Dollars & Sense, June 13, 2013 Hundreds of people seeking a roadmap for remaking the banking system gathered north of San Francisco in early June at Public Banking 2013: Funding the New Economy, a conference held at Dominican University, whose Green MBA program was a cosponsor. It was the second annual gathering sponsored by the Public … Read More
Mountain Area Info Network, June 13, 20131 Western North Carolina is facing a “last-mile” broadband crisis according to preliminary data from a study mapping high-speed Internet access across the region. “Last-mile” refers to service at individual homes and small businesses. The study, conducted by the nonprofit Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN), found that only 15 percent … Read More
GreentechMedia, June 13, 2013 Aside from the NSA surveillance program and vacations, it’s nearly impossible to find something both parties in Congress can agree on. But we may just have another such policy: master limited partnerships, or MLPs. MLPs help energy project developers and investors avoid getting hit with double taxes. They are publicly traded entities … Read More
Midwest Energy News, June 10, 2013 Utility customers who own solar panels are doing society a favor, helping to cut carbon emissions and ease transmission line congestion, among other benefits. Or, they’re power-grid freeloaders, lowering their own electric bills but sticking everyone else with a bigger share of costs for infrastructure they still depend on after … Read More
ILSR’s Wireless Internet 101 fact sheet provides quick information on wireless technologies and policy. Most of us take wireless for granted. We use it every day but we have very little understanding of how it works, its limitations, or how it is managed. This fact sheet offers answers to questions many of us ask at one … Read More
Alternet, June 7, 2013 It costs the Old Town Bike Shop in Colorado Springs about $24,000 a year to provide health insurance for four employees, according to owner John Crandall. Meanwhile, his largest competitors, Walmart and Target, foist much of their health care costs onto taxpayers, according to new data released by Massachusetts, Missouri, and Wisconsin. … Read More
Midwest Energy News, June 6, 2013 As the population grows, the economy improves and the climate warms in its service territory, Xcel Energy projects rising demand for electricity on hot summer days before the end of the decade. On April 15, the Minnesota utility proposed meeting that new peak demand by building three 215-megawatt natural gas … Read More
GreentechSolar, May 29, 2013 In 2012, Germany’s big four utilities — EnBW, E.ON, RWE, and Vattenfall — produced 75 percent of the country’s power, but were responsible for only 5 percent of renewables investments, as depicted by a graph from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). Regional and municipal utilities owned another 7 percent of German … Read More
Wired, May 28, 2013 When it comes to broadband internet access, the U.S. still lags behind other developed nations. We don’t have the broadband connections that other countries have, and fewer people are using them. Google Fiber — the gigabit internet service the company offers in Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri — has sparked … Read More
