Phoebe leads investigations on European politics, food and farming, and occasionally dips into other subjects too. She has previously worked as both a local news reporter and a freelance journalist across national titles. Phoebe studied German literature at Oxford University, and has an MSc in global environmental policy from Birkbeck, University of London. Her work has featured in Politico, The Guardian, The Independent, and the Financial Times. Contact her on [email protected] or on Bluesky
The government still contains four ministers who criticised โgovernment-subsidised green technologyโ back in 2012, but one of them seems to have changed his mind about state intervention since then, and there are some new environmentally-friendly faces around too.
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.
