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Cash-strapped BBC News has found something down the back of the sofa to advertise for a Chief Environment Correspondent. The advert was posted last Thursday; Extinction Rebellion had been blocking four London junctions for four days. (This funding arrives as BBC Newsgathering tries to keep a tighter rein on 'planet' journalism, in a bid to save money.)

"The Chief Environment Correspondent is a new role, with a remit to produce original, agenda-setting journalism in this important specialism for BBC News. Climate change, pollution, sustainable living and global environmental issues are key areas of interest for our audiences, especially younger audiences. This role will join the Science and Environment team in Newsgathering in order to deliver more of these stories across all platforms - but with a particular emphasis on digital impact and developing new innovative approaches to journalism aimed at engaging younger people."

In case you wondered, David Shukman, 60, (Eton and Hatfield, Durham) is billed as Science Editor; Roger Harabbin, 64 (King Henry VIII Coventry and St Catharine's, Cambridge) is Environment Analyst. Matt McGrath (University College, Cork and Bournemouth University) is Environment Correspondent. Claire Marshall, 44, (Blundells, Devon and Balliol, Oxford) is Environment and Rural Affairs Correspondent.

I suspected they've tried Greta Thunberg.