"Boxer Loses Key Committee Staffer, Cap-And-Trade Expert"

"The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is hemorrhaging staff as it faces a critical test in the coming weeks to pass a comprehensive global warming bill.

One of the country's leading experts on environmental legislation resigned Friday to join U.S. EPA as a senior counsel on climate and air pollution issues."

Darren Samuelsohn reports for ClimateWire in the New York Times October 6, 2009.