Photo via A Green Living That's the topic of an ongoing online debate over at the Economist.com. In one corner, green jobs advocate Van Jones, who argues that governments should engage in the active practice of creating green jobs, by, for example, incentivizing clean energy projects. In the other, Andrew P. Morriss, a professor of business and law at the University of Illinois, who argues that green job creation should be left to the marketplace. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Image credit: Grist After months of debate, Lindsey Graham is reportedly set to unveil a climate bill to the Senate. That bill, he has said, will be a moderate one. But what ever happened to the American Clean Energy & Security Act (ACES), better known as the Waxman-Markey bill?...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photo: SAGE Electrochromics SAGE Electrochromics Gets $100+ Million Another day, another announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE). Yesterday, it was $100 million in funding for clean tech energy projects via ARPA-E, and today it's $72 million in loan guarantees which are being added to an existing $31 million tax credit. The beneficiary is SAGE Electrochromics, the inventor of a special glass that can be made tinted by pressing a button....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Image credit: Solar One If you are anything like me, you can be supportive of a particular piece of legislation. But that support doesn't always turn into action. From clean energy legislation to local feed-in tariffs, there is plenty that law makers can do to help us move to a greener, saner, more efficient econo...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Image: Clean Energy Works March 2-4: Contact Your Elected Representatives A new campaign pushing for comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation in the U.S. is underway. It's called "72 Hours For Clean American Power", and it urges Americans to contact their elected representatives, write letters to newspapers, and spread the word on social media sites (f.ex. check out Twitter's #72hours)....Read the full story on TreeHugger