Jesse Klein
GreenBiz Group
Jesse Klein, former senior editor for GreenBiz, is a science, outdoor and business journalist. She has written for New Scientist, Wired Magazine, VICE and The New York Times, reporting on everything from Coachella Valley Music Festival's green initiatives to the future of brain science research. Having previously worked inside Bay Area startups, she has a deep understanding of the pressing issues facing the businesses of tomorrow. See her other work here.
Carbon credits for forest preservation projects are mostly ‘illusory’, UC Berkeley study says
New research into Verra’s REDD+ methodology found cherry-picking and overcrediting. Read More
The top carbon-credit rating agencies are often inconsistent and inaccurate, watchdog claims
Rating the raters: Carbon Market Watch said agencies don't accurately reflect the benefits they’re supposed to be reviewing. Read More
Packaging taxes are coming for food companies: 4 actions to take now
Extended producer responsibility puts a price on the packaging materials a company brings into a state. Read More
3 ways eBay, Pepsi are addressing Scope 3 transport emissions
These companies engage third-party fleet companies, but that doesn’t mean they are leaving transportation decarbonization to their suppliers. Read More
How a new industry alliance hopes to scale the market for carbon removals
Giana Amador, executive director of the Carbon Removal Alliance, talks about the nonprofit’s first priorities and how she thinks the federal government should get involved in carbon removals. Read More
Carbon crediting bodies explained
Confused about who is part of shoring up the voluntary carbon market? Us too. Read More
Creating food out of thin air
Creating food from captured carbon dioxide could be a carbon negative process that helps solve two of the planet's biggest problems. Read More
Shopify, startup Running Tide tout ocean carbon removal breakthrough
Over the past 3 months after working on this project for 6 years, ocean carbon sequestration startup Running Tide sank 1000 tons wooden buoys off the Icelandic coast to prevent the embodied CO2 from being released into the atmosphere. Read More
New carbon credit integrity assessment opens for applications
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market launches final assessment framework and carbon principles for crediting projects. Read More
A plastic-free Daryl Hannah Barbie? Not for real
A fake press release trumpeting a pledge to ban plastic from Mattel's iconic doll is revealed as a stunt staged by Daryl Hannah and eco-activist agency Yes Men. Read More
