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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4 drabbles and a poem
This week, we’re sharing some of your visions for a clean, green, and just future.
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This Netflix holiday rom-com is secretly an environmentalist fantasy
Don't watch "A Merry Little Ex-Mas" for the cheesy romance. Watch it for the sustainability messages, which shine as bright as LED Christmas lights.
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The climate word of the year
This week, we’re looking at some of the climate words and phrases that defined 2025 — and what that says about where we’re at.
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“Happy Motoring News”
This week, we’re exploring an artifact shared with us by a reader: a print newsletter from Exxon dating back to 1975.
