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Simon Evans
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Posts/data about climate+energy Press Gazette energy & envt journo of yr 2022 Deputy Ed, Senior Policy Ed @CarbonBrief DMs open [email protected]
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    Simon Evans
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    Mar 5
    NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. All the details in our article: carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-em…
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    Simon Evans
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    Aug 30, 2022
    Hi Darren, the energy market can seem complicated so let's go step by step More great big sodding renewables = less horribly expensive gas needed for power = more and slightly less costly gas available for heat In 2022ytd we've avoided 100TWh of gas demand thanks to wind
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    Simon Evans
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    Nov 6, 2024
    Reminder: Victory for Trump is likely to all but end global hopes of staying below 1.5C, our analysis found in March carbonbrief.org/analysis-trump…
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    Simon Evans
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    Oct 31, 2022
    The globally significant meaning of Lula's election victory, in one chart carbonbrief.org/analysis-bolso…
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    Simon Evans
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    Oct 5, 2021
    Super excited to finally share this updated analysis on the countries most responsible for climate change, now including all sources of CO2: US 509GtCO2 CN 284 RU 172 BR 113 ID 103 DE 88 IN 86 UK 74 JP 68 CA 65 1/n carbonbrief.org/analysis-which…
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    Simon Evans
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    Oct 2, 2023
    Not sure if you noticed, but as of yesterday, the UK only had one coal-fired power station remaining UK coal use is now the lowest it's been since 1757 carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-em…
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    Simon Evans
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    Jan 31, 2022
    Today seems like a good day to share this amazing graphic of UK land use (I estimate solar farms cover less than one tenth of one percent of the UK – 0.08%) carbonbrief.org/qa-will-englan…
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    Simon Evans
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    Jan 25, 2022
    Wow – China just built more offshore wind capacity, in 2021 alone, than the rest of the world had managed in the last 5yrs put together Its 26GW now accounts for half of the world's 54GW total Also, it added twice as much in 2021 as IEA had forecast in…December 2021
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    Simon Evans
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    Aug 4, 2023
    NEW The UK government has just quietly published estimates showing wind and solar will be several times cheaper than gas, for the foreseeable future A few senior cabinet members (& a large section of the media) might like to take a look? THREAD with charts + caveats
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    Simon Evans
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    Jul 16, 2022
    Exceptional heat is sparking wildfires and heatwaves around the world Here's a selection of newspaper frontpages from the last few days (ongoing thread) 1/ Spain
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    Simon Evans
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    Aug 18, 2022
    Massively under-appreciated point: Shifting from gas boilers to electric heat pumps would cut heating gas demand by two-fifths, even when running on 100% gas power, because burning fossil fuels is wasteful and heat pumps are magic* Allow me to explain…
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    Simon Evans
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    Oct 4, 2022
    Why Brazil's presidential election is crucial for climate change and the Amazon, in one chart carbonbrief.org/analysis-bolso…
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    Simon Evans
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    Oct 24, 2023
    MEGA FACTCHECK EVs are “likely crucial” for tackling transport CO2, says the IPCC – and sales are rocketing But EVs still face relentless hostile media coverage So, I spent the past few months debunking 21 (!) of the most common EV myths Here it is 🧵 carbonbrief.org/factcheck-21-m…
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    Simon Evans
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    Oct 7, 2023
    Your regular reminder that solar farms take up less of the UK than golf courses carbonbrief.org/factcheck-is-s…
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