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Calling all radicals: unite for Kerry-Boxer

Content Keyword RSS — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:07:06 +0000

Cross-posted from Grist . As an activist who has been arrested for civil disobedience, organized national climate mobilizations, protested outside of coal plants and worked for Greenpeace, I am calling on my friends and colleagues to fight for the Kerry-Boxer “Clean Energy Jobs Act” and a strong global treaty in Copenhagen. On Monday Senator Barbara Boxer and Energy Secretary Steven Chu said there is a chance of passing a climate bill in Congress before the international talks in Copenhagen

Why I Must Defend Barbara Boxer

Content Keyword RSS — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:05:33 +0000

We’ve all heard about the little dust-up between Black Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Harry Alford and Democrat senator Barbara Boxer during an Environment & Public Works (EPW) hearing on “green” jobs. Boxer, the chairman of the EPW committee, was trying to refute a report commissioned by Alford’s organization stating that the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act — which I’ll call “cap-and-sap” — would actually cause a net reduction in jobs. So, marshalling her argumen

Senator Barbara Boxer Called Out on Racial Politics By Black Chamber of Commerce CEO Harry Alford

Content Keyword RSS — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:06:33 +0000

Black Chamber of Commerce, President and CEO Harry Alford accused Senator Boxer (D-CA) of playing race politics during an EPW Committee hearing on green jobs.