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Climate Change Debate Heats Up In The Tar Heel State
Publication Date: June 2009
Publisher(s): National Institute on Money in State Politics (U.S.)
Author(s): Nicole Albertson-Nuanes
Funder(s): Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Sunlight Foundation; Ford Foundation; Open Society Institute; Pew Charitable Trusts; Energy Foundation
Funder(s): Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Sunlight Foundation; Ford Foundation; Open Society Institute; Pew Charitable Trusts; Energy Foundation
Topic: Environment (Environmental policy)
Politics (Campaigns, lobbying, and pressure groups)
Keywords: climate change; energy; coal; campaign donations
Type: Report
Coverage: North Carolina
Abstract:
As increasing numbers of constituents demand a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, legislators are responding by introducing an increasing number of bills to combat climate change. In North Carolina, lawmakers have taken a particular interest in legislation that regulates greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired boilers and motor vehicles. Legislators introduced seven bills in 2009 that would regulate these particularly potent emitters of air pollutants.