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
Deseret News, April 6, 2015 Weller Book Works, a family owned business located in the historic Trolley Square in Salt Lake City, has endured its share of economic ups and downs since it first opened in 1929. Seemingly every business cycle has brought with it predictions of collapse along with expressions of sympathy from the store’s … Read More
Grist Magazine, April 3, 2015 Located on a busy street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, the blue-green building has a simple, rectangular design. It’s only three stories high and has a modest 30 units. A clock with a sunburst design, located on the building’s side, provides a touch of pop — and hints at … Read More
Capital Magazine, April 2015 At a campaign stop in Albany last October, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced an ambitious new plan to revolutionize New Yorkers’ access to broadband internet with $500 million in state funding. Cuomo has re-announced the plan twice since then, boasting of its economic promise for upstate communities and unveiling a flashy new website … Read More
Albany Times Union, March 20, 2015 Krasher, a Democrat who represents the midtown 11th Ward, wants a commission to study the possibility of building a city-run, citizen-owned high-speed Internet service to give residents faster broadband and force local private telecom companies to up their game. Other cities like Chattanooga, Tenn., through a municipally owned utility, have … Read More
