Phoebe Cooke

About

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

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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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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Activists are preparing to take the Government to court over itsย โ€œout of tuneโ€ planning policy in a challenge inspired by the watershed Heathrowย ruling. Three claimants - Guardian journalist Georg...
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Campaigners today hailed an โ€œhistoricโ€ victory for the climate after three judges ruled expansion plans for Heathrow Airportย unlawful. Activists erupted into cheers at the Royal Courts of Justice ...
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Itโ€™s 5pm on a dismal Monday and commuters are scurrying past Parliament on their way home. In the fast-fading light itโ€™s easy to miss a solitary teenager perched on a wet ledge and holding up a car...