Energy democracy implies an energy system that is democratic, where decisions are made by the users of energy.
Hall-Harper is a leader on blocking predatory dollar stores and rebuilding locally owned businesses.
How Prairie Island Indian Community resisted the nuclear waste generated and stored less than 700 yards away.
We are proud to announce the ten awardees of the 2024 BIPOC Community Composter Mini-Grant Program. This BIPOC Community Composter Mini-Grant Program provides $165,000 in...
A collection of ILSR’s quintessential intellectual and in-the-trenches contributions fostering thriving local communities and economies.
A Tribal network in California is fueling local economic growth, enabling long-term cultural preservation, and serving as a national model.
This graphic lays out the investor-owned utility model and how utilities maximize profits at the expense of their customers, use money to gain political power,...
Colorado River Indian Tribe's award is a reminder that the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is not the be-all and end-all of funding for Tribal broadband.
ILSR’s Composting for Community team has worked closely with Delegate Regina T. Boyce to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On-Farm Composting and...
Transmission lines are slow and expensive to build. This commentary by John Farrell proposes three faster, cheaper, and more efficient tools that could help the...
An important but little-noticed court ruling in 2023 recognizes that towns and cities have broad authority to reject dollar store development.
Massachusetts and New York officials hope to entice affordable housing property owners with new grant programs that would pay the retrofitting costs to expand high-speed...
The decisions of state legislatures have big consequences for how communities drive clean energy access and hold utilities accountable. This post breaks down how the...
Support the 8th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum. Contributions will primarily cover our scholarship fund and prioritize equitable access to forum events, as well as...
Big retailers threatened to punish suppliers unless they got first dibs scarce products during the pandemic, the Federal Trade Commission found in a new study.