Articles by Associate Editor Claire Elise Thompson
Claire Elise Thompson is an associate editor at Grist, and the writer of the weekly solutions newsletter, Looking Forward. She has been at Grist since 2018, focusing on telling stories about climate solutions and the people leading them. She was a 2022 MJ Bear fellow with the Online News Association and participated in the inaugural Climate Beacons Newsroom Initiative with the Solutions Journalism Network. She is based in Seattle.
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![Illustration of high-speed train zooming through a grassy landscape]()
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France’s new high-speed train design has Americans asking: Why can’t we have that?
Here's why the U.S. is behind on building high-speed rail — and what could create momentum to catch up.
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![Illustration of scales of justice with earth weighing it down on one side]()
The climate movement needs lawyers. This ‘pro bono bootcamp’ helps connect the dots.
It's not just high-profile lawsuits — climate solutions need contracts, corporate advice, and IP filings.
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![Illustration of Klamath basin, reporter's notebook, pencil, and salmon]()
Inside the decades-long battle to restore the Klamath River
Last year, four dams on the western river were demolished, realizing a long-standing dream for tribal nations. Grist's Jake Bittle and Anita Hofschneider chronicled what it took to get there.
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A new approach to personal climate action: ‘Climatemaxxing’
To counter guilt- and shame-driven framings of personal responsibility, Grist’s Kate Yoder coined a new term.
