This week in Energy Democracy news: Rural Minnesota communities are finding the value of renewable energy, the city of Boulder is committing to 100% renewable energy, and a reexamination of citizen energy initiatives in spite of monopoly utility’s opposition. Featured Stories To lease or to own your solar array (infographic) by John Farrell, CleanTechnica Presentation: Re-member-ing … Read More
In the wake of the release of our landmark Amazon report, a story from In These Times‘ labor freelancer Bruce Vail details the impact that Amazon’s growth in our economy has on workers and the way that their expansive network of warehouses depresses wages for those kinds of workers.… Read More
In the quest for 100% renewable energy, the city of Boulder is looking to recommit themselves to this reality for their community. That’s why the city is fighting a municipalization campaign against their monopoly electric utility, Xcel Energy. In this discussion, Boulder Daily Camera‘s Alex Burness reached out to discuss this topic with renewable energy expert John Farrell.… Read More
With the impending proposed merger of AT&T & Time Warner, E-Commerce Times reporter David Jones reached out to national broadband expert Christopher Mitchell on the impacts a merger of this size would have on broadband competition and overall market concentration.… Read More
On December 5th, John Farrell delivered a webinar presentation detailing the findings of our recent report, Is Bigger Best in Renewable Energy? In this presentation, Farrell discusses how conventional wisdom suggests that larger solar and wind projects deliver energy at lower costs, but that location matters, and that the point of delivery and ownership matter more. You can … Read More
In the wake of the release of our landmark Amazon report and the shifts that the e-commerce giant is making into physical retail stores, a local group in Chicago decided to protest against Amazon’s moves in the taking over of our economy. Chicago Tonight, a PBS affiliate in Chicago, cited our Amazon report in their explanation of the group’s concerns.… Read More
In the wake of the release of our landmark report on Amazon’s growing stranglehold of our economy, The Nation‘s labor reporter, Michelle Chen, detailed our findings and the impacts that they have on our economy. In her article, Chen details Amazon’s effect on Main Street and competition, generally.… Read More
MassLive published a story detailing Amazon’s proposed incursion into physical retail locations and, for backing on this trend, they reached out to ILSR expert Olivia LaVecchia to offer her perspective on the trend.… Read More
In the wake of the release of our Amazon report, Janet Cho of the Cleveland Plain Dealer covered the findings from our report and detailed the growth of Amazon and what that growth means for physical retail across the Cleveland metro area.… Read More
