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Author: Phoebe Higgins

New toolkit for funding green stormwater infrastructure in the Great Lakes region

December 1, 2020 Phoebe Higgins Leave a comment

If you look at your water bill, you will may see a stormwater charge or drainage fee that helps pay…

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Posted in: Markets, Water Filed under: Environmental Impact Bond, Finance, Pay for Success, Public private partnerships, Stormwater

A new ‘home’ for data tech research on environmental issues in the electric power sector

September 23, 2020 Phoebe Higgins Leave a comment

Wind turbines can kill migratory birds and bats. But did you know that new technology that pairs automated cameras with…

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New report: How to help conservation data technology spread

April 23, 2020 Phoebe Higgins Leave a comment

Before I’d ever heard of “data technology,” I was making loans to commercial fishermen in California where the fishing industry…

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Posted in: Markets, Uncategorized, Water, Wildfire, Wildlife Filed under: #datatech

What Jeff Bezos’s $10 billion pledge makes us think about

February 27, 2020 Phoebe Higgins Leave a comment

On February 17, 2020, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced he would spend $10 billion to address the climate crisis. Plenty…

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Posted in: Markets, Uncategorized Filed under: #payforperformance, #usda

Conservation Technology: Opportunities for Growth in 2020

January 2, 2020 Phoebe Higgins Leave a comment

I’m not a tech junkie, but in 2019 my eyes were opened to the incredibly diverse, impressive and rapidly-advancing ways…

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Posted in: Markets, Water, Wildlife Filed under: #datatech, Conservation

Sandboxing Nature: Bringing regulatory flexibility to conservation innovation

October 8, 2019 Phoebe Higgins Leave a comment

Today we’re releasing a new paper, Sandboxing Nature, in which we suggest taking an approach called a “regulatory sandbox”—a flexible…

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Posted in: Markets, Water, Wildlife Filed under: Conservation, Restoration, sandbox

What tech innovation teaches us about breaking down barriers to creativity in America’s conservation policies

July 25, 2019 Phoebe Higgins Leave a comment

Around the world, “regulatory sandboxes”—flexible testing grounds for new innovations—are opening the door to speedier adoption of new technology that…

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Lessons for Conservation from Social Pay for Success

June 6, 2019 Phoebe Higgins Leave a comment

by Phoebe Higgins and Timothy Male   The Nonprofit Finance Fund just published a comprehensive overview and set of lessons…

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Posted in: Markets Filed under: Conservation, Investing, Pay for Success

Atlanta’s cutting-edge Environmental Impact Bond

March 21, 2019 Phoebe Higgins Leave a comment

Things just got very exciting in the geeky world of environmental impact bonds. The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed…

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Posted in: Markets, Water Filed under: Atlanta, Environmental Impact Bond, Finance, Green infrastructure

Reducing risk and uncertainty in water quality trading

March 6, 2019 Phoebe Higgins Leave a comment

We need to use every possible approach to improve water quality across the US. The great news is that many…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: environmental markets, EPA, risk, water, water quality trading

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