Introduction and overview
Climate policies in the United States
Theories of climate policy
The structural theory applied to the cases
Causes of climate policies in the fifty states
Air-pollution and energy policy making in California (the 1940s to the 1980s)
Climate policy making in California (the 2000s to the present)
Energy and climate policy making in New York State
Energy and climate policy making by the federal government
Conclusions : political opportunities for climate policy in the United States.