Phoebe Cooke

About

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.

onJul 6, 2020 @ 16:01 PDT

Elon Musk, Greta Thunberg, Rishi Sunak, Donald Trump — 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...
onJul 2, 2020 @ 02:01 PDT

Activists are celebrating an “incredible” victory after a bid to extend a coal mine in County Durham was finally scrapped. Plans to dig up an additional 90,000 tonnes of coal from the site of the ...
onMar 6, 2020 @ 05:18 PST

Activists are preparing to take the Government to court over its “out of tune” planning policy in a challenge inspired by the watershed Heathrow ruling. Three claimants - Guardian journalist Georg...
onFeb 27, 2020 @ 04:53 PST

Campaigners today hailed an “historic” victory for the climate after three judges ruled expansion plans for Heathrow Airport unlawful. Activists erupted into cheers at the Royal Courts of Justice ...
onFeb 12, 2020 @ 01:15 PST

It’s 5pm on a dismal Monday and commuters are scurrying past Parliament on their way home. In the fast-fading light it’s easy to miss a solitary teenager perched on a wet ledge and holding up a car...