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Automatic Enrollment Policies Can Make Lead Service Line Replacement Projects More Efficient and Expedient

The Next 55 Earth Days

An Abundance of Nature
EPIC champions a bold approach to environmental restoration, aligning with the Abundance mindset by streamlining wetland restoration, leveraging technology, and using pay-for-success models. By focusing on outcomes over process, EPIC aims to make nature restoration faster, scalable, and impactful—ensuring clean air, water, and ecosystems are abundant and accessible.

Trump’s Permit Tech Memo: Promising Ideas, Implementation TBD

Working Wonders in Purpose Driven Innovation Labs

Optimizing Interest Rate, Loan Term, and Fee Policies in SRF Financing

Directing Principal Forgiveness to Communities That Need It Most

How States Define Disadvantaged Communities for the DWSRF

Understanding Set-Aside Funds: Strengthening Water Systems Beyond Infrastructure

State Policies Impacting SRF Assistance to State-Defined Disadvantaged Communities

How States’ Disadvantaged Community Definitions Can Prioritize Access to SRFs for Under-Resourced Communities

Optimizing Interest Rate and Other Loan Policies for SRF Financing

This Tool is Changing How We Protect our Wetlands, Here’s How You Can Help

Federal Policy Shifts Impact Tribal Funding Access and Environmental Restoration

Southern States Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: Quantitative Analyses

Capital in Nature-Based Solutions Markets
The goal of this project was to determine which financial investments from foundations and other impact investors would be most likely to drive others to invest in NBS. We interviewed fourteen companies and investors focused on deploying capital into nature-based investments.

Innovation Incubators - from Egyptian Egg Ovens to Artificial Intelligence
WBUR Here and Now: Trump officials removed web tools that interpret environmental data. Volunteers are racing to rebuild them
Jessie Mahr, Director of Technology, was featured on NPR's Here and Now speaking about our work in collaboration with the Public Environmental Data Partners to preserve the data, maintain public access to tools, and protect policies that improve public health and the environment.
NextGov: America's digital infrastructure belongs to you

Comments Regarding the Council on Environmental Quality’s Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations
EPIC submitted public comments opposing the wholesale removal of NEPA regulations by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), arguing it would create confusion and increase litigation risk. Instead, we proposed modernizing the NEPA process through our Smart Permitting Agenda, which includes implementing clear timelines, developing programmatic reviews, creating user-friendly e-permitting systems, and establishing expedited pathways for ecological restoration. We believe an updated regulatory framework can maintain NEPA's original intent while delivering faster results and ensuring meaningful community input.