Phoebe Cooke

About

Phoebe joined DeSmog in 2020. She is currently co-deputy editor and was previously the organisation’s Senior Reporter.

Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, Politico and Financial Times, as well as German titles Deutsche Welle and Klimareporter. Phoebe is NCTJ-accredited, and holds a degree in German from Oxford University and a Masterโ€™s in environmental politics from Birkbeck.

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Campaigners have accused the UK government of hypocrisy after ministers metย with fossil fuel producers almost 150 times as they prepared to โ€œbuild back greenerโ€ during the COVID-19ย pandemic. Newly...
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Heathrow Airport is today claiming that a controversial third runway could still comply with the UKโ€™s climate commitments, as it looks to overturn a landmark appealย verdict. The Supreme Court he...
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Oil company Equinor suggested to government officials that it could invest in the UKโ€™s natural carbon sinks in an apparent effort to secure its presence at the next UN climate talks, to be held in ...
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A top banking prize awarded to โ€œthe worldโ€™s worst financier of climate chaosโ€ has prompted major backlash fromย campaigners. More than 20 international environmental groups are demanding a retracti...
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Former Tory MP and prominent climate science denier Neil Hamilton has been appointed UKIPโ€™s interimย leader. A member of the Welsh Parliament and its climate change, environment and rural affairs c...
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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 fromย members. The IETโ€™s London branch was set to hold ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...