Chris Hartshorn

“We don’t know what Mother Nature is going to wallop at us,” joked the Nassau County Executive earlier this month…

Question: how should a state agency conduct a cost-benefit analysis when considering whether to invest in a climate adaptation project? Three…

Lots of non-disclosure bad behavior this week. A hospital system in Kentucky, charter school in California, and utility on the…

We jump up to a school district in Mid-Michigan, which has recently fallen victim to both severe flooding (a 500-year…

This week we focus on a charter school owner-operator-obligor facing an ESG perfect storm -- severe climate risk, high cost…

This week’s issuer is financing a $100 million water park project that is soaked with exposure to sea level rise…

Wildfire season is right around the corner - or actually arrived in some states - and while California is typically…

For the last 18 months, we've been providing climate risk analytics for the entire municipal bond universe. We have rich…

Florida municipal issuer boilerplate climate risk non-disclosure: the gift that keeps on giving. There's the usual copy & paste disclosure,…

“Looking Ahead While Still in Hurricane Irma’s Shadow -- Despite it being two years after impact, Hurricane Irma dominated Fiscal…