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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 Master’s in environmental politics from Birkbeck.

uk/HSBC and JPMorgan Chase’s Role in Climate Crisis Makes Them Unworthy Award Winners, Campaigners Say
ByPhoebe Cooke
onSep 18, 2020 @ 04:53 PDT

A top banking prize awarded to “the world’s worst financier of climate chaos” has prompted major backlash from 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
onSep 14, 2020 @ 06:58 PDT

Former Tory MP and prominent climate science denier Neil Hamilton has been appointed UKIP’s interim leader. A member of the Welsh Parliament and its climate change, environment and rural affairs c...
uk/Engineering Body Cancels Climate Science Denier Talks After Member Backlash
ByPhoebe Cooke
onSep 10, 2020 @ 10:00 PDT

Controversial talks by a climate science denier have been axed by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) after mounting pressure from members. The IET’s London branch was set to hold ...
uk/Climate Assembly Calls for Aviation Tax and Faster Ban on Sale of New Diesel and Petrol Cars
ByPhoebe Cooke
onSep 10, 2020 @ 07:49 PDT

The UK’s first ever Climate Assembly has called for an end to cross-party fighting as it presented its vision for a “net zero” future in a new report. More than 100 participants from a cross-secti...
uk/Campaigners Celebrate Government Rejection of Druridge Bay Coal Mine
ByPhoebe Cooke
onSep 9, 2020 @ 05:02 PDT

Campaigners are celebrating a “massive victory” after plans to extract nearly three million tonnes of coal from Northumberland’s Druridge Bay were rejected once again. Last night, Communities Secr...
uk/Coal and Gas Burning Countries Set to Gain from EU Just Transition Fund
ByPhoebe Cooke
onSep 8, 2020 @ 16:01 PDT

Coal-burning countries could benefit from billions in EU funding even as they fail in their climate commitments, a new report shows. Every member state is required to phase out coal entirely by 20...
uk/Indigenous Campaigners Vow to 'Fight to the End' After Court Throws Out Amazon Oil Spill Case
ByPhoebe Cooke
onSep 3, 2020 @ 02:21 PDT

Indigenous campaigners have vowed to “fight until the end” after a lawsuit to suspend Ecuador’s oil operations was thrown out of court. An estimated 27,000 people were left without safe water, fis...
uk/Workers Should be Focus of Post-COVID Climate Policy 'Reset', Unions Say
ByPhoebe Cooke
onAug 20, 2020 @ 22:01 PDT

Trade unions are calling for the government to put regional voices at the heart of its climate strategy - or risk catastrophic consequences. Meeting the UK’s 2050 net-zero target requires a “reset...
Campaigners Demand Court Shuts Down Ecuador’s Oil Pipelines After Spill
ByPhoebe Cooke
onAug 12, 2020 @ 05:48 PDT

Communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon are calling for an end to “violence against Indigenous peoples and nature” as a trial into a devastating oil spill resumes today.  The Kichwa and Shuar tribes ...
uk/Climate Campaigners Launch Legal Challenge to ‘Catastrophic’ Government Recovery Package
ByPhoebe Cooke
onJul 22, 2020 @ 05:20 PDT

Climate activists are planning to take the government to court over its COVID-19 bailout package, as they urge the UK to face up to its responsibility to tackle climate change. Plan B, a climate l...

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