In the News: Stacy Mitchell October 15, 2017 Media Outlet: The New York Times The tech giant Amazon has come under quite a bit of criticism as of late. At The New York Times,tech reporter Cecilia Kang covers how Amazon is responding to this criticism, by heavily increasing their lobbying efforts. In this story, our own co-director and the … Read More
In the News: Stacy Mitchell September 30, 2017 Media Outlet: The Capital Institute The Capital Institute’s mission is to search “for a new narrative that will illuminate how our economy and financial system can operate to promote a more just, regenerative, and thus sustainable way of living on this earth.” In that spirit, the Capital Institute’s Future … Read More
“What’s going on in Baltimore shows how cities can profit both economically and socially from giving reusable materials a second life,” writes ILSR co-founder Neil Seldman in this Governing article.… Read More
ILSR’s John Farrell writes this commentary for Greentech Media on the current attacks that are coming in on all sides on the PURPA law that enables local energy production. Check it out:… Read More
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Amazon report, Amazon’s Stranglehold: How the Company’s Tightening Grip is Stifling Competition, Eroding Jobs, and Threatening Communities, formed the basis for an article by Business Insider’s Leanna Garfield on why so many cities across America are clamoring to house Amazon’s second North American headquarters — and why any city who “wins” will be sorely disappointed.
Immediately after Amazon released its RFP (request for proposals), the Institute for Local Self-Reliance released a press release deriding the RFP as “the latest play in Amazon’s long-time strategy of financing its growth through public subsidies.”… Read More
In Daniel Kishi’s article in The American Conservative, he argues that it’s high-time for conservatives to get with the picture and start developing its own anti-monopoly movement. As a part of his argument for a cross-partisan movement, Kishi cites ILSR co-director Stacy Mitchell’s piece in The Atlantic.… Read More
John Farrell’s expertise as a member of Minneapolis, Minn.’s Clean Energy Partnership and his continuing role promoting clean energy development was used in a Midwest Energy News piece by Frank Jossi. This piece describes Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges proposal to nominally increase a franchise fee for electricity (for residents) and natural gas (for utility Xcel Energy) in order to increase clean energy technology in the city.… Read More
The Week‘s Jeff Spross isn’t entertained by how Amazon is searching for massive subsidies from local governments in the process of establishing a second North American headquarters. In his piece he cites ILSR’s press release on why local governments are at a massive disadvantage when being asked to dance for Amazon executives.… Read More
