The Energy Report – 2/4/10: Afternoon Edition

Tyler Suiters anchors this afternoon’s Clean Skies News Energy Report from Washington, DC. On the program:
– Republicans pounce on the Energy Department’s fiscal 2011 budget proposal. – A new study says the renewables industry can create a quarter of a million jobs, but only with an electricity mandate put into place. – Tom Buis of Growth Energy discusses the calculation methods of indirect land use in the new RFS. – Former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman discusses the notion that the agency had “changed the science” to fit the politics following the RFS decision. – The clean energy industry shows off their latest technology at RETECH 2010 here in DC. – Oil prices take a nosedive. – Energy regulator Ofgem warns the UK faces power shortages by 2020 unless the government intervenes.