Integrating Climate, Energy, and Air Pollution Policies

Preface

Preface This book was conceived by Gary Bryner, who produced two drafts of the manuscript and worked on it until his untimely death in March 2010. When it became clear to Gary that he would be unable to complete the project, he asked Clay Morgan of the MIT Press to consider finding someone to take it over because he did not want it to “simply disappear,” and suggested me as someone who knew his work and might share some of his ideas. I was flattered because I did not know Gary well and I would not presume to say that we were friends. We had chatted at conferences, exchanged occasional e-mails about our common research interests, and I was fortunate to have shared an enjoyable lunch with him in Fort Collins during one of his visits to Colorado. In all of these circumstances , Gary was friendly, expressed a genuine interest in what I was doing, and was very generous in offering helpful ideas and suggestions. Although these connections were limited, I greatly admired Gary’s work and, like many others, was impressed by the breadth and depth of his research agenda and by his intellectual curiosity, so vividly displayed in his many books, articles, and chapters. I still do not understand how he managed to master the details of so many disparate issues—in addition to his environmental work, Gary wrote expertly on welfare reform, regulation , bureaucracy, and the US Constitution, and somehow found the time to earn a law degree and open an environmental law practice in Provo, Utah. So when I was approached to complete the manuscript, I agreed, although I also have to admit to a certain level of apprehension because the topic—integrating climate, energy, and air pollution policies—was, to say the least, typically ambitious and involved policy issues (clean air) that no political scientist knew more about than Gary. Fortunately for me, Gary left fairly detailed notes on how to respond to the reviewer’s comments and suggestions, which were enormously helpful as I went viii Preface through the manuscript, as were the reviewer’s comments themselves, which were thoughtfully provided to me by Clay Morgan at the MIT Press. In the course of completing the book, I learned a great deal from Gary and from those whose work informed his thinking. The basic outlines of the book—the themes, the major arguments, the order of the chapters—remain as Gary envisioned. My contribution consisted primarily of updating the manuscript, streamlining some of the arguments, highlighting others, reorganizing some chapters, incorporating the reviewer’s suggestions, and so on. Throughout, I tried to remain faithful to Gary’s vision while recognizing that events since early 2010 required adjusting some of the ideas presented here. For example, some sections of the manuscript were initially written during the early days of the Obama administration, when many, including Gary, thought US action on climate policy was imminent. That did not come to pass, and, if anything, climate change is an even more polarizing issue than Gary thought; the prospects for congressional action now seem even more remote. In addition to the anonymous reviewers, I would like to thank Susan Geraghty for doing a superb job copyediting the manuscript, and the many individuals at the MIT Press who worked so diligently to shepherd the book to completion. In particular, I would like to thank Susan Clark for her help in promoting and marketing the book, Miranda Martin for going out of her way to assist with permissions and figures, and Deborah Cantor-Adams for walking me through the various editorial and production stages. I also owe a debt to Chuck Davis, Sandra Davis, Michele Betsill, and Denise Scheberle for providing comments and feedback on various aspects of the manuscript. I would also like to thank Colorado State University for supporting this project with a sabbatical leave. Most important, I want to thank Debbie, Julia, Marissa, and Sarina for providing the inspiration for this and other projects and for allowing me the time to complete it. Robert J. Duffy Fort Collins, CO Spring 2012 ...