Jesse Klein

Senior Editor

GreenBiz Group

Jesse Klein 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.

The top carbon-credit rating agencies are often inconsistent and inaccurate, watchdog claims

September 22, 2023

by Jesse Klein

Rating the raters: Carbon Market Watch said agencies don't accurately reflect the benefits they’re supposed to be reviewing.
- Carbon Markets
Packaging taxes are coming for food companies: 4 actions to take now

September 7, 2023

by Jesse Klein

Extended producer responsibility puts a price on the packaging materials a company brings into a state.
3 ways eBay, Pepsi are addressing Scope 3 transport emissions

August 21, 2023

by Jesse Klein

These companies engage third-party fleet companies, but that doesn’t mean they are leaving transportation decarbonization to their suppliers.
How a new industry alliance hopes to scale the market for carbon removals

August 16, 2023

by Jesse Klein

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.
Carbon crediting bodies explained

August 14, 2023

by Jesse Klein

Confused about who is part of shoring up the voluntary carbon market? Us too.
- Carbon Markets
- Carbon Credits
Creating food out of thin air

August 10, 2023

by Jesse Klein

Creating food from captured carbon dioxide could be a carbon negative process that helps solve two of the planet's biggest problems.
- Food & Agriculture
- Food Systems
Shopify, startup Running Tide tout ocean carbon removal breakthrough

August 9, 2023

by Jesse Klein

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.
- Oceans & Fisheries
- Carbon Removal
New carbon credit integrity assessment opens for applications

August 4, 2023

by Jesse Klein

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market launches final assessment framework and carbon principles for crediting projects.
- Carbon Markets
A plastic-free Daryl Hannah Barbie? Not for real

August 1, 2023

by Jesse Klein

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.
- Consumer Products
What a carbon sequestration hub needs to succeed: 3 guidelines

July 18, 2023

by Jesse Klein

The first large U.S. hub to stash and store CO2 is bound for Louisiana. A new report outlines its essential elements.