Public support for renewable energy is bipartisan and very high in the United States. While many states are making progress by implementing policies that encourage ambitious renewable energy targets, some states are moving backwards by lowering energy efficiency standards, providing fewer tax incentives for renewables, and continuing considerable subsidies to fossil fuel plants. How are some conservatives, corporations, coalitions, and private interest groups blocking and reversing renewable energy policy on the state and local level despite strong public support for utilizing renewable energy technology? This paper examines differences in strategies and framing that influence renewable energy policy rollbacks and blockages in the United States by analyzing and comparing two renewable energy policy case studies

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College of Arts & Sciences 2020, Social Science Projects 2020, 2020