Thank the Goddess.
EEI reports that: Sen. Boxer Says Her Top Priority Will Be Climate Change Next Year
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., the incoming chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, has declared that focusing on climate change will be her number one priority during the new session of Congress that will begin in January, the Fresno Bee reported.
Wrote the Bee: "Citing California's own recent moves to combat greenhouse gas emissions, Boxer announced plans to conduct oversight hearings and move legislation in the 110th Congress that begins in January. Her predecessor as committee chairman, Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, blocked legislation and repeatedly cast doubts about whether the Earth really is heating up."
Boxer leveled a charge against Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Calif., the outgoing chairman of the House Resources Committee, as an "obstacle" to pro-environment legislation. Pombo was defeated in his bid for reelection.
Fresno Bee , Nov. 10.
It's also nice to see that climate change deniers such as Pombo got beat. I don't claim that his opposition to, you know, science was the main reason for his defeat, but I do believe that we've reached a point where obstructing legislation designed to save the environment is going to hurt, rather than help, political careers, regardless of party.
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Barbara Boxer is a progressive who knows how to speak to red-state types: I've seen it in action. She is a force to be reckoned with. Therefore, expect the slur-campaign against her to begin soon.
If she can survive it, we Dems. should nominate her for Pres. in 2008. Although someone suggested that Sebelius would be a good choice ...
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