Simon Evans
Deputy Editor + Policy Ed @CarbonBrief covering climate, energy. Son of migrants/grandson of refugees. PGP: keybase.io/drsimevans [email protected]carbonbrief.org
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The EU’s role in the demise of British Steel
How ironic that British Steel goes into administration on the day before the European elections, putting 4,200 jobs at risk in a leave-voting constituency. And how utterly fatuous to blame Britain’s…
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REMINDER
British Steel's EU carbon probs were wholly self inflicted:
"British Steel could have avoided asking UK taxpayers for a £100m rescue if it had saved permits to produce carbon that it instead decided to sell in an ill-judged bet on the EU ETS."
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions:Written question - 254767
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to reduce greenhouses gases to zero by 2050.
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Govt will respond to CCC net-zero advice "in due course"
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15 European Pop Acts You Might Not Know, but Should
European music is more than just the glitz of Eurovision. <strong>Turn on your sound</strong> to hear 15 of the continent’s most important acts, musically and socially, right now.
German coal power generation drops by one fifth in first quarter of 2019
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@cleanenergywire @sandbagorguk @energy_charts Per BDEW figures quoted in @cleanenergywire coal output was down 19% in Q1 2019 vs the same period last year, due to strong wind generation.
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China's Hunger for Electric Vehicles Is Driving Manufacturing
Some of the world’s biggest automakers are about to invest billions of dollars to produce cleaner-running cars.
The U.S. Has a Fleet of 300 Electric Buses. China Has 421,000
The rest of the world will struggle for years to match China’s rapid embrace of electric transit.
Letting drug dealers out of prison to go on spa breaks is criminally stupid
The case of convicted criminal Luke Jewitt, allowed out to undergo pamperings and visit aquariums, is an example of a justice system gone wrong
Theresa May searches for her legacy in her final weeks
Theresa May has begun searching for something her government can be remembered for in its final weeks. The prime minister is understood to be holding meetings about her legacy. She is eager to...
Fracking: Water:Written question - 251959
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of effect of hydraulic fracturing operations on the...
Simon Evans
If parliamentary answers are any guide, the UK govt really has gone cold on fracking.
Compare & contrast the latest answer (left) vs one from 2015 (right).
2019: "potentially signt…but"
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2015 "invst cld reach £33bn…good news"
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Fracking:Written question - 9077
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department discussed (a) the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
Simon Evans
If parliamentary answers are any guide, the UK govt really has gone cold on fracking.
Compare & contrast the latest answer (left) vs one from 2015 (right).
2019: "potentially signt…but"
parliament.uk/business/publi…
2015 "invst cld reach £33bn…good news"
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Italy’s Climate Change-Skeptic Government Wants To Host The UN’s Flagship Climate Change Conference
Italy’s candidacy is putting EU governments in a difficult position. The UK meanwhile is lobbying Italy to drop its bid.
WoodMac: Solar Plants Cheaper Than Natural Gas ‘Just About Everywhere’ by 2023
The days of new gas-fired plants keeping up with utility solar on a levelized cost basis may soon be over. But the rise of competitive renewables auctions means profits will be hard to come by, even in an expanding market.
The Victorians by Jacob Rees-Mogg review — ‘what a staggeringly silly book this is’
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s self-consciously “old-fashioned” manners and appeals to patriotism are familiar to all TV viewers. He would like us to believe that his monetarism and his Euroscepticism have...
Fourth time lucky: May's pitiful gambit
Prime minister worsens her own situation by planning to hold a fourth vote on her deal, but it's line with her usual strategic inadequacy.
IEA: Low-carbon spending must ‘more than double’ to meet climate goals
Investment in low-carbon energy sources, such as wind, solar and nuclear, must more than double by 2030 if the world is to meet its Paris Agreement climate goals, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Is all economics local? - speech by Andy Haldane
Given at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) Annual Lecture, University of Sheffield