California Greenin’: How the Golden State Became an Environmental Leader

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By David Vogel *74

Published Feb. 19, 2018

California Greenin’ (Princeton University Press) argues that California became a leader in environmental legislation because it had so much to lose from environmental degradation; backed by business support, this was a driving factor for the state to preserve its natural beauty.

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