Marathon Man. Henry Waxman’s climate change bill won’t make it into law this year. That’s why he’s the right guy for the job. [News Source]

DOE revives FutureGen, reversing Bush-era decision. The Obama administration gave conditional support today for a federal-industry partnership that would build an advanced coal-burning power plant in Illinois to trap and store carbon dioxide emissions, reversing a Bush-era decision to abandon the FutureGen project. [News Source]

The carbon capture conundrum. The technology known as CCS has been touted as the next major advance for an oil sands industry that appears to be on a collision course with governments' determination to battle climate change. [News Source]

Comanche Peak hearing includes debate on future role of nuclear power. The subject at hand this week was new nuclear reactors – the safety and security of a proposed major expansion of North Texas' only nuclear power plant. The undercurrent, however, was how to craft a whole new energy future for the nation. [News Source]

Countdown to Copenhagen. Scientists say huge cuts are needed to avoid dangerous disruption of our climate. But delegates gathered in Bonn to craft the first phases of a new climate treaty made little progress--with major polluters, the U.S. and China, unable to reach agreement. [News Source]

Why 700,000 addresses face being washed off map. Australian climate scientists have published findings warning that sea-level rises caused by climate change and associated storm surges will be one of the greatest impacts of a warming world. [News Source]

Critics say ‘cash for clunkers’ bill is a lemon. A $1-billion bill, backed by the auto industry, would pay consumers to trade in gas guzzlers. Opponents say criteria are so lax that the government could subsidize the trading of one gas hog for another. [News Source]

U.S. emissions bill is criticized abroad. A bill to cap U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions, hailed on Capitol Hill as a historic breakthrough, went over with a soft thud this week during international negotiations, criticized as inadequate for the climate and unfair to poor countries. [News Source]

US eases pressure on China over climate change targets. The US said today it would not demand that China commits to binding cuts in its greenhouse gas emissions, marking an important step towards agreement on a global treaty to fight climate change. [News Source]

Cash-for-clunkers clears hurdle. A program that would provide up to $4,500 in government-funded discounts to consumers who trade in an old car could provide a much-needed boost to the auto industry--but approval is still needed by Congress. [News Source]

Climate change and America’s poor. A new study from the University of California, Berkeley has found that low-income communities and people of color in the United States will suffer the most from the health and economic consequences of rising global temperatures. [News Source]