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Boxer Beefs Sen. Boxer none too happy about feds' attack on ESA		15 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 3:35 PM on 15 Aug 2008 Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) wrote a letter Friday to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne expressing "great concern" over the Bush administration's sneaky attack on the Endangered Species Act. The change would allow federal agencies to green-light many projects with no independent review of impact on endangered species -- which, uh, kind of defeats the purpose. Boxer asked that the feds &q ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, Department of Interior, endangered species, news, politics, regulation, US Senate (all these topics)

Darth Cheney Cheney's office censors CDC director's testimony on climate-related health threats	Joseph Romm	10 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The Center for American Progress Action Fund emails out a great daily report (sign up here). Today's subject is Dick Cheney's one Vader man war to use Jedi mind tricks censorship to keep the American public in the dark side on the dangers of climate change. In this case, he censored the testimony on the 'health threat posed by global warming' by Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last October. She had planned to say the ' ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, health, politics, White House (all these topics)

Cheney reaction Ex-EPA official details White House interference on climate action	Kate Sheppard	08 Jul 2008	Gristmill
In a letter [PDF] made public today, former deputy EPA administrator Jason Burnett indicates that both the Office of the Vice President and the Council on Environmental Quality have attempted to censor discussion of the consequences that global warming poses to human health. Burnett, who went public about the administration's obstruction after leaving the EPA in early June, detailed the interference in a letter to Environment and Public Works Chair Barbara B ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, jackassery, Muckraker, news, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Moyers talks to Boxer	David Roberts	28 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Wow, you kinda forget what good TV journalism looks like until you watch Bill Moyers. He makes the cable babblers look like children. Don't miss Moyers interviewing Barbara Boxer on the flame-out of the Climate Security Act. She's really quite good on this, but in the end, as much as I kind of regret saying it, I'm just not sure she has the centrist credibility to sell this program. It's not fair, but optics are optics, and D.C. is a shallow, silly place.
Topics: Barbara Boxer, legislation, politics, TV (all these topics)

So, what now? What we learned from the stymied Climate Security Act, and what comes next	Kate Sheppard	12 Jun 2008	Gristmill
After months of engine-revving, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act sputtered to a halt in the Senate last week. Now attention has turned to what was learned -- or wasn't -- and how things might play out the next time a climate bill makes it this far. Despite what looked from the outside like an unproductive and anticlimactic week of grandstanding and delays, the bill's sponsors emerged from the experience claiming sunny optimism about the future. 'It ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Money changes everything Everyone wants a piece of the climate bill pie	Joseph Romm	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The debate over the Climate Security Act bill has made it clear that trillions are at stake in global warming legislation. No surprise, then, that the Senate power brokers don't want Barbara Boxer's (D-Calif.) Environment and Public Works committee to have the only say on who gets what. E&E Daily ($ub. req'd) has the story of how the climate bill is likely to have a much longer and far more tangled journey next year:Next year's Senate climate debate is shaping up t ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

In the clearing stands a Boxer Boxer op-ed argues the Climate Security Act vote was a big step forward	Kate Sheppard	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) wrote an op-ed in today's San Jose Mercury News on the failed Climate Security Act that she championed in the Senate. In it, she argues that last week's vote was an important advancement. '[O]ur strong vote proves that we are moving in the right direction,' she writes. She also notes that other landmark environmental laws took quite a bit of time to pass: Our generation has been handed a tremendou ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Greening the evangelicals A new video about creation care	David Roberts	07 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Another sharp new piece from the American News Project:
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, elections, green living, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Global warming draws heat from Dems	Joseph Romm	03 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Here's an article out today from Roll Call ($ub. req'd), which has been covering Congress since 1955:In the heat of Monday afternoon, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) fumbled with her kickoff speech on global warming legislation as she tried to wax poetic about the need to save the planet, and the United States, from environmental disaster. Boxer couldn't find parts of her speech -- Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) leaned in to help at ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, gas prices, legislation, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Rallying for the Climate Security Act Boxer and friends rally in park for climate bill	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) hosted a press conference in a park outside the Capitol this afternoon to rally support for the Climate Security Act. Standing on a podium alongside other senators as well as reps from several green groups, religious organizations, labor unions, and businesses, Boxer called the bill 'long overdue.' Lieberman noted that climate change is 'another one of those challenges where the people are way a ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Gore at the right time America's climate guru issues statement of support for America's Climate Security Act	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is pretty jazzed about this statement of support for the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act that Al Gore released today: I want to commend Senator Boxer for her leadership of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Thanks to her vision and dedication, we have the first global warming bill in history that is comprehensive, bipartisan and that enjoys support across the country -- from labor and agriculture to the business and the e ...
Topics: Al Gore, Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Making radio waves Boxer gives Democratic radio address to rally support for Climate Security Act	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Sen. Babara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the floor manager of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, gave the Democratic radio address on Saturday. In it, she talked up the need for action on climate change now and why senators should support the bill. You can listen to the full address here. An excerpt: Senators have come together across party lines to write a law that will not only enable us to avoid the ravages of unchecked ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Just around the Warner Lieberman-Warner climate bill hitting the Senate floor	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
After months of hearings, haggling, and revision, a climate change bill will reach the floor of the Senate this week. The showdown over the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (CSA) marks the first time the full chamber has focused on a dedicated piece of global warming legislation since 2005, when the McCain-Lieberman climate bill was voted down for a second time. Sen. John McCain played a starring role in that episode. But it seems if he can't be the star, he ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Stonewall Johnson	David Roberts	28 May 2008	Gristmill
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Bush Era:
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, jackassery, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Boxer bill update Probably no U.S. CO2 emissions cuts from new Lieberman-Warner bill until after 2025	Joseph Romm	28 May 2008	Gristmill
I made a mistake about the Boxer substitute for the Lieberman-Warner bill. Every year, it allows enough offsets into the market to cover 30 percent of the total quantity of emissions allowances. I had said it was 15 percent, which was a loophole the size of the Gateway Arch. How big a loophole is 30 percent offsets? Wait and see. I had said the three offsets -- domestic, international, and international forestry -- could make up 15 percent of allowances because the ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, climate science, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Would Boxer's bill cut CO2 emissions by 2020? If cost-containment mechanisms in new climate bill are exploited, emissions could remain unchanged	Joseph Romm	27 May 2008	Gristmill
The short, snarky answer is 'No; Boxer-Lieberman-Warner is never going to become law.' The longer, analytical answer, which is the primary subject of this post, is 'probably not, thanks to the bill's many cost containment measures, but it would take us off the business-as-usual emissions path.' Before explaining why, let me make clear that the vote on B-L-W is purely symbolic, since it is DOA as a bill can be. Most of the media, most of the public, and most of th ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, climate change mitigation, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Full text drops Full text of the substitute amendment to Lieberman-Warner now available	Kate Sheppard	21 May 2008	Gristmill
The full-text of the amendment [PDF] to the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act is now available, which answers some of the outstanding questions stemming from the outline Sen. Boxer has been circulating. A few important areas to look at in the new version: Cost containment: This is the mechanism, also called an 'emergency off-ramp,' that will automatically release additional emission allowances onto the market to lower the price of carbon credits, should prices r ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Lieberman-Warner dolla billz How the $5.7 trillion in Boxer's proposed amendment would be spent	Kate Sheppard	21 May 2008	Gristmill
Barbara Boxer distributed this breakdown [PDF] yesterday detailing how the dolla billz will be spent in her proposed amendment to the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act. There are more than $6.7 trillion in carbon credit allowances and auction revenues that will be distributed over the life of the bill, and this shows where that goes. Feels a bit like Monopoly money, doesn't it?
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics)

In the ring Boxer on new L-W amendment: 'I think I have enough votes for the motion to proceed'	Kate Sheppard	20 May 2008	Gristmill
Barbara Boxer. Photo: Kevin Parry/ WireImage Environment and Public Works Chair Barbara Boxer held a press conference this afternoon to officially unveil the outline of her substitute amendment to the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act that she began circulating on the Hill last week. Speaking to collected members of the press, the senator stressed the differences between her amendment and the previous version of the bill and said she is hopeful that they ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (all these topics)

Boxer briefs Barbara Boxer circulates an outline of her amendment to Lieberman-Warner	Kate Sheppard	19 May 2008	Gristmill
On Friday, Senate Environment and Public Works chair Barbara Boxer released an outline of what promises to be the version of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act that actually gets debated and amended on the Senate floor in early June. David posted the full document summarizing the manager's amendment earlier today. It's only an outline, not the full text, but from a cursory glance, here are some significant differences from the previous incarnation of Lieberman-W ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Lieberman-Warner, new and ... different Sen. Boxer's summary of her Manager's Amendment to Lieberman-Warner	David Roberts	19 May 2008	Gristmill
On Friday, Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Barbara Boxer circulated a document summarizing her 'substitute amendment' to the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act. This is likely the version of the bill that will go to the floor. We'll post some analysis of how the bill has changed shortly, but for now, here's Boxer's entire summary (the full bill will likely be released later this week). Let us know what looks notable to you:
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, politics (all these topics)

21 questions Whitehouse and Boxer want answers from EPA's Johnson on Gade ouster	Kate Sheppard	13 May 2008	Gristmill
Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sent a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson today, calling for information about the circumstances surrounding the ouster of Mary Gade, the administrator of the agency's Midwest regional office. Gade was allegedly fired after attempting to force Dow Chemical to clean up dioxin pollution around the company's Midland, Mich., plant. Whitehouse and Boxer had 21 questions for Johnson regarding Gade ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, Muckraker, news, politics, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Missing Johnson EPW subcommittee seeks answers on politicization in EPA, gets few	Kate Sheppard	08 May 2008	Gristmill
The U.S. EPA is committed to transparency, representatives of the agency testified yesterday before a subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The hearing was called to look into recent allegations of politicization and secrecy within the agency. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson -- the man everyone wants to hear from on the subject -- didn't accept the invitation to attend, so George Gray, EPA assistant administrator for research and devel ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, Muckraker, news, politics, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, shenanigans, US EPA (all these topics)

Airport blogging Lots of important news on climate policy, hastily summarized	David Roberts	12 Mar 2008	Gristmill
I'm at the airport, using a painfully slow wi-fi connection, boarding in about 20 min., and the 'c' key on my keyboard is on the fritz and works about once every three times I hit it. (Just what you want before a liveblogging weekend!) However, there are a few key pieces of news I need to pass along. First, today Boxer's EPW committee had a hearing with big enviro groups about the effort to pass the Lieberman-Warner climate bill. She said that Reid had cleared her to ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Johnson Hangs Tough EPA chief won't back down on unpopular California auto-emissions decision		24 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 3:58 PM on 24 Jan 2008 U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson appeared before Senate Democrats today to defend his decision to deny California's auto-emissions waiver. Johnson stood his ground while senators assailed his decision as in the pocket of special interests, logic-defying, "shameful," "outrageous," "irresponsible," and "unconscionable." Respon ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, US EPA, US Senate (all these topics)

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