Iowa

The report summarizes the social and environmental impacts of Farmland LP’s investment management practices. Farmland LP buys and converts conventionally farmed land to certified organic farmland using regenerative farm management methods, to generate competitive financial returns and achieve positive environmental and social impacts. The USDA funded this study for the partners to generate a new, […]

A structured scoring framework to prioritize brownfield redevelopment by evaluating ownership, site use, land traits, community context, incentives, infrastructure, environmental risk, and building characteristics.

This project started in Cleveland in 2023 with the launch of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Trees Initiative. The Trees Initiative aims to plant 250 million trees across the Great Lakes region by 2033. Maximizing the health benefits of trees and planting trees in neighborhoods that need more tree canopy is a major focus of […]

SPOT synthesizes existing information related to 37 clean energy policies at the state level and documents whether a given state policy exists and where it stands related to 3 – 6 policy components. This resource is not a state scorecard. It is a planning tool for states as they develop their clean energy policy roadmaps. […]

The report is intended to help state officials, consumer advocates and the public at large ascertain the performance of their utilities, identify areas where those results might be flagging, and consider the remedies necessary to maximize benefits for consumers.

County public works department (Iowa) supporting local infrastructure and planning, including contributions to the Central Iowa Priority Climate Action Plan.

Statewide nonprofit advancing clean energy and environmental health protections.

Data platform tracking clean economy investments and projects; provides state fact sheets.

Community-led initiative implementing geothermal systems and sustainability projects.

Nonprofit organization focused on community planning, land use, and transportation policy that supports healthier and more climate-friendly communities in Iowa.