous roles to play in influencing greenhouse gas emissions, whether or not their policies are expressly aimed at climate considerations. Both volumes consider a broad set of policies that can curb carbon dioxide or related greenhouse gas releases. Karapin divides these policies between those that are “explicit” in their climate focus such as carbon cap-and-trade or are “implicit” such as renewable energy mandates that may be focused primarily on energy policy or economic development while also addressing climate.

The American Review of Public Administration:

Book Review: 

Climate and Clean Energy Policy: 

State Institutions and Economic Implications

Sanya Carley, Michelle Graff,

First Published November 16, 2017 Book Review https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074017741541

In Climate and Clean Energy Policy: State Institutions and Economic Implications, Benjamin Deitchman presents a current snapshot of U.S. energy and climate policy, in which he features prominently the role of state leadership, as well as the policy instruments designed by states, and the manner in which politics and federalism have shaped the policy process. In an ambitious undertaking to describe the intricacies of modern U.S. energy and climate policy, Deitchman highlights many of the important trends and debates that have arisen within this realm over the past 20 or so years.