Publications and Research
Document Type
Book Chapter or Section
Publication Date
7-1-2024
Abstract
This chapter focuses on state-level climate policies in the United States in the context of its federalist system. The empirical focus is on policies that have been adopted by many states and that have been most effective in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which include target setting, emissions trading, and sectoral policies on renewable energy, motor vehicles, appliances, and power plants (Karapin 2016; Karapin/Vogel 2024: ch. 1). It addresses five questions: First, what are the most important policies that state governments have adopted over the last few decades? Second, how have those efforts tied in with federal policies in the same areas? In other words, what kind of federalism does the U.S. have when it comes to climate policy? Third, in what ways have California and the federal government recently accelerated the adoption of climate policies? Fourth, in what ways have state and federal governments affected each other’s climate policies? Fifth, what is the overall impact of U.S.-style federalism on climate policy?
Comments
Please cite as: Roger Karapin, “Kaleidoscopic Federalism,” in Europäisches Zentrum für Föderalismus-Forschung Tübingen, ed., Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2024. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos, 2024, 136-53. Online at doi.org/10.5771/9783748944614.