Lynne Kiesling Notwithstanding the potentially pivotal role that the libertarian candidate in a Montana race played in creating a Democrat-controlled Senate (thanks to Todd Zywicki), I’m still not convinced that what the Economist observed yesterday is true: In two of the seats where control looks likely to switch, Missouri and Montana, the Libertarian party pulled …
Michael Giberson An L.A. Times story reports on the struggles of the United Network for Organ Sharing to oversee its member organizations, a job it seems not to pursue too energetically. The little-known organization that oversees the nation’s organ transplant system often fails to detect or decisively fix problems at derelict hospitals — even when …
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Michael Giberson In what is identified as the “first article of a series,” the New York Times reports that the results of power industry restructuring have disappointed many people. A decade after competition was introduced in their industries, long-distance phone rates had fallen by half, air fares by more than a fourth and trucking rates …
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Michael Giberson The Washington Post headlined a story in today’s edition, “In Ontario, Making ‘Clean Energy’ Pay.” From what I gather reading the article, they have in fact discovered how to make renewable energy pay in Ontario, at least if by “clean energy” you mean “other people’s wallets.” The story kicks off with a solar …
Michael Giberson A visit to the website of the Renewable Energy Policy Project turned up a link to this article by REPP’s executive director, George Sterzinger, urging that federal tax credits for certain renewable energy technologies be made permanent. Sterzinger complains that it is hard for the renewable energy industry to plan for the long …
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Lynne Kiesling This David Weigel article from the November issue of Reason made me very glad that I don’t live in Pennsylvania anymore (not that Illinois politics offers me any attractive choices either). The not-so-secret twist of Pennsylvania’s Senate race is that both candidates are trying to reshape their parties’ coalitions by tacking hard to …
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Lynne Kiesling Early last week I was attending the annual North American meetings of the US Association of Energy Economics. Some of the plenary speakers and papers presented focused on the need for technological innovation, particularly in technologies that will reduce the use of fossil fuels for transportation. Some people argued for the political process …
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Michael Giberson Cindy Skrzycki writes: It took a book called The Jungle, a grim assessment of work inside slaughterhouses, plus a campaign by labor unions, medical professionals and consumer groups, to pressure Congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act on the same day in 1906. The food industry …
Michael Giberson In Scotland, wind turbines installed at five schools by a school district “at a cost of £50,000 produced savings of less than £50 in their first year.” The project has been described as “riddled with technical problems” and the turbine makers promises to provide upgraded turbines to the district next year. A little …
Michael Giberson Predictably, in the wake of the Amaranth blow up that became public last week, a few politicians and editorialists are calling for increasing regulation of investment pools. The New York Times, despite laying out a few of the salient facts in the editorial itself and having access to other pertinent information in the …
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