The phrase "environmental fund" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a financial fund set aside specifically for environmental purposes, such as conservation or sustainability initiatives. Example: "The government announced the creation of a new environmental fund to support renewable energy projects and protect endangered species."
In New Hampshire, the state took $3.1 million from a similar environmental fund.
Steven Greenhouse (NYT) NORTH HEMPSTEAD: ENVIRONMENTAL FUND North Hempstead officials will hold a public forum on Tuesday to discuss the creation of an environmental fund financed by a tax increase.
In June India's Central Government earmarked 5 billion rupees ($80m) from a government-maintained environmental fund for similar initiatives.
Then there's Proposition 65, which would divert revenue from the 10-cent bag fees to an environmental fund.
"Why take money away if we are already doing something?" Supervisor Newburger asked, a reference to the proposed environmental fund.
The governor has also dipped into a state environmental fund, intended to finance programs to cut emissions, to help close the state's budget deficit.
Electricity companies and environmental funds have money available for grants to schools that want to reduce their carbon footprint.
Mitchell Feierstein, chief executive of Glacier Environmental Funds, said the CDM had long been overshadowed by bigger opportunities for green investors.
This new set of organisations – community foundations, women's funds, environmental funds and other grassroots grantmakers – has emerged in countries as diverse as Romania and Zimbabwe, Vietnam and Mexico.
You can save money and the planet by investing in environmental funds, but going green could also land you in the red.
He said the county would sell bonds to pay for its share of the purchase rather than relying on existing environmental funds.
