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- Boxer still opposes lifting offshore oil drilling moratorium
- EMERYVILLE -- U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama don't quite see eye-to-eye on offshore oil drilling, she said Tuesday. Boxer, D-Calif., said she understands that, as a presidential candidate, Obama would want "to have a far-reaching energy policy" and that "he'd be willing...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- EPA orders staff not to answer watchdog
- WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency has told its staff not to answer questions from the agency's internal watchdog, news reporters or the nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress, according an internal memo that an environmental group released Monday. The June 16 memo to the staff of the EPA's...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Cheney blocked testimony on public health dangers of global warming
- WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney's office last year blocked testimony on how global warming endangers public health, a former Environmental Protection Agency official said Tuesday. It was the strongest evidence yet of White House efforts to censor data on climate change. Jason Burnett, former...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- Cheney blocked testimony on public health dangers of global warming
- WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney's office last year blocked testimony on how global warming endangers public health, a former Environmental Protection Agency official said Tuesday. It was the strongest evidence yet of White House efforts to censor data on climate change. Jason Burnett, former...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- Capping greenhouse gas emissions: the U.S. Senate plans to consider climate change legislation on greenhouse gas emissions this summer
- The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) announced that the Senate plans to take up a climate change bill, America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191), after the Memorial Day recess. The bill would impose a cap on greenhouse gas emissions and set up a...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Warming bill will pass, says Boxer
- WASHINGTON -- Leaders from more than a dozen U.S. environmental groups stood beside Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., in solidarity Wednesday when she announced that the Senate will have a good chance in June to strengthen and pass a landmark bill to slash greenhouse- gas emissions. Boxer, who'll...
- Research articles 2008-03-13
- EPA chief defends ruling on emissions
- WASHINGTON -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday defended his decision to turn down California's landmark bid to regulate vehicle emissions during a contentious Senate hearing. On the same day, 16 senators launched a rare effort to reverse that decision through legislation. Stephen Johnson,...
- Research articles 2008-01-25
- EPA chief defends ruling on emissions
- WASHINGTON -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday defended his decision to turn down California's landmark bid to regulate vehicle emissions during a contentious Senate hearing. On the same day, 16 senators launched a rare effort to reverse that decision through legislation. Stephen Johnson,...
- Research articles 2008-01-25
- EPA chief defends emissions ruling
- WASHINGTON -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday defended his decision to turn down California's landmark bid to regulate vehicle emissions during a contentious Senate hearing. On the same day, 16 senators launched a rare effort to reverse that decision through legislation. Stephen Johnson,...
- Research articles 2008-01-25
- EPA chief defends emissions ruling
- WASHINGTON -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday defended his decision to turn down California's landmark bid to regulate vehicle emissions during a contentious Senate hearing. On the same day, 16 senators launched a rare effort to reverse that decision through legislation. Stephen Johnson,...
- Research articles 2008-01-25
- EPA emissions ruling defended
- WASHINGTON -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday defended his decision to turn down California's landmark bid to regulate vehicle emissions during a contentious Senate hearing. On the same day, 16 senators launched a rare effort to reverse that decision through legislation. Stephen Johnson,...
- Research articles 2008-01-25
- Amnesia tale is forgettable; cinema SOUTHLAND TALES
- (15, 144 mins) Reviled by many when it premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, Richard Kelly's ambitious science fiction fantasy has been trimmed by some 16 minutes, but still makes little sense. It's 2008 and the Third World War III has begun, forcing the US government to seize control...
- Research articles 2007-12-07
- Senate tackling global warming
- WASHINGTON -- After 20 hearings and countless speeches on the Senate floor warning of the risks of failure, a key committee starts work today on historic legislation to dramatically reduce global warming. It's a tall order. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's chair, Sen. Barbara Boxer,...
- Research articles 2007-12-05
- Poll finds governor, Boxer in dead heat
- SACRAMENTO -- It's a political throw-down that probably will never happen never say never, but that's not about to stop political junkies from speculating (OK, dreaming): Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Hollywood star-turned GOP governor and global- warming crusader, taking on Sen. Barbara Boxer, the scrappy, liberal, three-term Democrat. ...
- Research articles 2007-10-31
- Boxer slams toned-down testimony
- WASHINGTON -- Two chairmen of key committees in the House and Senate on Wednesday criticized the White House for editing testimony from a government expert about the health impacts of global warming and demanded documents involving the testimony he provided to Congress. "I am deeply concerned that...
- Research articles 2007-10-25
- Price of water projects elicits White House ire
- WASHINGTON -- San Joaquin Valley fish, wildlife and levees could benefit from a massive water projects bill now moving toward Senate passage. With a $14 billion price tag, the water bill already has drawn grumblings from a budget-conscious White House. But with pent-up political demand and loads...
- Research articles 2007-05-17
- Price of water projects elicits White House ire
- WASHINGTON -- San Joaquin Valley fish, wildlife and levees could benefit from a massive water projects bill now moving toward Senate passage. With a $14 billion price tag, the water bill already has drawn grumblings from a budget-conscious White House. But with pent-up political demand and loads...
- Research articles 2007-05-17
- Senator Barbara Boxer Returns to Town Hall Los Angeles on Monday April 2nd
- United States Senator Barbara Boxer (California - D) will speak with Town Hall Los Angeles on Monday, April 2, 2007 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Angelenos have the opportunity to ask their Senator questions during Town Hall's eponymous question and answer session. Boxer's appearance...
- Research articles 2007-03-22
- Lawmakers Criticize Bush EPA Budget Proposal
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> The Bush administration's plan to cut some $500 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's budget shortchanges vital environmental programs and is unacceptable, members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee told the agency chief on Wednesday. EPA Administrator...
- Research articles 2007-03-08
- Sen. Barbara Boxer vows to prioritize storm protection funding in
- Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., promised to revive the $7.3- billion Water Resources Development Act now stalled in committee and move it into the Senate by the end of March. The promise came at the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing held in New Orleans Feb. 26....
- Research articles 2007-03-05
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