Breaking: Senator Boxer (D-CA) announces no global warming legislation in 2009

[kgrandia]

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, held a press conference this morning to release her principles for global warming legislation (PDF). At the press conference, Boxer laid out a timetable that wouldn't see a climate change bill passed until early 2010.

More: http://www.desmogblog.com/senator-boxer-climate-change-bill-no-go-2009

[xxqqqzme]

1. That's when she's up for re-election.

[villager]

2. because of course, we can just keep waiting...

n/t

[rurallib]

3. wait til the fire gets real close before you attack it.

[kestrel91316]

4. Well, the way things are going it's probably all pointless anyway.

That snowball took off down the mountain a while back. We have already fucked up Planet Earth to the point where most higher life forms are doomed.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. heh heh Define "higher"

:rofl:

If we are including human beings, it is not only the "Higher" life forms that are doomed.

[OKIsItJustMe]

10. Taking no action is not an option.

If we take action, we may easily not be completely successful.

We have the ability to make matters much worse. We also have the ability to make things better than they would be with no action.

If you care about future generations, and other species, inaction is just not acceptable.

[pinto]

6. “Obama can get a better climate bill in 2010. Here’s how.” - Joe Romm, Climate Progress

This timetable should be no surprise to CP readers. As I’ve said for a while, Obama should realize a 2009 bill is not possible, make lemon out of lemonade, and use this year to build domestic support for the bill, take strong actions on energy and climate that don’t require congressional approval, and engage in high-level climate negotiations with China (see “Obama can get a better climate bill in 2010. Here’s how.” and “Does a serious bill need action from China?“).

http://climateprogress.org/2009/02/03/sen-barbara-boxer-global-warming-legislation-principles/#more-4794

http://climateprogress.org/2009/01/26/obama-better-global-warming-bill-2010-salon/

[hatrack]

7. No worries! Plenty of time! Relax! No biggie! Don't strain yourselves!

:eyes:

[quidam56]

8. Where did her outrage go from the TVA Coal Ash Spill ???

STOP THE BOMBING IN APPALACHIA. http://www.wisecountyissues.com It's TOXIC TERRORISM !

[OKIsItJustMe]

9. Contact Info (If you're one of her constituents, please, give her a call!)

http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/offices/dc.cfm

Washington, D.C.
112 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
[phone]
[phone] fax
[phone] TTY

E-mail link.
https://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm

When the phone rings, politicians tend to listen.