Community solar expands access to clean energy, lower electricity bills, and energy democracy to renters and homeowners without the means to invest in rooftop solar. Many states have created policies ...

At a conference inspired by her work, Stacy Mitchell delivers a talk about how abandonment of Robinson-Patman Act enforcement leads to food deserts.

Colorado scored 10 out of 13 on the 2025 Community Power Scorecard. It passed its first community solar legislation in 2010. Successful and meaningful community solar policies prioritize four central ...

Local Energy Rules is a biweekly podcast about monopoly power, energy democracy, and how communities can take charge to transform the energy system. Our audience is researchers, grassroots organizers, ...

Author, former bookseller, and passionate antimonopoly advocate Danny Caine loves to talk to the people fighting monopoly power in their communities. There are people working together to make their ...

Stacy Mitchell is a writer, strategist, and policy advocate. Her work focuses on dismantling concentrated corporate power and building thriving communities and a healthy democracy. She is co-executive ...

Where are community composters operating? Which cities, counties, and states support a distributed composting infrastructure through their policies and programs? ILSR’s Composting for Community Map ...

El Instituto para la Autosuficiencia Local (ILSR) lanzará el segundo año del Programa de Minisubvenciones de Compostaje para la Comunidad. El programa es financiado por 11th Hour Racing para el ...

The United States government is one of the biggest purchasers in the world. Few people or entities spend more money on more goods and services. Add state and local governments to the mix, and you have ...

Saturday, March 14, 2020, was even busier than the typical bustling Saturday at Ladybird Diner in Lawrence, Kansas. Bottles of handmade hand sanitizer were perched on each table. It was Pi Day, a ...

ILSR’s Composting for Community Initiative supports distributed infrastructure and the growing community composting sector. Community-scale composters serve an integral and unique role in both the ...

These stores are not merely a symptom of economic distress; they’re a cause of it. Learn how your community can stop dollar stores and join us in calling for federal action to rein in their predatory ...