This October 2001 paper by David Morris looks at how plant matter must be an important element in a sustainable economy because it is the...
One hundred years ago, most of our society’s fuels, construction materials, textiles, inks, and paints were derived from plant matter. By the 1980s, petroleum had...
This 2006 report by David Morris is an expanded version of an opinion piece published in the New York Times.
Turn on the Electric Road by David Morris, Vice President Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) October 8, 2006 – published in the New York Times...
The Ethanol Glass Is Still Only Half Full by David Morris originally published in Ethanol Today, September 2003 The ethanol industry is alive and well....
Host John Farrell is joined by ILSR’s David Morris and Maria McCoy, for a timely discussion on energy policy as it relates to Thanksgiving. First...
In this special episode of Local Energy Rules, host John Farrell speaks with ILSR Co-founder David Morris and ILSR Research Associate Maria McCoy. The two...
The Internal Revenue Code, Section 1042(g) is a new provision passed by Congress in 1998 that allows the owners of agricultural and horticultural processing plants...
In 1999 the Iowa legislature passed a law allowing value-added agricultural businesses to claim a ten percent corporate tax credit on new investment which is...
The Missouri New Generation Cooperative Incentive Tax Credit Program is provided by the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to encourage investments in new-gen...
In 2001 North Dakota lawmakers approved Senate Bill Number 2386, which gives a state income tax credit of up to a maximum of $6,000 annually...
The Oklahoma Producers Tax Credit (H.B. 2959) passed in 1996, giving a value added processing tax credit to farmers and ranchers. For every dollar an...
The ordinance is modeled after the language of the constitutional amendments passed in Nebraska and South Dakota that ban corporate farms in those states. Similar...
Wisconsin’s 2000 Act 55 provides ethanol producers a credit much like Minnesota’s – beginning July 1, 2000 it will provide 20 cents per gallon for...
West Virginia state law provides a financial incentive for schools to fuel their bus fleets with alternative fuels. Under the state school aid formula, counties...