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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Exploring hip hop’s climate advocacy
As the genre celebrates its 50th birthday, writer Zack O’Malley Greenburg chronicles the hip hop community’s environmental activism.
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![Illustration of gavel on top of Montana]()
![Illustration of gavel on top of Montana]()
Youth plaintiffs in the historic Held v. Montana climate lawsuit have a verdict
The victory for Montana’s plaintiffs could be a good sign for advocates in Hawaiʻi and elsewhere.
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![Illustration of woman sitting inside a glass jar filed with trash]()
When climate solutions stop trending
Grist’s summer package, Remember When, looks back at some of the environmental trends that either fizzled or evolved, and what we can learn from them.
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![Illustration of a clean air bubble within smoky air full of particles]()
![Illustration of a clean air bubble within smoky air full of particles]()
Threatened by wildfire smoke, West Coast cities are piloting clean-air centers
Libraries, community centers, and other buildings are getting air-filtration upgrades so residents can stay safe during hazardous smoke.
