State regulators are setting utility profit rates too high, allowing utilities to overcharge customers by billions in order to overpay their investors.

A tool to help consumers, reporters, and policymakers explore the effect of utility profit rates on electricity bills. Select a state, and either enter or select your monthly bill amount to calculate ...

Looking to compost at home? Check out this complete guide and get started making black gold in your own backyard. Compost improves soil, protects the climate, and builds community resilience. And ...

There arguably has never been a better time to consider how to grow food and compost at home — it’s an opportunity to support healthy local soils and protect local food production and distribution.

We recognize the biggest challenges in the U.S. today are corporate control and diminishing community power which undermines the strength of our democracy and local economies. For us, local ...

Teachers routinely spend their own money on school supplies. With public school district budgets being slashed nationwide, over 90 percent of public K-12 teachers now pay for classroom supplies out of ...

Hundreds of US cities have utility franchise contracts that govern the utility’s relationship with the city. But San Diego may be the only one to have secured upfront funding from utility shareholders ...

Our team fights the unchecked power of corporate monopolies and champions policies that level the playing field for small independent businesses. Join the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) on ...

Prices are changing faster — and more erratically — than ever before. Across the economy, algorithms now play a central role in setting prices, from rents and groceries to everyday consumer goods.

Over 150 community composters, advocates, local government representatives, and allies kicked off 2026 by showcasing community composting as a force of innovation in the broader composting industry, ...

Una red de compostadores comunitarios que impulsan el movimiento conectando a los primeros usuarios, difundiendo las lecciones aprendidas e inspirando nuevas iniciativas. La Coalición Comunitaria de ...

A network of community composters building the movement by connecting early adopters, spreading lessons learned, and inspiring new operations. The Community Composter Coalition is a network of ...