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Tracking Lieberman-Warner
High brow |
Brian Beutler |
05 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I'm pretty sure Barbara Boxer just told a fart joke. |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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Tracking Lieberman-Warner
Boxer's opening statement |
Brian Beutler |
05 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Senators' opening statements are almost always fairly predictable, and, save for Sanders' there were no surprises today. But chair Boxer's opening statement is reprinted below the fold. My colleagues: I express to you my deep gratitude that we have gotten to this day with a very strong bi-partisan bill that, by any standard of what is possible, passes the test with flying colors. For that, I once again thank from the bottom of my heart, Senators Lieberman and Warne ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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Tracking Lieberman-Warner: A friendly spin?
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Brian Beutler |
15 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA): 'This bill provides billions of dollars for coal. It's like a Manhattan Project for coal.' Noted without comment. |
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| Topics: energy, climate, legislation, politics, Barbara Boxer (all these topics) |
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Tracking Lieberman-Warner: First full committee hearing
America's Climate Security Act goes before Boxer's Environment Committee |
Brian Beutler |
08 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Well, so much for enjoying Boxer's continued grilling. Early in the hearing, after one brief but blistering round of questions, she had to depart for votes on the Senate floor. She passed the gavel down to Joe Lieberman, who also had to leave, and down it went until it reached Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who closed up the hearing -- a brief one by Senate standards. Sanders remains the only member of the committee asking serious questions about renewable energy. He pokes ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, energy, James Inhofe, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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Tracking Lieberman-Warner: First full committee hearing
America's Climate Security Act goes before Boxer's Environment Committee |
Brian Beutler |
08 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Today is the first hearing on the Lieberman-Warner climate bill in the full Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). Now that we're out of subcommittee, the expert witnesses aren't all cleverly selected special guests of the bill's authors. So we're hearing, right now, from people like Anne E. Smith, vice president of CRA International, which represents some, shall we say, unsavory anti-environmental companies. This is not ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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Meltdown
Boxer vs Inhofe, round 2: The Rumble in Rayburn |
Adam Browning |
29 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| If you will recall, the first round of their schoolyard squabble, on the occasion of Inhofe's filibustering of Gore's attempts to answer his questions, ended with a crushing uppercut by Boxer: Committee chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) finally intervened. "Would you agree to let the Vice President answer your questions?" Inhofe said Gore could respond when he was done talking, but Boxer wouldn't have it: "No, that isn't the rule. You're not making th ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, James Inhofe, politics (all these topics) |
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Boxer Sticks It to Johnson
Senate hearing probes EPA chief's delay on tailpipe decision |
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27 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Boxer Sticks It to Johnson Senate hearing probes EPA chief's delay on tailpipe decision Can U.S. states enact stricter tailpipe regulations than the feds? That question has been hovering in the air since California requested a waiver from the U.S. EPA in late 2005. Why no answer yet? At a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing yesterda ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, California, cars, climate, Congress, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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15 Green Politicians
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26 Jun 2007 |
Main Dish |
| From mayors to heads of state, politicians the world over are going green. Check out our list of top achievers, then tell us which political leaders you'd nominate in the comments section at the bottom of the page. Photo: Thomas Hawk via Flickr Arnold Schwarzenegger The Governator has truly pumped up environmental action in California. He made the state a global leader on climate change by signing into law the landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which ... |
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| Topics: Angela Merkel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Boxer, international politics, lists, local politics, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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Schwarzenegger doesn't like having Johnson in his face
Legally speaking |
David Roberts |
26 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| California is threatening to sue the U.S. EPA for obstructionism. You'll recall that the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled decisively that CO2 is a pollutant under the Clean Air Act, and that implementing restrictions on vehicle CO2 emissions does not abrogate the DOT's authority to set fuel-efficiency standards. That ruling pretty well destroys the legal basis for the lawsuits automakers have filed against Calif. and other states adopting tough vehicle emissions st ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, California, Congress, politics, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Boxer discusses global warming
Video, yo |
David Roberts |
25 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Here's Sen. Barbara Boxer (most appropriately named!), discussing global warming at the National Press Club (for 25 min.). Good stuff: (h/t: Hugg) |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, politics (all these topics) |
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The Goracle
Gore gets a warm welcome on Capitol Hill, and a few heated exchanges |
Amanda Griscom Little |
22 Mar 2007 |
Muckraker |
| Exhibiting a curious mixture of nostalgia and irreverence, Al Gore returned to the halls of Congress yesterday to make the case for sweeping federal action to fight global warming. Buoyed by his recent Academy Award triumph, Gore testified at hearings in both the House and the Senate. Audiences of hundreds lined the oak-paneled walls of the hearing rooms, crowded the aisles, ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barbara Boxer, climate, climate change mitigation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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Al Gore's testimony to the Senate
Liveblogging is the new black |
David Roberts |
21 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Gore is just arriving at the Senate. The cameras are clicking! The crowd is buzzing! David is liveblogging! Join me below the fold. Sen. Boxer is looking quite stylish, no? Rules are being introduced. Hopefully it won't take 15 minutes like in the House. Uh oh. Inhofe's going already. Whining about getting the testimony late. Whining about the record. Whining about how much time he gets. Wow, it's clear that Inhofe and Boxer loathe one another. And ... now ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barbara Boxer, climate, Congress, James Inhofe, politics (all these topics) |
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The Hill Is Alive With the Sound of Musing
Pelosi and Boxer aim to green Capitol Hill |
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06 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Hill Is Alive With the Sound of Musing Pelosi and Boxer aim to green Capitol Hill Tired of talking the energy-efficiency talk in an eco-unfriendly setting, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Barbara Boxer (both D-Calif.) are aiming to green Capitol Hill. On Friday, Pelosi wrote a letter directing the House chief administrative officer to look into implementing &qu ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, energy, energy efficiency, legislation, Nancy Pelosi, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Boxer v. Inhofe
Beware the stupid, it burns |
David Roberts |
07 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Sens. Barbara Boxer and James Inhofe, chair and ranking minority member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, respectively, debate global warming on Larry King's show. Warning: mild-to-intense discomfort may be experienced upon exposure. (via Hugg) |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, James Inhofe (all these topics) |
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Schwarzenegger is having his hair done that day
Ouch |
David Roberts |
01 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Sen. Barbara Boxer invited the Governator to testify to the EPW committee about his state's global warming regulations, but he ... had urgent matters to attend to. 'Meetings he can't miss,' as it happens.Would you want to get stuck between Boxer and Inhofe if you agreed with the former and shared a party with the latter? |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Boxer, James Inhofe (all these topics) |
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Barbara Boxer outlines 2007 agenda
Looks good |
Jason D Scorse |
27 Dec 2006 |
Gristmill |
| File under 'why elections matter.' After listening to this, I was struck by two things: It feels great to know that even though I might not agree with everything the Democrats are going to do with respect to the environment, at least now there are people in charge with the public interest in mind. With the Democrats' current momentum, if they can win the presidency in 2008 and increase their Congressional majorities, the next 3-5 years could be truly monumental ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer (all these topics) |
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The Boxer rebellion
Barbara Boxer is sweet talking us |
David Roberts |
06 Dec 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Man oh man, I sure do like what I'm hearing from incoming Senate EPW Committee chair Barbara Boxer. There's this: "Any kind of weakening of environmental laws or secrecy or changes in the dead of night -- it's over," Boxer said. "We're going to for once, finally, make this committee an environment committee, not an anti-environment committee. ... This is a sea change that is coming to this committee." And then there's this: Sen. Barbara ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, politics (all these topics) |
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A Capitol Idea
How green will the 110th Congress be? |
Amanda Griscom Little |
17 Nov 2006 |
Muckraker |
| "You'd have to go back to the Enlightenment to see such a big change in worldviews." That's how Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook characterized the environmental shift coming to Congress after the Democrats' triumph over the GOP last week. Barbara Boxer. Photo: Kevin Parry/ WireImage But, hyperbole aside, what victories can enviros realistically expect on Capitol Hill over the next t ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, Congress, Muckraker, Nancy Pelosi, politics (all these topics) |
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Terminal Billness
Senate quashes emissions caps and state authority over LNG terminals |
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23 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Terminal Billness Senate quashes emissions caps and state authority over LNG terminals The Senate voted yesterday to reject a measure that would have given governors more power over the siting of terminals for tankers carrying liquefied natural gas. The Bush administration has pushed for total federal control over LNG terminal sites, while many state officials -- including Califo ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Boxer, energy, natural gas, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Johnson Blocking
Democratic Senators stall confirmation of new EPA head |
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07 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Johnson Blocking Democratic Senators stall confirmation of new EPA head When President Bush chose 24-year U.S. EPA veteran, scientist, and all-around mild-mannered dude Stephen Johnson to head the agency, observers expected no controversy. But Johnson's ongoing confirmation hearings are proving them wrong. It seems those pesky Democrats can always find something to complain about -- like, um, poisoning child ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, news, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Lettuce Study This More
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28 Apr 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Lettuce Study This More A toxic chemical used in rocket fuel was found in four of 22 winter lettuce samples purchased at Northern California grocery stores, according to a report by the Environmental Working Group. The lettuce contaminated with perchlorate, a hormone disrupter, was traced to farms in Southern California and Arizona tha ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, Barbara Boxer, California, Colorado River, Environmental Working Group, Harry Reid, toxics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Boxer Rebellion
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06 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Boxer Rebellion President Bush scored a victory yesterday when the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved his plan to store highly radioactive nuclear waste beneath Nevada's Yucca Mountain, but he was challenged by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on other environmental ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, Jay Inslee, logging, Nevada, nuclear power, politics, pollution and waste, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics, United States, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Boxer Takes Off Her Gloves
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12 Apr 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Boxer Takes Off Her Gloves Senate Democrats accused the Bush administration yesterday of slowing the pace of toxic waste cleanups under the Superfund program as a favor to industry, which historically has picked up most of the tab for the costly cleanups. A Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee asked Superfund officials to explain why the administration dropped 25 sites from the cleanup list this year ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, Congress, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Boxer Comes Out Swinging
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28 Jun 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Boxer Comes Out Swinging The Natural Resources Defense Council said it would file a lawsuit today against the U.S. EPA for ignoring a congressional deadline to have a plan in place by last Friday to reduce arsenic levels in drinking water. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said she and several other senators would file papers in support of the NRDC lawsuit. In March, the Bush administration suspended ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, NRDC, politics, toxics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Boxer Rebellion
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26 Mar 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Boxer Rebellion Democrats say that President Bush's recent moves to roll back environmental protections have given them their first rallying point since Bush took office. "We believe that George W. Bush has declared war on the environment," said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) last week. Mark Mellman, a leading Democratic pollster, said, "I think Bush is in the process of creating a political disaster fo ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, George Bush, politics (all these topics) |
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