Nick Stumo-Langer
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Release: Amazon’s National Contract to Supply Local Governments Puts Cities and Schools at Risk, ILSR Report Finds
A national contract that Amazon secured last year to provide local governments with office and classroom supplies lacks standard safeguards to protect public dollars and public transparency, and puts cities and schools at risk of paying more and getting less, according to an investigation published today by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). View more information from our press… → Read More
A Teaching Moment on ‘Pay As You Throw’ Recycling Policy in Connecticut
Written by Nick Stumo-Langer & Neil Seldman | Date Published: June 8th, 2018 | Category: Media Coverage, Waste to Wealth Neil Seldman ILSR’s co-founder and director of its Waste to Wealth Initiative… → Read More
Release: New Report Argues Home Composting Is Vital to Local Waste Reduction Strategies
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Tackling the problem of food waste is gaining attention to avoid garbage, conserve resources, create jobs, alleviate hunger, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) details how home composting is among the best opportunities to reduce food waste, especially in the near term and in areas lacking curbside collection… → Read More
Press Release: Losing Net Neutrality will Harm Rural America, Broadband Expert quoted in Bernie Sanders video
The United States Senate is gearing up to vote on a resolution to repeal the roll back of network neutrality protections by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In advance of the vote, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s (ILSR) Community Broadband Networks initiative director Christopher Mitchell is featured in a video from Senator Bernie Sanders (I - Vt.) detailing how the FCC’s… → Read More
Energy Democracy Media Roundup
This week in Energy Democracy news: A big milestone in California as it relates to renewable energy and peak demand percentage; a new, conservative clean energy organization in Indiana; isolated Maine communities considering microgrid technologies; and how a Politico Magazine writer is coming to understand the green economy and its contours.… Read More → Read More
Media Outlets Cover ILSR's Community Networks Map Expansion
In January of 2018, our Community Broadband Networks initiative team updated our vital Community Networks Map and garnered vast media attention. We've compiled the coverage below and you can explore the resource for yourself.… Read More → Read More
Brendan Greeley on Why We Need a Pro-Competition Political Party (Episode 40) – Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Brendan Greeley Economics writer Brendan Greeley has a thought about the role ‘economics’ play in our politics: “economists think that they’re physicists, but they’re actually just sociologists watching things and observing them“. To suss this out, Building Local Power hosts Christopher Mitchell and Stacy Mitchell sat down with Greeley. He is a writing alum of Bloomberg and The Economist and… → Read More
Energy Democracy Media Roundup – Week of February 19, 2018 – Institute for Local Self-Reliance
This week in Energy Democracy news: In Indiana, the wind down of net metering rules means that customers are scrambling for installation; a Kentucky anti-solar bill gains traction, and critics; this Michigan group is pushing a ballot initiative that will get the state to 30% renewable energy soon; and Virginia Democrats deal utility monopoly Dominion a harsh blow in flexing their monopolistic… → Read More
Dear Santa... ILSR's Annual Energy Policy Wish List!
Dear Santa, We’ve been very good this year and, if it isn’t too much trouble, we’d like a few things in 2018, let us know! Bad Federal Policies The most accurate characterization for federal clean energy initiatives in 2017 is “filling the swamp.” Proposals include reducing federal incentives for wind power and providing subsidies for… → Read More
Five Ways Co-ops Are Countering Corporate Power in Cities
Op-Ed: From solar power to neighborhood revitalization, cooperatives are helping to strengthen communities and keep resources local. → Read More
San Francisco Breaks the Chain Stores, Strengthens Neighborhood Economies – Episode 31 of the Building Local Power Podcast
San Francisco has one-third as many chain stores as the national average. That’s thanks in large part to a city ordinance that restricts “formula” businesses. Enacted in 2004, and expanded in 2006 and 2014 (with input from ILSR), the policy permits formula businesses to locate in the city’s neighborhood business districts only if they pass… → Read More
Beating the Monopolies: Barry Lynn Explains How We Will Win – Episode 30 of the Building Local Power Podcast
Barry Lynn, head of the Open Markets Institute, has some good news for those concerned about concentrated corporate power and the implications for our livelihoods and our democracy: “We will win”. In this episode of the Building Local Power podcast, ILSR Co-director Stacy Mitchell interviews Lynn about the changes in policy that gave rise to today’s monopolies, including the… → Read More
Press Release: Amazon Angles for Subsidies in Search of Second HQ
In response to Amazon’s announcement that it is seeking a location for a second North American headquarters, Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and co-author of Amazon’s Stranglehold, issued the following statement: “Amazon’s announcement that it’s opening a search for a second North American headquarters is only the latest play in Amazon’s long-time strategy of… → Read More
Webinar: Two Business Models for Community Composting
On Wednesday, September 20th, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and the community composting network is hosting a webinar on “Two Business Models for Community Composting: Worker-Owned Cooperative & Social Enterprise.” Register here: . → Read More
Press Release: Minneapolis Mayor’s Proposed Budget Unlocks $2M+ for Clean Energy
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — A few weeks ago, cities across the country responded to President Trump’s intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord with their own commitments. But the City of Minneapolis, under a budget proposed by Mayor Betsy Hodges, is poised to do something novel: put real resources behind its climate and energy pledge. The mayor’s budget proposal would unlock more than $2… → Read More
Recording: Energy Democracy – A Response to Trump’s Climate Wrecking Agenda
On Thursday, July 13th, John Farrell participated in a phone call with Anya Schoolman of the Community Power Network detailing the future of renewable energy under the new Trump administration. Farrell addressed the tools that communities have to take control of their energy future, regardless of whether the federal government is a clean energy friend… → Read More
Local Solar Power: Red Plus Blue Makes a Green Tea Party – Episode 24 of the Building Local Power Podcast
In this week’s episode of Building Local Power we interview Debbie Dooley, President of Conservatives for Energy Freedom and co-founder of the Green Tea Coalition in the southern United States. Dooley’s organizations promote “consumer choice in the energy field” to “provide competition” and stop monopolies from limiting their customer’s options in renewable energy. The Green… → Read More
Independence & Local Self-Reliance
Here at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, we advocate for independence in a variety of forms. From strengthening the status of independent businesses in the economy to encouraging local governments to break free from monopoly Internet Service Providers and invest in their communities’ connectivity, independence is vital for small-scale, local economies. That’s why, in honor of Independence… → Read More
Video: Choosing the Electric Avenue, Electric Vehicles Webinar
You can find a video of the presentation and slides and a collection of the slides below. Video: Slides: Choosing the Electric Avenue – Webinar Presentation from John Farrell This post originally published at ilsr.org. Subscribe to our weekly Energy Democracy update or follow us onTwitter or Facebook. → Read More
Press Release: Regulators Should Block Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday June 16, 2017 Contact: Nick Stumo-Langer, stumolanger@ilsr.org, 612-844-1330 Statement: Regulators Should Block Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods; Deal Raises Significant Anti-Competitive Concerns In response to Amazon’s announced acquisition of Whole Foods, Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) and co-author of Amazon’s… → Read More