Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Barbara Boxer

Boxer’s Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport

By Elana Schor | Oct 1, 2009 | 2 Comments

Flanked by fellow Democrats, members of the military, and a crowd hoisting signs with buzzwords like "clean energy" and "green jobs," Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and John Kerry (D-MA) today released the first draft of their legislation to curb U.S. emissions and combat climate change. Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), center, and John Kerry (D-MA), left, […]

Boxer Reminds Metrolink: Train Crew Members Shouldn’t Ride Solo

By Elana Schor | Sep 21, 2009 | 3 Comments

The transportation spending bill passed by the Senate this week includes $50 million in rail safety grants sought in June by environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) — but the bill may not become law for months, and today Boxer told California’s Metrolink commuter rail that interim safety protections would have to stay in place. Flickr photo: ProKelly This […]

Boxer and Kerry: Climate Bill Delayed Again

By Damien Newton | Sep 1, 2009 | No Comments

Underscoring the growing intensity of the message war over climate change, Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) said in a joint statement yesterday afternoon that they would delay the unveiling of their carbon-emissions legislation until late September: Because of Senator Kennedy’s recent passing, Senator Kerry’s August hip surgery, and […]

Report: Boxer ‘Sympathetic to’ Backers of More Climate Money for Transit

By Elana Schor | Aug 14, 2009 | No Comments

As Barbara Boxer (D-CA) works on her upcoming climate change bill, the Senate environment committee chairman is "definitely looking at" a plan to give green transport 10 percent of the revenue generated from carbon emissions caps, according to a new report from BNA’s Transportation Watch. Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (Photo: Politics Now) […]

White House Staying Quiet For Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill

By Elana Schor | Jul 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

Delivering his climate-change message to Congress yesterday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned that fuel-efficiency advances secured by the Obama administration would not be enough to reduce emissions from transportation — not without encouraging Americans to drive less. Transportation Secretary LaHood said today he’ll weigh in later on climate-change money for transit. (Photo: HillBuzz) But when […]

Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages

By Elana Schor | Jul 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

An 18-month extension of existing transportation law cleared the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today, but not before spirited debate on a proposal billed as a compromise with House members who remain strongly opposed to the Senate’s stopgap. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chairman of theSenate environment committee (Photo: Politics Now) The "clean" re-upping of the […]

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