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Notably New Resources at ILSR
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Energy Self Reliant States 2nd Edition
This October 2009 report expands and updates a similar report done in 2008. States don't need to seek energy imports to meet their renewable energy goals. Almost the entire country west of the Mississippi River and parts of the East coast (a total of 31 states) can serve all their electricity needs with in-state renewable power. Every state could reach its current renewable energy mandate with homegrown renewable resources. More information.
Download the Report
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 New Rules Podcast, Audio and Video Archives
New Proposed Climate Change Bill in Washington Is Simpler and More Equitable - published on Alternet, October 2, 2009
Does the NFIB Really Represent the Interests of Independent Businesses? - coverage in New York Times blog, September 3, 2009
The Corporate Co-Opt of Local - published in a wide range of publications, July and August 2009
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ILSR's new and improved SustainablePlastics.org
Our new web site devoted to covering the debate, problems, benefits and companies that are involved in the development of a sustainable plastics industry. Despite the potential benefits of bioplastics over petro-plastics, many challenges lie ahead. Among the issues, there is a major concern about the possibility of bioplastic bottles contaminating PET recycling programs. Find out more. |
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ILSR Launches MuniNetworks.org
ILSR announces a new site focusing on publicly owned broadband networks and the benefits they offer to the community. Muninetworks.org explains the many advantages of community ownership and documents the impressive speeds available from some of the top-performing networks. Community broadband networks offer some of the fastest speeds at the most affordable prices in the United States. More...
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Municipal Energy Financing Efforts Push Renewable Energy and Efficiency
In the last 12 months a new and very promising strategy for local energy self-reliance has emerged, and it spreading like a prairie fire: direct public financing of energy efficiency and renewable energy investments in private businesses and households. ILSR has been closely tracking these developments and has brought together the laws and ordinances that have enabled them (More information and map)
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CapX 2020 Transmission Line - Background and Minnesota Regulatory Information
Based on concerns from the public, we've set up a section of our web site to allow for easy access to information about the CapX 2020 transmission lines proposal in Minnesota and the regulatory review process that's underway. Check the Recent News and Media Coverage - Check out the Citizens Energy Task Force for information on the October 2009 appeals of the PUC decision approving the CapX proposal. |
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 Self-Reliant Cities
Energy and the Transformation of Urban America - by David Morris
Full book with a new 2008 foreword
Originally published in 1982, we're making this book available as a free download since many of its discussions are as relevant today as they were 25 years ago. The first half discusses the century-long struggle by cities to gain autonomy and authority from state governments and create their own planning and service delivery capacities. The second part describes the first urban-based localization movements and the successes and challenges. As a standalone document, we've also included the new foreword and the book's final chapter, The Ecological City given the current revived debate about the subject.
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Listen to the national teleconference - held June 5, 2008
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Stop Trashing the Climate
Released to coincide with the UN's World Environment Day on June 5th, this report documents the link between climate change and unsustainable patterns of consumption and wasting. The study dispels myths about the climate benefits of landfill gas recovery and waste incineration, outlines policies needed to effect change, and offers a roadmap to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions within a short period. Co-authored by ILSR, the Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA) and Eco-Cycle, Stop Trashing the Climate concludes that reducing waste disposed in landfills and incinerators can have climate benefits equivalent to removing 21% of U.S. coal-fired power plants.
Press Release - Exec Summ. - Full Report
More at www.stoptrashingtheclimate.org
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BigBoxToolKit.com Helps Grassroots Groups Counter Big-Box Stores - Big Box Tool Kit has the resources you'll need to both beat the big box and to chart a new course for economic development in your community. |
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Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses
In this deft and revealing book, Stacy Mitchell illustrates how mega-retailers are fueling many of our most pressing problems, from the shrinking middle class to rising pollution and diminished civic engagement. She then shows how communities and independent businesses are effectively fighting back. Buy Big Box Swindle Today! [published by Beacon Press]
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We've expanded the variety and sheer number of our feeds. Check out all your options to automatically keep track of what's going on with our New Rules Project. Syndicate New Rules |
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