California Greenin'

Over its 150-year history, California has successfully protected its scenic wilderness, restricted coastal oil drilling, regulated automobile emissions, preserved coastal access, improved energy efficiency, and, most recently, addressed global climate change. How has this state, more than any other, been able to enact so many innovative and stringent environmental regulations over such a long period? The first comprehensive examination of California's history of environmental leadership, California Greenin, shows why the Golden State has been at the forefront of setting new environmental standards, often leading the rest of the country.