What's New
New Reports on Innovative Finance in the Transportation and Energy Sectors
The Brookings Institution has released a pair of groundbreaking reports on innovative finance in the transportation and energy sectors.
Banking on Infrastructure: Enhancing State Revolving Funds for Transportation - In this report Brookings elevates the discussion on infrastructure finance by looking at the full range of infrastructure revolving funds. The report also presents implications for policy, practice, new roles, and partnerships that will be needed to leverage capital and prioritize projects with high economic, environmental, and social benefits.
State Clean Energy Finance Banks: New Investment Facilities for Clean Energy Deployment - In this report Brookings examines bottom-up institutional invention, focusing on states that are experimenting with new models for financing clean energy and innovating with the design of state-level clean energy banks.
Sustainable Environments Spotlight
The Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia (SBN) is a leader in the creation and integration of entrepreneurial and sustainable business practices, and in establishing new models for business operations that value people, planet and prosperity for all. Surdna is investing in SBN's work to deepen the impact of the Philadelphia Water Department’s $2 billion investment in "green infrastructure," which is an approach to stormwater management that utilizes a range of...
Sustainable Environments Resources
- Growing Wealthier: Smart Growth, Climate Change and Prosperity: New Report by the Center for Clean Air Policy
- "Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City" Documentary on PBS
- Building a Clean Energy Assembly Line
- Bringing Residential Energy Efficiency to Scale
- Stranded at the Station: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Public Transportation
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