Today’s New York Times features a front-page story on the worsening plight of dollar stores, and on the often negative impacts the major dollar store chains have on workers and local economies (“‘Everything Going the Wrong Way’: Dollar Stores Hit a Pandemic Downturn”). … Read More
Waste Management World outlines Neil Seldman’s argument surrounding EPR. More specifically, that the American political system is better suited to handle a grassroots approach led by consumers than a top down method.… Read More
In the Wall Street Journal, ILSR’s community broadband networks program director Christopher Mitchell talks about the new infrastructure bill, including its funding to state offices and failure to create government competition.… Read More
In Vice, senior research at ILSR’s Democracy Energy Initiative Katie Kienbaum explains ILSR’ 30 Million Solar Homes initiative and the benefits it will have on the economy and environment.… Read More
Small businesses are fighting back against outsized corporate power and making their voices heard in Washington.… Read More
In the Star Tribune, ILSR Co-Director and Director of the Energy Democracy Initiative John Farrell explains that thanks to a lack of competition, Minnesota energy companies have little incentive to invest in clean energy.… Read More
In the Minnesota Reformer, ILSR Co-Director and Director of the Energy Democracy Initiative John Farrell writes about how Minnesota state regulators need to enact stricter rules and regulations on gas monopolies.… Read More
Christopher Mitchell, Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative, and H. Trostle, author of Building Indigenous Future Zones: Four Tribal Broadband Case Studies, discussed their findings and how network sovereignty can strengthen tribal sovereignty.… Read More
In Solar Tribune, ILSR’s Maria McCoy commented on the benefits of community solar. … Read More
