[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Senator Barbara Boxer is forming "climate change caucus" in the Senate

[Gerry Gras]

FYI,

Since I sent this email, I received another email which
included this link:
 
http://grist.org/news/sen-boxer-to-form-congressional-climate-change-caucus-which-should-do-the-trick/

It points out that there are many (over 200 at least)
congressional caucuses, including a Congressional Climate Caucus.

And then I found this:
https://forms.house.gov/olver/climatechange/members.html
which is about the caucus for the 109th Congress, i.e. old.

So maybe Boxer's announcement is insignificant because
caucuses don't mean much.  Or maybe Boxer's announcement
is significant because of what she says in the articles
below.

Gerry


Gerry Gras wrote:
>
> Below is an email I received on another list about Barbara
> Boxer forming a climate change caucus.  Yay!
>
> The bottom of the email refers to a Senate Climate Caucus.
> I'm not sure that's how it works.  For example the
> Congressional Progressive Caucus has members from both
> sides of Congress.  (Bernie Sanders is the only Senate member.)
> http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71&sectiontree=2,71
>
> Gerry
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
>  From The Hill's Energy & Environment blog:
> http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/272273-sen-boxer-to-form-climate-change-caucus
>
>
> A bit more context from Nation of Change:
> http://www.nationofchange.org/senator-boxer-creates-first-us-climate-change-caucus-1355582707
>
>
> Sen. Boxer deserves our praise.  We should also encourage Sen. Feinstein
> to join it, and our House members either to form a similar one in the
> House or join the Senate's Climate Change Caucus.
>