Why Minnesota’s Community Solar Program is the Best
Minnesota’s community solar program hit 633 megawatts in November 2019, enough to power more than 100,000 homes each year or about half as much capacity as a typical nuclear power plant!… Read More
Getting To Clean Energy: Choose Your Own Adventure Style (Episode 85)
Host Hibba Meraay talks with John Farrell about the new and improved Community Power Toolkit.… Read More
Fact Sheet: Frontier Communications Has Failed Rural America
Despite raking in hundreds of millions in government broadband subsidies, Frontier Communications has failed time and time again to bring reliable, high-speed connectivity to the rural communities it serves.… Read More
How Market Power Gives Electric Utilities Political Power
In the pathway to 100% renewable energy lie electric utilities. Despite some changes to market structure in past decades, most utilities still have enormous market, and political power. How do they wield it, and how does it impact the shift toward cleaner energy?… Read More
ILSR Exposes Amazon’s Rigged Shopping Algorithm in New Piece for ProMarket
In a new piece for the University of Chicago Stigler Center’s blog, ProMarket, ILSR’s co-director Stacy Mitchell, and legal fellow Shaoul Sussman, describe how Amazon rigs its shopping algorithm to produce results that favor its own interests, harming shoppers and the many businesses that rely on its platform to get to market.… Read More
A New Deal for Electric Co-ops: How Members Can Exercise Ownership to Strengthen Democracy — Episode 89 of Local Energy Rules Podcast
In this episode of Local Energy Rules, host John Farrell speaks with Liz Veazey, Network Director of We Own It, and Chris Woolery, Residential Energy Coordinator at the MACED. The three discuss a new Rural Electric Co-op Toolkit.… Read More
Compost Climate Connections Webinar Series: Carbon Farming Trials in Colorado
For the fifth webinar of the series, we are joined by Dan Matsch of Eco-Cycle and Mark Easter of Colorado State University’s Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL). … Read More
In The American Conservative, ILSR Shows How a Rebirth of Independent Pharmacies Could Cure Rural Ills
Independent pharmacies can create an oasis for rural customers — if the government stands up to Big Rx. … Read More
When Power Goes Out, Who Is Held Accountable? (Episode 84)
Host Jess Del Fiacco talks with ILSR’s John Farrell and Chris Mitchell about the power outages in California and how a distributed energy system could avoid future outages and detrimental fire damage. … Read More