Julia Simon
Julia Simon is NPR's Energy and Climate Solutions correspondent on the National Desk. She covers the international energy economy and the biggest stories in oil, gas, renewable energy, and the electricity sector.
Simon introduces NPR audiences to the businesses, governments, and everyday people at the heart of global energy stories, and tracks efforts to reduce planet-heating emissions.
An energy reporter for over fifteen years, she has visited Kenya's first oil wells, followed stolen oil from Nigeria to Togo to Long Island, and met Colombian oil executives looking to diversify into solar and wind energy.
Simon has traveled around the world in search of climate solutions. She went to Paris to report on a 15-minute climate solution, trekked deep into the Sumatran rainforest to explore a solution to deforestation, and learned how Vienna is creating stylish affordable housing – that's also climate-friendly. She has covered U.N. climate conferences, and was one of the few U.S. journalists who covered the First International Conference to Transition away from Fossil Fuels.
She began her career at the BBC Cairo bureau and was formerly an oil reporter at Reuters. A longtime guest host for Planet Money, Simon was a part of a Planet Money team that was a finalist for the Gerald Loeb award.
Simon has lived in Egypt, Indonesia, France, and Nigeria, where she was a Fulbright Scholar covering the Nigerian oil sector. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago and studied international energy and climate change as a KSP scholar at the Sciences Po in Paris.
Simon speaks and reports in Egyptian Arabic, Spanish, French and Indonesian. She can be reached via encrypted message at juliaradio.33 on Signal.
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Two years ago Colombia pledged to stop exploring for new oil, gas and coal. On the world stage, this was a big deal. Here's what's happened since. -
Under President Trump, the U.S. has taken steps to roll back climate policies. Here are six significant changes. -
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact. -
The banned words list applies to all work done at the largest federal funder of clean energy technology. -
Energy Secretary Chris Wright has disbanded a controversial Climate Working Group (CWG), which wrote a report that scientists say was full of errors and misrepresented climate science. -
A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies. -
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science. -
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reposted the video profiling Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes same-sex marriage. -
The Trump administration plans to end a $7 billion Biden-era program that helps low-income households get solar power. -
As Canadian wildfires spread smoke across the U.S. the air pollution is dangerous to health. But there are ways to protect yourself. Here's what to know.
