When federal climate policy works benefits, business, and politics Roger Karapin and David Vogel

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karapin, Roger, author.

Vogel, David, 1947- author.

Series:

American and comparative environmental policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Government policy--United States.

Climatic changes.

Climate change mitigation--Government policy--United States.

Climate change mitigation.

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climate change mitigation--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press [2026]

Summary:

"An original analysis of the federal government’s sectoral climate policy accomplishments over the last five decades, with recommendations for policy makers.When Federal Climate Policy Works challenges the widely accepted belief that the federal government has been unable to adopt effective policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Roger Karapin and David Vogel argue that the federal government has made measurable progress by adopting more narrowly focused sectoral policies. These have reduced GHG emissions in many sectors: through fuel economy and GHG standards for motor vehicles, the promotion of electric vehicles, mandatory standards and voluntary Energy Star labels for the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment, tax credits for renewable energy investments and production, restrictions on HFCs, and regulations on methane emissions from landfills and oil and gas production. Almost all of these measures began as unintentional climate policies during the 1970s, when they received substantial bipartisan support. Their initial policy frameworks have exhibited substantial continuity even after the policies become repositioned as more politically contentious, explicit climate change policies during the 1990s and later decades. Throughout the last 50 years, policy adoption has depended on including non-climate benefits, gaining business acceptance, and navigating partisan politics"-- MIT Press Direct

Contents:

Introduction and overview

Theories of U.S. climate policy

Climate policy failures

Motor vehicle policies

Appliance and equipment policies

Renewable energy policies

CFC and HFC policies

Methane policies

Comparative analysis and summary

The future of federal climate policy

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (MIT Press Direct, viewed June 3, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Karapin, Roger When federal climate policy works

ISBN:

9780262053563

026205356X

9780262053570

0262053578

OCLC:

1591561307

Access Restriction:

Some versions Open access versions available from some providers open access