IndyWeek, May 20, 2015 The lawsuit—technically, a “petition for review”—the state of North Carolina filed in federal court last week is, for a case rooted in weighty constitutional matters, fairly short, just two-and-a-half pages. The argument is straightforward enough: The Federal Communications Commission overstepped its constitutional bounds earlier this year when it preempted a state law … Read More
IT Business Edge, May 4, 2015 Industries, to a greater or lesser degree, are led by their biggest companies. This is a particularly strong trait in the cable business because the franchising approach under which it operates means that there is almost no direct competition between multiple system operators. Thus, these companies can more easily, uniformly … Read More
San Francisco Examiner, May 4, 2015 Despite San Francisco’s reputation as a land of the strange, its neighborhoods are like a modern-day “Leave it to Beaver.” This includes my home of the Richmond. Walking down Geary Boulevard past Nizario’s Pizza, I give a nod to the guy slingin’ slices: Robby Squyres Jr., a local muay thai … Read More
EnergyWire, May 4, 2015 What was on track to become the nation’s most ambitious community solar program is clouded with uncertainty after Minnesota’s largest utility said that within a month, it will disqualify most of the 560 megawatts of solar projects that have been proposed. In a filing with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission last week, … Read More
Midwest Energy News, April 28, 2015 After talks with solar developers reached an impasse, Xcel Energy announced plans Tuesday to strictly limit the size of community solar projects in Minnesota. In a letter to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, the state’s largest utility said it will prohibit developers from co-locating 1 megawatt (MW) gardens together at … Read More
KGNU, April 22, 2015 It’s a true Rumpelstiltskin story. Who knew we could literally take a rotting vegetable and turn it into black gold. Brenda Platt is the Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. She’s the Project Director for their Composting for Community project. She says that there is huge potential to increase composting in … Read More
Retail Dive, April 21, 2015 Jersey City, NJ’s planning board earlier this month overwhelmingly approved a measure to limit chain stores in an effort to preserve the town’s downtown character. “Mom-and-pop-type retailers protect that and foster that [character] and encourage that,” Mayor Steve Fulop said. The move, which now goes to the City Council for approval, … Read More
What will it take before we have a mass movement in the U.S. that’s offering economic alternatives? ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell appeared on the Laura Flanders Show to talk about this question.… Read More
Star Tribune, April 6, 2015 The spring thaw shot new energy into the battle for your Internet dollar. Workers drilled holes for US Internet’s fiber optic lines in Lowry Hill. White boxes showed up in Minneapolis’ Como neighborhood. CenturyLink’s fiber plans sent city inspectors in Minneapolis and St. Paul running around issuing permits for its new … Read More
