America is very much a divided nation when it comes to politics. That polarization is reflected in the environmental and energy realities currently at play in many states, creating a remarkable divide between more conservative Red States and more liberal Blue States when it comes to the amount...

Between 1997 and 2005, states that elected their public utility commissioners had an annual percent change in CO2 emissions that was nearly three times as much as those states that appoint their PUC commissioners. This suggests that developing institutions which provide decision-makers with...

In many states environmental statutes provide the authority for public utility commissioners to make decisions to reduce greenhouse gases from electricity generation. This article looks at six such laws and how the presence of these laws affected CO2 emissions during a nine-year period from 1997...