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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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.
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‘At least zombies aren’t eating my face’: A conversation with cli-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson
The Looking Forward book club just wrapped up Robinson’s Ministry for the Future. We were joined by the author for a Q&A.
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How Pittsburgh found a secret climate weapon in ‘the thrilling world of municipal budgeting’
Even cash-strapped cities have money for climate action. They just need to spend it better.
