McClatchy Newspapers: Senator Boxer Plans Senate Hearings on Global Warming

[DeepModem Mom]

Boxer plans Senate hearings on global warming
By Margaret Talev
McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - Automakers and manufacturers, beware: There's a new environmental policy boss in town, she scowls a lot, and two of her favorite phrases are "global warming" and "extensive hearings."

The Democrats' coming takeover of Congress is expected to feel pressure for policy change on a number of fronts, from Iraq to taxes, but the starkest change may come at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, when Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., will surrender the gavel to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. Her appointment was announced Tuesday, but won't take effect until January.

Inhofe rejects a wide scientific consensus that human use of fossil fuels is largely responsible for catastrophic climate change, calling it "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." He's accused environmental activists of exploiting people's fears to raise money. And he's blocked legislation aimed at curbing global warming.

Boxer, in contrast, is a fiercely liberal environmental activist. She has railed against Inhofe, crusaded for cleaner drinking water and led wilderness protection efforts in her home state and for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Her likely counterparts in the House of Representatives - Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., incoming chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., of the Resources Committee - are less sympathetic to environmentalists. Dingell's constituents include the auto industry, and Rahall's include the coal industry. Then too, of course, George W. Bush remains president, and he's not exactly a global-warming crusader, either....

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/16012407.htm

[barb162]

1. wonderful, maybe we can save this planet yet

[lutefisk]

2. If we spent $2 billion a week working on how to save the planet...

...I think we might have a chance. The problem is, what could we cut in the federal budget to come up with $2 billion a week? Hmmmmm???

[leftchick]

3. well it is a start

better late than never I hope.

[bemildred]

4. Now there is an idea.

Why didn't anyone think of this before?

[buddysmellgood]

5. Boxer Rocks! This will set the stage for drafting Gore.

[SutaUvaca]

6. Finally, one anti-science bum shown the door! n/t

[Marnieworld]

7. Thank Darwin! Science prevails!

Inhofe is the same internet=tubes guy right? Why in the hell does he even have a job let alone is a Senator?

[undeterred]

8. Imhofe is a moron.

[Irishonly]

13. You Are So Right

I heard Inhove this morning and I can't believe the stupidity that rolls out of his mouth. I was so frustrated with the nitwit that was doing the interview because he allowed the lies to go on and on. The "hard" question was about Bush's statement about environmental warming and then no follow up at all.

[newyawker99]

14. Hi Irishonly!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Irishonly]

15. Thank you

I am so glad I finally stopped lurking and joined. LOL I absolutely love it here.

[mcg]

9. Senator Boxer's Environmental Record and Positions

< Meet the New Boss, NOT the Same as the Old Boss!

http://boxer.senate.gov/issues/environment/

[johnnyrocket]

10. God, isn't it all just COMMON SENSE! What a breath of fresh air!

Literally!

[enough already]

11. Is it possible to bring Kyoto back up for a vote?

just wondering.

[IndianaGreen]

12. Boxer should have Tony Blair as a witness

Blair knows that global warming is a fact and that the UK is already feeling its effects.