Simone Fox Koob

Melbourne

Investigative Reporter at The Age

Investigative reporter, The Age. Previously covered crime and business. [email protected] or securely at [email protected]

Articles

Fossil fuel giants like Shell and Woodside are spending millions to get into carbon offset market

Sep 17, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Charlotte Grieve |Simone Fox Koob

By Charlotte Grieve and Simone Fox Koob September 18, 2024 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Large fossil fuel companies are making multi-million dollar investments in carbon companies and offset projects, raising concerns among industry insiders and experts the sector is funding lowest-cost and lower-quality emission offsets, rather than tackling climate change as was intended.
Fossil fuel giants like Shell and Woodside are spending millions to get into carbon offset market

Sep 17, 2024 | smh.com.au | Charlotte Grieve |Simone Fox Koob

By Charlotte Grieve and Simone Fox Koob September 18, 2024 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Large fossil fuel companies are making multi-million dollar investments in carbon companies and offset projects, raising concerns among industry insiders and experts the sector is funding lowest-cost and lower-quality emission offsets, rather than tackling climate change as was intended.
Clean Energy Regulator watchdog mismanaged conflicts, ‘intimidated’ scientists’

Sep 15, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Charlotte Grieve |Simone Fox Koob

By Charlotte Grieve and Simone Fox Koob September 16, 2024 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The watchdog overseeing carbon offsets worth billions of dollars has failed to manage conflicts of interest or properly investigate fraud while current and former staff raise concerns about its relationship with the companies it regulates.
Clean Energy Regulator watchdog mismanaged conflicts, ‘intimidated’ scientists’

Sep 15, 2024 | theage.com.au | Charlotte Grieve |Simone Fox Koob

A spokesperson for the Clean Energy Regulator defended its independence, culture and “strong approach to managing conflicts of interest” that includes compulsory annual declarations and training for new employees. It said 16 of the audit’s 17 recommendations had been implemented, “with the final recommendation almost complete”.
Carbon 'sharks': How private companies are cashing in on ancient practices

Sep 14, 2024 | theage.com.au | Charlotte Grieve |Simone Fox Koob |Jason South
Carbon 'sharks': How private companies are cashing in on ancient practices

Sep 14, 2024 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Charlotte Grieve |Simone Fox Koob |Jason South
Tyrone was just 15 when he died of a heroin overdose while in state care

Jul 22, 2024 | smh.com.au | Erin Pearson |Simone Fox Koob

A 15-year-old boy who died of a heroin overdose on the bathroom floor of his mother's home, a few hundred metres from Richmond's supervised injecting room, was in state care at the time. A summary inquest on Tuesday into the death of Tyrone Woxvold heard the teenager had been using illicit drugs while in the care of child protection for some time, but had expressed an intention to seek help for his drug habit only weeks before his death.
Tyrone Woxvold died at 15 from a heroin overdose while in state care, coroner finds

Jul 22, 2024 | theage.com.au | Erin Pearson |Simone Fox Koob

By Erin Pearson and Simone Fox Koob July 23, 2024 — 2.28pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A 15-year-old boy who died of a heroin overdose on the bathroom floor of his mother’s home, a few hundred metres from Richmond’s supervised injecting room, was in state care at the time.
A daughter's death, a mother's torment and a battle for change

Mar 9, 2024 | smh.com.au | Simone Fox Koob

From the beginning, Aggie was concerned. When the messages escalated in tone, so did her concern about what he could be capable of. She became anxious that Sako could find out their address. The pair located the nearest police stations in case Celeste was followed. She used an app on her phone to share her location with her mother, and reported Sako's behaviour to her employer, so she was escorted to her car after each shift. "We put this safety plan in place," says Aggie.
Stalker who murdered Celeste Manno jailed for 36 years

Feb 28, 2024 | theage.com.au | Simone Fox Koob

An obsessed stalker who stabbed Celeste Manno to death in her bed has been jailed for 36 years over the murder. Luay Nader Sako, 39, had stalked Manno, a former colleague, for a year before he broke into the Mernda home she shared with her mother and brother in the early hours of November 16, 2020. She was six days away from her 24th birthday. Sako had become infatuated with Manno after she was kind to him when he was sacked from his call centre job.