Environmental problems are very often collective action problems that involve uneven spatial distributions of costs and benefits. These two attributes of environmental problems intersect with features of Congress – uneven representation and minority veto points – to produce four problems of representation: non-majoritarian policy; gridlock; environmental justice problems; and cross-cutting cleavages. This chapter examines how the study of environmental politics can advance our understanding of these fundamental problems of representation, illustrating each with an example and organizing existing literature to help to identify productive areas for future research.
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