Articles by

Matt Simon

Don’t Believe the Biggest Myth About Heat Pumps

If you’re one of the 100 percent of humans who lives somewhere warmer than –460 Fahrenheit, we’ve...

The World Is Ignoring the Other Deadly Kind of Carbon

Once again, vast expanses of Canadian wilderness are on fire, threatening towns and forcing thousands to flee....

These Electric School Buses Are on Their Way to Save the Grid

The big yellow school bus is a US icon, but perhaps not one that future Americans will...

City Trees Save Lives

The humble tree has long protected humans from sickness and even death—and in the modern city, it’s...

The One Thing Holding Back Heat Pumps

If billionaires actually cared about saving the planet, they’d pool their vast wealth and buy everyone a...

Get Ready for Monster Hurricanes This Summer

For over a year, global ocean temperatures have been consistently shattering records, shocking scientists. Now hurricane watchers...

Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better

You might visit Amsterdam for its famous canals, and who could blame you, really. But the truly...

US Infrastructure Is Broken. Here’s an $830 Million Plan to Fix It

There’s one word that will get any American fuming, regardless of their political inclination: infrastructure. Pothole-pocked roads,...