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The Connecticut Green Bank sees potential for capital flows from greenspace like this New Haven park.

Connecticut's Green Bank Seeks Leader for Financing Natural Capital

Alec Appelbaum
October 10, 2022
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Cities
  • Climate
  • Environmental Justice
  • Forest
  • Fresh Water
  • Habitat
  • Land Conservation
  • Public Policy
States around the nation are changing laws to clarify and speed up financing for natural climate solutions. Now Green Bank CEO Bryan Garcia and his team are looking for a senior team member to crystallize and underwrite the strategy. Garcia says it’d be the first time the green bank has...
Photo of an Appalachian stream by Payton Chung, via Flickr Creative Commons

Can a new Congressional formula offer a way to prosperity without suffering in Appalachia? 

Paying to Put a Mountain Back

Robin Happel
July 19, 2022
  • Topics:
  • Climate
  • Environmental Justice
  • Forest
  • Fresh Water
  • Public Policy
Decades of blasting the tops of mountains for coal have clouded generations of human life and millions of years' worth of other life in Appalachia. A new approach that centers on reclaiming mine sites, supporting health in order to build livelihoods, can reset that.

The Regenerative Agriculture Finance Fund's Climate-Smart Rebate

Grace Cajski
April 27, 2022
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Climate
  • Fresh Water
  • Impact Investing
This January, Environmental Defense Fund and Farmers Business Network launched the pilot Regenerative Agriculture Finance Fund (RAFF). Enrolled farmers who meet soil health and nitrogen efficiency standards will access a 0.5% discount on a one-year credit line. This product, years in the making, aims to update farm financing.
BIg Spring Run development site, with wetlands

(Photo by Sam Feibel/Franklin & Marshall College.) This restored wetland brings life back to a Pennsylvania site that once posed a threat to the Chesapeake Bay. 

Removing Sediment to Restore Wetlands Clears Revenue Paths

Sam Feibel
January 24, 2022
  • Topics:
  • Fresh Water
  • Habitat
  • Land Conservation
  • Public Policy
By removing "legacy sediment" from dam diversions, scientists can expand wetlands and their conservation oomph. In Pennsylvania, a commercial real estate firm learned how this wetland protection can create more developable land - and more profit.
US capitol

A Pioneering Environmental Impact Bond for DC Water (Updated)

Abby Martin, Alec Appelbaum
September 27, 2021
  • Topics:
  • Blended Finance
  • Cities
  • Climate
  • Fresh Water
  • Impact Investing
  • Public Funding
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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.
Wetland restoration aerial photo

In the wake of Katrina, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries
and the state of Louisiana teamed up to rebuild
significant portions of a 19-mile expanse of
barrier islands off Barataria Bay. Newly
rebuilt beaches and dunes were erected from
2006-2009, and scientists today continue to
monitor for changes in elevation, vegetation
and species abundance at this site. To learn more
about this project, visit the NOAA website.
(Credit: NOAA)

Louisiana Environmental Impact Bond May Reduce Coastal Land Loss

Kat Friedrich
September 25, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Fresh Water
  • Land Conservation
  • Oceans
  • Public Funding
  • Public Policy
  • Climate
  • Habitat
Bordered by beautiful wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana is a hub of transportation and industry. A pilot environmental impact bond could seed a set of wetland-restoration projects for the state. Environmental Defense Fund, Quantified Ventures, and their project partners are proposing to draw on funding from the Deepwater...
Philadelphia

How Green Infrastructure Yields Urban Safety and Health

Kat Friedrich
September 23, 2018
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  • Agriculture
  • Fresh Water
  • Land Conservation
  • Blended Finance
  • Philanthropy
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  • Habitat
Greenprint Partners is field-testing a green infrastructure-financing approach that could help make communities healthier and safer in a small group of Rust Belt cities. In an interview, Nicole Chavas, the company’s CEO and cofounder, and Rose Jordan, its marketing director, said the models have expansion potential. If adopted on a...
Republic Iron and Steel Works

This historic image shows Republic Iron and Steel Works,
a factory that was in Youngstown, Ohio in the early 20th century.
Today, Youngstown has experienced a decline in its manufacturing
economy, leading to poverty and crime. Green infrastructure can
help make Youngstown and similar communities safer and healthier.
Flickr

A Blueprint for Financing Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Kat Friedrich
August 27, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Forest
  • Agriculture
  • Fresh Water
  • Land Conservation
  • Cities
  • Climate
In a few Rust Belt cities that are seeking economic and social benefits, Greenprint Partners – formerly known as Fresh Coast Capital – is breaking new ground by financing fresh solutions for green stormwater infrastructure. It is using a combination of municipal, private and government resources. Its goals are to...
Rain gardens built by District Stormwater

Rain gardens built by District Stormwater, LLC, in partnership
with Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington,
generate over 90,000 SRCs annually at the historic Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Severn Smith/The Nature Conservancy

Focus on Investors Boosts DC’s Stormwater Credit Market

Allegra Wrocklage
August 27, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Fresh Water
  • Cities
  • Climate
The Washington, DC Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE)’s Stormwater Retention Credit Program takes a unique approach to attracting private capital to effectively leverage public funds. DOEE’s financial commitment to managing its stormwater challenges and proactive transparency in working with investors have created an attractive opportunity for private investment.
Desert Rose

Donor-Advised Funds Are an Untapped Source of Impact Capital

Nathalie Woolworth
August 22, 2018
  • Topics:
  • Forest
  • Agriculture
  • Fresh Water
  • Land Conservation
  • Oceans
  • Cities
  • Impact Investing
  • Philanthropy
The National Philanthropic Trust’s 2017 Donor-Advised Fund Report found that the capital housed in donor-advised funds across the United States exceeded $85 billion in 2016. This represents an almost 10-percent increase since 2015 and a 28-percent increase since 2012.

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