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,...
View ArticleSelf-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...
View ArticleThe 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.…...
View ArticleCommunity 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...
View Article10 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...
View ArticleWriting 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
View ArticleREGISTER 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleChicago Tribune Editorial on the Proliferation of Dollar Stores
Tulsa City Council Member Vanessa Hall-Harper and ILSR Senior Researcher Kennedy Smith wrote a letter to the editor of The Chicago Tribune in support of a proposed Chicago ordinance that would limit...
View ArticleReintroduced Maryland Bill on Waste Reduction and On-Farm Composting
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 Compost Use bill (HB 1070) for...
View ArticleWhy Utility Execs Hate Distributed Solar
In this 30 minute presentation to the Just Solar Coalition, Timothy Den-Herder Thomas and John Farrell explain the benefits of distributed solar, why utility companies try to stifle it, and how this...
View ArticleChicago City Council Votes to Rein In Dollar Store Development
Another city is fighting back against dollar chains. The Chicago City Council has voted to enact an ordinance that will limit development of new chain dollar stores. Over 60 other cities and towns have...
View ArticleFeeding Detroit
The Detroit People's Food Cooperative represents a vital step towards fostering food sovereignty in a neighborhood historically affected by food apartheid. … Read More
View ArticleStatement on FTC lawsuit to block Kroger’s acquisition of Albertsons
“Blocking this merger is a crucial step in restoring healthy competition to food retailing,” Stacy Mitchell says in the statement… Read More
View ArticlePublic Comments on EPA’s Waste Reduction Model (WARM)
Help us improve E.P.A.'s measurements to compare the climate impacts of materials management practices. They are accepting public comments on the Waste Reduction Model (WARM), a tool that influences...
View ArticleSmarter Rules for Smart Meters — Episode 204 of Local Energy Rules
Michael Murray explains the many capabilities of smart meters, his critique of a Rhode Island utility proposal to expand advanced metering, and how state and federal regulators can establish best...
View ArticleIn The Atlantic: Amazon’s Big Secret
Amazon has long cultivated the idea that it runs its shopping platform at razor-thin margins, relying instead on AWS for its profits. In fact, Amazon’s e-commerce marketplace is enormously profitable....
View Article$100,000 Funding Opportunity for BIPOC-Led and BIPOC-Serving Composters
ILSR is partnering with 11th Hour Racing to provide $100,000 in sub-grants to selected BIPOC-led or BIPOC-serving composting projects in New England. … Read More
View ArticleFinanciación de $100,000 para compostadores dirigidos por BIPOC o que prestan...
El Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) lanzará el Programa de Minisubvenciones para Compostadores Comunitarios que pertenezcan a la agrupación de personas negras, indígenas y de color....
View ArticleDetroit Has No Time to Waste Food
A Detroit entrepreneur explains how her pilot projects are building community, local self-reliance, and resilience. … Read More
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