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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 filed under Broadband, The Public Good | Written by Becca | No Comments | Updated on Jan 26, 2007

What About the Word “Public” Is So Hard to Understand?

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/what-about-word-public-so-hard-understand/

In a now widely dispersed article, Greg Richardson of Civitium has a bone to pick with my organization. His complaint? Our “far left” “bias”“on public ownership” is “damaging to the public broadband movement.”

Dispensewith the red flag words, and you’ll find an important issue. Civitium and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance have very different definitions of the word “public.”

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Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Oct 8, 2006

Turn on the Electric Road

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

Turn on the Electric Road by David Morris, Vice President Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) October 8, 2006 – published in the New York Times Last summer, New York State took a page from California’s playbook, using state policy to jump-start a 21st century automobile industry. Albany started a $10 million program to convert its… Continue reading

Article, ILSR Press Room filed under Energy, The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Sep 11, 2006

Farmer Ownership Should Be Federal Focus in Building Cellulosic Ethanol Industry

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/for-immediate-release-september-11-2006/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 11, 2006 Contact: David Morris, 612-276-3456, dmorris@ilsr.org Farmer Ownership Should Be Federal Focus in Building Cellulosic Ethanol Industry Full report Putting the Pieces Together: Commercializing Cellulosic Ethanol – September 2006 Minneapolis, MN – A new report issued by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance urges the U.S. Department of Energy to… Continue reading

Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on May 18, 2006

Boundaries of democracy deserve deeper analysis

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/16908/

Boundaries of democracy deserve deeper analysis by David Morris Originally published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 18, 2006 In its May 16 editorial, “We count on legislators to strike a balance,” the Pioneer Press asked “when and why should we vote?” Its answer? In the case of a Hennepin County sales tax to… Continue reading

Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on May 7, 2006

Business Forum: NAFTA helped increase flow of illegal immigrants

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Business Forum: NAFTA helped increase flow of illegal immigrants by David Morris Originally published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 7, 2006 The debate about illegal immigration rarely mentions the North American Free Trade Agreement, known as NAFTA. That’s regrettable, since the flood of illegal Mexicans in 2006 empirically challenges the philosophy that guided NAFTA’s… Continue reading

Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Apr 2, 2006

Business Forum: ‘Givings’ could help fund LRT expansion

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Business Forum: ‘Givings’ could help fund LRT expansion by David Morris Originally published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 2, 2006 We’re all familiar with the “takings” movement, and its central argument. If a public action reduces the value of property, the public should compensate the owner for the loss. You’ve probably never heard of… Continue reading

Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Apr 1, 2006

Commentary: Before long, a vehicle that solves problems?

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Commentary: Before long, a vehicle that solves problems? by David Morris Originally published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 1, 2006 I magine driving a car without consuming petroleum, or generating pollution, or making noise. Imagine getting the equivalent of 100 to 150 miles per gallon. Imagine that every time you drove, you pumped money… Continue reading

Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Dec 5, 2005

Business Forum: Ford can find its way by looking to future

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Business Forum: Ford can find its way by looking to future by David Morris Originally published in Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 5, 2005 The imminent eclipse of General Motors by Toyota as the world’s largest car manufacturer was decades in the making. We will read many instructive tales about how General Motors, and U.S. car… Continue reading

Article filed under The Public Good | Written by David Morris | No Comments | Updated on Sep 18, 2005

Hybrids and biofuels would be a good fit for Minnesota

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Hybrids and biofuels would be a good fit for Minnesota by David Morris Originally published in Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 18, 2005 In the aftermath of Katrina’s fury, and the passage of a remarkably weak and largely irrelevant federal energy bill, Americans have learned two important lessons. We need desperately and rapidly to eliminate our… Continue reading