Senator Barbara Boxer, at Y2E2, says she will not back off supporting environmental initiatives

Heather Bischel, a PhD student in environmental sciences, explains her work to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Jerry Yang of Yahoo! at the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building. Looking on is her adviser, Professor Richard Luthy, the Silas H. Palmer Professor of Civil Engineering and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment.