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This book investigates how state laws and institutions may contribute to global warming. The hypothesis generally forwarded here is that state laws and institutions can have an enormous impact on the carbon dioxide emissions resulting from a states energy generation decisions. Public service commissions have an immense amount of power over the generation decisions of electric utilities. However, this power is not always equal among PUCs, nor always used in the same manner throughout the United States. State laws and institutions provide the basis from which public utility commissions regulate...

This book investigates the effects of an empathetic emotional disposition in political decision making. Previous research has shown that empathy has important implications in group-centered behavior. However, little research has been done with experimental tests of how empathy directly impacts behavior. This book uses experimental and survey research methods to test the hypothesis that empathy is a general guide to collective action. Empathy is not only a significant predictor of behavior, but is a conditional characteristic that interacts with other factors in cooperative action.