green state

Noun

 * 1)  A state where the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is influential.
 * 2)  Somewhat whimsical term for environmentally friendly state. (In the modern United States) a state that is, or is perceived as, environmentally friendly.
 * 3) * 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.