A San Diego Solar Takeover — Episode 206 of Local Energy Rules

Date: 27 Mar 2024 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Dorrie Bruggemann and Bill Powers discuss how a publicly-owned San Diego electric utility would be more supportive of distributed solar, offer lower rates thanks to that solar, and what it will take to bring the municipalization decision to voters.… Read More

DIY Community Composter Screener

Date: 26 Mar 2024 | posted in: Composting | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Do It Yourself Trommel is a step-by-step guide by Bruno Navarro of Nexus Bau to building an electric trommel compost screener intended for use at community gardens, schools, urban farms, and other community venues. ILSR supported Bruno in documenting his design in this guide.… Read More

New Power Generation Quarterly: 2023 Q4

Date: 25 Mar 2024 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

14 gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online in the fourth quarter of 2023. Over eight gigawatts of this fourth quarter surge was large-scale solar, with distributed solar contributing another two gigawatts.… Read More

The 2024 Community Power Scorecard

Date: 20 Mar 2024 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Communities can do a lot to advance energy democracy, but some tools must be granted by state policy. This annual scorecard from ILSR’s Energy Democracy Initiative surveys a suite of 18 policies that help or hinder local clean energy action.… Read More

Financiación de $100,000 para compostadores dirigidos por BIPOC o que prestan servicios en comunidades BIPOC

Date: 4 Mar 2024 | posted in: Composting | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

El Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) lanzará el Programa de Minisubvenciones para Compostadores Comunitarios que pertenezcan a la agrupación de personas negras, indígenas y de color. Entregaremos $100,000 en minisubvenciones a los proyectos seleccionados. … Read More

In The Atlantic: Amazon’s Big Secret

Date: 1 Mar 2024 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Amazon has long cultivated the idea that it runs its shopping platform at razor-thin margins, relying instead on AWS for its profits. In fact, Amazon’s e-commerce marketplace is enormously profitable. In The Atlantic, Stacy Mitchell writes about how Amazon has kept these profits secret – and why the SEC must enforce corporate financial disclosure rules.… Read More

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