An E.P.A. draft rule that includes indirect land use changes to calculate ethanol’s greenhouse gas emissions is winning no fans in the ethanol industry. “Corn-based ethanol is a bridge…to the next generation of fuels,” said head E.P.A. administrator, Lisa Jackson.

The E.P.A. ruling cost at least one Democratic representative’s support for climate legislation.

Representative Henry Waxman (D - California) says he still hopes to have his energy bill out of committee and onto the House floor by the end of the month.

Still mired in the details of an energy bill, the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced the modest victory of a “cash for clunkers” provision.

The Obama administration decided not to seek an immediate phase out of hydrofluorocarbons but will address their fate during climate negotiations in Copenhagen at the end of the year.

The White House is committed to “a low-carbon strategy for long-term net emissions reductions by 2050,” but has not released specifics on how to achieve this goal.

A new report outlines the clean energy incentives available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by company and project type rather than by policy.

Green jobs are here, they are real, and the sector is growing with the help of stimulus money.

A new Center for American Progress Action Fund video details some of the difficulties of forming a union and explains how the Employee Free Choice Act cold help overcome them.

Local Green: Midwestern governors are touting the job growth potential for their states at the WINDPOWER 2009 conference in Chicago, where over 1,000 companies from nearly 50 countries have gathered this week.

Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson says he hopes to gain Republican support for his clean energy agenda by approving one of the two new coal fired plants that Sunflower Electric wanted to build.

–Christopher Greenspan

Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Biofuels, Cash For Clunkers, Clean energy Incentives, Employee Free Choice Act, Ethanol, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Henry Waxman, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Hydrofluorocarbons, Midwest, WINDPOWER 2009

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