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Land Trusts Can Lead to Housing Justice, Says a Federal Reserve Bank

April 29, 2022
Source: St. Louis Fed
This April 27 blog post works through how community land trusts, which farmers started in the face of racist systems, can advance Black homeownership.
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In Which the Verb Carries Lofty Meaning

April 29, 2022
Source: NPR
This All Things Considered story from April 28 situates carbon removal in the forefront of many popular science-aligned strategies for climate survival.
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Steering Into the Conservation Bank?

April 08, 2022
Source: Charleston Post-Courier
This April 4 news item catches us up on (still-in-draft) efforts to create a state conservation bank in South Carolina.
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The Weight Of the World

April 01, 2022
Source: Scientific American
This March 29 pickup from E&E News details the Biden administration's request for billions to support global climate financing - a lot of which focuses on biodiversity and nature.
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Let's See Where This Lands

March 18, 2022
A March 16 story from Colorado's journalist-owned publication digs into a bill that would essentially refund farmers for rejected easement credits.
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A Nice Amount of Capital

March 04, 2022
Source: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/sessiondaily/Story/17174
This March 1 release from the Minnesota House provides some detail on $155 million in outdoor-preservation appropriations, including concerns about equity and inclusion and scrutiny about land management.
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Land Trusts Can Be Just the Urban Thing

March 04, 2022
Source: City Limits
This February 28 story from a traditionally activist source explores how New York City might create land trusts to preserve affordability and open space, which usually correlate with outdoor health benefits.
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You Betcha! Minnesota Considers Carbon Markets Amid Outdoor Budget Surplus

January 28, 2022
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
This January 28 article recites possible destinations for a surplus in Minnesota's outdoor-economy budget...including $5.5 million for forest carbon management.
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An Indiana Land Trust Works to Sustain Diversity and Equity

January 21, 2022
Source: Indianapolis Business Journal
This January 14 story captures how land-trust tactics can support resilience and inclusion for communities as well as for habitats.
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A Pioneering Environmental Impact Bond for DC Water (Updated)

Abby Martin, Alec Appelbaum
September 27, 2021
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District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) created a municipal bond that covers the downside risk of using green infrastructure to control stormwater runoff. By offloading risk to investors, the utility drew new financing -and time to get its practices right. Now other cities are following its lead.

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