Climate change and energy independence: Engaging stakeholder discourse to determine policy solutions.

• In Event: Environmental Policy and Behavior Change: The Rhetoric of Energy, Water and Climate Change

Abstract

Energy policy has long been and continues to be mired in opposing views, interest and heterogeneity of values. Such difference make policy decisions complex—a systemic interdependence magnified by changes brought about by climate change. Yet, heterogeneity also presents an opportunity to build policy that responds to varied interests. The current study interviews approximately 200 residents from the Northwest region of the United States regarding their perspective on energy policy and especially possibilities for energy independence.

Author

• Todd Norton, Washington State University