ILSR co-director and Community Scaled Economies initiative director Stacy Mitchell was interviewed for a New York Times piece on Amazon’s search for subsidies in securing a second North American headquarters. The piece by Nick Wingfield and Patricia Cohen details the bidding war between local governments.… Read More
USTelecom released an industry-funded report showing trends in expansion of broadband access. StateScoop‘s Colin Wood reached out to Community Broadband Networks initiative director Christopher Mitchell to discuss what this actually means for the millions with a reliable Internet connection or those residents in monopoly service territory.… Read More
Jacques Leslie of Yale360 Environment‘s research team delves into the complex relationship electric utilities across the United States have with increasing renewable energy deployment. ILSR Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell lends a hand in analysis of community owned renewable energy and the valuation of solar energy pushed down by electricity monopolies.… Read More
Our own Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell penned this article for MinnPost‘s Community Voices section about the benefits of the state’s community solar program, here’s a sample: “As a long-time advocate for community-scale investment in renewable energy, I’m often asked about community solar: a burgeoning part of the solar industry and a model for its growth.”… Read More
Stacy Mitchell’s analysis of Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods was featured in Alexei Alexis’ Bloomberg BNA article on the uproar over the Federal Trade Commission’s brief review of the deal. Check it out!… Read More
Christopher Mitchell weighed in on the value of the bill Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) and Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced in the Senate to channel millions into grants to build out broadband infrastructure for Mariam Baksh’s Morning Consult article.… Read More
Stacy Mitchell’s expertise on the growing monopoly power of Amazon in our economy was cited by Emel Akan’s article in The Epoch Times arguing that, while President Trump’s anger at Amazon may be inflammatory, he isn’t all wrong in the ways that the company is disadvantaging small businesses and retail across America.… Read More
Bill McKibben interviewed Jacqueline Patterson, director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice program about how to bring about a “just transition” of the economy to be equitable for all. In response to McKibben’s question about how fast the transition can come, Patterson responded:… Read More
In this article for Michigan Radio by Tyler Scott, he details the further growth of Amazon in the region and what that might mean for local economies. Our Amazon report was featured throughout, check it out here:… Read More
