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Article filed under Independent Business | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Mar 28, 2007

Keep Your Eyes on the Size: The impossibility of a green Wal-Mart

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/keep-your-eyes-size-impossibility-green-walmart/

Walmart’s sustainability campaign cannot be dismissed as greenwashing. It’s actually far more dangerous than that. Wal-Mart’s initiatives have just enough meat to have distracted much of the environmental movement, along with most journalists and many ordinary people, from the fundamental fact that, as a system of distributing goods to people, big-box retailing is as intrinsically unsustainable as clear-cut logging is as a method of harvesting trees. Continue reading

Article filed under Independent Business | Written by Stacy Mitchell | No Comments | Updated on Mar 28, 2007

Wal-Mart Pushes to Dismantle British Planning Law

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/walmart-pushes-dismantle-british-planning-law/

The provision of planning policy that Wal-Mart wants to see scrapped is known as the “needs test.” It says that communities may approve large out-of-town stores only if there is a demonstrable need for new retail and there is no way to satisfy that need with development in or adjacent to the town center. Continue reading

Article filed under Energy | Written by John Farrell | No Comments | Updated on Mar 27, 2007

25 by ’25: Getting the Priorities Right

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/25-25-getting-priorities-right/

A recent speech by ILSR Vice President, David Morris, focuses on ways to ensure that our nation’s move to have 25 percent of our energy consumption come from renewable energy by 2025 will maximize the benefits to the communities in which these fuels are produced and harvested.

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Article, Resource filed under General | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Mar 23, 2007

David Morris on WCCO’s Good Question – What If We All Drive 55?

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/david-morris-wccos-good-question-what-if-we-all-drive-55/

ILSR’s Vice President, David Morris, was interviewed as part of a segment on WCCO’s "Good Question" segment that dealt with the question of driving 55 MPH to save energy.  Segment aired March 23, 2007. Continue reading

Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Mar 19, 2007

Giving tax breaks where credits are due

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/giving-tax-breaks-where-credits-are-due/

Giving tax breaks where credits are due President Bush’s health care plan underscores the dilemma with tax incentives: They tend to treat the rich rather than the problem. By David Morris, originally published in the Mineapolis Star Tribune, March 19, 2007 Critics of George Bush’s proposal to expand the number of Americans with health insurance… Continue reading

Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Mar 12, 2007

Al Gore’s Carbon Solution Won’t Stop Climate Change

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/al-gores-carbon-solution-wont-stop-climate-change/

At the Oscars, former Vice President Al Gore and megastar actor Leonardo DiCaprio informed a billion viewers that this was the first"green Oscar," at least with respect to global warming. The hosts had purchased sufficient greenhouse gas offsets to allow them to free the event of any responsibility for increasing greenhouse gases.

Twodays later, Al Gore and emission offsets were again in the news when reports circulated that his Nashville house consumed 20 times more energy than a typical house. His spokesman responded: The Gore family had purchased green electricity and carbon offsets in sufficient quantities to render the house’s net contribution to global warming as zero.

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Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Mar 12, 2007

Cap and Tax, Don’t Cap and Trade

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/cap-and-tax-dont-cap-and-trade/

Cap and Tax, Don’t Cap and Trade By David Morris, originally published on AlterNet, March 12, 2007 At the Oscars, former Vice President Al Gore and megastar actor Leonardo DiCaprio informed a billion viewers that this was the first “green Oscar,” at least with respect to global warming. The hosts had purchased sufficient greenhouse gas… Continue reading

Article, ILSR Press Room filed under Broadband | Written by Christopher | No Comments | Updated on Mar 8, 2007

Publicly owned networks are the key to universal access and healthy competition

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/for-immediate-release-january-8-2007-2/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 8, 2007 Publicly owned networks are the key to universal access and healthy competition Localizing the Internet: Five Ways Public Ownership Solves the U.S. Broadband Problem This January 2007 report argues that a publicly owned information infrastructure is the key to healthy competition, universal access, and non-discriminatory rates. download the… Continue reading

Article filed under Energy | Written by John Farrell | No Comments | Updated on Mar 6, 2007

Growing Number of Universities Commit to Carbon Neutral Campuses

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/growing-number-universities-commit-carbon-neutral-campuses/

As of today, 111 college Presidents have signed on to an initiative, The American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, that commits their campuses to become carbon neutral. Continue reading

Article filed under Energy | Written by John Farrell | No Comments | Updated on Mar 6, 2007

Distributed Generation Benefits Outlined in New DOE Report

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/distributed-generation-benefits-outlined-new-doe-report/

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 required that DOE, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), conduct a study of the potential benefits of cogeneration and small power production. The final report, The Potential Benefits of Distributed Generation and Rate Related Issues that May Impede Their Expansion, is now open for public comment until April 30, 2007.

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