Matt Simon

Matt Simon is a senior staff writer at Grist.

Clean energy

He’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution

All told, climate progress has been unfolding on so many fronts for so many years — often without enough support from the federal government — that it will persist regardless of who occupies the White House.

November 19, 2024

heat pumps

Heat pumps are expensive. What if billionaires bought them for everyone?

Be it in an apartment in New York City or a single-family home in the Dallas suburbs, a heat pump can work more efficiently and more cleanly than any fossil fuel system.

August 7, 2024