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Phoebe Cooke

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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 Masterโ€™s in environmental politics from Birkbeck.

Looking Ahead to 2021: COP26, Clean Air, and Biden's Next Steps
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

A calamitous year of lockdowns, tiers, and certainly tears, have left us reaching for 2021 like sun-starved plants in a darkenedย room. The last 12 months have also been a stark reminder of how f...
uk/โ€˜Coal Has Had Its Dayโ€™: Campaigners Celebrate Rejection of Dewley Hill Mine
ByPhoebe Cooke
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Campaigners are today celebrating a โ€œchanging tideโ€ after plans to extract 800,000 tonnes of coal in the North East wereย rejected.ย  A report for Newcastle City Council found the impact of an openc...
Big Name Climate Deniers Aren't Joining Conspiracy Theory-Friendly Parler โ€” Yet
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Parler is fast becoming a conservative echo-chamber but big name climate deniers don't seem to be abandoning mainstream social media for the fringe platform โ€” at least notย yet. An analysis by DeS...
uk/City Hall Defends Hiring Intelligence Firm with Fossil Fuel Clients that Tracked Environmental Activists
ByPhoebe Cooke
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Londonโ€™s City Hall is facing questions over its decision to hire a private intelligence firm known for monitoring environmental activists on behalf of fossil fuel companiesย without competitors bein...
uk/Industry-Backed Taskforce Recommendations on Carbon Markets Could be โ€˜Dangerous Distractionโ€™
ByPhoebe Cooke
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Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney's initiative to grow the voluntary carbon market has been described as โ€œa dangerous distractionโ€ from the urgent need for major polluters to slash carbon...
uk/Ministers Met With Fossil Fuel Producers 149 Times While Planning Green Recovery
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Campaigners have accused the UK government of hypocrisy after ministers metย with fossil fuel producers almost 150 times as they prepared to โ€œbuild back greenerโ€ during the COVID-19ย pandemic. Newly...
uk/Heathrow Airport Court Success Would be โ€˜Terrible Blowโ€™ for Global Climate Commitments
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Heathrow Airport is today claiming that a controversial third runway could still comply with the UKโ€™s climate commitments, as it looks to overturn a landmark appealย verdict. The Supreme Court he...
uk/Docs Show Equinor Pushing 'False Solutions' to Climate Change While Lobbying UK Government on COP26
ByPhoebe Cooke
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Oil company Equinor suggested to government officials that it could invest in the UKโ€™s natural carbon sinks in an apparent effort to secure its presence at the next UN climate talks, to be held in ...
uk/HSBC and JPMorgan Chaseโ€™s Role in Climate Crisis Makes Them Unworthy Award Winners, Campaigners Say
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

A top banking prize awarded to โ€œthe worldโ€™s worst financier of climate chaosโ€ has prompted major backlash fromย campaigners. More than 20 international environmental groups are demanding a retracti...
uk/New UKIP Leader Neil Hamilton Thinks Climate Change is a 'Hoax'
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Former Tory MP and prominent climate science denier Neil Hamilton has been appointed UKIPโ€™s interimย leader. A member of the Welsh Parliament and its climate change, environment and rural affairs c...

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