How the Coal, Utilities, and Transportation Industries Block Climate Policy

Drilled: Displaced · Oct 14, 2025 · 43:27

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The coal, utilities, and transportation industries have all played a major role in stopping governments from regulating emissions or transitioning to cleaner energy. Examining how those effort have taken shape around the world, Jen Schneider (Boise State University) and Gregory Trencher (Kyoto University) break down the strategies these industries use to influence policymakers, resist decarbonization, and slow climate action.

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