I had the opportunity to see the author, Leah Cardamore Stokes, make a presentation on Clean Energy and the need for Climate policy, and was very impressed with her depth of knowledge of the subject and her ability to present the ins and outs of clean energy and climate policies. Speaking to a general audience, she was clear and articulate, informative, and interesting - everything I was hoping for when reading this book.

However, and unfortunately for me, this book seemed more academic, more directed to political scientists and people involved with setting policies, writing standards, and creating legislation on public policy matters. Clean energy policies in several U.S. States are used in the latter chapters of the book to demonstrate which policies tend to work, and reasons why others failed to fulfill their intended purpose. But it seemed more like a text book for political science undergrads than a general interest book for general audiences interested in clean energy matters. ( )