Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Barbara Boxer

“Environmental Champion” Boxer Delays Climate Bill Until Fall

By Elana Schor | Jul 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

This was supposed to be a big week for action on climate change in the Senate — but it’s ending with Republicans rubbing their hands in glee as the Environment and Public Works Committee delays its unveiling of legislation on carbon emissions. Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (Photo: AP) As Reuters reports this […]

EPA Okays Stronger Auto Emissions Standards Now in CA, 13 Other States

By Elana Schor | Jun 30, 2009 | 2 Comments

(Photo: theweeklydriver.com) The Environmental Protection Agency today granted California’s request for a waiver allowing greater limits on auto tailpipe emissions, a move that effectively speeds up the phasing-in of the Obama administration’s fuel-efficiency standards in as many as 13 other states. The EPA billed its decision, which was widely expected and fulfills a campaign promise […]

Boxer: Forget Transportation Bill, Work with Me on Something Else

By Elana Schor | Jun 25, 2009 | 4 Comments

"Defender of the Environment" Boxer doesn’t want reforms or debate over gas tax increases to hold up transportation bill; but does favor an eighteen month delay. Photo: SteveRhodes/Flickr Green transportation advocates are pressing Congress to refuse any new spending that’s not tied to reform of the existing system — a call that influential senators in […]

Oberstar’s New Transportation Bill: Get The Highlights

By Elana Schor | Jun 18, 2009 | No Comments

(editor’s note: Elana Schor has done yeoman’s work analyzing the newly released white paper from Congressman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) which very well could end up being the framework for the next authorization of the Federal Transportation Trust Fund. Oberstar’s work on this issue really puts the "work" done by the Chair of the Senate Transportation […]

Boxer Thrilled Obama Wants Delay on Federal Transportation Bill

By Elana Schor | Jun 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee and a key player in the federal transportation re-write, just released a statement hailing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s call for an 18-month extension of the existing transport law: I am very pleased that the White House is being proactive in working with the […]

Boxer: Collect Fees on Driving Through ‘Honor System’

By Ben Fried | May 11, 2009 | 4 Comments

Another must-read from last week’s Reuters Infrastructure Summit: Barbara Boxer, who as Chair of the Senate’s Transportation Committee will be responsible for shepherding the next transportation bill through the Senate, says she’s open to a mileage tax and to indexing the gas tax to inflation to generate new revenue. It’s great to hear a legislator […]

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