When new policies fail to create a new politics -- An institutional history of electricity politics and climate inaction -- Policy feedback : networked and influential advocates use the public to drive clean energy leadership in Texas -- A direct line to legislators and regulators : fossil fuel...

The big dirties -- Electricity, power plants, and the environment -- First steps -- Minor adjustments, major controversy -- The lost decade -- Major adjustments -- Cautious implementation and vigorous enforcement -- Retrenchment -- The Obama administration takes a new approach -- The war on...