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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How a greening Arctic might be kick-starting a dangerous feedback loop
New research finds that Arctic peatlands are expanding as the far north undergoes rapid changes. It's an ominous sign.
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![17 June 2024, Berlin: The water flushes in a toilet. Berliner Wasserbetriebe held its annual press conference on June 17.]()
![17 June 2024, Berlin: The water flushes in a toilet. Berliner Wasserbetriebe held its annual press conference on June 17.]()
Would you pay $49 a month to drink recycled wastewater?
A recent survey found that rural Americans would pay for the privilege of water reuse. Here's the huge potential benefit of the technique.
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![Sunlight glows through the steam of a geothermal power plant in Niland in California.]()
![Sunlight glows through the steam of a geothermal power plant in Niland in California.]()
Geothermal could replace almost half of the EU’s fossil fuel power
Advances in drilling and subsurface engineering are unlocking a constant, clean power source deep within the Earth.
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What happens when a neighborhood is built around a farm
Agrihoods reimagine urban living by putting food, not cars, at the center of the community.
