DeSmog

Facebook-f X-twitter
Subscribe

DeSmog

Donate
Search
Search

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/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 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
on
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
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 climate change. Plan B, a climate l...
uk/Investigation: The Problem with Big Oil’s ‘Forest Fever’
ByPhoebe Cooke
on
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...
uk/County Durham Coal Mine Extension Deemed ‘Environmentally Unacceptable’
ByPhoebe Cooke
on
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 ...
uk/Court Case Aims to Provoke ‘Radical Shift’ in Energy Policy After Landmark Heathrow Ruling
ByPhoebe Cooke
on
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...
uk/'We’ve Stopped Heathrow Dead in the Tracks' – Campaigners Celebrate Winning Appeal Against Third Runway
ByPhoebe Cooke
on
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 ...
uk/‘It’s a Huge Step Backwards’: Teenagers Hunger Striking to Stop the UK's Newest Coal Mine
ByPhoebe Cooke
on
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...