"If we’re serious about making clean, local electricity available to everyone, everywhere, we can’t leave the utility company abuser in charge,” says John Farrell, the report's author ...

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 ...

Tennessee’s Solid Waste Management Act of 1991 established a $0.90 surcharge on each ton of waste disposed at Class I landfills and incinerators (§68-211-835). The revenue is deposited into the ...

Last week, a hearing kicked off in federal court in Oregon that will likely have a huge impact on both grocery prices and the food industry. The judge overseeing the Federal Trade Commission’s ...

Independent pharmacies are the unsung heroes of healthcare, providing critical services that chain pharmacies simply can’t match. On this summer special, ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell illustrates how ...

The report “exposes yet another way in which dollar stores’ exploitative business practices take advantage of consumers,” says Stacy Mitchell. WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 27, 2024) — The Institute for ...

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s (ILSR) Composting for Community team has more than a decade of history actively working with state and local officials, legislators, and advocacy groups in ...

Arizona’s disposal fee of $0.25/ton was established through the Arizona Solid Waste Recycling Act of 1990 (See Laws 1990 Chapter 378) and adopted in 1991. The fee only applies to disposal of solid ...

Utility companies owned by the cities they serve. Municipal electric utilities serve thousands of communities across the country. Public utility customers experience fewer and shorter outages, pay ...

In 2018, Toledo, Ohio, updated its municipal planning and zoning code (Subsection 1104.2400) to clarify definitions of agriculture and urban gardens and apply additional land use regulations for ...

Empowering households and communities to push for clean, locally-owned, affordable energy and challenging the excessive power of monopoly utilities ...