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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
Charging bay for electric vehicles.

Factcheck: What the UK car industry is not saying about EV targets

Factchecks | 08.05.26
Offshore windfarm on the north east coast of England, UK.

Analysis: Wind and solar have saved UK from gas imports worth £1.7bn since Iran war began

Renewables | 07.05.26
Offshore windfarm on the north east coast of England, UK.

Analysis: Wind and solar have saved UK from gas imports worth £1.7bn since Iran war began

Renewables | 07.05.26
Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband speaking at the National Growth Debate at the Institute of Directors in London on 21 April 2026.

Q&A: How the UK government aims to ‘break link between gas and electricity prices’

UK policy | 21.04.26
Aerial view of a solar farm and wind turbines, in the East Midlands, UK.

Analysis: Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026

Renewables | 02.04.26
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
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