Phoebe Skok
Phoebe Skok served as Latitude Media’s first Reporting Fellow from January to June 2024.
Phoebe completed her Master’s in Climate Science and Policy from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, CA, and went on to work in communications at DG+ Design, a clean energy and climate tech agency.
Phoebe has published nearly 100 articles on topics ranging from energy and climate tech to higher education and study abroad to environmental justice and sustainable food systems. Beyond journalism, Phoebe’s background lies mostly in climate communications, media relations, and non-profit communications. Additionally, for her master’s project, Phoebe created a 105-page guidebook aimed to help performing arts theatres become more sustainable, which is freely available in both English and French.
Phoebe also holds a BA in environmental anthropology with a minor in French from UC San Diego, where she was selected as a 2023 Climate Justice Action Resilience Scholar. Outside of work, Phoebe enjoys jumping into cold water, testing new vegan recipes, and doing the New York Times crossword.
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New partnership aims to help green banks capitalize on federal funding
The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund-focused collaboration comes from Banyan Infrastructure, Elemental Excelerator, and the Milken Institute.
Phoebe SkokMay 2, 2024 -
Report: Clean tech mining is getting less extractive as efficiency improves
Research from the Breakthrough Institute found that clean energy options, including nuclear, have much smaller mining footprints than fossil fuels.
Phoebe SkokApr 29, 2024 -
BlackRock, Temasek close inaugural decarbonization fund at $1.4 billion
The Decarbonization Partners close comes as BlackRock and other investors walk back climate ambitions — and focus on funding energy transition startups.
Phoebe SkokApr 26, 2024 -
Hitachi Energy pours $1.5 billion into transformers
In the next three years, the Swiss company plans to build out its production capacity in an effort to shorten lead times.
Phoebe SkokApr 24, 2024 -
The EPA just gave rooftop solar a $7 billion boost
Bound for disadvantaged communities, the federal investment in new residential solar could yield more than 200,000 new green jobs.
Phoebe SkokApr 22, 2024 -
Trellis Climate offers a leg up for first-of-a-kind cleantech projects
The new catalytic capital program promises to fill a financing gap for promising but unproven technologies and infrastructure projects.
Phoebe SkokApr 18, 2024 -
New funding in hand, Arcadia plans expansion of utility data platform
CEO Bhatraju said the $50 million will help the company adapt to enterprise customers’ demand for new data solutions.
Phoebe SkokApr 17, 2024 -
The US interconnection queue is twice its installed capacity
There are now 2.6 TW of active generation capacity in interconnection queues. And it's almost all renewables.
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Climate VCs weigh the impact of Biden’s green bank fund
$20 billion in federal funding is set to de-risk cleantech investment and stimulate private dollars.
Phoebe SkokApr 10, 2024 -
Five charts mapping the global renewables race
Though China leads in investment, Europe and the United States are catching up in clean energy deployment.
Phoebe SkokApr 4, 2024
