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Book Title: Greenhouse Governance: Addressing Climate Change In America
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Greenhouse Governance : Addressing Climate Change in America
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Subject: Environmental, American Government / General, Global Warming & Climate Change, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Publication Year: 2010
Item Height: 1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Law, Political Science, Science
Author: Barry G. Rabe
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
