Pollution, politics, and power : the struggle for sustainable electricity /

"Pollution, Politics, and Power tells the story of the remarkable transformation of the electric power industry that has taken place over the last four decades. Electric power companies have morphed from polluting, regulated monopolies into cleaner deregulated generators, transmitters, and dist...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McGarity, Thomas O. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Electric utilities > United States > History.
Electric power > United States > History.
Environmental policy > United States > History.
Renewable energy sources > United States > History.
Coal trade > United States > History.
Coal-fired power plants > United States > History.
Services publics d'électricité > États-Unis > Histoire.
Électricité > États-Unis > Histoire.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Énergies renouvelables > États-Unis > Histoire.
Charbon > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Centrales au charbon > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Coal-fired power plants
Coal trade
Electric power
Electric utilities
Environmental policy
Renewable energy sources
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The big dirties
  • Electricity, power plants, and the environment
  • First steps
  • Minor adjustments, major controversy
  • The lost decade
  • Major adjustments
  • Cautious implementation and vigorous enforcement
  • Retrenchment
  • The Obama administration takes a new approach
  • The war on fossil fuels
  • The transformation of the electric power industry
  • The Trump effect
  • Toward a sustainable energy future

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