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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Mailbag: Airships, climate ed, and heat pumps for cold climates
Thoughts and feedback from our readers about sustainable travel, the health impacts of the climate crisis, and heat pumps.
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Heat pumps are taking off in Maine, one of the coldest states
With greater than 100 percent efficiency, the devices offer protection from both chilling winters and hotter summers.
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How Harvard will teach future doctors about climate
The nation’s top medical school is embedding climate curriculum into all four years of instruction.
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From fiction to reality: Could airships be the key to greener travel?
Airships have captured science-fiction writers’ imaginations — including Kim Stanley Robinson in Ministry for the Future. We examine the tech’s utility in the real world.
