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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.

uk/Engineering Body Cancels Climate Science Denier Talks After Member Backlash
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Controversial talks by a climate science denier have been axed by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) after mounting pressure fromย members. The IETโ€™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
on

The UKโ€™s first ever Climate Assembly has called for an end to cross-party fighting as it presented its vision for a โ€œnet zeroโ€ future in a newย report. More than 100 participants from a cross-secti...
uk/Campaigners Celebrate Government Rejection of Druridge Bay Coal Mine
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Campaigners are celebrating a โ€œmassive victoryโ€ after plans to extract nearly three million tonnes of coal from Northumberlandโ€™s Druridge Bay were rejected onceย again. Last night, Communities Secr...
uk/Coal and Gas Burning Countries Set to Gain from EU Just Transition Fund
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Coal-burning countries could benefit from billions in EU funding even as they fail in their climate commitments, a new reportย 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
on

Indigenous campaigners have vowed to โ€œfight until the endโ€ after a lawsuit to suspend Ecuadorโ€™s oil operations was thrown out ofย 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
on

Trade unions are calling for the government to put regional voices at the heart of its climate strategy - or risk catastrophicย consequences. Meeting the UKโ€™s 2050 net-zero target requires a โ€œreset...
Campaigners Demand Court Shuts Down Ecuadorโ€™s Oil Pipelines After Spill
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon are calling for an end to โ€œviolence against Indigenous peoples and natureโ€ as a trial into a devastating oil spill resumesย today.ย  The Kichwa and Shuar tribes ...
uk/Climate Campaigners Launch Legal Challenge to โ€˜Catastrophicโ€™ Government Recovery Package
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

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 climateย change. Plan B, a climate l...
uk/Investigation: The Problem with Big Oilโ€™s โ€˜Forest Feverโ€™
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Elon Musk, Greta Thunberg, Rishi Sunak, Donald Trump โ€” trees suddenly have an eclectic mix of fans, all drawn to the apparent simplicity of their carbon-locking power. Now Big Oil has joined the pa...
uk/County Durham Coal Mine Extension Deemed โ€˜Environmentally Unacceptableโ€™
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Activists are celebrating an โ€œincredibleโ€ victory after a bid to extend a coal mine in County Durham was finallyย scrapped. Plans to dig up an additional 90,000 tonnes of coal from the site of the ...

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