Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank and producer Isaac Silk. Up this week: As the Trump administration steps back from domestic policy, how states are taking the lead on clean energy, the ownership economy, and AI regulation (09:25); Why smaller funds are leading to bigger returns in Africa (); And, the pivots of Mast Reforestation, as it seeks to sell removal credits on the voluntary carbon markets (14:15).

• ImpactAlpha's Policy Corner coverage.
• “Aruwa Capital has the data to make the case for small investment funds,” by Lucy Ngige
• “From planting trees to burying them, Mast Reforestation follows the market for carbon credits,” by Isaac Silk