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Charlie Cooper

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Senior UK Energy Correspondent for POLITICO Co-write daily Morning Energy & Climate UK newsletter Get in touch: ccooper@politico.co.uk

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Charlie Cooper @charliecooper8.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“Having some awareness of where Andy’s mind is, and his people … Whitehall and Westminster is going to get a bit of a shock." www.politico.eu/article/andy...
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Can ‘Manchesterism’ make Britain great again?
Andy Burnham has become a national figure by bucking economic trends to turbocharge growth in the north, but what works for a city is hard to do at scale.
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Charlie Cooper @charliecooper8.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“No one switches off, takes time to reflect or think." As Westminster braces for another phase of political upheaval, some MPs are beginning to wonder whether it might be time to put down their devices www.politico.eu/article/keir...
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How smartphones broke British politics
Why do U.K. prime ministers keep falling? The answer might lie in their pockets.
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Charlie Cooper @charliecooper8.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
As European energy dependence on US LNG (and Trump) grows, Ed Miliband and EU Commissioner Dan Jørgensen warn in POLITICO this morning that relying on fossil fuels "leaves us incredibly vulnerable to international market volatility and pressure from external actors." www.politico.eu/article/clea...
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Miliband and Jørgensen: Clean energy is Europe’s only route to security and prosperity
Today’s summit will be fundamental in delivering the energy security and prosperity Europe desperately needs.
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Charlie Cooper @charliecooper8.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
NEW: The UK govt has a multibillion £ energy supply deal with TotalEnergies — a fossil fuel giant that still has ties to Russian gas The contract is up for renewal. Campaigners — and the Labour chair of the Ukraine's APPG — want ministers to pull the plug www.politico.eu/article/uk-m...
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UK facing crunch decision over Russia-linked gas deal
A controversial Whitehall gas contract is up for renewal. MPs and Ukrainian campaigners want the British state to change its supplier.
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Charlie Cooper @charliecooper8.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
NEW As EU today begins enforcement of a ban on oil products made with Russian crude, the UK still hasn't enacted its own ban — promised in Oct 25. Every month of delay means £44m to Russia's war economy, @creacleanair.bsky.social estimates www.politico.eu/article/brit...
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Britain ‘writing the Kremlin cheques’ with Russian oil loophole
The U.K. has imported £4 billion of oil products, like jet fuel, made in Indian and Turkish refineries run on Russian crude oil, analysis reveals — but a promised ban is still months away.
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Charlie Cooper @charliecooper8.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A record breaking offshore wind auction and Keir Starmer’s (quiet) defiance of Donald Trump The US president hates offshore wind; more importantly he wants to prolong and deepen America’s fossil fueled geopolitical dominance On both fronts the UK isn’t playing along www.politico.eu/article/keir...
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Keir Starmer goes big on wind power — even as Trump trashes it
The British prime minister commits to a major expansion of offshore wind as he eyes a 2030 clean power milestone. Just don’t tell his friend Donald.
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Charlie Cooper @charliecooper8.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
NEW: King expected to raise his profound concerns about climate with Trump during state visit Trump's weakness for royal flattery and an unlikely bond between Charles + Melania give him a chance of a hearing But will it make a blind bit of difference? www.politico.eu/article/the-...
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King Charles will warn Trump about the fate of the planet. Trump probably won’t listen.
King Charles III is a lifelong environmentalist. Donald Trump is unraveling global efforts to combat climate change. Insiders expect the king to have a second go at swaying the president when the t…
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Charlie Cooper @charliecooper8.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Gas is still the lifeblood of Britain But we have dwindling domestic supplies and are dependent on imports. So the vital arteries — undersea pipelines — are outside our borders, very hard to protect It's a profound strategic vulnerability — and Russia knows it www.politico.eu/article/brit...
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Britain is wide open to Russian undersea sabotage
Critical gas pipelines, power lines and data cables are the “soft belly of British security,” ministers have been warned.
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