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 clothes hanger spouting leaves, a purse-shaped apple, and a blouse with mushrooms growing out of the straps]()
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Apple waste, spider silk, enhanced cotton: How bio-based textiles could replace plastic in our clothing
Biomaterials companies are using new materials to create high-performance textiles — without plastic.
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How this organizer is fighting the liquefied natural gas industry where she lives
The Biden administration's LNG pause won't affect projects planned in Brownsville, Texas. The community is still waging its own defense.
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![Five colorful squares in a checkerboard formation, each containing a different icon (a sun, globe, squiggle, leaf, and spark)]()
![Five colorful squares in a checkerboard formation, each containing a different icon (a sun, globe, squiggle, leaf, and spark)]()
Grist 50 nominations are open for 2024
Check out some standout nominations from last year’s Grist 50 list — and then share your own.
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The growing popularity of degrowth
Excerpts from a Q&A with bestselling degrowth author Kohei Saito.
