Neil Evans
Neil is Holyrood's Environment Correspondent, joining in 2012 after working for newspapers in Corby, Portsmouth and Aberdeen. He was born in Reading but has lived in Scotland since 2007. His first attempt at "being green" was coming up with the idea of an edible crisp packet while at primary school. It didn't catch on. Articles by Neil Evans:
- Array If the fledgling Scottish Parliament was a chance for its new legislators to right some previous wrongs, then one of its first acts showed that the environment was to have a central role. Just a year in and MSPs passed the National Parks (Scotland) Act, thus designating protected areas in the...
- Array Looking back at how Scotland has changed since devolution has particular resonance for Kevin Dunion. As a board member of ‘Scotland Forward’, calling for a Yes, Yes vote in 1997, he was in the vanguard of the campaign that saw the creation of the new Scottish Parliament. Then director of...
- Array When the newly established Scottish Parliament opened its doors in 1999, Paul Grice, the man in charge of setting up the new parliamentary service, was adamant about one thing – they would be ready. Th ere would be no excuses given to MSPs turning up at the temporary home at the Church of...
- Array The latest MP plunged into the murky depths of the Westminster lobbying scandal could prove to be a very big scalp indeed. Tim Yeo, the chairman of Westminster’s Energy and Climate Change Committee, was caught on camera, apparently admitting to coaching a paying client on how to influence MPs....
- TOPICAL QUESTION 11.06.2013: Government misses climate-change targets Official figures on the greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland were released showing that the target for 2011 had been missed. While unadjusted figures showed direct emissions of carbon dioxide and equivalent gases had fallen by...
