Move Your Borrowing Along with Your Money - published in the Huffington Post, January 29, 2010

Instead of Cap and Trade, Cap and Dividend - published in Star Tribune, January 29, 2010

Holiday Sales Increase at Independent Businesses, National Survey Finds - ILSR Release, January 14, 2009

Municipal fiber needs more FDR localism, fewer state bans - published in Ars Technica, January 11, 2009

Electric Vehicle Policy For the Midwest - A Scoping Document

This December 2009 report was prepared for the RE-AMP network (120+ organizations in eight Midwestern states). The scoping report outlines and makes recommendations on a variety of policy issues related to expanding electric vehicles. The report illustrates the relationships between electric vehicles and other GHG reduction strategies such as fuel economy standards (CAFE), low carbon fuel standards (LCFS) and efforts to reduce vehicle miles traveled. Because of their energy storage capability, electrified vehicles will also play an increasingly important role in the expansion of renewable energy and the future elaboration of smart grid technologies. View Executive Summary or Download the Full Report

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Specifications for Biobased Compostable Food Service Ware - Audio and powerpoints now available from October 30th Webinar.

Biobased product purchasing specifications released, for environmentally preferable compostable biobased food service ware. October 2009

Energy Self Reliant States 2nd Edition

This October 2009 report expands and updates a similar report done in 2008. States don't need to seek energy imports to meet their renewable energy goals. Almost the entire country west of the Mississippi River and parts of the East coast (a total of 31 states) can serve all their electricity needs with in-state renewable power. Every state could reach its current renewable energy mandate with homegrown renewable resources. More information.

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ILSR Launches MuniNetworks.org
ILSR announces a new site focusing on publicly owned broadband networks and the benefits they offer to the community. Muninetworks.org explains the many advantages of community ownership and documents the impressive speeds available from some of the top-performing networks. Community broadband networks offer some of the fastest speeds at the most affordable prices in the United States. More...

Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses

In this deft and revealing book, Stacy Mitchell illustrates how mega-retailers are fueling many of our most pressing problems, from the shrinking middle class to rising pollution and diminished civic engagement. She then shows how communities and independent businesses are effectively fighting back. Buy Big Box Swindle Today! [published by Beacon Press]