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Business Can’t Win the Privatization Game Without a Handicap

Handicapping occurs in sports to equalize the winning chances of contestants of varying abilities. Sometimes, as in horse racing, superior horses, based on past performance, are required to carry more...

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Government Funded Interstates and Fraud

In the coming years, we will continue to see groups and elected officials funded by the big cable and telephone companies try to delegitimize any public sector investment in Internet networks. We have...

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Business Can’t Win the Privatization Game Without a Handicap

Handicapping occurs in sports to equalize the winning chances of contestants of varying abilities. Sometimes, as in horse racing, superior horses, based on past performance, are required to carry more...

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Government Funded Interstates and Fraud

In the coming years, we will continue to see groups and elected officials funded by the big cable and telephone companies try to delegitimize any public sector investment in Internet networks. We have...

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200 Episodes, 10 Lessons, and Your Questions — Episode 200 of Local Energy Rules

For this milestone 200th episode, John Farrell reflects on 10 years of making the Local Energy Rules podcast, shares what he has learned from over 200 guests, and answers some listener questions.… Read...

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In-Person Workshop: Community Composting Systems at 2024 USCC Conference

ILSR will host a pre-conference workshop, Community Composting Systems: New Projects and Scaling Up Existing Projects, as part of the US Composting Council’s 2024 Conference and Tradeshow in Daytona...

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Is Amazon a Monopoly? Documentary Newly Released in the U.S.

Watch the newly released English-language version of a powerful documentary about Amazon's outsized power, both in the U.S. and abroad. The film, which first aired on German public television, features...

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Petitioners Ask Feds to Investigate Utility Abuses of Monopoly Power —...

In this episode from the archive, Howard Crystal and Liz Veazey discuss a petition to the Federal Trade Commission and why electric utility practices require federal investigation. ILSR first published...

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On-Farm Composting & Compost Use Resources

This webinar series features experts from across the industry and covers the ins and outs of on-farm composting and compost use, including setting up a composting area on your farm, integrating...

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Small Business Rising is Moving the Antitrust Debate

The Small Business Rising coalition is playing a pivotal role in the push for stronger antitrust. … Read More

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New Municipal Broadband Networks Skyrocket in Post-Pandemic America As...

As the new year begins, ILSR announced its latest tally of municipal broadband networks which shows a dramatic surge in the number of communities building publicly-owned, locally controlled high-speed...

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New Municipal Broadband Networks Skyrocket in Post-Pandemic America As...

“The monopoly cable and telephone companies frequently claim that there are no problems with broadband in the U.S., even as millions of students cannot access the Internet from their homes, whether in...

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ILSR Responds to the CFPB’s Proposed Guardrails for Digital Banking

ILSR supports the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed “open banking” rule to establish important guardrails for digital banking. But it needs additional provisions to ensure that smaller,...

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Self-Determination Can Save the Energy System

In this 15 minute presentation for The Solutions Summit 2023, John Farrell makes the case for self-determination over the energy system. Instead of tolerating costly energy monopolies, states and...

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The City Series

In our new season of Building Local Power, The City Series, we take a tour of cities and towns across the U.S. and talk to guests who are working to make their communities more locally self-reliant.…...

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Community Composting’s Untapped Potential for Local Zero Waste & Climate...

In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we are joined by Kourtnii Brown, founder and director of Common Compost (Oakland, California) and CEO of the California Alliance for Community...

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10 Years of Minnesota’s Community Solar Program — Episode 202 of Local Energy...

Pouya Najmaie discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Minnesota’s community solar program, its many regulatory and legislative changes over the years, and how utility Xcel Energy has found a new way...

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Writing Detroit’s Next Chapter

A Detroit-based bookseller shares the purpose behind her store and its profound impact on the community over the past three decades.… Read More

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REGISTER NOW: Small Business vs. Monopoly Power—March 4th

Join independent businesses from across the country for a virtual town hall event to mark our progress and build momentum to rein in monopoly power and level the playing field for small, independent...

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The Concrete Benefits of Virtual Power Plants — Episode 203 of Local Energy...

Chris Rauscher explains the benefits of coordinating distributed energy resources, how residential solar and storage customers have saved their neighbors from blackouts, and why every utility could be...

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