CJ Clouse

Senior Writer

GreenBiz.com

CJ Clouse is an independent environmental journalist who specializes in covering solutions to the climate, biodiversity and waste crises. Her work has appeared in Mongabay, The Guardian, HuffPost, Barron’s, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and Financial Advisor Magazine, among others. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.

Lithos Carbon rocks agricultural carbon capture

December 27, 2022

by CJ Clouse

Meet the entrepreneur helping farmers capture carbon and increase crop yields — with rocks.
- Carbon Removal
- Climate Tech
Can nature tech help save nature?

December 20, 2022

by CJ Clouse

These seven startups are using technology to accelerate, scale-up and otherwise enhance the protection and restoration of biodiverse ecosystems.
- Nature & Biodiversity
- Startups
Indigenous leaders call for climate finance disruption

October 10, 2022

by CJ Clouse

Acknowledging Indigenous people’s critical role in tackling the climate and biodiversity crises may have become the norm in climate circles, but these communities still aren’t being paid for it.
- Social Justice
- Indigenous People
Bio-recycling gets fashionable with enzymes that will eat your shoes

August 12, 2022

by CJ Clouse

French startup Carbios recently signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, Puma and Salomon meant to accelerate the commercialization of its bio-recycling technology for textiles.
- Startups
- Plastic
- Fashion
What’s the best way to incentivize supplier sustainability?

July 13, 2022

by CJ Clouse

A small but growing number of large corporations have been experimenting with something called “sustainable supply chain finance.”
NineDot finds its niche in New York’s energy transition

July 12, 2022

by CJ Clouse

NineDot Energy, a clean tech startup, is launching a vehicle-to-grid battery storage project in New York City.
SCOTUS ruling on EPA leaves US businesses with the devil they don’t know

July 6, 2022

by CJ Clouse

For American companies seeking clarity on U.S. climate policy, the Supreme Court decision on West Virginia v. EPA just made an already uncertain environment worse.
- Policy & Politics
- EPA
Brooklyn startup addresses gun violence with climate jobs

June 9, 2022

by CJ Clouse

BlocPower’s Civilian Climate Corps program provides training and job opportunities to New Yorkers in neighborhoods impacted by gun violence, while helping NYC tackle its largest source of GHG emissions: buildings.
Revel aims to charge up NYC’s EV infrastructure

May 10, 2022

by CJ Clouse

America’s largest city is woefully behind in EV adoption. Can a Staten Islander with a small battalion of electric mopeds and rideshare vehicles help pave the way to electrification?
- Transportation & Mobility
- Ridesharing
Meet Wilk, alternative dairy’s undisruptive disruptor

April 20, 2022

by CJ Clouse

The Israeli cellular agriculture startup aims to help the diary and infant formula industries feed a growing population more sustainably, with ingredients produced in a lab.