Articles by Senior Staff Writer Matt Simon
Matt Simon is a senior writer at Grist, covering climate solutions. Prior to that, he spent over a decade at Wired magazine. He’s the author of three books, most recently A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies.
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The government just killed an essential way to assess climate risk
Cities, insurers, and the public used the Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database to plan for the future. Now what will they do?
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Why are all of America’s biggest cities sinking?
A new study finds that the country's 28 most populous metros are losing elevation, from New York City to Seattle.
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Coming this summer: Record-breaking heat and plenty of hurricanes
Forecasters are predicting higher temperatures across the U.S. and up to 10 hurricanes. Cutting federal programs could leave people even more vulnerable.
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Farmers are making bank harvesting a new crop: Solar energy
In California's water-stressed Central Valley, farmers are fallowing land and installing solar, providing financial stability and saving water.
