Articles by Claire Thompson

Claire Thompson used to be Grist's editorial assistant. After disappearing into the wild for a while, she is now attempting to reenter society.

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Bike culture: Not as white as you think

A new report spotlights a decade of rapid growth in biking among communities of color. Now it's time for infrastructure to catch up.

Claire Thompson Culture
Zen and the art of bridge maintenance

When it comes to U.S. transportation infrastructure, we'd rather build new roads than deal with the old ones -- or the bigger questions about how we get around.

Claire Thompson Technology
Chemical creep: Farmers return to pesticides as GMO corn loses bug resistance

As the crop-ravaging rootworm grows immune to Monsanto's Bt corn, farmers go back to spraying pesticides to protect their crops.

Claire Thompson Technology
Could a Chinese carbon cap pave the way for a global climate deal?

China has proposed firm limits on greenhouse-gas emissions, seriously weakening one of the U.S.’s go-to excuses for climate inaction.

Claire Thompson Technology