For decades, rooftop solar has allowed homeowners to generate their own renewable electricity — reducing their dependence on monopoly utilities and lowering their energy bills. Investing in solar, ...

On December 7, the first hands-on food waste composting workshop of the new Montgomery County Master Composter Training Program was held at the Agricultural History Farm Park’s Composting Education ...

“Workplace conditions at Amazon warehouses are unlikely to change until the company’s logistic business is exposed to real competition from unionized workplaces,” says Ron Knox “The committee’s ...

“The Kroger-Albertsons ruling might be the last hurrah of Lina Khan’s FTC tenure, but it probably will not be the last victory for the movement Khan represents,” writes Stacy Mitchell in The Atlantic.

In recent years, clean energy and climate advocates have sharpened their focus beyond carbon emissions or kilowatt-hours to equity. Though exact definitions differ, equity means including those ...

"Consumers will feel the benefits through greater choice, lower prices, and vibrant neighborhood business districts," says ...

What is Local Self-Reliance? Local self-reliance means that we, the people, are free to exercise power over our lives — how we provide for our families, how resources are shared and allocated in our ...

AI technology and large language models are growing in popularity. Also growing is the technology’s detrimental effect on the environment. Each query into ChatGPT, to use one example, requires ...

Join the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) and the State Innovation Exchange (SiX), along with leading policymakers, experts, and advocates for a virtual event on how states can strengthen ...

More than 7.5 gigawatts of new power capacity went online in the third quarter of 2024 and most (90%) of this capacity was renewable. Seventy-four percent of new capacity was from solar generation, ...

ILSR’s new fact sheet shows how state lawmakers can boost the community benefits of clean energy technologies, like solar and wind, by supporting locally owned projects. Local ownership means that ...