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David Morris is co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and directs its initiative on The Public Good. He is the author of New City States and four other non-fiction books. His essays on public policy are regularly published by On the Commons, Alternet, Common Dreams and the Huffington Post. More

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ILSR Press Room filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Jun 4, 2008

Balancing Budgets By Raising Depletion Taxes

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/for-immediate-release-12/

For Immediate Release PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: 612-276-3456 BALANCING BUDGETS BY RAISING DEPLETION TAXES   Minneapolis, Minn.— (June 4, 2008). A new report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) concludes states could generate hundreds of millions, in some cases billions, of dollars in additional revenue each year by implementing or adjusting depletion tax policies. Thirty-eight… Continue reading

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Resource filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on May 19, 2008

David Morris Discusses BP Gulf Oil Spill and Impact on Minnesota

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/david-morris-discusses-bp-gulf-oil-spill-and-impact-minnesota/

David Morris joins Curtis Beckmann on Minnesota This Week, a program by Radio City Network News, to discuss the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  Additionally, they discussed the past and future of transportation fuels. 

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Article filed under Energy | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on May 12, 2008

Cellulosic Biofuels: Another Opportunity for Washington to Marry Agriculture and Energy Goals

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/cellulosic-biofuels-another-opportunity-washington-marry-agriculture-and-energy-goals/

Today, cellulosic ethanol can no longer be ignored. Even as the quantity of ethanol from corn increases, the age of corn ethanol is drawing to a close. Few new corn-to-ethanol plants will be built beyond those currently in the ?nancing and construction pipeline. The opportunity to build on the farmer-owned corn-to-ethanol biore?nery model is over. But the opportunity for local ownership is just beginning for cellulosic biofuels.  This piece by David Morris was originally published in Ethanol Today magazine. Continue reading

Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on May 2, 2008

Be suspicious of megamall subsidy

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/be-suspicious-of-megamall-subsidy/

Be suspicious of megamall subsidy Federal tax law discourages individual investment and local ownership of turbines. By David Morris, originally published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 2, 2008 The almost-certainly-soon-to-be-passed $370 million tax subsidy to the Mall of America is the kind of initiative that makes people wonder whose side government is on. Here’s… Continue reading

Article, Resource filed under Energy, The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Apr 10, 2008

David Morris on WCCO’s Good Question – Why Is Diesel More Expensive?

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Article filed under Energy | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Mar 16, 2008

New Report Argues For A Renewable Energy Policy That Puts Rural Communities First

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/for-immediate-release-15/

For Immediate Release PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: 612-276-3456 NEW REPORT ARGUES FOR A RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY THAT PUTS RURAL COMMUNITIES FIRST   Minneapolis, MN—(September 8, 2008).  The next 20 years could generate as much as $1 trillion in new renewable energy investment in rural America. But as a new Ford Foundation-sponsored study by the Institute for… Continue reading

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Article, ILSR Press Room filed under Energy | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Mar 13, 2008

Driving Our Way to Energy Independence

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/driving-our-way-energy-independence/

Updating a pathbreaking 2003 report, ILSR’s March 2008 report, Driving Our Way to Energy Independence, describes how commercially available technologies today could transform our petroleum powered transportation system into one powered by electricity and biofuels. Provisions in the recently passed Energy Act could accelerate that transformation. Continue reading

ILSR Press Room filed under Energy | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Mar 11, 2008

Oil-Free Transportation Looms Large On The Horizon

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For Immediate Release PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Brooke Gullikson Tel. 612-276-3456 ext 205 OIL-FREE TRANSPORTATION LOOMS LARGE ON THE HORIZON New Report Proposes Key Policies That Can Ensure Energy Independence Minneapolis, Minn.– (March 11, 2008).  Congress has paved the way to an oil-free transportation system, says a new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)…. Continue reading

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Article, ILSR Press Room filed under Energy | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Feb 15, 2008

New Anti-Ethanol Studies Reach Wrong Conclusion on Greenhouse Gases

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/new-antiethanol-studies-reach-wrong-conclusion-greenhouse-gases/

A new policy brief from Institute for Local Self Reliance criticizes the authors of two recent studies published in Science for advancing a conclusion not supported by their own studies. ILSR’s paper notes that the vast majority of today’s ethanol production comes from corn cultivated on land that has been in corn production for generations. Continue reading

ILSR Press Room filed under Energy | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Feb 15, 2008

New Anti-Ethanol Studies Reach Wrong Conclusion on Greenhouse Gases

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/for-immediate-release-6/

For Immediate Release PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: 612-276-3456 New Anti-Ethanol Studies Reach Wrong Conclusion on Greenhouse Gases Minneapolis, Minn. (February 15, 2008) – A new policy brief from the Minneapolis based Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) criticizes the authors of two recent studies published in Science for advancing a conclusion not supported by their own studies…. Continue reading