August 21, 2017

NEBA News Digest for September 1, 2017

Welcome to the Weekly News Digest from the National Environmental Banking Association (NEBA).  
Here are some of the top links grabbing environmental banking headlines for the week that ended September 1, 2017. Houston's Flooding Shows What Happens When You Ignore Science https://qz.com/1064364/hurricane-harvey-houstons-flooding-made-worse-by-unchecked-urban-development-and-wetland-destruction Wetland Restoration As A Business: Wisconsin’s Growing Mitigation Industry https://www.wpr.org/wetland-restoration-business-wisconsin-growing-mitigation-industry/ Permitting Efficiency and the Clean Water Act - Latest NEBA Whitepaper for Members https://environmentalbanking.org/permitting-efficiency-and-the-clean-water-act/ Interiors Orders Troubling for Mitigation http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/35864137-78/interiors-orders-troubling-for-hunters-anglers.html.csp NEBA Member FREE Webinar http://mailchi.mp/417a012f8f4e/welcome-to-neba-the-trusted-voice-of-the-mitigation-industry-274713?e=243fea25fc   Do you have news from the environmental mitigation and conservation world that you think others at NEBA should know?  Send it to info@environmentalbanking.org and we'll be sure to share it.
  REMINDER: NEBA Monthly Member Briefing Call open to all members has been scheduled for 3 pm EDT on Wed. Sept. 13, 2017 https://environmentalbanking.org/calendar/

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