ILSR co-founder Neil Seldman and Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell co-authored this MinnPost opinion piece on the viability of an incinerator in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Check it out for more.… Read More
In the 2016 election, issues of renewable energy have been relatively muted, with issues of coal workers and the economies of these communities taking center stage in Donald Trump’s campaign. This editorial from Ken Silverstein in Forbes features insight from our very own renewable energy guru, John Farrell, check it out.… Read More
Renewable energy in large cities has been a challenge for years, however, Next City is covering this trend of smaller units being installed on big city rooftops by reaching out to ILSR’s Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell and gaining the insight of our own energy guru.… Read More
Chuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio covered the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair in the state, including ILSR’s Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell’s keynote presentation on utilities harming the prospect of local, small-scale solar energy in the MidWest.… Read More
In June of 2016, The Nation noticed just how well Chattanooga’s municipal network was doing in the realms of cost, reliability, and accessibility for all of its citizens. In this research, The Nation’s reporters reached out to ILSR’s Christopher Mitchell to get perspective on municipal networks, generally.… Read More
In April of 2016, the Scientific American cited our report on the benefits of microgrids for renewable energy arrays and community-based renewable energy. This article details a microgrid pilot program in Brooklyn, New York and the way that it is enabling a low-cost switch to renewables.… Read More
As Minnesota’s Legislature decides on funding for the state’s Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program, local media is calling on state leaders to prioritize local connectivity in the Capitol Chambers. This year, Governor Dayton’s office is recommending allocating $100 million to the program.… Read More
After visiting D.C.-area schools, Mrs. Obama visited the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Waste to Wealth initiative Project Manager Linda Bilsens at her home to laud the community garden they have cultivated in their yard.… Read More
All great empires eventually fall. This is as true in retail as it is in geopolitics. In this story, originally published in Common Dreams, ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell delves into the reality of Walmart’s retail overbuilding, and how our local economies have suffered due to that disastrous decision.… Read More
