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Matthew McClearn
StaffData JournalistToronto, Canada
mmcclearn@globeandmail.comhttp://mattmcclearn.pressfolios.com/

Area of Expertise

Environment, flooding and other natural disasters, climate change, electricity sector

Matt McClearn is an investigative reporter and data journalist with The Globe and Mail’s Energy, Natural Resources and Environment Team. He specializes in complex, data-informed projects relating to energy and environmental matters, and particularly the electricity sector. He worked as a business journalist for many years prior to joining The Globe in 2015.

29

Years in Journalism

9

Years at The Globe and Mail

Professional affliations

Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE); Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)

Matthew McClearn abides by The Globe and Mail Editorial Code of Conduct

Latest articles

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Ontario is struggling to keep up with electricity demand in the Windsor area. How will the province handle electrification and net zero?
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Ottawa city councillors demand investigation into floodplain development permit
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Documents raise questions about costs to retire Ontario’s natural gas power plants
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Ontario is running out of landfill space. Will it embrace the circular economy or sleepwalk into a crisis?
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How will Ukraine’s nuclear power plants be managed safely amid war?
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Climate change is shortening the already short list of Winter Games venues
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Provincial watchdog estimates Ontario subsidies to cost nearly $120-billion over 20 years
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What happens to your home’s value when your neighbourhood floods?
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Ontario eyes hydroelectric projects as demand for power rises
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Canada has committed to halt financing to the oil and gas industry. To understand what that really means, watch for the fine print
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Canada’s first new nuclear reactor in decades is an American design. Will it prompt a rethink of government support?
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South Bruce, Ignace take different routes to gauge residents’ views on nuclear waste facility
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How Calgary’s massive, multi-million flood mitigation project aims to tame the Elbow River
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Were B.C.’s dikes ever up to the job of stopping floods like these?
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Ontario Power Generation announces who will design new modular reactor
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Can we stop Canada’s thawing permafrost from releasing huge volumes of greenhouse gases? The solution could be wild
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How B.C.’s string of natural disasters are connected
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From fire to ‘atmospheric river’: Why B.C. is trapped in a world of climate extremes
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Climate change will force small towns to make tough decisions – but small budgets mean minimal options
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Stop refunding carbon tax payments to natural gas plants, panel urges
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