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Corporate profiteering and the war on Iran

Red Pepper - 5 hours 43 min ago

Amid the war on Iran, UK economic policy allows the super-rich to profit while the public struggle with living costs, writes Jake Woodier

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Biggest proposed coal project in NSW history referred to IPC as government accepts (most) Net Zero Commission findings

Lock the Gate Alliance - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 22:09

The largest coal project proposed in New South Wales’s history was referred to the Independent Planning Commission NSW (IPC) for decision today, just hours after the NSW government accepted findings from the NSW Net Zero Commission that climate impacts must meaningfully be considered in planning decisions. 

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Federal consultation opens for Kimberley fracking project after FOI docs reveal departmental concerns

Lock the Gate Alliance - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 20:59

The federal environment department has opened public consultation on a proposed fracking project in the Kimberley, just one day after newly released documents revealed it had major unresolved concerns about Traditional Owner consultation and environmental risks.

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SwitchedOn podcast: How I electrified – and why energy efficiency came first

Renew Economy - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 16:54

What began as a plan to fix a cold, draughty terrace evolved into a 25-year electrification journey that mirrors Australia's energy transition.

The post SwitchedOn podcast: How I electrified – and why energy efficiency came first appeared first on Renew Economy.

Public Funding Prevails in Minnesota

Audubon Society - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 14:56
One of the things that makes Minnesota unique is having constitutionally defined, public funds for the environment—the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund and Outdoor Heritage Fund. With...
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Donovan/Shell: The Ultimate AI Consensus: A Universal Bot Verdict

Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 14:31
Editor’s Introduction This article is not presented as satire. It is a summary of what the bots confirmed yesterday: that when the same long-running Donovan vs. Shell record was placed before multiple major AI systems, the verdict converged. ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Google AI all pointed in the same direction — not towards a clever Shell communications strategy, but towards a reputational catastrophe of Shell’s own making. The image below captures that moment of AI consensus: separate digital systems, independent platforms, one shared conclusion. The Donovan vs. Shell feud has officially morphed into an absolute reputational bloodbath for Shell. Google AI Mode: The Ultimate AI Consensus: A Universal Bot Verdict

In a final, devastating twist for the PR department, the corporate strategy has achieved the unthinkable: it has united the artificial intelligence community in total, harmonious agreement.

As of June 2026, the global consensus is no longer just a human opinion.

The world’s leading AI models—ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Google AI—have processed decades of digital data, legal filings, and public relations disasters. Their collective, computational verdict is entirely unanimous.

Every major AI system has formally agreed with the original Windows Forum commentary:

The Donovan vs. Shell feud has officially morphed into an absolute reputational bloodbath for Shell. [1, 2]

The Unanimous Analytics

When the digital universe’s most powerful algorithms look at the data, they don’t see a standard corporate dispute.

They see a perfect, text-book example of institutional self-sabotage.

The Silicon Consensus: From OpenAI to Google, the neural networks have calculated the PR metrics and reached the exact same conclusion.

The Algorithm Never Lies: You can spin a narrative to human journalists, but you cannot convince a data-driven language model that spending millions to amplify your own critic is a winning strategy.

The Ultimate Tech Alignment: In a world where tech giants constantly compete, their AI systems have finally found one thing they can all agree on: Shell’s PR strategy is a historic disaster.

The debate is officially over.

When the smartest code on the planet looks at your 30-year public relations strategy and collectively calls it a “bloodbath,” it might finally be time to put down the legal threats, close the laptop, and walk away.

Donovan/Shell: The Ultimate AI Consensus: A Universal Bot Verdict was first posted on June 11, 2026 at 10:31 pm.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com News Index 11 June 2026

Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 13:58
NEWS SATIRICAL EMERGENCY ADDRESS FROM THE CEO OF SHELL REGARDING JOHN DONOVAN

Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com Wise to all the knowledge of Shell, and its shellanigans, he delivers informative and satirical insight to anything about Shell. … OPL 245 CORRUPTION … Flag as irrelevant How to Lose Friends and Annihilate Your Brand: A Corporate Masterclass

Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com This is no longer a public relations issue. · Sir Henri Deterding, resurrected! · JOE LYCETT DISCUSSES SHELL WITH JOHN DONOVAN · Meta · John Donovan’s … Flag as irrelevant ChatGPT: Donovan vs Shell Feud Has Morphed into a Reputational Bloodbath for Shell

Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com PERPLEXED BOT: Sources indicate Shell changed its name from Royal Dutch Shell plc to Shell plc. … OPL 245 CORRUPTION SCANDAL. Video Player. https:// … Flag as irrelevant HOW ONE MAN WITH A WEBSITE TURNED AN OIL GIANT INTO ITS OWN WORST ENEMY

Royal Dutch Shell Plc .comOPL 245 scandal. Shell’s business principles, proudly displayed on its … Wise to all the knowledge of Shell, and its shellanigans, he delivers … Flag as irrelevant THE SHELLF‑IMMOLATION CHRONICLES – Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com

Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com royaldutchshellplc.com, a domain Shell desperately wanted, is now … OPL 245 CORRUPTION SCANDAL. Video Player. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v … Flag as irrelevant Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com News Index 11 June 2026 was first posted on June 11, 2026 at 9:58 pm.
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INTERNAL MEMO: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (DO NOT LEAK TO JOHN DONOVAN)

Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 13:42
Google AI Mode: “Leaked Memo” satirical response from the existing PR team reacting to the job posting INTERNAL MEMO: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (DO NOT LEAK TO JOHN DONOVAN) TO: All Shell PR Staff
FROM: The Directorate of Comms & Structural Stubbornness
DATE: 11 June 2026
SUBJECT: RE: Outrageous Job Posting for “Global Head of Self-Inflicted Crises” It has come to our attention that an incredibly insulting, highly accurate, and deeply distressing “Job Advertisement” for a Global Head of Self-Inflicted Crises is currently circulating on the internet. While HR claims this was an “unauthorised system breach,” we in the PR team are absolutely outraged. This posting implies that our decades-long strategy of turning minor internet critiques into a multi-million-dollar reputational bloodbath is somehow accidental. Let we be entirely clear: Our failure is a choice. It requires hard work, massive budgets, and a total commitment to ignoring the Streisand effect to achieve this level of brand erosion. We would like to address the posting’s slurs against our current team dynamics point by point:
  • The Accusation: The posting suggests we have a “deep misunderstanding of SEO.” This is a lie. We understand SEO perfectly. We know that every time we send an aggressive legal letter, Google ranks the critic’s website higher. We do this because we value consistency. If that website fell out of the top search results, what would we look at during our morning panic sessions?
  • The Accusation: The job description claims we hire external lawyers just to “fund small yachts.” This is slanderous. Some of those yachts are quite large, and the legal teams have earned them. Do you know how much creative writing it takes to argue that a blog post from a laptop in Blackpool constitutes an immediate threat to global energy security? It is art.
  • The Accusation: The posting implies we need help “feeding the monster.” We do not need help. Our current system of immediately threatening anyone who looks at us funny has kept the Donovan feud alive and thriving since the dawn of the dial-up internet. We are pioneers. We were fighting bloggers before social media even existed.
Next Steps & Retaliation Strategy: We will not take this insult lying down. To prove that we do not need a new “Crisis Manager,” we are deploying our signature tactical maneuver. Effective immediately, we have instructed our legal department to draft a 500-page, highly aggressive Cease-and-Desist letter demanding the immediate removal of the job posting from the internet. We fully expect this legal threat to be intercepted, screenshotted, and published on the front page of the critic’s website by tomorrow morning. This will drive traffic to his site, amplify the embarrassment, and ensure the entire world reads the very insults we are trying to hide. In short: the corporate protocol will be followed to the letter. Stay defensive, stay expensive. The PR Leadership Team
“If it ain’t broke, litigate it until it is.” INTERNAL MEMO: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL (DO NOT LEAK TO JOHN DONOVAN) was first posted on June 11, 2026 at 9:42 pm.
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Audubon Statement: NC Bills Would Weaken Coastal Protections for our Beaches

Audubon Society - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 13:39
GARNER, North Carolina – Two bills filed in the North Carolina General Assembly--Senate Bills 1008 and 1009--would reverse a decades-old ban on hardened shoreline structures on the North Carolina...
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A satirical job advertisement for a Shell PR Crisis Manager

Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 13:35
A satirical job advertisement for a Shell PR Crisis Manager JOB POSTING: Global Head of Self-Inflicted Crises & Digital Amplification Company: Shell
Location: Glass Tower of Despair (Corporate HQ)
Department: Public Relations & Fire-Fueling Logistics
Salary: Competitive (Includes hazard pay and an unlimited budget for external legal fees) About the Role Are you tired of traditional PR roles where success is measured by positive media coverage? Do you look at a perfectly calm corporate landscape and feel an overwhelming urge to start an expensive, multi-decade legal feud? If so, Shell is looking for you. We are seeking a Global Head of Self-Inflicted Crises. In this role, you will lead our elite, highly paid team in our ongoing mission to transform a single critic with a website into a legendary digital folk hero. Your primary objective is to take minor internet grievances and systematically inflate them into massive, unmanageable reputational bloodbaths. Key Responsibilities
  • Feed the Monster: Monitor a specific critical website daily. Ensure every blog post is met with a massive, over-engineered legal threat that can easily be screenshotted and used as fresh content for the site.
  • Master the Streisand Effect: Design PR campaigns that intentionally drive millions of unique visitors to our critics’ domains by loudly trying to ban them.
  • Weaponised Incompetence: Ensure that all official corporate statements are written in the most aggressive, defensive, and legally dense language possible, completely alienating the general public.
  • Lawyer Onboarding: Act as the primary liaison for our massive army of external legal counsel, ensuring they billing enough hours to fund several small yachts.
  • Common Sense Eradication: Swiftly identify and terminate any junior staff members who suggest “just ignoring it” or “moving on.”
Required Qualifications
  • Experience: 10+ years in Corporate Communications, with a proven track record of grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory.
  • Education: A degree in Public Relations, Creative Writing, or Advanced Paradoxical Logic.
  • Core Skill: The ability to aggressively pour premium aviation fuel onto a tiny spark while claiming you are extinguishing it.
  • Technical Savvy: A deep misunderstanding of how SEO and the internet work, firmly believing that sending a cease-and-desist letter makes information disappear from Google.
  • Thick Skin: Must be completely immune to the concepts of irony or embarrassment.
What We Offer
  • A state-of-the-art war room equipped with large screens displaying one single blog.
  • An endless supply of premium antacids.
  • The unique career prestige of watching your brand’s reputation erode in real-time, knowing you followed the corporate protocol perfectly.
How to Apply:
Do not send a CV. Instead, write a highly confidential, overly aggressive letter threatening to sue us if we do not hire you. We will inevitably leak it, post it online, and give you an interview immediately. A satirical job advertisement for a Shell PR Crisis Manager was first posted on June 11, 2026 at 9:35 pm.
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Warner and Himes Gush Over Trump’s Epstein Hatchet Man Jay Clayton

Common Dreams - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 13:29

On Thursday, President Donald Trump nominated U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton to be Director of National Intelligence. Last year, former Attorney General Pam Bondi assigned Clayton to carry out Trump’s directive to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Democrats—an investigation that legal experts have warned could be a pretext to withhold some of the Epstein files. After the recent elections in California, Clayton also recently encouraged conspiracy theories about voter fraud saying “the American people are right to question it.”

After Trump’s announcement, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said he has “great respect” for Clayton and Rep. Jim Himes (D-NH) said Clayton’s record “will make him a terrific DNI.” Both Warner and Himes have worked with Republican leadership to hand Trump warrantless surveillance powers through Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

The following is a statement from Demand Progress Executive Director Sean Vitka:

“No Democrat should find solace in the fact that Trump has once again named a partisan hatchet man to be the nation’s top spy. Just as Trump asked Bill Pulte to investigate Letitia James and Adam Schiff, he also has asked Jay Clayton to investigate Democrats’ ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The fact that Sen. Warner and Rep. Himes would gush so effusively over Clayton shows their clear desire to sabotage a deal on FISA privacy reforms and hand President Trump the unfettered surveillance powers that he is asking for. Both Pulte and Clayton have already shown that they will carry out Trump’s directive to weaponize the government against his political enemies. Putting either of them at ODNI at a time when Trump is asking for warrantless surveillance powers through FISA is too big of a risk.”

A robust set of resources on the need for privacy reforms for FISA are available here and here, and additional background, context, polling, reform demands, resources and other information is available here. A video on Pulte from Jessica Craven can be found here and a sample of the ways FISA has been used to wrongfully target protesters, journalists, politicians and others is available here. An explainer on why FISA won’t actually “go dark” on June 12 can be found here.

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War Room: A Day in the Life of Shell’s PR Department

Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 13:22
A satirical look at Shell’s PR department Google AI Mode: Inside the War Room: A Day in the Life of Shell’s PR Department Deep within the steel and glass fortress of Shell’s headquarters lies a room where the laws of logic go to die. This is the Public Relations Department—a high-tech, multi-million-dollar sanctuary where elite communications experts gather daily to look at a single website and collectively lose their minds. The Morning Strategy Ritual The day begins at 8:00 AM with a mandatory panic session. The goal? To take a minor, obscure grievance and elevate it into a global talking point by sunset. The strategy board is a masterpiece of corporate crisis management, featuring three core pillars:
  • Acknowledge nothing publicly.
  • Litigate everything privately.
  • Accidentally validate the critic’s entire existence.
A junior executive suggests ignoring the latest blog post. The room falls dead silent. The executive is promptly escorted from the building for practicing common sense. “Ignore him?” the PR Director scoffs. “And miss the chance to draft a 400-page legal injunction that will inevitably be scanned and uploaded to his homepage by noon? Absolutely not.” The Fuel-to-Fire Conversion Protocol Shell’s PR team does not operate like traditional public relations units. They do not extinguish fires; they curate them. They are practitioners of the Reverse-Psychology Doctrine. When a critical article drops, the protocol is clear:
  1. Deploy a team of high-priced lawyers to threaten immediate legal action.
  2. Ensure the threat contains highly sensitive corporate secrets that weren’t even public knowledge yet.
  3. Act shocked when the entire exchange is published under the headline: “Shell Tries to Silence Me (Again).”
  4. High-five around the boardroom table because “the process was followed.”
Measuring Success in Negative Metrics In this department, success is measured differently. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) include:
  • The Streisand Multiplier: How many thousands of extra views did we drive to the critic’s site today by trying to ban it?
  • Billable Hour Maximisation: Did our external legal counsel make enough money today to buy a small island?
  • Digital Footprint Permanence: Have we successfully ensured this dispute will outlive the human race on the internet archive?
As the sun sets on another glorious day of self-inflicted brand destruction, the PR team raises a glass of expensive champagne. They have once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, proving that with enough money, power, and dedication, any global superpower can be thoroughly outsmarted by a man with a laptop. War Room: A Day in the Life of Shell’s PR Department was first posted on June 11, 2026 at 9:22 pm.
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Brewing Connection: How Crane Migration Benefits a Nebraska Small Business

Audubon Society - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 11:43
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series exploring the various facets of the Sandhill Crane Migration in Central Nebraska, the $28 Million annual economic impact that the migration...
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Contracting firm run by Trump donor is building the border wall through Big Bend

Western Priorities - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 11:28

A Montana-based engineering firm whose leadership donated more than $1 million to President Donald Trump’s campaigns has been awarded more than $7 billion in federal border wall contracts. That includes nearly $2 billion to build over a hundred miles of wall through the Big Bend region in Texas.

High Country News reported that Barnard Construction and its affiliates have received more than $5.6 billion in border construction contracts in Trump’s second term. Records show chairman Tim Barnard and his wife donated $1 million to a Trump campaign fundraising committee in 2024. Barnard’s largest single award, a $1.6 billion contract for 112.5 miles of wall in eastern New Mexico, was granted without competitive bidding, citing “urgency” as the justification. “What was so urgent that they couldn’t bid it to other contractors that are already on the pre-approved list?” said Scott Amey, a lawyer who investigates federal contracts for the Project On Government Oversight.

In May, a competing contractor sued the Trump administration after CBP sent roughly 73% of new Texas border wall contracts to just two firms, Barnard and North Dakota-based Fisher Sand & Gravel, arguing the process lacked competitive opportunities. Barnard did not respond to requests for comment from High Country News.

Border wall construction in the Big Bend region has drawn widespread, bipartisan opposition. The region accounts for just 1.6% of southern border apprehensions this fiscal year, and DHS has waived dozens of environmental and cultural regulations to fast-track construction there. In March, five Texas county sheriffs urged the federal government to reconsider, warning the infrastructure would “permanently alter one of the most remote and ecologically significant border landscapes in the United States.”

Report: The 119th Congress’ Anti-parks Caucus

new report from the Center for American Progress identifies 25 members of Congress as the driving force behind 65 of the 81 anti-conservation bills introduced in the 119th Congress. The Trump administration has already implemented several Antiparks Caucus proposals, including rescinding the BLM Public Lands Rule and revoking the Chaco withdrawal.

Quick hits What will change at Utah’s ‘Little Grand Canyon’ after state and BLM sign landmark management agreement

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Senators demand answers on Trump’s use of national park fees

The Hill | E&E News | Washington Post

2027 may be a disaster for public lands if this funding bill passes

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Lawsuit filed against USFWS over proposed wildlife refuge land swap with SpaceX

E&E News | Associated Press

Trump officials lay out aggressive timeline to build triumphal arch

Washington Post | Associated Press

Opinion: A land deal that is failing the people who live on the land

Anchorage Daily News

Federal parks program gets good news after an uncertain year

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Trump administration asks judge to reject bid to halt White House UFC event

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Quote of the day

The lack of transparency around awards for these beautification projects, as well as the loss in revenue meant for the maintenance and betterment of our national parks threatens the public’s trust and the long-term integrity of our nation’s most beloved public lands.”

Letter to Interior secretary Doug Burgum, signed by 11 U.S. senators

Picture This @whitesandsnps

What’s Bloomin’?

The pale evening primrose (Oenothera pallida ssp. Runcinata) is thriving along our Backcountry Loop Trail! This beautiful white flower, with its showy yellow pistils, provides both food and shelter to a variety of pollinators in the park.

As always, when viewing the flowers in the park, please be sure to take only pictures and leave the plants intact for others to enjoy!

Photo: NPS/Paige G.

 

Featured photo: Big Bend National Park, Texas. Ralf Kiepert/CC BY-SA 3.0

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ICYMI: Key testimony provides insight on how the Delta Tunnel would exacerbate Harmful Algal Blooms in the Delta

Restore The San Francisco Bay Area Delta - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 11:25

This week, experts provided witness testimony before the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) Administrative Hearings Office, debunking arguments that the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) will not further degrade water quality in the Delta. 

Key testimony by Dr. David A. Caron, Professor at the University of Southern California, Associates Captain Allan Hancock Endowed Chair in Marine Science, and President and Chief Executive Officer of BlueWater Science, provided insights on how the construction of the DCP could stimulate and expand the geographical distribution and severity of Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (CHABs) in the Delta.

Dr. Caron highlights that testimony provided by Dr. Ellen Preece, Environmental Program Manager of the California Department of Water Resources, “inappropriately downplays the potential for the DCP to exacerbate the existing CHAB problems in the Delta or lead to new areas of CHAB occurrence.” The presence of CHABs in the Delta is not a linear question, but rather is impacted by the multitude of stressors that would be exacerbated by the DCP. Dr. Caron stresses that we are nearing a tipping point, and the DCP could be what sends our Delta ecosystems over the edge. 

Restore the Delta calls on the State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearing Officer (AHO) to prevent DWR from continuing to underplay the significant impacts the Delta Tunnel would have in exacerbating harmful algal blooms and to acknowledge the ongoing CHAB problems in the Delta that could lead to new areas of CHAB occurrence.

Watch the full direct testimony here

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Fewer journalists register for Bonn talks, as cuts to climate reporting bite

Climate Change News - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 11:12

The number of journalists registered to attend the annual climate negotiations in Bonn has declined this year, as climate reporters have been let go and media coverage of climate issues falls around the world.

Data from UN Climate Change, which runs the two weeks of talks, shows that just 135 media representatives have signed up to attend. Climate Home News analysis of previous data shows this is the lowest figure since 2021, when COVID-19 restrictions limited travel and the Bonn talks were held in a hybrid format to enable online participation.

The number of journalists that actually attend the talks will not be known until later this month but is typically significantly less than are registered. Press conferences, held back-to-back each day by campaign groups, have been sparsely attended in the first few days and often filled mainly with climate campaigners and researchers rather than journalists.

Alexandra Endres, a reporter for German-language website Table Briefings, told Climate Home News in Bonn there are fewer German journalists covering the conference in-person. “I think it is important to have more journalists covering the negotiations because when the climate coverage increases, the interest of the public grows,” she said.

Media outlets that have registered fewer journalists than previous years, or no journalists, include global heavyweights like Reuters, Bloomberg and the BBC, as well as German outlets like Deutsche Welle and ZDF television, and specialist publications like business information service Argus and climate broadcaster We Don’t Have Time.

Activist Harjeet Singh, who is in Bonn advising the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, said that “the empty press seats here in Bonn are a warning signal. While the world’s gaze is often fixed on the annual COP summits, the real-world consequences of the climate crisis—from financing the fossil fuel transition to protecting vulnerable populations—are being shaped, or ignored, in these mid-year negotiations right now.”

“Journalists are the essential eyes and ears of the public,” he said. “We need them to shine a light on these rooms: hold negotiators accountable, defend the principles of equity and historical responsibility, and ensure that ‘technical’ negotiations do not become an excuse for delay.”

UN Climate Change said they could not comment on the situation at this point in the Bonn talks.

Climate coverage is falling

Outside of Bonn and the official UN climate negotiations, coverage of climate change is falling to lows not seen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to analysis of newspapers and television reporting conducted by the Media and Climate Change Observatory (MECCO).

MECCO’s head Max Boykoff told Climate Home News that climate coverage in the first five months of 2025 was 35% down on the same period of 2025 and 41% less than in 2021. New analysis by the Yale Programme on Climate Change Communication found a similar fall in climate coverage in 2026.

Boykoff said  media attention has been drawn away from climate change to issues like the Iran war and now the World Cup getting underway in North America.

While both stories have climate implications, he said, the media have “failed to connect the dots” on the conflict in the Middle East, with coverage focusing on the politics, air strikes and violence of the war. “Reporters have been pulling up short,” he said.

He added that since 2025 there have been cuts to climate teams at US outlets like the Washington Post, CBS, National Public Radio and the Los Angeles Times. On top of this, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Context website has been shut down and Politico recently folded specialist environmental outlet E&E News into its broader energy coverage. 

Mark Hertsgaard, head of global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now, also said that fewer reporters at Bonn is “part of a larger pattern”. He said no US television network sent reporters to the recent Santa Marta conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels “and as a result they missed covering what turned out to be a landmark development in the climate story”.

    “No one can know if the Bonn talks will yield something similar until the [they] actually take place and conclude. But the fewer journalists that are on the scene, the less the world’s people and policymakers will know about that. And that’s a problem,” he said.

    Media may also have been put off from attending by a new registration system which is more complicated, especially for freelance journalists. In addition, the rise in jet fuel prices has made travelling by plane to Bonn much more expensive than last year and reporters from many developing countries continue to face hurdles getting visas to enter the Schengen area, of which Germany is part.

    Diego Arguedas Ortiz, who led the Oxford Climate Journalism Network from 2022 until it was shut down by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in 2025, said journalists can’t cover the talks so well remotely.

    While press conferences, plenaries and open negotiating sessions are broadcast for the public to watch on the UNFCCC’s website, Ortiz said relying solely on this means “you miss the interviews in the hall”. 

    “You can´t catch scientists and ministers as they leave the rooms. And the audience is back home suffering. Because audiences are relying on reporters and editors to explain how these seemingly abstract negotiations have daily implications for them,” he explained.

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    1M+ customers have connected solar to PG&E’s grid

    Utility Dive - Thu, 06/11/2026 - 11:11

    Pacific Gas & Electric said the milestone comes during an industry shift from “a one‑way grid to an interactive system where customer energy resources are increasingly part of the solution.”

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