{"id":2562,"date":"2010-07-20T14:42:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T19:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2013-11-21T12:14:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T17:14:04","slug":"from-the-blogosphere-new-green-jobs-a-proposal-on-low-carbon-fuel-standards-and-votevets-supports-clean-energy-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/07\/20\/from-the-blogosphere-new-green-jobs-a-proposal-on-low-carbon-fuel-standards-and-votevets-supports-clean-energy-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"From the blogosphere: new green jobs, a proposal on low carbon fuel standards, and VoteVets supports clean energy legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2010\/07\/stimulus-bill-create-1-million-green-jobs-cea.php\">Treehugger<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/07\/18\/2-5-to-3-6-million-jobs-created-or-saved-by-recovery-act-many-in-clean-energy\/\">CleanTechnica<\/a> both wrote on the new Council on Economic Advisors report finding that nearly 1 million new jobs were created by the stimulus bill, and \u201cone of the areas where Recovery Act funds are stimulating the most private investment is the clean energy sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to reports that senators are considering adding a low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) into the pending climate and energy bill, Michael Levi blogged about what impact this might have on the legislation, potential obstacles and opportunities. While he <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cfr.org\/levi\/2010\/07\/20\/a-low-carbon-fuel-standard-could-be-ugly\">lauds the goal of reducing emissions, he recommends<\/a> adding a price ceiling on the tradable permits refiners, blenders, and importers would be required to hold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-07-19-clean-energy-legislation-america-mission-military\/\">Grist posted the new ad from VoteVets<\/a>, in which Brigadier Gen. Steven Anderson, \u201cwho served under Gen. 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