Local governments have a powerful role to play in the success of local composting. The many co-benefits that local composting offers — jobs, resilient soils, enhanced food security, and community ...

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) manages 335 properties with a total of 2,212 resident buildings and about 361,000 residents in all five boroughs of New York City. The average income of ...

The massive wave of hyperscale data center construction underway today is not a neutral response to public need. It is a speculative race among a handful of dominant tech firms seeking to control ...

State regulators set the rate of profit, also called return on equity, that utilities can pay their investors. For decades, state regulators have been allowing utilities to overcharge their customers ...

To consolidate control over generative AI and deepen their monopoly power, dominant tech firms are driving a wave of hyperscale data center construction that is colliding with communities nationwide.

Welcome to Building Local Power’s “The Data Centers Are Coming,” where we journey to some of the most active places in the cross-country battle over data centers in our local communities. We start at ...

Distributed solar, which can be owned by individuals, small businesses, and public entities, is turning the electricity industry upside down as individuals choose to generate their own solar power on ...

Across the nation, families and individuals are struggling to keep up with skyrocketing electric bills. Electricity prices have soared in recent years, dramatically outpacing both inflation and wage ...

A law that will give New Yorkers the power to fight rising grocery prices and shrink food deserts is now one step closer to becoming reality. This week, the New York State Assembly’s Consumer Affairs ...

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 ...

Analysis shows how the failure to enforce the Robinson-Patman Act fueled grocery-sector consolidation, leading to food deserts and rising prices. WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 28, 2026) — The Institute ...

Millions of Americans live in communities that are both low-income and lacking a grocery store, also known as food deserts. Not having a place to buy fresh food nearby imposes a daily hardship and ...