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.
All Articles
-
![A creek running through a wetland arrives at a lake of meltwater created by the Russell Glacier in the Isunngua Highlands near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.]()
![A creek running through a wetland arrives at a lake of meltwater created by the Russell Glacier in the Isunngua Highlands near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.]()
A melting Greenland is easier to exploit — but also more perilous
Climate change is opening up previously inaccessible land and sea, boosting global interest in Greenland.
-
![]()
![]()
Trump is trying to kill clean energy. The market has other plans.
The administration has done real damage to climate action, experts say. But in many ways, renewables are unstoppable.
-
![An electric vehicle covered in snow is shown plugged into a charger.]()
![An electric vehicle covered in snow is shown plugged into a charger.]()
This tech could keep EVs from stressing the grid — and save everyone money
Instead of lots of EVs juicing up their huge batteries all at once, "active managed charging" distributes the load throughout the night, helping stabilize the grid.
-
![An American flag stands on a cliff overlooking a Pacific Palisades neighborhood one year after the fires that ravaged Los Angeles.]()
![An American flag stands on a cliff overlooking a Pacific Palisades neighborhood one year after the fires that ravaged Los Angeles.]()
In 2025, the US suffered a billion-dollar disaster every 10 days
A new analysis finds that in 2025 major catastrophes took 276 lives and caused $115 billion in damages. It could have been much worse.
