Over the last three years, Le Sueur County, Minnesota has assembled a task force of citizens, local officials, and business leaders which have succeeded in...
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell and guest Patrick Hanlon discuss Green Cost Share: a program that promotes public...
The mission of iFixit is an ambitious one: To teach the world how to fix every single thing. In a new report, iFixit shows that...
John Farrell, Co-Director of ILSR, interviews Leslie Glustrom, founding member of Clean Energy Action about how we can equitably transition to a clean energy future....
This post explores how a community can put together a model solar ordinance. One example is Stearns County, Minn., whose solar ordinance protects pollinator habitat...
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Jaimes Valdez about the Portland Clean Energy Fund: a climate action...
2020 demonstrated that distributed solar isn’t just economically competitive or a superior job creator, it’s better for everyone. In this year-end post, Energy Democracy Initiative...
On December 7th, Our Revolution Arlington hosted an event to talk about the impact of the ongoing pandemic on small and independent business owners.… Read...
Renewables are bouncing back after a COVID-19 pandemic punch; in the third quarter of 2020, solar comprised a near-record 60 percent of new power generation...
Stacy Mitchell joined John Fugelsang on SiriusXM’s “Tell Me Everything” to talk about small businesses as critical allies with labor in the fight to check...
Zero Waste Europe hosted the extraordinary webinar with experts and activists from leading Zero Waste cities in Europe. Tune in to learn how cities from...
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Jill Mangaliman and Abigail Juaner about Jumpstart Seattle: a corporate payroll...
This week on the podcast Christopher talks with representatives from a broadband cooperative operating in two rural counties in south-central Minnesota.… Read More
We summarized Congress’s Big Tech monopoly report, particularly its findings on Amazon’s monopoly power and its recommendations for how Congress can liberate the economy from...
Host Jess Del Fiacco is joined by Neil Seldman and Captain Charles Moore, author of Plastic Ocean, to discuss Moore’s his vision for turning landfills...