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US climate policy needs behavioural science

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State implementation of new Environmental Protection Agency climate regulation may shift behavioural strategies from sidelines to forefront of US climate policy.

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M. McLean and B. Tenbarge provided research assistance. T.D.'s contributions were supported in part by Michigan AgBioResearch. This work is that of the authors as individuals, and does not necessarily reflect the views of the US National Research Council.

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  1. University of Colorado, Environmental Studies, UCB 215, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, 80309, Colorado, USA

    Amanda R. Carrico

  2. Vanderbilt University Law School, Vanderbilt University, 131 21st Avenue South, Nashville, 37203-1181, Tennessee, USA

    Michael P. Vandenbergh

  3. US National Research Council, Board on Environmental Change and Society, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington DC, 20001, USA

    Paul C. Stern

  4. Environmental Science and Policy Program and Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, Michigan, USA

    Thomas Dietz

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