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New bipartisan legislation helps forests by reducing fire risk and will restore jobs to rural areas hard-hit by the recession. The bill could also boost localized biofuel production. Sounds like just what the country needs.

Thune heralds passage of the Senate energy bill for its provisions related to the Renewable Fuel Standard which would increase production of U.S. ethanol.

Ken McCauley, Chairman, National Corn Growers Association, brings us up to date on where things stand on a new energy bill from a corn grower's perspective interms of biofuels and a Renewable Fuels Standard.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee reports out S. 2191, the Lieberman Warner Climate Security Act. The Act would create a nationalcap-and-trade system for carbon emissions which are blamed for climate change.

Rep. Peterson leads a press conference of lawmakers and industry who support the Renewable Fuels Standard provisions in current energy legislation.

Which "Final 50" members of the House of Representatives stand between the status quo and real action to stop global warming? The National Wildlife Federation is naming names. See which representatives stand in the way of strong global warming legislation.

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) calls on the House of Representatives to pass the Senate version of the energy bill so as to address rising gas prices, including on vehicle fuel efficiency standards.

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) announces a new bill on carbon sequestration to combat global warming. The legislation would establish 3 to 5 commercial scale sequestration facilities. The Science, Technology, & Innovation Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee discusses research and development efforts to safely and efficiently sequester carbon dioxide.

Bill Clinton and his foundation have endorsed hydrogen as a method of helping to green up cities nationwide.

The Private Sector & Consumer Solutions to Global Warming & Wildlife Protection Subcommittee of the Senate Environment andPublic Works Committee approved by a vote of 4-3 the America's Climate Security Act of 2007. The bill, introduced by Sens.Lieberman and John Warner (R-VA) now goes to the full Committee for consideration.

Representative Peterson speaks in favor of House Concurrent Resolution 25 (H. Con. Res. 25), which he says embodies the vision of farmers and ranchers who have been leaders in renewable energy and land conservation activities and recognizes that forestry and agriculture play a leading role in our country's transitions to the energy independence.

Sen. Boxer introduces Sens. Lieberman and Warner as they introduce America's Climate Security Act (ACSA), which is projected to reduce total U.S.greenhouse-gas emissions by as much as 19% below the 2005 level (4% below the 1990 level) in 2020 and by as much as 63% below the2005 level in 2050. The bill would set up a carbon cap-and-trade program.

The House considers H.R. 3221, the New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act. Chairman Oberstar speaks in support of measures that would promote mass transit, with federal funds to transit agencies to cut fares and increase service.