Ben Soltoff
GreenBiz
Ben Soltoff is a freelance writer and startup consultant based in Boston. Previously, he was an environmental innovation manager at Yale University, where he worked with students to explore how new ideas, technologies and business models could address the world’s most pressing environmental problems. His position was split between the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale. Additionally, Ben has worked as a project coordinator for the Vulnerability & Adaptation Initiative at World Resources Institute. He was also with Oxfam America and has worked with small rural development organizations in India and South Africa. Ben holds dual master's degrees from the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science, as well as a B.S. in Biology and Environmental Sciences and Policy from Duke University.
How blockchain could help put the Paris Agreement on course, from the bottom up
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US businesses stand by the Paris Agreement at COP25
While the United States government has kept a low profile at this year’s COP25, the country's businesses have played a more enthusiastic role. Read More
How David and Goliath can team up on climate innovation
As large corporates look to startups for new ideas, smaller companies can learn new things, too. Read More
Opus 12 is one startup on a mission to convert CO2 into useful products
It may sound a bit like alchemy to create building blocks out of thin air, but plants and algae have been doing essentially the same thing for hundreds of millions of years. Read More
Inside ExxonMobil's hookup with carbon removal venture Global Thermostat
Could the funding and engineering resources of a major fossil fuels company help direct air capture technology for carbon removal scale more quickly? Read More
