Simon Evans
Deputy Editor + Policy Ed covering climate, energy. Son of migrants/grandson of refugees. PGP: [email protected]
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Renewables will give more people access to electricity than coal, says IEA
Simon Evans - Carbon Brief 12h 2 tweets
Around the world, more than a billion people still lack access to electricity. This number is shrinking, down by one third since 2000, according to the IEA.
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Play up, play up, and play the game
@ottocrat long 8d 2 tweets
Michel Barnier has warned the UK that Brexit is not a game. This was in response to Theresa May’s comment in Parliament that “the ball is in the EU’s court”. Language matter…
Simon Evans eg see this analysis by on the UK's approach to the talks as zero-sum confrontation  3d
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For Me To Win, You Have to Lose
Talking Points Memo 4d 5 tweets
Going on two years ago I read something formative to my understanding of Donald Trump. It was a column by...
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Wind Power:Written question - 106308
UK Parliament 3d 1 tweets
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to remove the process of constraint payments...
Simon Evans S Cambs MP Heidi Allen (Con.) asking about windfarm noise / health + constraint payments  3d
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Wind Power: Health Hazards:Written question - 106244
UK Parliament 3d 1 tweets
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of...
Simon Evans S Cambs MP Heidi Allen (Con.) asking about windfarm noise / health + constraint payments  3d
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Coal country is finding little relief in Trump's climate actions
Evan Halper - latimes.com 4d 5 tweets
Trump promised that killing the Clean Power Plan would bring relief to coal communities like Homer City. It won't. The administration blueprint for repeal lays bare the extent to which it has overstated the role of climate action in coal's...
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Wie Deutschland seinen Strom erzeugt
Carbon Brief 4d 1 tweets
Deutschlands Energiewende ruft einerseits Bilder von sonnendurchfluteten, blühenden Landschaften hervor, gespickt mit Windrädern und Solaranlagen.
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Geoengineering: Scientists in Berlin debate radical ways to reverse global warming
Daisy Dunne - Carbon Brief 8d 7 tweets
Research scientists, policymakers and ethicists gathered in Berlin this week to discuss the emerging field of geoengineering and its potential global impact.
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The thawing Arctic threatens an environmental catastrophe
The Economist - The Economist 174d 4 tweets
Commercial opportunities are vastly outweighed by damage to the climate
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New Ukip leader 'could kill a badger with his bare hands'
Evening Standard 4d 1 tweets
The new leader of Ukip has said he could kill a badger with his bare hands in a bizarre interview after taking up his new role. Henry Bolton, said “I reckon I could do that” when asked about strangling a badger during an interview on programme Sam...
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Hurricane Ophelia Public Advisory
Nhc.noaa.gov 5d 1 tweets
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Climate change ‘sceptics’ know they have lost the argument, but they are still churning out propaganda | Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
Lse.ac.uk 6d 3 tweets
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Hertha Berlin players kneel before game in backing for US protests
Dpa-international.com 5d 1 tweets
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Who Trump attacks the most on Twitter
Axios 5d 9 tweets
Since taking office
Simon Evans Trump's top target for Twitter attacks: The media Great graphic by  5d
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Unpacking the Administration’s Revised Social Cost of Carbon
Resources for the Future 9d 5 tweets
The Trump administration’s announcement on plans for moving forward with the repeal of the Clean Power Plan obviously reaffirms its position that the Obama administration’s approach on climate was too aggressive. It is therefore important to assess...
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Luminant to Close Two Texas Power Plants
Investor.vistraenergy.com 6d 2 tweets
Decision a Result of Challenging Plant and Market Economics Luminant, a subsidiary of Vistra Energy (NYSE: VST), today announced that it will close two coal-fueled power plants in Central Texas : its two-unit Sandow Power Plant in Milam County and...
Simon Evans More on the closures here  6d
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EXCL Former Tory minister urges government to publish Brexit impact studies
PoliticsHome.com 6d 1 tweets
A former Tory Cabinet minister has demanded the Government publish secret advice laying out the expected impact of Brexit on jobs and living standards.
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Clk.im
Axios.link 6d 4 tweets
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Trump taps climate skeptic for top White House environmental post
Brady Dennis, Chris Mooney - Washington Post 6d 13 tweets
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Something Nasty in the Woodshed
Sandbag 12d 2 tweets
Biomass subsidies are secretly funding old coal plants in Europe, shows this new report by environmental thinktank Sandbag
Simon Evans Mapped: The EU power stations burning biomass* instead of / as well as coal *mostly wood  6d