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Since enacting the Conservation Finance Act in 2022, Maryland agencies have begun to implement it and attract greater private investment in conservation.
What is motivating biocredit buyers at this early stage as the market is in development? Why would corporate buyers and other entities be interested in investing in migratory songbird or salmon credits? What’s in it for them? Today the BCA released a new issue paper, “Demand-side Sources and Motivation for Biodiversity Credits'' that untangles some of these incentives and rationales.
Agriculture
Everybody’s talking about environmental sandboxes. What are they, and maybe more importantly, what aren’t they?
Since enacting the Conservation Finance Act in 2022, Maryland agencies have begun to implement it and attract greater private investment in conservation.
New report evaluates the last three years of efforts developing Midwest watershed partnerships
New report examines the challenges to administratively scaling the Regional Conservation Partnership Program
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission announced today the opening of its application for proposals offering cost-effective reductions of nutrient pollution entering the Chesapeake Bay from the Susquehanna watershed.
Mason City and Forest City sign innovative agreements to pay farmers to improve water quality.
Third and final in a series, this blog explores how USDA can tweak existing programs to speed up delivery of conservation money in the Inflation Reduction Act.
A project to illustrate which watersheds and cities in Iowa are closest to meeting their nutrient reduction goals from municipal point sources
Second in a series, this blog explores how USDA can use emerging technologies to speed up delivery of conservation money in the Inflation Reduction Act.
First in a series, this blog explores how USDA can use outcomes purchasing to speed up delivery of conservation money in the Inflation Reduction Act.
One month ago today, Pennsylvania passed the country’s second legislatively-authorized clean water outcomes procurement program
In New York state, a clever partnership between the city of Syracuse and upstream farmers has managed to significantly clean up the Skaneateles Lake
Endangered Species
What is motivating biocredit buyers at this early stage as the market is in development? Why would corporate buyers and other entities be interested in investing in migratory songbird or salmon credits? What’s in it for them? Today the BCA released a new issue paper, “Demand-side Sources and Motivation for Biodiversity Credits'' that untangles some of these incentives and rationales.
Yesterday, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Compensatory Mitigation Mechanisms. We provide initial reactions here.
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Wildlife Moves into the State House
CEJST is a simple map, with big implications and attention to cumulative burdens matters.
How the White House’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool guides Justice40 and four recommendations how it can be made better to advance equity
Billions of dollars and more than 30 EJ screening tools - How are Justice40 opportunities rolling out? Let’s find out!
EPIC is launching a new research project with Beech Hill Research and Climate XChange to analyze if and how states are spending funds equitably from J40, IRA and other federal sources. In this first phase of work, they will be investigating the pros and cons of the current workflow that state officials use to secure federal funding. Read more details about the project, and what you can expect from us in the coming months.
Who benefits from State Revolving Fund Earmarks?
Two New Iowa Communities Partnering with Farmers on Water Quality Goals
Mason City and Forest City sign innovative agreements to pay farmers to improve water quality.
Environmental agencies’ $1.5B IT budget - where does it go?
Show Nature the Money: An argument for moving additional IIJA funding toward wildlife connectivity
123 – and growing: A national movement to replace toxic lead pipes
Underutilized State Revolving Fund Loan Guarantees Can Unlock Additional Funding For Nature-Based Solutions
State SRF Policies to help Communities Fully Take Up the new Federal Funding for Lead Service Line Replacement
EPIC Will Support Lead Service Line Replacement in 50 New Communities Over the Next Three Years
Restoration Economy Center 2022 Year in Review
New Paper: Purchasing Environmental Progress
Five ideas for State Revolving Fund programs to advance equity in 2023
Why are We Spending ⅓ of a Restoration Project’s Funding on Permitting?
New Year, New Definition of Waters of the United States
