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Resource filed under Energy | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Aug 5, 2008

Rural Power: Community-Scaled Renewable Energy and Rural Economic Development

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/rural-power-communityscaled-renewable-energy-and-rural-economic-development/

This August 2008 report by David Morris and John Farrell was sponsored by the Ford Foundation. The next 20 years could generate as much as $1 trillion in new renewable energy investment in rural America. The report is a policy roadmap for states and the federal government that would redesignpolicies to encourage a highly decentralized and dispersed renewable energy industry that is significantly locally owned. Doing so would multiply the number of rural areas that benefit from burgeoning renewable energy industries, and would create a sustainable asset whose wealth and revenue will largely remain in revived local communities and regions.

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Article filed under Broadband | Written by Christopher | No Comments | Updated on Jul 23, 2008

Christopher Mitchell Discusses Monticello Lawsuit on Mark Heaney Show

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/christopher-mitchell-discusses-monticello-lawsuit-mark-heaney-show/

Christopher Mitchell appeared on the Mark Heaney Show on Air America
Radio to discuss the Monticello Fiber Net lawsuit and the importance of
publicly owned broadband networks
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filed under Broadband | Written by Christopher | 5 Comments | Updated on Jul 7, 2008

Burlington Telecom Fact Sheet

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/burlington-telecom-fact-sheet/

This Fact sheet was originally published in 2008 but was updated in April 2010.

BT is a city department of Burlington, Vermont, which owns a fiber-to-the-home network and offers triple play services(phone, cable, internet).  BT’s services have produced millions in savings for the city and the community at large.  

ILSR issued a report in 2011 that updates this fact sheet: Learning from Burlington Telecom: Some Lessons for Community Networks 

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Article, Resource filed under Broadband | Written by Christopher | No Comments | Updated on Jun 19, 2008

Municipal Broadband Networks Vidchat – Christopher Mitchell with Geoff Daily

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/municipal-broadband-networks-vidchat-christopher-mitchell-geoff-daily/

Christopher Mitchell discussed Community Broadband Networks with App-rising.com’s Geoff Daily in a highly regarded vidchat. Continue reading

Resource filed under Broadband | Written by Christopher | No Comments | Updated on Jun 11, 2008

Extended Version of Christopher Mitchell Discussing Broadband Networks on KFAI

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/extended-version-christopher-mitchell-discussing-broadband-networks-kfai/

The unedited, one hour, version of the Broadband Discussion on KFAI’s
Truth to Tell program on June 11, 2008.  Christopher Mitchell, Eric
Lampland, and Peter Fleck discussed wireless, fiber network, and the
importance of community accountability.
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Resource filed under Broadband | Written by Christopher | No Comments | Updated on Jun 11, 2008

Christopher Mitchell on KFAI’s Truth To Tell, Abridged Version

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/christopher-mitchell-kfais-truth-tell-abridged-version/

Christopher Mitchell was featured on "Truth to Tell," an hour long
program on KFAI, a radio station broadcasting in the Twin Cities.
Listen to Mitchell discuss municipal broadband networks via a stream on KFAI or download an mp3. We cut, spliced, and trimmed the interview into a short version (22 min).
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Resource filed under Composting, Stop Incineration, Waste to Wealth | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Jun 5, 2008

Stop Trashing the Climate

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

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filed under Energy | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Jun 5, 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-2/

Updating our pathbreaking 2003 report, this June 2008 report by David Morris 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. With the adoption of complementary policies, the revolution in our transportation sector can generate an equally profound revolution in our electricity sector. Hundreds of thousands of locally owned wind turbines and solar electric arrays supplying flexible fueled, plug-in hybrid vehicles can allow tens of millions of Americans to become energy producers not just energy consumers.

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filed under Energy | Written by John Farrell | No Comments | Updated on May 28, 2008

Concentrating Solar and Decentralized Power: Government Incentives Hinder Local Ownership

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/concentrating-solar-and-decentralized-power-government-incentives-hinder-local-ownership/

Large, remote concentrating solar power systems are the new darlings of the solar industry.  Some observers now see centralized, not decentralized solar as the future.  But a new report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance reveals that the economic advantage of centralized solar and absentee owned solar arrays rests on federal tax incentives that discriminate against locally owned, decentralized solar arrays.

John Farrell, the report’s author and a strong voice in the energy community, calls for Congress to change federal tax incentives to give equal benefits to residential solar arrays, instead of favoring commercial and centralized projects.

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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, 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?

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-why-diesel-more-expensive/
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filed under Energy | Written by John Farrell | 9 Comments | Updated on Apr 5, 2008

Broadening Wind Energy Ownership by Changing Federal Incentives

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/broadening-wind-energy-ownership-changing-federal-incentives/

This April 2008 policy brief by John Farrell shows how current federal law discriminates against people owning their own power plants and highlights how the removal of two barriers at the federal level could dramatically enhance local ownership and investment in renewable energy projects. Continue reading