Subscribers to FairlawnGig – Fairlawn, Ohio’s municipal broadband network – are being upgraded to new service levels as the city-owned network bumps up speeds and...
John Farrell explains five alternatives to a public power takeover that can still advance a community’s clean energy and environmental justice aims. This is part...
The FCC is under deadline to release an order to “promulgate regulations to require the display of” the broadband nutrition label by November 15 of...
Farmers have a vital role to play in producing and utilizing compost to restore depleted soils. Some states have instituted permit exemptions and other regulatory...
On this episode of Building Local Power, members of the Composting for Community team, Brenda Platt and Clarissa Libertelli, explain how their accomplishments in 2022...
In northeast Ohio, the City of Hudson looks to modernize its telecommunications infrastructure through a public-private partnership that would expand the city-owned municipal fiber network…...
Amazon’ strategy for dominance — which includes securing government favors, particularly tax advantages — offers a road map of how to harness the tax system...
Mitchell adds in the statement, “It also raises serious questions about whether Amazon’s monopoly power over the book industry will be allowed to stand.”… Read...
Ron Knox joined Vox’s Today Explained podcast where he details the danger, harm, and effects of the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger. … Read More
Leadership and staff at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance announced today that they have ratified a contract with a new, robust salary schedule, 12 weeks...
Customers of four publicly-owned utilities explain some limitations of the public power model and how they are organizing to increase accountability. This is part five...
What role can farms play in creating decentralized composting infrastructure? This webinar will explore models from Austria and Spain that include and benefit farms.… Read...
On this episode of Building Local Power, Josh Ewing, Director of the Rural Climate Partnership, explains how we must put rural America at the forefront...
One day pumpkin composting will be as common as Christmas tree recycling. Check out these pro tips to keep your pumpkins out of landfills and...
A new study from the Digital Equity LA initiative lays bare how low-income communities of color are impacted by the quiet business decisions of the...