Barbara Boxer
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The Climate Post: Amidst a giant snowstorm, 2010 declared hottest year ever
With snow in every state but Florida (yes, even Hawaii), the NOAA just announced 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year for global temperature.
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Who is standing against polluters and for clean air?
Several Democratic senators have taken a hard-line stand against proposals to limit the EPA's ability to protect public health.
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The top five stories of the year for climate hawks
Here are the top stories that mattered for climate hawks this year. Some of them aren't even depressing!
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The Climate Post: Earth will take 100,000 years to recover from the midterms' effects on climate
Nothing ruins the opportunity of stopping climate change like Speaker of the House John Boehner. Plus, the Leaf's batteries and Alaska's gas problem.
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California exceptionalism or a rising green tide? [UPDATED]
The defeat of Prop 23, which would have suspended California's landmark climate law, marked the emergence of a bipartisan, enviro-business coalition.
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California wins a clean energy and climate trifecta
California is the only place in the country where climate and clean energy activists aggressively pushed their message -- and it worked.
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Highlights from our chat with reporter Ryan Lizza on Senate climate politics
A big Grist thanks to reporter Ryan Lizza, author of the magisterial recent piece in The New Yorker on the death of the climate bill in the Senate, for stopping by to chat with us yesterday. The entire (two-hour!) transcript is still up, but here are a few highlights.
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Six Senate races that are critical to the climate fight
There are six key Senate races in which a strong vote for climate action runs a serious risk of being replaced by a global-warming denier.
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Carly Fiorina fumbles on Prop 23 issue during California Senate debate
In her first debate with Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina couldn't give a straightforward answer to the simple question of whether she supported Prop 23.