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Tyson, Paul

doi:10.4324/9781003098249-2-4

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“…This disparity in policy intensity and governance efficacy reflects the contrasting priorities Democrats and Republicans assign to environmental issues. A Pew Research Center survey revealed that only 10% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents consider the climate issue a personal top priority, compared to 49% of Democrats and Democratic leaners ( 50 ). The political polarization toward climate change is also reflected in attitudes toward different types of climate policy.…”

Section: Environmental Policy Intensity and Air Pollutantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quantifying US air pollution policy: How political and regional factors influence pollutant mitigation

Zhang,

Chen,

et al. 2024

PNAS Nexus

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Air pollution control in the U.S. has evolved into a comprehensive policy system spanning from the federal to the state level over time. A unified quantitative analysis of policy intensity can shed light on the policy evolution across different levels, the influence of partisan and regional factors on policy, and the relationships with emissions of major pollutants. By harnessing the policy text of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at the federal level and State Implementation Plans (SIPs) at the state governments (1955-2020), we deployed a Natural Language Processing (NLP) approach to define a policy intensity index to systematically quantify the U.S. air policy landscape. Our findings highlight that the 1970 CAA amendment carries the most vigorous intensity as it established a holistic control system for the first time. Subsequent years witnessed a general trend of partisan polarization, eventually leading to a graduate convergence between red and blue states. Blue states demonstrated a closer alignment with federal directives and a superior efficacy in pollutant reduction. Regionally, the Northeast displays the highest overall policy intensity and the West exhibits the highest coordination with the federal benchmarks, making these regions outperform others in air pollution control. Our study not only discusses policy implications for air pollutant reductions considering partisan and regional differences but also provides a novel measurement tool to quantify policies for assessing disparities and synergies.

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Section: Environmental Policy Intensity and Air Pollutantsmentioning

confidence: 99%