green state

noun

A state where the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is influential.

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Meanings

noungreen state (plural green states)

plural green states

  1. USgovernmentA state where the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is influential.
  2. USidiomaticinformaluncommongovernmentA U.S. state perceived as environmentally friendly.
  3. governmentThe environmental policies in a given nation state which drive economics.

    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.

    2007, Neil Carter, The Politics of the Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy - Page 60
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