While the newest explosion of greed-induced hype around 'environmental markets' has caused lots of rumors, distractions and disinformation,
is at work each day promoting and advancing real industry law, policy and data.
continued and solitary focus on environmental banking grows from a respect for the environmental and economic superiority of mitigation and conservation banking for solving some of our nation's most challenging environmental issues.
continues to promote the highest professional standards and to represent the very best businesses in the environmental banking industry.
We have sought to consistently build member benefits and to solve member problems.
A newly released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report is shining a spotlight on a concern many in the mitigation banking industry have raised for years: inconsistent implementation of the federal compensatory mitigation program across U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts. Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, the Corps requires compensatory mitigation when permitted
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For too long, environmental policy debates have been framed around a false and unproductive premise: that economic growth and environmental protection are inherently at odds. This mindset is not only outdated—it is actively harmful to both outcomes. Mitigation banking offers a clear path forward. By design, it aligns economic incentives with ecological restoration, proving that well-functioning
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