According to the 2010 Census, North Dakota is 48th in population in the country and the 17th most expansive. Such a geography is not appealing...
In a forthcoming report on U.S. feed-in tariff programs, I’ll provide a comparison of solar feed-in tariff (FIT, a.k.a. CLEAN Contract) rates across the United States....
Earlier this year, Florida’s Republican Governor and legislature proposed to privatize all 26 state prisons. SB 2038 would have allowed privatization if a private company’s...
MuniNetworks.org has just released this informative video on community networks. The video explains why communities consider building their own broadband networks. The video runs...
A few weeks ago Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA who is retiring from the House this year, gave a memorable interview to New York magazine in...
We have developed a new video to explain why communities consider building their own broadband networks. Please pass it around, embed it in social media,...
Not long ago, we told you about Leverett, Massachusetts, the small town of 1,851, that has been discussing the possibility of building a community network....
In the next two years, the U.S. may get a lot less solar and wind power than it could. It’s not a shortage of solar...
Amy Westervelt has written two recent articles on why recycling is failing and how corporate America can save recycling. (“Can Recycling Be Bad for the Environment?”...
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance has recently posted an examination of 1999 Iowa Act Chapter 63, which expressly allows municipal networks: Section 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT....
Montana, home to some of the world’s best fly fishing, is also home to the country’s most far reaching law protecting their stream and river...
As we reported in March, the Chelan County, Washington PUD was seeking input from the customer-owners of their open access fiber optic network to decide...
North Carolina infamously became the 19th state to enact barriers to community broadband, but we wrote about a loophole to it last year – communities...
By bribing officials, Walmart was able to outpace its competitors, opening new stores so fast they had no time to react. In just a few...
It’s hard to make this stuff up. Last year the Michigan legislature passed a bill that gave the Governor the right to seize control of...