Boxer introduces Web site to help consumers fight global warming

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Boxer introduces Web site to help consumers fight global warming
By David Whitney
McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - Want to know how you can help reduce global warming? Sen. Barbara Boxer is here to help.

The California Democrat, chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced at a National Press Club speech Wednesday that she has prepared a committee Web site to help you determine how big of a polluter you are and how you can reduce carbon dioxide emissions that are trapping heat and turning the Earth into a hothouse.

Among the tips: If every household in the country were to replace just one of those hot-burning incandescent light bulbs with a more expensive - but much longer lasting - energy-saving compact fluorescent bulb, the collective effort would be the equivalent of taking 6.3 million cars off the road.

"Every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of CO2 out of the atmosphere," the Web site advises.

Boxer's committee has been holding hearings in advance of writing legislation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. She declined Wednesday to predict when major legislation would be ready, saying that it will come as soon as she has the votes.

But it's looking better all the time, Boxer said. All of the panel's Democrats lined up behind legislation, and Boxer said three committee Republicans now are behind legislation to cut carbon emissions.

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Thanks for the link. I went to the website and calculated my carbon footprint. I will have to go back again with a better estimate of my utilty bills, but it was fun for a quick run through.:thumbsup: