green state

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green state (plural green states)

1. (US politics) A state where the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is influential.
2. (US politics, idiomatic, informal, uncommon) A U.S. state perceived as environmentally friendly.
3. (politics) The environmental policies in a given nation state which drive economics.
   • 2007, Neil Carter, The Politics of the Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy - Page 60

     Indeed, the emergence of a debate about the nature of the green state has been one of the most significant contemporary developments in green political theory.

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