On August 12, 2016, Community Broadband Networks initiative director Christopher Mitchell was interviewed by Mike McIntee of AM950 in Minnesota. Download or listen to the audio file and you can find a transcript below.… Read More
ILSR co-founder takes umbrage with some of the assertions of the Minneapolis Star Tribune‘s Lee Schafer and his definitions of “the public good.”… Read More
A circuit court decision this week means the digital divide in Tennessee and North Carolina will be allowed to continue. This week, the 6th Circuit Court of appeals decided to dismiss the FCC’s decision to encourage Internet investment by restricting local authority to build competitive Internet networks.
In February, ILSR and Next Century Cities filed an Amicus Brief in support of the FCC’s position. Here is a selection of media stories which cite ILSR.… Read More
Minnesota’s RS Fiber Cooperative is getting well-deserved attention from a variety of sources far beyond the Land of 10,000 Lakes. In addition to kudos from experts in the telecommunications industry, their story was recently shared in YES! Magazine.… Read More
New York Times tech reporter Cecilia Kang delved into the issue of rural connectivity to the Internet and reached out to our Community Broadband Networks initiative director, Christopher Mitchell, for his insight on the role electric cooperatives play in this connectivity.… Read More
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
