Environmentalists Excited About New EPW Chair

As the new Democratic Congress gets ready to take power and assigns committee chairs, environmentalists breath a sigh of relief as Democratic Californian Senator Barbara Boxer announces some of her plans for once she takes her place as Chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee.

Senator Boxer announced in a press conference, "Any kind of weakening of environmental laws or secrecy or changes in the dead of night--it's over. We're going to for once, finally, make this committee an environment committee, not an anti-environment committee." She plans to push for federal legislation similar to the Californian law fighting global warming.

After years of Republican control of Congress, environmentalists are excited to see Democrats who share their environmental beliefs in power. As the environmental blog Gristmill declared, "I heart me some Babs.".