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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

uk/Ministers Met With Fossil Fuel Producers 149 Times While Planning Green Recovery
ByPhoebe Cooke
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Campaigners have accused the UK government of hypocrisy after ministers met with fossil fuel producers almost 150 times as they prepared to “build back greener” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Newly...
uk/Heathrow Airport Court Success Would be ‘Terrible Blow’ for Global Climate Commitments
ByPhoebe Cooke
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Heathrow Airport is today claiming that a controversial third runway could still comply with the UK’s climate commitments, as it looks to overturn a landmark appeal 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 UK’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 Chase’s Role in Climate Crisis Makes Them Unworthy Award Winners, Campaigners Say
ByPhoebe Cooke
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...