; (B) regenerative agriculture; (C) transit-oriented development and mass transit infrastructure; (D) waste and recycling; (E) water treatment; and (F) wetland protection. (5) Eligible clean energy financing institution The term Eligible Clean Energy Financing Institution means a not-for-profit, independent entity, quasi-independent entity, or a governmental entity within an agency or financing authority, established or designated by a State, group of States, the District of Columbia, a territory of the United States, or an Eligible State Political Subdivision to— (A) provide low-cost or long-term financing support or credit enhancements, including loan guarantees and loan loss reserves, for Qualified Clean Energy Projects, Qualified Energy Efficiency Projects, or Qualified Mitigation or Adaptation Projects; and (B) create liquid markets for these projects including warehousing and securitization, or take other steps to reduce financial barriers to the deployment of existing and innovative clean energy, energy efficiency projects, and climate change mitigation or adaptation projects. Eligible Clean Energy Financing Institutions may enter into partnerships with private entities. (6) Eligible state political subdivision The term Eligible State Political Subdivision means— (A) any municipality, county or other political subdivision within a State that, based on the population data from the most recent U.S. Census Bureau— (i) with respect to a municipality, has a population of not fewer than 200,000 people; (ii) with respect to a county, parish or borough, has a population of not fewer than 800,000 people; or (iii) with respect to a municipality, county, parish, or borough, has a population— (I) of not fewer than 84,000 people; and (II) that constitutes not less than 5 percent of the total population of the State in which the municipality, county, parish, or borough is located; and (B) any political subdivision that— (i) is located in a State that collaborates as 1 region for the purposes of this Act