Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal had an interesting little article on Congressional progress on the energy bill (subscription required). Not surprisingly, ethanol is playing a large role in the horse trading: The big winner in last-minute wrangling over the 800-page measure, which is estimated to cost taxpayers about $18 billion in tax incentives, appears to be …
Will be out of town for a few days, attending the US Association of Energy Economics meetings in Mexico City and giving a paper. Don’t know the wireless/hotel situation, so will have to be loosey-goosey about the postings. Back Wednesday.
Yesterday was a self-imposed deadline for Republican-led resolution of House-Senate conflicts over the impending energy bill. I’m shocked, shocked to say that they missed the deadline. Note the areas where they claim to have gotten agreement: The talks have been dominated by Republicans who have the votes to fashion the bill largely to their liking, …
Tyler Cowen has been making some very interesting posts over at Marginal Revolution (Alex Tabarrok has too, but I’m not going to say anything about them here, now!). I particularly thank and curse him for the reference to this normblog greatest jazz albums poll (although with RIAA Radar, I am loathe to buy many of …
I have been pretty busy this week, with travel and teaching and writing (and agnozing over the Cubs). Some additional analysis of Governor-elect Schwarzenegger’s energy plan for California, following up on this post from last Wednesday, are Ken Silverstein’s Utilipoint Issue Alert from Tuesday, and this LA Times story from Monday. UPDATE: And here’s a …
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Boy, it’s sure quiet around here today after last night’s game … I don’t have much to say, other than fans with front row seats in parks with short outfield walls and a team in the NLCS should learn to keep their hands to themselves. I think Tony Pierce summed it up with his title …
PJM reports new transmission construction on the Delmarva Peninsula. Delmarva is a notorious load pocket in Maryland/Virginia on the eastern shore, and has been struggling with increased demands for power and NIMBY concerns about building new generation and transmission. This report suggests that some compromise has been achieved, because there have been both generation and …
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Envirospin Watch is a thoughtful blog by Philip Stott, who is largely looking at how the UK media reports on climate change science and policy. It’s quite informative and light on invective and emotion, which is all too prevalent in climate change discussions.
I noticed two interesting articles touching on international trade today. The first is Arvind Panagariya’s Foreign Policy article coming out this month. He busts a bunch of myths and urban legends about the effects of trade and trade barriers (as well as providing evidence that supports truths): ?Rich Countries Are More Protectionist Than Poor Ones? …
The FCC issues guidelines on implementing number portabiilty starting November 24: The commission said companies should complete a phone-number switch between wireless carriers within 2 1/2 hours, a time already set as a goal by most major carriers. The FCC said the time period is not mandatory, but the commission would reconsider that if it …
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