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Phoebe Cooke

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

Articles by Phoebe Cooke

Shell’s 'Delusional' Net Zero Strategy Commits $8 Billion to Fossil Fuels
ByPhoebe Cooke
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Shell’s new net zero strategy is “grotesque” and includes an “impossible” reliance on tree-planting, campaigners have claimed. The oil major today revealed an “accelerated” strategy to reduce oil ...
Analysis
Analysis: How the Agribusiness Lobby Mobilised Against a UK Carbon Tax
ByPhoebe Cooke
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“Hands off our sausages.” A war on bacon has been waged, apparently. According to The Sun, the nation’s bangers are at risk from a “barmy” meat tax. “Tax raid on your lifestyle!” warned The Mail. ...
Industry-led Carbon Offset Taskforce ‘Fails To Address Big Fears’
ByPhoebe Cooke
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An initiative led by former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is failing to address climate campaigners' concerns about the validity of carbon credits.
uk/Shell, BP, and Easyjet: The Big Polluters Designing the Rules for Voluntary Carbon Offsets
ByPhoebe Cooke
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Many of the world’s most polluting companies are being handed a “get out of jail free” card by being invited to shape a scaled-up offsetting market, campaigners claim. The Taskforce on Scaling Vol...
uk/Government Accused of Failing to Show Climate Leadership After Refusing to Block New Coal Mine
ByPhoebe Cooke
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The government’s decision not to block the UK's first deep coal mine for 30 years has prompted a major backlash from climate campaigners. Woodhouse Colliery, a £165 million mine near the small por...
Looking Ahead to 2021: COP26, Clean Air, and Biden's Next Steps
ByPhoebe Cooke
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A calamitous year of lockdowns, tiers, and certainly tears, have left us reaching for 2021 like sun-starved plants in a darkened room. The last 12 months have also been a stark reminder of how f...
uk/‘Coal Has Had Its Day’: Campaigners Celebrate Rejection of Dewley Hill Mine
ByPhoebe Cooke
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Campaigners are today celebrating a “changing tide” after plans to extract 800,000 tonnes of coal in the North East were rejected.  A report for Newcastle City Council found the impact of an openc...
Big Name Climate Deniers Aren't Joining Conspiracy Theory-Friendly Parler — Yet
ByPhoebe Cooke
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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 — at least not 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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London’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 companies without competitors bein...
uk/Industry-Backed Taskforce Recommendations on Carbon Markets Could be ‘Dangerous Distraction’
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 “a dangerous distraction” from the urgent need for major polluters to slash carbon...