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Results for People: Barbara Boxer
 Ross Gelbspan |
   Newsweek Chronicles the Long, Relentless History of Climate Denialists5 Aug 07
If you think those who have long challenged the mainstream scientific findings about global warming recognize that the game is over, think again. The denial machine is running at full throttle -- and continuing to shape both government policy and public opinion.
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 Kevin Grandia |
  Senate Committee debates climate change action costs today9 May 07
Its refreshing to see the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee moving on from a debate over whether global warming is a hoax, to one of what to do about ever-increasing US greenhouse gas emissions. Today the hearing was on the subject of “Emerging Technologies and Practices for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions.” |
 Jim Hoggan |
  James Inhofe: The Senator for Suspect Science27 Mar 07
Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe got so beligerent with former Vice-President Al Gore at the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works last week that new Chair Barbara Boxer had to cut him off (check out the video at the end of this post). That, presumably, is because Senator Inhofe is accustomed to a different quality of input in testimony before this committee. When he was chair, he preferred likeminded lobbyists (Joseph Bast, Heartland Institute, testimony here) and fiction writers (Michael Chrichton, testimony here) as witnesses to committee hearings. |
 Bill Miller |
 California touts new warming law as boon to economy2 Mar 07
As coal-state officials struggle over growing demand for lower carbon emissions, California lawmakers told a Senate hearing in Washington, D.C. their legislation to cut carbon-dioxide output to 1990 levels by 2020 is predicted to bring $60 billion and 80,000 new jobs to the state economy. |
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Ross Gelbspan |
Is 2007 Bringing Us A "Do-Something" Congress?4 Jan 07
House Democrats are crafting an energy package that would roll back billions of dollars worth of oil drilling incentives, raise billions more by boosting federal royalties paid by oil and gas companies for offshore production, and plow the money into new tax breaks for renewable energy sources.
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