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Simon Evans

SINCE May 2014

Dr Simon Evans is our deputy editor and policy editor. Simon covers climate and energy policy. He holds a PhD in biochemistry from Bristol University and previously studied chemistry at Oxford University. He worked for environment journal The ENDS Report for six years, covering topics including climate science and air pollution.

LATEST BY Simon Evans

Cover montage for North Sea oil and gas factcheck

Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas

Factchecks | 25.03.26

Gas power plant.

Q&A: Why does gas set the price of electricity – and is there an alternative?

Oil and gas | 13.03.26

Wind turbine generators in the Moray Firth, Scotland.

Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by more than North Sea drilling

UK policy | 11.03.26

Procession of Queen Elizabeth I surrounded by her courtiers.

Analysis: UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low

UK emissions | 05.03.26

DeBriefed 27 February 2026: Trump’s fossil-fuel talk | Modi-Lula rare-earth pact | Is there a UK ‘greenlash’?

DeBriefed | 27.02.26

Chris Stark, head of the UK government’s “mission” to deliver clean power by 2030. Credit: Carbon Brief.

Chris Stark: The economics of clean energy ‘just get better and better’

Interviews | 17.02.26

President Donald Trump is presented a trophy by Jim Grech, president and CEO of Peabody Energy and chair of the National Coal Council (NCC), during an event on coal power in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington.

Analysis: Trump has overseen larger coal decline than any other US president

Coal | 12.02.26

UK home with a heat pump.

Factcheck: What it really costs to heat a home in the UK with a heat pump

Factchecks | 30.01.26

Arctic Princess LNG Tanker arriving at Port of Grain. Credit: James Buttenshaw. Image ID: 2Y45KHC.

Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC

UK policy | 28.01.26

View of the offshore windmills of Rampion, off the coast of Brighton, Sussex, UK.

Q&A: What UK’s record auction for offshore wind means for bills and clean power by 2030

Renewables | 15.01.26

Satellite image of US at night.

Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty

US Policy | 08.01.26

Electric car charging on London street.

Analysis: UK renewables enjoy record year in 2025 – but gas power still rises

Renewables | 02.01.26

Wind mills along the A9 trunk road in Caithness, Scotland.

Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator

UK policy | 11.12.25

COP30 venue, Belém, Brazil.

Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents

COP30 Belém | 28.11.25

Chancellor of Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street on 26 November 2025.

UK budget 2025: Key climate and energy announcements

UK policy | 26.11.25

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