Don’t-Miss Opportunity for Local Choice in Landmark Carbon-Free Bills — Episode 72 of Local Energy Rules Podcast
In New Mexico, proposed climate legislation would give one of the state’s monopoly utilities a huge handout, leaving customers holding the bag. In a new...
Internet Access: Getting the U.S. Up To Speed (Episode 67)
Host Christopher Mitchell speaks with broadband champion Susan Crawford. Christopher and Susan talk about bringing better connectivity to rural and urban areas. … Read More
Race and the Economy: A Structural Problem (Episode 66)
Host Stacy Mitchell speaks with Maurice BP-Weeks, co-director of the Action Center on Race and the Economy. Stacy and Maurice discuss how our current economic...
Planning for Local Energy and Climate Action in Minneapolis — Episode 70 of Local Energy Rules Podcast
In this episode of Local Energy Rules, Energy Democracy Initiative director John Farrell speaks with Minneapolis City Councilmember Jeremy Schroeder about the city’s unique partnership...
People Love Local Food. Yet Local Farmers are Disappearing. What’s Going On? (Episode 65)
Host Stacy Mitchell speaks with Leah Douglas, a reporter covering the political economy of food. They discuss corporate concentration in the food industry and the...
Small Minnesota Community Faces David v. Goliath Negotiation for Community Solar — Episode 69 of Local Energy Rules Podcast
What does it take to build a community solar project (with battery storage) in a small town in northern Minnesota when the monopoly wholesale energy...
How Minneapolis is Planning for a More Equitable Future (Episode 64)
Host John Farrell speaks with Minneapolis City Council Member, Jeremy Schroeder, about the city’s plans to combat climate change, increase affordable housing, and make sure...
Electricity and Internet: Pieces of the Same Puzzle (Episode 63)
Host Chris Mitchell speaks with community broadband network pioneer Billy Ray about parallels between the movements for municipal electric utilities and community broadband networks.… Read...
Chris Mitchell is joined by ILSR Co-Directors Stacy Mitchell and John Farrell for a year in review. They discuss developments in the movement against corporate...
Two Rural Electric Cooperatives Overcome Barriers to Clean, Local Energy — Episode 66 of Local Energy Rules Podcast
In our latest Local Energy Rules podcast, John Farrell joins leaders from Farmers Electric Cooperative in Iowa and Kit Carson Electric Cooperative in New Mexico,...
How Community Composting Disrupts Big Waste (Episode 61)
Host Brenda Platt speaks with Terry Craghead of Fertile Ground, a worker-owned community composting cooperative. Fertile Ground is building up the local economy by reducing food waste, creating...
How Phoenix Became an Unlikely Champion of Local Business (Episode 60)
We talk with Kimber Lanning, founder of Local First Arizona, about her organization’s pioneering work to strengthen Arizona’s entrepreneurs and its local economy. … Read...
