Author name: Michael Giberson

Bonneville Power Administration Says No to Negative Prices Again

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Michael Giberson The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Administrator has adopted interim Environmental Redispatch and Negative Pricing Policies to deal with potential overgeneration conditions on the BPA power system. In brief, BPA plans to employ “Environmental Dispatch” rules for operating the power system in a manner conducive to BPA meeting various legal and regulatory constraints; the …

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Gasoline Price Gouging Complaints Spur Kentucky, Maryland Attorneys General into Action

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Michael Giberson Image: MDOHKYgasprices_APR20_gasbuddy hosted on Flickr. Chart created at GasBuddy.com. Kentucky: Attorney General Jack Conway filed a motion last week seeking a temporary injunction to force Marathon Petroleum Co. to return its gasoline prices to April 26 levels, the date the state’s Governor declared a state of emergency due to flooding. From WLKY.com: Attorney General …

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Economic Understanding: “There’s a Lot of Confirmation Bias out There”

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Michael Giberson Do liberals or conservatives of libertarians tend to have a better understanding of economics? It is a question that Daniel Klein and Zeljka Buturovic investigated in a pair of papers appearing in Econ Journal Watch (one and two). The first paper appeared to show that a college education didn’t lead to much improvement in economic …

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Study Finds No Groundwater Issues from Gas Well Fracking

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Michael Giberson The study referred to in the above headline, “Study finds no groundwater issues from gas well fracking,” is the same PNAS study I mentioned last week under the headline, “Study finds methane in Pennsylvania, NY groundwater associated with gas well fracking.” I’m not now suggesting that methane in groundwater isn’t a problem, rather I’m …

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Saturday Was World Fair Trade Day, Help a Coffee Grower by Ignoring “Fair Trade Marketing” and Buying Quality Coffee Instead

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Michael Giberson The second Saturday in May has been anointed as “World Fair Trade Day.” If you’re interested in buying fair trade coffee, consider what Lawrence Solomon, owner of the Green Beanery in Toronto, has to say about the fair trade marketing system. (In brief: not a good way to help or even to express care for …

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The Fracking Song: Explainer with Lyrics and Links

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Michael Giberson NYU journalism students produced “My water’s on fire tonight (The Fracking Song)” as part of a collaboration with ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news program that has been examining natural gas drilling and the environment. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=timfvNgr_Q4?hd=1] ProPublica says a bit about the music video here. Explainer.net, another part of the NYU journalism collaboration with ProPublica, …

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Should Buildings Be Wired for Dc Power Distribution?

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Michael Giberson From Paul Savage in EnergyBiz Magazine: The majority of our devices today use DC, so let’s give it to them. Using a DC distribution circuit for a building brings many benefits such as better compatibility with renewables and battery storage, greater safety and higher efficiency no matter what the type of power input. …

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Study Finds Methane in Pennsylvania, Ny Groundwater Associated with Gas Well Fracking

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Michael Giberson An article to appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, “Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing,” reports finding methane in Pennsylvania and New York groundwater that can be attributed to nearby natural gas resource production. In brief, the study finds that substantially higher dissolved methane …

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