Phoebe is a co-deputy editor at DeSmog UK, with a focus on European politics. She joined DeSmog in 2020, and was previously the organisation\’s senior reporter.
Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, Politico and Financial Times, Deutsche Welle and Irish investigative outlet The Journal. Phoebe is NCTJ-accredited. She holds a degree in German from Oxford University and a Masterโs in environmental politics from Birkbeck.
Geoffrey Supran, a climate researcher at Harvard University, said the UK government had its priorities โcompletely backwardsโ if the meetings could be seen as a proxy for where ministers were focusing attention.
Campaigners are urging ministers to "keep the coal in the ground" as an inquiry into the Whitehaven mine begins.
The authors highlight the disproportionate impact of climate change on low-income countries, and urge richer nations to take the lead in cutting emissions.
Greenpeace has taken the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to court over the Vorlich oilfield permit granted to the oil company in 2018.
Campaigners have said the findings show the group "has no authority to criticise electric cars" and is "driven by vested engine interests".
Alongside the broad church of earnest opposition, disparate political interests adopted a series of talking points against the schemes for their own gain.
Environmentalists raise concern that a senior policy manager for the biomass producer may have had input on UK climate policy.
The proposed legislation has so far won the support of 110 MPs across eight political parties - but still has a long way to go.
Critics argued that representatives of Drax, which received ยฃ832 million from the government last year, should not have a role advising the government on tackling climate change.
Campaigners welcomed the result but warned against complacency after claiming the bank had left a number of questions unanswered during its annual general meeting.
