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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In Baltimore, yellow buses are going green
Cities all over the country are beginning to transition their school bus fleets to electric — a boon for the climate, and for students’ health.
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Recapping Looking Forward’s first live book club event
Plus some other fun goings on from Climate Week NYC.
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How cities are working to improve ‘tree equity’
Data reveals the division of tree cover along racial and income lines in cities — and can also help them fix it.
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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.
