Upcoming events: A man may fail many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame someoneelse. --J. Paul Getty, 29 Aug 2017 Stonekettle @Stonekettle 14 Dec 2020 23:34Z In the coming weeks, you should expect a sudden surge in Republicans who "never liked Trump anyway," and are now ready to denounce his policies (which they totally never agreed with) and his behavior (which they were always appalled by) and who just want to help heal the nation. Weather Underground @wunderground 12 Dec 2020 0:31Z The Mpemba Effect is a phenomenon in which hot water freezes faster than cold water. And when you get the setting sun as a backdrop, you get something that looks spectacular pic.twitter.com/58FIB3V5nd Molly Jong-Fast¡ @MollyJongFast 07 Dec 2020 23:37Z When you don't know how vaccines work because you have trump Brain worms. twitter.com/kyleezempel/st... Alexander Verbeek @Alex_Verbeek 06 Dec 2020 16:29Z ¨ Denmark pays students $1,000 a month to go to universities. pic.twitter.com/ybGI064vMB Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 06 Dec 2020 17:36Z Replying to @KHayhoe It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. Carter Blunt @ThatCarterBlunt 06 Dec 2020 19:33Z Replying to @KrisHolt1 It is impossible to imagine exactly one year ago, where if you said "by the end of next year, 1 in every 1000 Americans could be dead from a new virus, and about 40% of Americans won't give a shit," and it sounding real. Looking back at the milestones/ looking forward fuck [Cult!] Brian Brettschneider @Climatologist49 05 Dec 2020 18:56Z Replying to @PhilipRucker Cult members are often given progressively outlandish tests to prove their loyalty to the cult leader. davd @texasexorcist 05 Dec 2020 03:46Z omg i love airplanes they're like ufos but we know what they are Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 04 Dec 2020 16:04Z #suitcasegate: Donald Trump's departure in January and the anticipated disappearance of the White House silverware. Josiah Neeley @jneeley78 03 Dec 2020 03:26Z More people died of COVID in the United States today than have died of COVID in Japan in all of 2020. [Pardon?] Dan Rather @DanRather 02 Dec 2020 05:23Z Why is the Trump White House suddenly a very polite place to work? Everyone's going around saying "pardon me." Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto 02 Dec 2020 14:23Z Biden's popular vote lead is nearing 7 million Biden: 80,925,383 (51.3%) Trump: 74,071,770 (46.9%) 99% reporting Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 01 Dec 2020 16:38Z The only thing keeping the coal industry alive now is Santa's demand for coal for the stockings of Trump and Republicans. Eric Steig º¸¨¦ @ericsteig 01 Dec 2020 18:35Z Happy Antarctica Day The Antarctic treaty was signed 51 years ago today, December 1, 1959. Brian Brettschneider @Climatologist49 01 Dec 2020 19:34Z Replying to @weatherdak Water is only 0.023% of Earth's total mass. [Rigged!] Vernon Loeb @LoebVernon 29 Nov 2020 13:28Z A Sunday morning factoid from The New York Times to mull as you ponder the state of America: largely unprosecuted white collar crime costs the country $300 to $800 billion a year; by contrast, street-level property crime costs $16 billion. Jonathan Chait @jonathanchait 29 Nov 2020 14:26Z "You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go 'according to plan.' Even if the plan is horrifying." --The Joker twitter.com/jayfug/status/... Pacific Institute @PacificInstitut 29 Nov 2020 19:30Z "What we think of as normal, and what we planned for as normal, and the infrastructure we built to deal with normal isn't normal anymore. Normal is gone," says @PeterGleick in Retro Report documentary: bit.ly/2RXpptt #watercrisis #climatechange #resilience pic.twitter.com/hGCQGeYhpP [Money Back!] Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 29 Nov 2020 21:28Z I could not figure out who to root for on this. Trump fan who gave $2.5M to election-fraud hunters wants money back - Business Insider businessinsider.com/donor-25m-grou... Larry79115 @larry79115 26 Nov 2020 12:14Z Could we re-name the Jet Stream? I suggest FUBAR Jet Stream. twitter.com/SamCarana/stat... Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 24 Nov 2020 07:12Z On January 7th, Trump will no longer have two weeks to show us his health care plan. KenCaldeira @KenCaldeira 21 Nov 2020 19:08Z The Republicans have transitioned from being anti-Democratic Party to being the anti-democracy party. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/... Gavin Schmidt @ClimateOfGavin 18 Nov 2020 20:57Z Be careful out there! "More than 3 million people in U.S. estimated to be contagious with the coronavirus" washingtonpost.com/health/covid-3... [===START ===] Survey Finds 30% Of L.A. Residents Are Defying Stay-at-Home Order As Covid-19 Hospitalizations Reach All-Time High Deadline, 23 Dec 2020 02:27Z As the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations continued its record ascent in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, 30% of the respondents to a recent survey indicated ... Citing Coal Shortages, China Rations Electricity for Millions The New York Times, 22 Dec 2020 Warning of coal shortages, officials are trying to curb energy usage by telling residents not to use electric stoves and extinguishing lights on building facades and ... Trump Calls Covid Relief Bill a 'Disgrace,' Demands Changes The New York Times, 23 Dec 2020 05:23Z The president sought bigger checks for Americans and a bill that dealt more specifically with pandemic relief. COVID-19 cases linked to Chilean Antarctic operations rise to 58 ABC News, 23 Dec 2020 01:49Z The number of coronavirus infections linked to Chilean Antarctic bases has increased by almost two thirds to 58, health authorities and the country's military say, up from 36 reported yesterday. BREAKING (23 Dec): Another 8 new covid cases have been linked to a growing cluster in Sydney's Northern Beaches LGA. New lockdown rules have divided the region north of Manly into 2 zones with the area S of Narrabeen subject to stricter rules. Why Pfizer And Moderna Can't Be Sued For Covid Vaccine Side Effects CNBC, 22 Dec 2020 17:54Z A Martian Roundtrip NASA, 22 Dec 2020 16:53Z Marvels of engineering, the rover's sample tubes must be tough enough to safely bring Red Planet samples on the long journey back to Earth in immaculate ... Antarctica: Discovery of `unbelievable, otherworldly soundscape' under the ice Daily Express, 22 Dec 2020 18:51Z Researchers on Antarctica have long been puzzled by the presence of mysterious ultrasonic signals originating from beneath the icy depths. But they now know ... Seals are making 'Star Wars' noises at each other underwater, and we have no idea why Livescience.com, 22 Dec 2020 21:52Z Antarctica's Weddell seals communicate with each other in a high-pitched underwater language reminiscent of Star Wars sound effects, a new study finds. Dominion files plans with federal regulators for 2.6 GW offshore wind project, largest in US to date Utility Dive, 22 Dec 2020 16:50Z Dominion Energy has filed the construction and operations plan for its 2.64 GW offshore wind project, with construction expected to start off the coast of Virginia ... Trump pardons 15, including people convicted in Mueller probe CNBC, 23 Dec 2020 00:33Z President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued pardons to 15 people, including those convicted in the Mueller probe. 'World-first' adult cyber abuse crackdown proposed for Australia ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 19:27Z Victims of serious cyber abuse are being promised more protection under planned new laws released by the Federal Government. Travellers stream across the English Channel as French hard border closure ends ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 20:25Z Some travel resumes between France and England after French authorities modify the hard border closure response to the virulent new strain of coronavirus detected in the UK. Crisis talks in Sydney as Victorian contact tracers investigate cross-border case ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 20:24Z Millions of Sydneysiders will learn today whether they'll have a COVID-restricted Christmas as the list of possible exposure sites in the northern beaches cluster continues to grow. Police turn away more than 100 hotspot travellers attempting to illegally enter Queensland ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 20:25Z Queensland police are warning travellers attempting to illegally enter the state from coronavirus hotspots that they will be caught after more than 100 people were turned away since the state's hard border was reimposed. Feral buffalo numbers in the NT 'out of control' and nearing 200,000 head ABC/NT Country Hour, 22 Dec 2020 21:23Z More landowners in the Top End choose to muster buffalo for commercial gain, rather than reducing the population via aerial culling programs and it's leading to a worrying spike in numbers. Perth lakes crawling with hundreds of tiger snakes, researcher confirms ABC Radio Perth, 22 Dec 2020 22:23Z Damian Lettoof tracks tiger snakes in urban Perth wetlands to monitor their health, and he knows just how close they are to local backyards. [Did covid come from the US?] What if COVID actually arrived in the US far earlier than we currently think? Yahoo! Voices, 22 Dec 2020 15:51Z The timeline of COVID-19's arrival in the United States is a murky piece of history, but recent investigations and revelations may provide a crucial piece in the ... [4th election in 2y!] Israel's government collapses, with yet another election due in March ampAxios, 22 Dec 2020 22:05Z Israel's power-sharing government collapsed on Tuesday, only seven months after it was formed, putting Israel on course for its fourth elections in two years. Donald Trump's Approval Rating Slides As Election Fight Winds Down Newsweek, 22 Dec 2020 17:46Z The president has continued to push against Joe Biden's victory, although his avenues to overturn the outcome have narrowed. Trump's Longtime Banker at Deutsche Bank, Rosemary Vrablic, Resigns The New York Times, 22 Dec 2020 20:46Z President Trump's longtime banker at Deutsche Bank, who arranged for the German lender to make hundreds of millions of dollars of loans to his company, ... Joe Biden says he will push for more stimulus checks in next Covid relief bill CNBC, 22 Dec 2020 21:46Z Joe Biden will push for a third round of stimulus checks in the next Covid-19 relief bill. Russia sanctions EU over response to poisoning of Alexey Navalny CBS News, 22 Dec 2020 16:22Z Russia on Tuesday slapped sanctions on European Union officials over their response to the poisoning of Alexey Navalny, saying the opposition leader had a ... [Glug glug glug:] Britain finds itself isolated and uncertain ahead of Brexit The Associated Press, 22 Dec 2020 19:01Z London. Over 2800 stranded truck drivers hoped to get the green light Tuesday to leave Britain and get back home for Christmas as the country found ... Alberta Rushes To Embrace Coal CleanTechnica, 22 Dec 2020 13:20Z Recently we did a story about two major Japanese banks writing off their investment in the Bluewaters coal fired ... Fears of a COVID-19 Christmas surge are not stopping travel Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec 2020 13:19Z To the alarm of California health officials, Christmas is looking like Thanksgiving, when social gatherings boosted a coronavirus surge. NSW Health updates list of sites visited by positive COVID-19 cases to include Orange, Gundagai ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 09:24Z NSW Health has added more locations to its list of exposure sites impacted by the coronavirus outbreak on the northern beaches. Abuse in aged care homes 'much higher than even the most cynical of us consider possible' ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 10:22Z Nearly two in five residents have experienced some form of abuse, research published by the royal commission into aged care shows. For 40pc of Australians, getting COVID isn't just a two-week ordeal, with symptoms lasting months ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 13:22Z The first Australian study of COVID-19 patients has found up to 40 per cent of people who get the disease go on to experience persistent symptoms months after infection, including fatigue, breathlessness and chest pain. Still stuck: 1,500 France-bound trucks stranded in England WOODTV.com, 22 Dec 2020 12:17Z London (AP). More than 1500 trucks were stranded in England on Tuesday morning amid fears that Britain could face food shortages if travel restrictions put ... Trump emails GOP lawmakers a slide slamming Mitch McConnell, taking credit for his re-election Yahoo News, 22 Dec 2020 06:17Z President Trump's personal assistant, Molly Michael, "at the president's request" emailed Republican lawmakers a slide Monday night giving Trump credit for ... The big, looming questions about the new variant of the coronavirus STAT, 21 Dec 2020 23:16Z A variant of the coronavirus that emerged in the United Kingdom has forced London to shut down, led some countries to ban travel to and from the U.K., and set ... [Retest!] Pfizer, Moderna testing COVID-19 vaccines against new UK strain New York Post, 22 Dec 2020 14:18Z Pfizer and Moderna are testing their COVID-19 vaccines to see if they are effective against the new mutant strain from the UK. [Record!] 2020 Was The Deadliest Year In U.S. History HuffPost, 22 Dec 2020 07:49Z New York (AP). This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time - due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic. [Besties!] Trump awards Scott Morrison legion of merit for 'leadership in addressing global challenges' The Guardian, 22 Dec 2020 05:47Z The US military decoration was also awarded to Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi and former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Like 'third-degree burns': Cause found for 'horrific' skin lesions on endangered dolphins ABC Gippsland, 22 Dec 2020 02:03Z Scientists confirm that extreme rainfall due to climate change is the leading cause of a deadly skin disease responsible for the deaths of the endangered Burrunan dolphin. Asbestos victim beats James Hardie appeal, but has compensation cut by $850,000 ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 03:02Z An Adelaide court rejects James Hardie's appeal against liability in the case of a home renovator suffering terminal cancer -- but he will receive substantially less than in the original judgement after judges ruled some of the initial payout was "manifestly excessive". US Congress passes $US892 billion coronavirus relief package ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 05:01Z The aid package is the second largest in US history and is aimed at throwing a lifeline to the nation's pandemic-battered economy. Coronavirus cases recorded in Antarctica at Chilean research station ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 07:00Z Antarctica can no longer lay claim to being the only continent free of coronavirus after up to 36 Chileans reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. NSW green-lights coal mine despite protests from renowned horse breeders ABC Upper Hunter, 22 Dec 2020 06:59Z The proposal is highly contentious among the Upper Hunter community, including intense opposition from horse breeders who believe it will threaten the viability of world-famous stud farms nearby. [BREXIT 2.0!] Concerns About Covid Strain Cut Off U.K. From Europe The New York Times, 22 Dec 2020 05:53Z London. Britain was all but cut off from the rest of Europe on Monday, with flights and trains banned by some 40 countries and freight deliveries halted at ... UK trucks barred from France as new virus strain spreads in England The Hill, 21 Dec 2020 14:54Z France has sealed its border to trucks from the U.K. after the detection of a more infectious coronavirus strain in England. Protesters clash with police, smash glass doors, disrupt lawmakers on 'unnerving' day at Oregon State Capitol in Salem USA TODAY, 22 Dec 2020 04:51Z Police made at least four arrests during the six-hour rally that included more than 100 protesters, including members of the far-right Patriot Prayer. The Trump White House has entered its final stage: complete meltdown Trump has retreated to the proverbial bunker with an 'elite strike force' of wingnuts and lackeys. They're all he's got left. The Guardian, 22 Dec 2020 02:50Z BREAKING (22 Dec): Vic Health has come down hard on visitors from NSW after the border closed. In a press conf still going to air Vic officials say a new case of covid has been detected after almost 8 wks of 0 local cases. The new case is a child. Her parents have been tested and so far have returned -ve results. Officials also say about 300 close contacts of people that have been in the NSW "red zone" since mid Dec have been located and contacted. The Vic Health Min says 17 people from NSW that may have attempted to sneak into Vic for Xmas have been intercepted and put into quarantine. He warmed anyone else trying to get across the border will see Xmas from inside isolation and not with their Vic families. [Fateful decision:] US health officials: No need to ban flights from UK even as it battles new coronavirus variant USA TODAY, 21 Dec 2020 20:23Z Washington. U.S. health officials say they do not yet see a need to halt flights from the United Kingdom, even as a growing number of other countries ban ... [Another fateful decision:] Australian authorities won't be banning flights from the UK, despite new cases of mutated COVID-19 strain ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 06:58Z Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly explains why the country won't be blacklisted despite other nations banning flights. NSW coronavirus cases emerging from hotel quarantine 'inevitable', Berejiklian says ABC News, 22 Dec 2020 07:00Z A healthcare worker involved in hotel quarantine is one of today's reported cases, as authorities scramble to keep tabs on infections emerging from the system. Virginia's Lee statue has been removed from the US Capitol The Associated Press, 21 Dec 2020 18:22Z Washington. A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has represented Virginia in the U.S. Capitol for 111 years has been removed. Virginia ... I'm Haunted by What I Did as a Lawyer in the Trump Justice Department The New York Times/Opinion, 21 Dec 2020 19:20Z I was an attorney at the Justice Department when Donald Trump was elected president. I worked in the Office of Legal Counsel, which is where presidents turn ... California hospitals struggle to cope with Covid-19 surge double July peak The Guardian, 21 Dec 2020 17:33Z Doctors discuss shift in strategy from trying to save every life with hospitalizations projected to hit 75000 by mid-January. [>40k new cases in past 24 hrs]. Scientists find a strange signal coming from our closest neighboring star Engadget, 21 Dec 2020 17:32Z Scientists have detected a strange radio signal coming from Proxima Centauri, although we wouldn't count on aliens being involved. A Wolf Pup Mummy From the Ancient Arctic The New York Times, 21 Dec 2020 17:32Z Melting permafrost yields secrets of how a 6-week-old wolf puppy lived and died. Geothermal is the electricity combating climate change Quartz, 19 Dec 2020 To power a climate constrained world, solar and wind energy won't be enough. Geothermal energy is finally getting a second chance. Steven Mnuchin Says Second Stimulus Check Will Be Deposited Within Days Newsweek, 21 Dec 2020 15:28Z Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said stimulus checks would be sent out at the beginning of next week after Congress reached a deal on the outline of the ... California governor reentering quarantine The Hill, 21 Dec 2020 14:28Z California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) office said Sunday that he will reenter quarantine after exposure to a person who tested positive for the coronavirus. Italy has patient with new strain of virus found in Britain Yahoo News, 20 Dec 2020 Italy has detected a patient infected with the new strain of the coronavirus also found in Britain, the health ministry said on Sunday. The patient and his partner ... [NSW officials say the UK strain has also been detected in AUS. But so far only in people coming from the UK and in quarantine. However, only a matter of time before it gets out...] [Tricky Bastard!] Alexey Navalny tricked Russian spy into admitting poisoning ... [#unreliablesource] NY Post, 21 Dec 2020 16:22Z The 44-year-old opposition leader posed as a senior official from Russia's National Security Council demanding an urgent debriefing about why ... What the COVID-19 experts say we should do different this Christmas ABC News, 21 Dec 2020 19:19Z As Australians prepare to spend Christmas Day with loved ones, experts fear the mass movement of people is a super-spreading event waiting to happen. They reveal how they'll be spending Christmas this year and how to make the day as safe as possible. 'Completely dry sponge': Inland rivers may never recover from drought, expert warns ABC New England, 21 Dec 2020 19:21Z Despite much of New South Wales receiving above-average rainfall in 2020, inland river levels are already dropping, renewing fears for all future water supply. Sydney residents shut out of Queensland, while hotspot travellers face Christmas, New Year's in quarantine ABC News, 21 Dec 2020 19:34Z Queensland responds to NSW's growing coronavirus cluster with strict new border restrictions barring Greater Sydney residents from entering the state and forcing travellers who have been in a hotspot to spend the festive period in hotel quarantine. Record-breaking November ECMWF, 22 Dec 2020 Copernicus Climate Change Service scientists reported that, globally, November 2020 was the warmest November since records began. Europe experienced its warmest autumn on record. Meanwhile, the Arctic region and sub-Arctic Siberia continued to be significantly warmer than average and sea ice in the region saw its second lowest November extent. Sidney Powell pushes for executive order to seize voting machines: NYT Business Insider, 21 Dec 2020 04:38Z On Friday, President Trump discussed naming Powell as a special counsel to investigate conspiracy theories about voter fraud. The `Red Slime' Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media The New York Times, 21 Dec 2020 11:07Z Voting machine companies threaten "highly dangerous" cases against Fox, Newsmax and OAN, says Floyd Abrams. Radiation warning issued to building site thief who stole nuclear moisture gauge ABC News, 21 Dec 2020 07:17Z South Australian police issue a warning after a construction industry device known as an "enhanced nuclear moisture density gauge" was stolen from a building site in Adelaide's inner south. Space Force troops now called Guardians Mystery Wire, 18 Dec 2020 06:25 PM MST The Trump administration celebrated the first birthday of the U.S. Space Force on Friday by announcing that its members will be known as "guardians." Vice President Mike Pence made the announcement at a celebratory event tracing the development of the newest branch of the military over the past year. Victorian quarantine inquiry finds hotel security was an 'orphan' with nobody taking responsibility ABC News, 21 Dec 2020 0:44Z The final report from the inquiry into Victoria's botched hotel quarantine program is unable to determine who commissioned the use of private security and slams the Andrews Government for failing to do "proper analysis" of the plan. Victorians in NSW 'red zone' given midnight deadline to get home, or face being denied entry ABC Goulburn Murray, 21 Dec 2020 0:44Z Communities on both sides of the Murray River are dealing with yet another shutdown, as Victorians rushing to get home from a NSW "red zone" by road are given a midnight deadline or face the prospect of being refused entry. [Mutant!] Cases of UK's highly contagious mutant COVID strain detected in returned travellers in Australia ABC News, 21 Dec 2020 01:42Z New South Wales authorities say a mutated form of the COVID-19 virus has been detected in returned travellers, however the new strain has not featured in the northern beaches outbreak. Lorna Jane taken to court over 'anti-virus' activewear as ACCC focuses on dodgy pandemic claims ABC News, 21 Dec 2020 02:42Z The consumer watchdog is taking Australian activewear brand Lorna Jane to court for trying to sell clothes they said could protect against coronavirus. Tyler Wright wins historic first women's event at Hawaii's Banzai Pipeline ABC News, 21 Dec 2020 03:41Z The two-time world champion won a tactical battle against local favourite Carissa Moore to make a perfect start to her 2021 championship campaign. 'Good signs': Little penguin burrows found for first time in seven years on West Island ABC Radio Adelaide, 21 Dec 2020 04:40Z Authorities hope new active burrows on the island near Victor Harbor can become an insurance population for nearby Granite Island where just 16 of the birds are thought to remain. Canberra lawyers and accountant set to fight money laundering charges ABC News, 21 Dec 2020 04:40Z One of Canberra's most senior criminal lawyers, Ben Aulich, his legal partner Bridie Harders and accountant Michael Papandrea indicate they will fight charges over alleged money laundering. 'Trauma and grief': Damning findings on Victoria's two deadliest aged care outbreaks ABC News, 21 Dec 2020 05:39Z Frontline workers hired to fill the gap left by furloughed staff at two Victorian nursing homes which were ravaged by the state's coronavirus pandemic had little experience in aged care and spoke just basic English, an independent review finds. Gas expansion plan for region with 47,000-year-old rock art challenged in court ABC News, 21 Dec 2020 05:39Z Conservationists are seeking to overturn approvals for Woodside's proposed Burrup Hub LNG expansion in WA, warning it could unleash billions of tonnes of carbon pollution and endanger ancient rock art. Apple Car to Debut Next Year in September, Claims Sketchy Report Wccftech, 21 Dec 2020 03:37Z A fresh report talks about the arrival of the Apple Car, and according to the details, it could be released much sooner than anticipated. Gov. Bill Lee enacts gathering restrictions, refuses mask mandate as Tennessee COVID-19 outbreak surges Tennessean, 21 Dec 2020 03:34Z Grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the nation, Gov. Bill Lee will mandate social gathering restrictions but refuses to require mask-wearing in ... [See the active case curve: . It keeps curving up]. [Expecting diffrunt resul DIS time!] Trump campaign petitions Supreme Court to overturn Pa. election results New York Daily News, 21 Dec 2020 0:33Z The petition seeks to reverse a trio of Pennsylvania Supreme Court cases having to do with mail-in ballots and asks the court to reject voters' will and allow the ... [Yor Fired!] Russian scientist working on COVID-19 vaccine plummets to death in St. Petersburg Fox News, 20 Dec 2020 23:13Z Alexander "Sasha" Kagansky, 45, was in his underwear when he fell to his death from his 14th-floor apartment, according to the Russian newspaper Moskovsky ... EU-UK trade talks floundering over fish as cutoff day nears The Associated Press, 20 Dec 2020 21:25Z Brussels. With yet another Brexit deadline disappearing in the rearview mirror, a breakthrough on fishing rights remained elusive for the European ... [Peak Coal:] Global coal demand peaked seven years ago, says International Energy Agency ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 19:14Z As China restricts imports of Australian coal, the International Energy Agency says global coal demand peaked seven years ago. [Experts:] These experts say 'science was silenced' in the US and Europe. But in Australia the 'COVID war' is far from over ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 19:13Z These five professors are leaders in Australia's scientific community. They say the population's willingness to listen to the experts has been critical in the fight against COVID-19 -- but, as the Sydney outbreak shows, the war is far from over. NSW Health whistleblowers claim patients 'set up to fail' amid 'toxic' culture ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 20:11Z Two former NSW Health employees are taking action against the department, claiming its "flawed and toxic" work culture destroyed their careers and had deadly consequences in hospitals on the state's Mid-North Coast. Your gut microbiome could change over the festive season -- but here's how you can protect it ABC/The Conversation, 20 Dec 2020 20:10Z It's that time of year again, with Christmas parties and holiday catch-ups on the horizon -- and all that party food and takeaway can have consequences for your gut health, writes Claus T Christophersen. [Hillbilly News!] Electricity prices predicted to fall as renewable supply increases, gas price falls ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 20:08Z A new report by the Australian Energy Market Commission predicts all states in the National Electricity Market will have lower energy prices in 2023, but not the ACT, as more supply enters the market. Land council says permit-free fishing will continue after notice 'blindsided' industry groups ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 21:05Z The Northern Land Council denies it intends to restrict the access commercial and recreational fishers have to significant stretches of the Northern Territory coastline within weeks. [It's Everywhere!] Gyms, bars and cafes across Sydney visited by COVID-19 cases, including Paddington, Neutral Bay ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 21:04Z Confirmed COVID cases went to a number of venues in Paddington, Manly, Newport, Neutral Bay, Crows Nest and Mona Vale. Queensland residents rush to return as new coronavirus border restrictions kick in ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 22:25Z Queenslanders scramble to return home from Greater Sydney after changes to border restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in New South Wales. Sydney lockdown, mandatory masks needed to stop superspreading event, Dr Swan says ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 20:05Z Christmas will be a superspreading event in Sydney if the NSW Government does not get the coronavirus outbreak under control, Coronacast host Dr Norman Swan says. [NSW Health Min has refused to mandate masks with an explanation that includes the example of bus drivers having to enforce the rules creating "stress and anxiety"]. Tougher new COVID-19 restrictions come into effect across Greater Sydney ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 20:12Z Sydneysiders wake to tougher new restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19 cases from the Northern Beaches outbreak. Fiji cyclone death toll rises to 4 with 1 missing ABC, 20 Dec 2020 12:09Z The death toll from a powerful cyclone that battered the Pacific island nation of Fiji last week has risen to four with one ... [Yasa was expected to hit Tonga around 13z as a cat2]. Recall effort against California governor an attempt to 'destabilize the political system,' analysts say NBC News, 20 Dec 2020 11:29Z California Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a recall effort amid coronavirus closures and the fallout from his dining at the famed French Laundry restaurant. Flights from UK canceled as health minister says new coronavirus variant is 'out of control' CNN, 20 Dec 2020 14:43Z London. A growing number of European countries on Sunday halted flights from the UK in the wake of the discovery of a new variant of Covid-19, said by ... Dutch ban UK flights, fearing the new coronavirus variant The Associated Press, 20 Dec 2020 09:33Z The Hague. The Netherlands is banning flights from the U.K. for at least the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus ... California hospitals contemplate rationing care as they get more overwhelmed Fox News, 20 Dec 2020 02:40Z California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care ... Hospital halts COVID vaccinations after 4 workers have reaction msnNOW, 19 Dec 2020 22:41Z Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville stopped the vaccinations on Friday and will resume them on Sunday after 4 employees hasd reactions. Biden rolls out diverse climate and energy team to enact 'ambitious' plan The Hill, 19 Dec 2020 21:41Z President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday rolled out his nominees for key climate and energy posts, touting his diverse team as the right group to wage the ... One year on from SA's bushfire crisis, is the state more prepared? ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 03:33Z The first anniversary of the deadly bushfire crisis that engulfed the Adelaide Hills and then Kangaroo Island is, for the communities involved, a time for reflection but also for reckoning. Cat group livid over Newcastle's botched 'Rambo-style' cull ABC Newcastle, 20 Dec 2020 04:32Z Animals rights advocates are furious and the Port of Newcastle is contrite over an attempt to eradicate a stray cat colony at Stockton that went horribly wrong. [Yasa:] 'No idea how I can cope': Fijians reckon with loss in aftermath of deadly cyclone ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 05:31Z Emergency teams work to restore services to parts of Fiji left devastated by Tropical Cyclone Yasa as residents deal with losing their homes and belongings in the category five storm. Super cyclone hits Fiji bringing floods, landslides MSN, 17 Dec 2020 11:05Z Super cyclone Yasa slammed into Fiji's second-largest island Thursday, tearing roofs off buildings as it triggered flash ... Trump floats conspiracy theorist as special counsel to investigate voter fraud allegations ABC News, 20 Dec 2020 06:29Z President Donald Trump floats naming lawyer Sidney Powell, who was booted from his campaign's legal team after pushing unfounded conspiracy theories, as a special counsel investigating allegations of voter fraud. [The Divine Plan!] Heated Oval Office meeting included talk of special counsel, martial law as Trump advisers clash CNN, 20 Dec 2020 0:38Z President Donald Trump convened a heated meeting in the Oval Office on Friday, including lawyer Sidney Powell and her client, former national security adviser ... Close to 200 organizations allegedly hacked by Russia: cybersecurity firm The Hill, 20 Dec 2020 02:18Z Close to 200 organizations were hacked by Russia as part of the cybersecurity attack on SolarWinds, a third party software contractor, that has compromised ... BREAKING (20 Dec): COVID restrictions introduced across Greater Sydney, 30 new Northern Beaches cases. [So total must be up to 58 new cases but no-one seems to want to say that]. Trump Encourages 'Wild' Protests in D.C. on Date of Electoral College Vote Count Newsweek, 19 Dec 2020 22:17Z President Donald Trump is calling for "wild" protests to occur in the nation's capital on January 6, the final date on which he and his most hard-line Republican ... [Record!] Thailand reports record surge in daily coronavirus cases to over 500 Reuters, 20 Dec 2020 0:16Z Thailand reported more than 500 cases of coronavirus among migrant workers at the centre of its seafood industry on Saturday, ... CDC confirms COVID-19 vaccine allergic reactions, issues new guidance Fox News, 19 Dec 2020 23:22Z The CDC said Saturday that it has learned of severe allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine, and now recommends if a person has "ever had a severe ... China is opening the world's largest radio telescope up to international scientists Livescience.com, 19 Dec 2020 17:22Z Following the collapse of the historic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, China has opened the biggest radio telescope in the world up to international ... [Gouger!] A politician tweeted a list showing how much the EU has agreed to pay for the leading vaccines, confirming rumors of Moderna's sky-high price Yahoo News, 19 Dec 2020 10:20Z At the top end, the EU agrees to pay Moderna $22.06 per dose while paying $2.18 per dose for AstraZeneca's. Fire in Turkish ICU unit treating COVID-19 patients kills 9 CBS News, 19 Dec 2020 22:19Z A fire broke out Saturday at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in southern Turkey after an oxygen cylinder exploded, killing nine people, the ... [Backtrack!] U.K. Imposes Harsher Lockdown on London, Citing New Version of Virus The New York Times, 20 Dec 2020 0:18Z LONDON. Alarmed by a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson abruptly reversed course on Saturday and imposed a ... Trump contradicts Pompeo, plays down alleged Russian role in cyberattack CNBC, 19 Dec 2020 21:17Z The company at the center of the attack, SolarWinds, has not assigned blame to any country thus far. Trump campaign told to preserve all documents related to Sidney Powell and Dominion Voting Systems CNN, 20 Dec 2020 0:52Z President Donald Trump's campaign legal team sent a memo to dozens of staffers Saturday instructing them to preserve all documents related to Dominion ... Giant warrior robot towers over Japanese port city of Yokohama Yahoo News, 19 Dec 2020 14:15Z Japan got an early Christmas present this year, and it won't fit under any tree. A giant walking, gesturing warrior robot is now on display in the port city of ... Highly contagious new COVID-19 strain leaves 'no alternative' but to force tougher Christmas restrictions in UK ABC News, 19 Dec 2020 15:08Z A new strain of the COVID-19 virus found in the UK could spread more quickly and lead to a surge in cases, leading Prime Minister Boris Johnson take urgent measures. 'Leave us alone': What stranded seafarers are saying about the China's trade war with Australia ABC News, 19 Dec 2020 19:06Z Intensifying trade tensions between China and Australia are now leaving seafarers in limbo, as dozens of ships remain stranded near the Chinese coast. As Europe shuts down for Christmas, one resort for the rich and famous is open for business ABC News, 19 Dec 2020 20:05Z Ski resorts were partly to blame for the initial spread of COVID-19 around Europe at the beginning of the pandemic. But only one country is willing to reopen them as the pandemic drags on. Doctors groups warn current Sydney COVID-19 restrictions may not be enough to protect country NSW ABC News, 19 Dec 2020 20:02Z The president of the NSW Australian Medical Association says the State Government may have eased restrictions too soon, with the Northern Beaches coronavirus outbreak potentially threatening all of Sydney this close to Christmas. [Sydney went into mandatory lock-down at 5pm yest. Some borders have closed already requiring people incoming from the N Beaches subs of Sydney to quarantine at own expense for 14 days. For the first time in its history the Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been called off given the large number of boats and crews coming from Sydney. It's also been reported about 100 yachties have died in the Australian covid epidemic that so far has claimed almost 700 lives]. Northern Beaches cluster has exposed divisions that remain far from resolved ABC/Inisders, 19 Dec 2020 19:07Z The rapid reintroduction of travel restrictions in response to the NSW coronavirus cluster has not only ruined Christmas plans, it has exposed the divisions over how best to deal with this year-old pandemic, writes David Speers. '600 sets of eyes out there': AI surveillance keeps a watch on fire-hit wildlife ABC North and West SA, 19 Dec 2020 21:59Z It is estimated almost 3 billion native animals were in the path of the devastating bushfires that ravaged parts of Australia last summer. Now, more than 600 cameras will be installed in some of the worst-hit areas to monitor the impact and recovery. Cattle farmer fed up with excuses after waiting 12 months for drought assistance ABC Rural, 19 Dec 2020 22:58Z At the height of the drought Sally White spent her days feeding and watering cattle to ensure they survived. A year on she's still fighting for federal drought support. Plenty of waves, but not enough surfboards -- COVID almost wipes out supply in surfing mecca ABC Gold Coast, 19 Dec 2020 21:00Z Board shapers on the Gold Coast say they can't keep up with demand during COVID-19 because more people are surfing and there's a shortfall of basic board-making supplies. This hidden surfing gem delivers 'freak of nature' swell -- just watch out for the crocodiles ABC News, 19 Dec 2020 23:10Z A tight-knit surfing community in one of Australia's most remote corners braves stingers, saltwater crocodiles and monsoonal conditions -- all for a shot at magical surf. [#fakenews:] New York Times loses awards for Caliphate podcast after admitting it could not verify claims of supposed IS fighter ABC News, 19 Dec 2020 14:01Z The New York Times is stripped of one award and hands back another after it admitted it could not verify key claims in its podcast Caliphate, including if a central character who claimed to have been an Islamic Fighter had ever been in Syria. United Airlines helps to contact passengers after man on flight dies a possible COVID-19-related death The Hill, 19 Dec 2020 03:18Z United Airlines is helping to contact passengers after it was determined that a man who passed away on a Monday flight could have died of a heart attack due to ... [America Hacked!] Suspected Russian hack is much worse than first feared: Here's what you need to know CNBC, 19 Dec 2020 13:29Z The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the threat "poses a grave risk to the federal government." How U.S. agencies' trust in untested software opened the door to hackers POLITICO, 19 Dec 2020 12:15Z The massive monthslong hack of agencies across the U.S. government succeeded, in part, because no one was looking in the right place. The federal ... [Almost sounds like an inside job]. With Trump silent, response to hacks may fall to Biden PBS NewsHour, 18 Dec 2020 20:16Z The lack of any statement casts doubt on the likelihood of a swift response to the attacks and suggests any retaliation will be left in the hands of President-elect ... [Cat5:] Residents 'astonished with fear' as category five cyclone hits Fiji ABC News, 19 Dec 2020 05:05Z The death toll from a category five cyclone that tore through northern Fiji rises to four, as emergency crews work to assess the full extent of the damage from one of the year's strongest storms. [The One Basket Model:] Cyber security experts worldwide scramble to defend networks after attack in US ABC News, 19 Dec 2020 06:04Z Suspected Russian hackers who broke into US government agencies also spied on less high-profile organisations, including groups in Britain, a US internet provider and a county government in Arizona, according to web records and security sources. Boeing 'inappropriately coached' test pilots in 737 MAX testing, report finds ABC News, 19 Dec 2020 07:04Z A lengthy new US congressional report finds Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration "were attempting to cover up important information that may have contributed to the 737 MAX tragedies". Sydney to Hobart yacht race cancelled due to NSW coronavirus outbreak ABC News, 19 Dec 2020 11:03Z The 2020 Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak in New South Wales, organisers announce. Fairbanks clinician is third Alaskan with adverse reaction to COVID-19 vaccine Reuters, 19 Dec 2020 01:10Z A Fairbanks clinician suffered anaphylactic symptoms after being given the Pfizer Inc coronavirus vaccine, a hospital said on Friday, becoming the third Alaska ... [Intel Offside!] Intel falls on report Microsoft plans to design own chips for PCs and servers CNBC, 19 Dec 2020 01:09Z Intel has famously had a long-running partnership with Microsoft as the primary processor maker for Windows PCs. Covid: Italy latest European country to order Christmas lockdown BBC News, 19 Dec 2020 05:07Z Italy has ordered a nationwide lockdown over much of the Christmas and New Year period in an effort to combat a rise in coronavirus cases. The country will be ... [Suckers!] Trump raised $200m from false election claims. What happens to the money now? The Guardian, 19 Dec 2020 09:06Z The president could use the funds to ensure he and his allies remain a powerful force in US politics. BREAKING (19 Dec): The NSW covid outbreak has expanded to 38 known cases. Experts are expecting many more to turn up in the next 4-5 days -- the minimum incubation time. Health commentators say it's shown up problems with the state's quarantine system which operates too much on the honor system. People arriving from O/S are expected to turn up as directed to quarantine but can too easily side-step protocols and get into Sydney or switch to domestic flights. [AI Takes The Stick:] Air Force Big News The Debrief, 16 Dec 2020 According to an Air Force press release, during a training flight Tuesday night, the Air Force allowed an AI algorithm named "ARTUµ" to the control sensor and navigation systems of a U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy plane. Officials say this marks the culmination of a three-year journey to become a digital force and is believed to be the first known use of AI onboard a U.S. military aircraft. [Now 28:] Premier puts Greater Sydney 'on notice' as lockdown announced for Northern Beaches ABC News, 19 Dec 2020 0:58Z Sydney's Northern Beaches area will be in lockdown from 5:00pm today to midnight on Wednesday, while NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is considering imposing restrictions on Greater Sydney. [Even Sweden?] Sweden bumps up COVID-19 measures, but stops short of lockdown ABC News, 18 Dec 2020 at 11:51p Sweden introduces its toughest measures yet in the face of soaring COVID-19 infections, including a recommendation to wear masks at peak hours on public transport. Los Angeles Covid-19 Update: "I'm Not Going To Sugarcoat This. We Are Getting Crushed," Says County-USC Hospital Chief Deadline, 18 Dec 2020 21:56Z Under assault by the rising surge in Covid-19 cases, available space continued to dwindle Friday at Los Angeles County hospitals. As a result, health-care ... Alien-hunting scientists investigate mysterious radio 'signal' from star New York Post, 18 Dec 2020 20:55Z A team of alien-hunting scientists are investigating a radio "signal" from Earth's closest neighboring star - drawing comparisons to the mysterious "Wow!" signal ... Cisco Latest Victim of Russian Cyber-Attack Using SolarWinds Bloomberg, 19 Dec 2020 01:05Z Cisco Systems Inc. was compromised as part of a suspected Russian campaign that has roiled the U.S. government and private sector and left security experts ... Key election cybersecurity official steps down CNN, 19 Dec 2020 01:25Z A top elections deputy to former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs followed his former boss out the door in a previously ... [Forgot?] Frontline Doctors Revolt Over Stanford Medical Center's 'Absurd' Vaccine Rollout The Daily Beast, 19 Dec 2020 0:50Z Resident physicians and fellows staged a protest Friday, angry that Stanford Medical Center had denied many frontline health workers the potentially life-saving ... Scott Morrison urged to take action over NSW coastal erosion ABC News, 18 Dec 2020 03:23Z The recently-appointed administrator of the NSW Central Coast Council urges the Prime Minister to take action over the ... [Reports say about 2m of beach along the NSW coast has been cancelled after a week of storms and king tides. Lifesavers warn erosion has created new gullies and holes that might be associated with new rips on popular beaches]. Race to clean Gold Coast beaches of debris after week of bad weather The Courier-Mail, 18 Dec 2020 01:24Z A massive clean-up is under way on Gold Coast beaches in an urgent bid to clear tonnes of dangerous and unsightly flood ... Byron businesses threatened by coastal erosion News.com.au, 18 Dec 2020 0:23Z Unsafe levels of radiation found in Chernobyl crops Livescience.com, 18 Dec 2020 19:03Z Crops grown near the Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine are still contaminated with radiation from the explosive 1986 disaster. Cops discover an illegal winery operating out of an Alabama town's sewage plant CNN, 18 Dec 2020 19:01Z It happened in the town of Rainsville, home to around 5000 people and about 100 miles northeast of Birmingham. Trump pardons sparked controversy but have been the fewest in more than 100 years USA TODAY, 18 Dec 2020 18:00Z President Donald Trump, like many of his predecessors, is likely to use his final days in the White House to increase his use of pardons and commutations, ... Compulsory Covid vaccination for travel would `kill' sector, claims head of major tourism lobby [#unreliablesource] RT, 18 Dec 2020 14:34Z Making Covid-19 jabs mandatory for international passengers would spell disaster for the travel industry, the head of a leading tourism lobby has warned, as ... [Zis cood nebba happen in Roosyia!] [Planning!] Europe is paying less than U.S. for many coronavirus vaccines The Washington Post, 18 Dec 2020 19:01Z The European Union is paying less money than the United States for a range of coronavirus vaccines, including the Pfizer-BioNTech inoculation currently being ... [Bad Coverage!] Disastrous oil spill in Mauritius partly caused by crew seeking mobile phone signal ABC News, 18 Dec 2020 14:17Z The Japanese operator of a bulk carrier said "human error" was to blame for the more than 1,000 tons of oil spilled into the coastal waters. 'They will be back': How China's 'dark' fleets are plundering the world's oceans ABC News, 18 Dec 2020 18:58Z When a vast fishing armada appeared outside the Galapagos Marine Reserve in South America, the world was again reminded of China's belligerent approach to fishing on the high seas. Northern Beaches venues shut voluntarily as COVID cluster expected to grow today ABC News, 18 Dec 2020 19:03Z Some venues on Sydney's Northern Beaches are so concerned about a growing local coronavirus cluster they are voluntarily closing this weekend to help contain the outbreak. 'They shouldn't come into high density cities': Send 'high-risk' arrivals to regional areas, experts say ABC News, 18 Dec 2020 18:16Z There are calls to triage returning travellers from "high-risk" countries, as Australia finds itself grappling with the implications of yet another coronavirus cluster ahead of Christmas. Lawmakers ask whether massive hack amounted to act of war The Hill, 18 Dec 2020 11:52Z Lawmakers are raising questions about whether the attack on the federal government widely attributed to Russia constitutes an act of war. China's power supply is struggling as winter temperatures plunge. Is the ban on Australian coal to blame? ABC News, 18 Dec 2020 04:30Z While Australian coal has been the latest victim in Beijing's geopolitical stoush with Canberra, swathes of China are facing power shortages right in the thick of winter. Iran starts new construction at underground nuclear facility amid US tensions ABC News, 18 Dec 2020 08:39Z While the purpose of the building remains unclear, any work at Fordo will likely trigger new concern in the waning days of the Trump administration before the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden. 2nd health care worker in Alaska has adverse reaction to COVID-19 vaccine WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland, 18 Dec 2020 03:26Z Health officials in Alaska have reported that a second health care worker had an adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine. Exclusive: U.S. to blacklist dozens of Chinese firms including SMIC, sources say Yahoo Finance, 18 Dec 2020 05:24Z The United States is set to add dozens of Chinese companies, including the country's top chipmaker SMIC, to a trade blacklist on Friday, two people familiar with ... 1,000 people stuck overnight in Japan traffic jam stretching 9 miles long CNN, 18 Dec 2020 07:23Z Tokyo. More than 1,000 people in Japan spent Thursday night stuck on a highway in their cars, waiting out a traffic jam with little food or water during a ... LA mayor and wife self-quarantine after daughter tests positive for COVID-19 CBS News, 18 Dec 2020 02:22Z BREAKING (18 Dec): NSW officials say there are now 28 known covid cases in Sydney that resulted from a "significant seeding event". They call on people living in or having visited the affected northern beaches to get tested and observe isolation protocols. Genomic results show the strain is from the US. [Code Black!] Southern California ICU capacity drops to 0% while LA County COVID cases soar KABC-TV, 17 Dec 2020 23:26Z The ICU capacity in the 11-county Southern California region has dropped to 0% amid a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases, officials said Thursday. Huge methane cache beneath Arctic could be unlocked by the moon Livescience.com, 17 Dec 2020 18:54Z The moon could be affecting how much methane is released from the Arctic Ocean seafloor, a new study finds. The tides, which are controlled by the moon, ... Nearly 40 states sue Google alleging search manipulation, marking the third antitrust salvo against the tech giant The Washington Post, 17 Dec 2020 20:52Z Nearly 40 states filed a wide-ranging antitrust lawsuit against Google on Thursday, alleging the tech giant manipulates its search results to give its own products ... Vladimir Putin says agents would've 'finished' killing Alexei Navalny if they wanted New York Post, 17 Dec 2020 14:49Z President Vladimir Putin said intelligence agents would've "finished" the job if they really wanted opposition leader Alexei Navalny dead. [If they didn't want to leave a Kremlin signature they probably would have used a baseball bat and not a military-grade nerve agent unique to Russia]. In Historic Move, Biden To Pick Native American Rep. Haaland As Interior Secretary NPR, 17 Dec 2020 23:24Z Deb Haaland would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary. She opposed many Trump environmental rollbacks and considers climate change "the ... Snow Buries Binghamton, N.Y. The New York Times, 17 Dec 2020 19:46Z Officials said that 41 inches fell in the city, and Governor Cuomo declared a state of emergency across a wide swath of the state. BREAKING (18 Dec): Reports from Fiji says wind gusts from YASA are reaching 345 kph as the huge system squats over the entire country. Coronavirus updates: 'Explosive' surge in California; Trump appointee pushed herd immunity, 'we want them infected,' report says USA TODAY, 17 Dec 2020 12:22Z Two people are dying every hour in Los Angeles County, officials say. NFL to invite vaccinated health care workers to Super Bowl. Latest COVID news. Tokyo says COVID-19 strain on hospitals is severe, raises alert to highest Yahoo News, 17 Dec 2020 05:21Z The Japanese capital of Tokyo said on Thursday the strain on its medical system from the COVID-19 pandemic was severe, raising its alert level to the highest of ... France's Emmanuel Macron tests positive for Covid-19, sending other European leaders into quarantine CNN, 17 Dec 2020 12:30Z Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid- 19 after experiencing symptoms and will self-isolate for a week, his office said ... Pence prepares to confirm Trump's loss - and then leave town POLITICO, 17 Dec 2020 09:42Z On Jan. 6, Vice President Mike Pence will oversee final confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Then he'll likely skip town. As vice president, Pence ... BREAKING (17 Dec): French Pres Macron has tested +ve for covid19. [Pollution Kills!] UK schoolgirl's death linked to air pollution in landmark ruling ABC News, 17 Dec 2020 02:36Z Air pollution contributed to the death of a London schoolgirl, a coroner rules in a landmark case that could push Britain to get tougher on traffic and clean up city air. Deluge swamps Gold Coast as emergency authorities warn of flood risk ABC News, 17 Dec 2020 03:51Z Intense rain is causing flash flooding on Queensland's Gold Coast, as the Bureau of Meteorology warns a severe thunderstorm is slowly moving south over the region. BREAKING (17 Dec): The NSW covid outbreak has now grown to 17 cases, up 12 from the 5 known this morning. WA has slammed the open border to NSW shut again, back-dated to Fri. All arrivals must now be isolated for at least a day and tested on arrival. [Yasa:] 'Super storm' Cyclone Yasa expected to bring destruction to Fiji, as hundreds of evacuation centres open ABC/Pacific Beat, 17 Dec 2020 06:38Z The powerful "super storm" Cyclone Yasa is expected to hit the Pacific Island nation of Fiji this evening. More than 850,000 people are in its direct path, and are bracing for destructive hurricane-force winds and terrifying waves 14 metres high. Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Yasa threatens to cause major disaster in Fiji The Washington Post, 16 Dec 2020 18:59Z Philip Klotzbach @philklotzbach 15 Dec 2020 16:32Z #Cyclone #Yasa has rapidly intensified in the past 24 hours and now has maximum winds estimated at 125 mph - the strongest cyclone of the 2020-2021 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season to date. #hurricane pic.twitter.com/MriUJCrBjS Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 15 Dec 2020 15:59Z Fiji is about to be hit with its second Category 4 cyclone this year. We are in a climate emergency. twitter.com/SteveBowenWx/s... AccuWeather @breakingweather 15 Dec 2020 12:57Z In the South Pacific, #Yasa has exploded into a dangerous Category 4 severe tropical cyclone: bit.ly/3qXOQ0u pic.twitter.com/oIvDDiIHt9 Last animals rescued from Pakistan zoo after it was ordered to close ABC News, 17 Dec 2020 06:37Z Just weeks after the "world's loneliest elephant" was rescued from a life of misery in Islamabad Zoo, two Himalayan brown bears have been flown to their new home. Deadly 'Brain-Eating' Amoeba Slowly But Surely Expanding Its Footprint in The US ScienceAlert, 17 Dec 2020 01:26Z Deadly "brain-eating amoeba" infections have historically occurred in the Southern United States. But cases have been appearing farther north in recent years, ... Three million users installed 28 malicious Chrome or Edge extensions ZDNet, 17 Dec 2020 03:25Z More than three million internet users are believed to have installed 15 Chrome, and 13 Edge extensions that contain malicious code, security firm Avast said ... Alaska health care worker suffers severe allergic reaction minutes after receiving COVID vaccine WFLA, 17 Dec 2020 01:24Z Juneau, Alaska (AP). Health officials in Alaska reported a health care worker had a severe allergic reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine within 10 minutes of ... [Chillens wont know wot snow id]! NYC's First Big Snow Storm in Years: See the Latest in Times Square NBC New York, 17 Dec 2020 0:23Z Pacific Highway upgrade finished at last after decades of work, billions of dollars and hundreds of deaths ABC North Coast, 17 Dec 2020 01:10Z It has taken 24 years and cost $15 billion, but the 657-kilometre new dual carriageway Pacific Highway between Newcastle and the Queensland border is finally finished. Soaring iron ore prices, less JobKeeper demand brings $16b Federal Budget boost ABC News, 17 Dec 2020 02:08Z Fewer people needing JobKeeper as well as booming iron ore export prices deliver a $16 billion improvement to the Federal Budget's bottom line, but the Government is still on track for a record deficit. [Slavery:] Push to grant minimum wage rates to fruit pickers opposed by farmers ABC/Vic Country Hour, 17 Dec 2020 02:07Z Unions want fruit pickers to be granted the minimum wage instead of according to how much produce they pick, but farmers and food producers say the change is unnecessary. [UK now official basket case:] 'We are one of the richest countries': British ministers under fire as UNICEF helps to feed children in UK ABC News, 17 Dec 2020 02:49Z The British Government is facing criticism after it emerged a UN agency is helping to feed hungry children as part of its first ever UK emergency response. Wet summer ahead for Queensland as La Niña shows 'similar strength' to system behind Cyclone Yasi ABC News, 16 Dec 2020 07:04Z Recent severe weather is a sign of what is to come this summer, the Bureau of Meteorology says, with the current La Niña event set to become almost as strong as the system that brought major flooding to Queensland nearly a decade ago. Two new mystery cases of COVID-19 on Sydney's Northern Beaches ABC News, 16 Dec 2020 08:03Z Two new cases of COVID-19 without any links to known infections have been confirmed on Sydney's Northern Beaches, only hours after a van driver in the south-west tested positive. Audit finds doctors not washing their hands properly during coronavirus pandemic ABC News, 16 Dec 2020 14:02Z New data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows doctors and ambulance workers failed to meet national standards for hand hygiene between April and June. WHO vaccine scheme risks failure, potentially leaving poor countries with no COVID vaccines until 2024 ABC News, 16 Dec 2020 16:01Z The global scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries faces a "very high" risk of failure, leaving them without shots until 2024. South Korea and Japan eventually found success with opposing COVID-19 strategies. How did they both end up in trouble? ABC News, 16 Dec 2020 17:31Z South Korea has been held up as a mitigation success story in recent months. But with North Asia facing a third wave of infections, two major threats on the horizon could derail the region's ability to suppress coronavirus. DeSantis faces renewed scrutiny following discovery of mysterious gap in Florida's COVID death tally Salon, 16 Dec 2020 16:54Z A newly uncovered gap in Florida's coronavirus death data suggests that the state may have manipulated the numbers to create more favorable death counts ... [Well, der!] How Russia Wins the Climate Crisis The New York Times, 16 Dec 2020 10:50Z Climate change is propelling enormous human migrations, transforming global agriculture and remaking the world order - and no country stands to gain more ... Renewables bring deflation to the energy sector Financial Times, 16 Dec 2020 05:49Z This year has offered a taste of what is to come in energy markets over the next decade. Man Is Jailed After Taking Jet Ski Across Irish Sea to See Girlfriend The New York Times, 15 Dec 2020 17:25Z Defying the Isle of Man's coronavirus restrictions, a 28-year-old traveled from Scotland to the island on Friday. Days after he arrived, he was sentenced to jail for ... Trump has executed more Americans than all states combined, report finds The Guardian, 16 Dec 2020 05:24Z The execution spree was a first in US history and stands contrary to the declining trend in death penalty practices. Republican gubernatorial hopeful Amanda Chase believes Trump should declare martial law WAVY.com, 16 Dec 2020 01:23Z Republican State Sen. Amanda Chase, a gubernatorial hopeful and ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, commended the president's "backbone" for ... China should consider alternatives for Australian iron ore as trade tensions simmer, analyst says CNBC, 16 Dec 2020 02:08Z Beijing has spared iron ore from Australia so far, but one analyst says that it now needs to consider diversifying its supply of the key commodity. Ex-Texas cop arrested for trying to prove ballot fraud conspiracy theory The Texas Tribune, 16 Dec 2020 01:52Z Mark Aguirre is accused of running a man off the road and threatening him at gunpoint. The ex-cop was hired as a private investigator by a group whose CEO is ... Hack may have exposed deep US secrets; damage yet unknown The Associated Press, 16 Dec 2020 02:15Z Boston. Some of America's most deeply held secrets may have been stolen in a disciplined, monthslong operation being blamed on elite Russian ... With First Dibs on Vaccines, Rich Countries Have `Cleared the Shelves' The New York Times, 16 Dec 2020 0:51Z The U.S., Britain, Canada and others are hedging their bets, reserving doses that far outnumber their populations, as many poorer nations struggle to secure ... NSW records new COVID-19 infection as van driver tests positive ABC News, 16 Dec 2020 01:04Z NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard reveals a 45-year-old man has tested positive for coronavirus in the state this morning. The man drives aircrew to and from Sydney Airport. ACCC takes court action against Facebook over VPN service ABC News, 16 Dec 2020 01:04Z Australia's competition watchdog accuses the social media giant of acting " completely contrary to the promise of protection" by using its VPN service to log details of users' online activity. Australia refers China to the World Trade Organization over barley tariffs ABC Rural, 16 Dec 2020 01:20Z Australia is taking China to the World Trade Organization, challenging its decision to impose huge tariffs on barley as relations between the two countries continue to sour. Stephen Hutcheon @lewgus 15 Dec 2020 20:33Z This year's massive heat spike has cooked the Arctic. The earth's `air conditioner' is entering uncharted territory #arcticfuture #GlobalWarming abc.net.au/news/2020-12-1... via @abcnews Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 15 Dec 2020 23:33Z A rising ocean will increase pressure on upstream sources, possibly affecting agriculture & fouling drinking water supplies with sea water. Scientists demand urgent action, but for cities close to the sea like San Francisco, the damage may already be done. cbsloc.al/3gQAWJ1 The COVID Tracking Project @COVID19Tracking 16 Dec 2020 0:45Z Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7 million tests, 190k cases, and 2,918 deaths. 112,816 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/PjWOpSjw4u 'Scary' grassfire in Melbourne's west a taste of things to come in Victoria's fire season ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 19:17Z An out-of-control grassfire came within 1 kilometre of Graeme Hall's property at Mount Cottrell on Monday. The CFA veteran is one of many experts warning grassfires will pose a serious risk in the state this summer. 'Koalas need trees': Federal Government accused of wasting time on koala research instead of saving habitat ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 20:15Z The Australian Koala Foundation says the Government's move to conduct a koala census merely delays action on protecting trees, which is the only thing that will save koalas from extinction. [Cyclonic Conditions:] Heavy rain and flooding risks as northern NSW enters sixth day of wild weather ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 20:14Z Showers and thunderstorms will persist for the coming days and will continue to bring the risk of flash flooding, the Bureau of Meteorology warns, as several areas deal with the weakening low pressure system. [I like how S Qld can have 2y rainfall in a day for 3-4 days straight]. Humidity to hit south-east Queensland as rain eases ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 20:16Z South-east Queensland faces uncomfortably humid conditions for the rest of the week due to the "double whammy" of a north-east airflow as the worst of the severe weather eases, the Bureau of Meteorology says. WA power prices slashed during the day, doubled during peak in new trial to protect grid ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 22:13Z Electricity prices would be slashed by more than two thirds during the middle of the day but almost double during the peak under a trial aimed at encouraging households to soak up excess solar power flooding into Western Australia's biggest grid. Pandanus trees can help prevent coastal erosion, but a pest is killing them off ABC Capricornia, 15 Dec 2020 22:12Z Pandanus trees are an iconic sight along Australia's east coast, but an insect infestation has been destroying them at such a rate some areas have seen an 80 per cent loss. How Germany's 'soft' summer lockdown backfired and forced a lonely Christmas ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 22:11Z Germany will tighten its coronavirus restrictions from today as it tries to rein in the spread of COVID-19, meaning a disappearance of the centuries-old tradition of the Christmas market. BlueScope Steel's former executive sentenced for obstructing ACCC price-fixing probe ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 22:38Z Former BlueScope Steel executive Jason Ellis is sentenced to eight months' imprisonment but might not actually end up spending any time in jail. [Cyclonic Conditions:] Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 15 Dec 2020 12:56Z In the wake of cyclonic conditions at Currumbin Beach on December 15, 2020, after wild weather lashed Australia's Northern New South Wales and South East Queensland with heavy rain, strong winds and king tides. [Patrick Hamilton / AFP] pic.twitter.com/zOYN6fe86Z Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 15 Dec 2020 07:56Z Well below the speed limit on a flooded street in Tumbulgum, New South Wales, Australia. [Jason Obrien / EPA-EFE] pic.twitter.com/W667V72e77 Nick Stokes @nstokesvic 15 Dec 2020 09:03Z moyhu: GISS November global up by 0.25°C from October. Very likely 2020 will pass 2016 as hottest year in the record. moyhu.blogspot.com/2020/12/giss-n... via @nstokesvic pic.twitter.com/SfMiNSCHJb Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief 15 Dec 2020 10:57Z Replying to @Reuters There is widespread media coverage of the UK's energy white paper, published yesterday after a long delay, which outlines plans for delivering a net-zero energy system by 2050. | @Reuters reut.rs/3npcUaj severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 15 Dec 2020 12:03Z Meanwhile in the Pacific... yet another impressive #extratropical storm is heading towards Alaska, massive waves will blast into Southeast parts today. Lots of rain and snow is expected. Additional intense Pacific storms are expected later this week! severe-weather.eu/global-weather... Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 15 Dec 2020 11:56Z Tropical cyclone Zazu dumps torrential rain on Vav'u in northern Tonga Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta 15 Dec 2020 11:57Z NEW: what does China's target of 25% non-fossil energy mean for the power sector? In short, wind&solar power capacity will have to grow to 1600-1800GW, from 500GW at the end of 2020. THREAD twitter.com/CarbonBrief/st... Ember @EmberClimate 15 Dec 2020 11:57Z China will need to install wind and solar power equal to Germany's entire installed capacity every year to reach new 2030 targets. Interesting read from @laurimyllyvirta @CarbonBrief carbonbrief.org/analysis-china... [Offshore Wind:] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 15 Dec 2020 12:56Z Japan [finally] goes big on offshore wind, targets 10GW by 2030 and 45GW by 2040 Can do better though: - EU targeting 60 GW by 2030 and 300GW by 2050 - China targeting 52GW by 2030 - India targeting 30GW by 2030 bloomberg.com/news/articles/... #climate #momentum [Peak:] Squawk Box @SquawkCNBC 15 Dec 2020 12:56Z "We are seeing some spikes. They're probably not as significant as we feared," says @ScottGottliebMD on #COVID19 spread. "Cases are likely to peak maybe in the first week in January. Deaths will peak about 3 weeks after that and so will maximal strain on the health care system." pic.twitter.com/sBqR0safAK [Greenwash:] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 15 Dec 2020 13:56Z Excellent Bloomberg investigation sheds light on cynical greenwashing by The Nature Conservancy, JP Morgan, Disney and Blackrock This greenwashing has no place anywhere, if we are to have any chance to make decisive climate progress "It's a #ClimateEmergency, stupid" THREAD The Debrief @Debriefmedia 15 Dec 2020 13:56Z New insights into recent controversial claims about a "Galactic Federation" and aliens by Israel's former space chief! #galacticfederation #aliens #space #ufo #ufotwitter loom.ly/KmtorXQ [Seems to be re-spin of well-known conspiracy theories dating back to Eisenhower admin. The only new info relates to current US military thinking that UFO/UAF are real but not necessarily ET]. [Extinction Risk:] Dr. Jeremy Kerr @jetkerr 15 Dec 2020 15:00Z New paper on dispersal & persistence strategies enabling species survival thru climate change, including wrt growing frequency of extreme events. Capacity to predict extinction risk is becoming a reality - rapid advances in #cdnsci for #ClimateChange. bit.ly/3nyw9y4 pic.twitter.com/XIUlMxa2kM [HadCRUT v5:] John Kennedy @micefearboggis 15 Dec 2020 16:20Z HadCRUT5 is out. You can find the paper and data here. metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcrut... Sevenish reasons why you - a discerning scientist - might want to use HadCRUT5. THREAD [Limited interpolation]. Tim Osborn @TimOsbornClim 15 Dec 2020 14:58Z HadCRUT5 global temperature record just published. HadCRUT5 shows more historical warming than the previous version 4.6, bringing it into closer agreement with other global temperature series. Morice et al agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.102... pic.twitter.com/t5fneNplGp Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde 15 Dec 2020 16:02Z With HadCRUT5, the Hadley/CRU group has finally added an interpolation step to their gridded climate analysis, giving more complete spatial coverage. Other groups working on global temperature have already been using interpolation. Global warming better picture, still scary. twitter.com/ed_hawkins/sta... Ed Hawkins @ed_hawkins 15 Dec 2020 14:59Z Replying to @BerkeleyEarth HadCRUT5 is now more consistent with other global temperature datasets such as @BerkeleyEarth, suggesting that in 2020 we are approaching 1.2°C of warming since the 1850-1900 period (which is considered as approximately equivalent to 'pre-industrial'). pic.twitter.com/vfyzQsNnak Tim Osborn @TimOsbornClim 15 Dec 2020 15:03Z All versions of the HadCRUT global temperature record, from the first Jones et al. (1986) paper to today's release of HadCRUT5 described by Morice et al. (2020) HadCRUT is a collaboration between @metofficeHadOBS and Climatic Research Unit @uniofeastanglia @ueaenv @ClimateUEA_ pic.twitter.com/lWE6iyFHXO Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 15 Dec 2020 15:56Z Winds build towards damaging storm force in southern Ireland Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams 15 Dec 2020 16:01Z BREAKING: More than 168,000 Georgians voted early in person yesterday for the Jan. 5 runoff election -- a 23% increase from the first day of early voting in October.¾ (source: georgiavotes.com) Join them by making your voting plan at iwillvote.com.³ #gapol Dr. Gabriel Filippelli @GabeFilippelli 15 Dec 2020 16:05Z An overdue T correction means that we are closer to 1.5*C than assumed "The IPCC have overestimated the available carbon budget...That of course means that there is a lot more work to do if we are to avert dangerous warming" @MichaelEMann @theAGU newscientist.com/article/226295... Daniel M Kammen @dan_kammen 15 Dec 2020 16:37Z From some older work with rael.berkeley.edu/project/SWITCH we compiled CH4 leakage rates, and found that if CH4 leaks > ~ 2.4%/year, the GHG impact is about a the same as coal... Red in the right graph shows the leaked CH4 % of emissions... ugly @IPCC_CH twitter.com/emilygrubert/s... pic.twitter.com/qqKkxsoyz9 Ayesha Tandon @AyeshaTandon 15 Dec 2020 16:36Z New study by @DrHofHof shows that the Greenland ice sheet could melt faster than previously thought over 21st century. My second @CarbonBrief piece out today (phew!) Thanks to @rtmcswee for his help on this one Highlights: (1/3) twitter.com/CarbonBrief/st... Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather 15 Dec 2020 16:49Z An 'atmospheric river' spoiled Monday's total solar eclipse in Chile by bringing rain and low clouds. But in Argentina, the view was magnificent. washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... First of international student arrivals celebrate release from Darwin quarantine ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 08:11Z Sixty-three students from mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia are released from quarantine two weeks after arriving in the Top End as part of a pilot program. Deep-sea treasure hunter marks five years in prison for failing to reveal location of missing gold coins ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 09:10Z Tommy Thompson is being kept in prison and fined $US1,000 every day until he reveals the location of 500 coins that were made from gold found in an historic shipwreck and are believed to be worth up to $US4 million. The $10 billion coronavirus fight the insurance industry says it can't afford to lose ABC Investigations, 15 Dec 2020 09:09Z Australian businesses are fighting their insurers for lost revenue suffered during the worst of the pandemic, but the insurance industry claims coronavirus doesn't count as "business interruption". Australian workers cop 'unfair' abuse as social media users take up arms in wine trade war ABC Rural, 15 Dec 2020 09:09Z Lists of wineries and brands with links to China, along with captions encouraging consumers to boycott them, are being circulated online and businesses say they're feeling the impact. 'The time has come to do justice': Accused child abuser Malka Leifer loses appeal against extradition from Israel to Australia ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 10:07Z Israel's Supreme Court rejects an appeal by former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer against a ruling to extradite her to Australia to face 74 charges of sexual abuse. [Extradition has taken 4y so far and counting]. Thousands of in-home care packages on the way for older Australians ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 12:07Z An extra 10,000 older Australians will receive support to stay in their homes for longer, as part of a $1 billion investment in this week's budget update. Medicare perpetuates inefficiency and needs to adapt and evolve, review finds ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 13:06Z The most comprehensive review of Medicare in almost 40 years is released. It finds the system can be inefficient, rewards healthcare providers for performing unnecessary services and needs to adapt and evolve to meet the changing needs of Australians. Coal ban 'a responsible act', Australia playing the victim, China says ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 15:05Z China defends its alleged ban on Australia coal as both legal and good for Chinese consumers and domestic industries, while accusing Australia of politicising bilateral trade and discriminating against Chinese enterprises. [Hillbilly defense. First deny it's happenin den say it's GOOD for you]. UK's eased COVID restrictions over Christmas will 'cost many lives', experts warn ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 16:50Z In a strong rebuke to the British Government relaxing COVID restrictions over Christmas two of the nation's most influential medical journals warn Prime Minister Boris Johnson the decision is a "blunder that will cost many lives". New coronavirus strain spreading in UK has key mutations, scientists say Yahoo News, 15 Dec 2020 10:47Z British scientists are trying to establish whether the rapid spread in southern England of a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is linked to key ... Oliver Stone Receives Russian Coronavirus Vaccine Despite Age Concerns The Moscow Times, 15 Dec 2020 07:46Z U.S. filmmaker Oliver Stone said he has received Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus despite the country's mass rollout not covering his age ... EU announces sweeping new rules that could force breakups and hefty fines for Big Tech CNBC, 15 Dec 2020 16:39Z Tech giants could soon face hefty fines and stricter controls over their behavior as part of sweeping new rules in the European Union. London is moving to the tightest Covid restrictions: Here's what you need to know CNBC, 15 Dec 2020 12:42Z London is about to move to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions as cases surge in the capital. Here's everything you need to know. Ocean heatwave has triggered new toxic algal blooms on the US west coast Phys.org, 14 Dec 2020 12:46Z Fishermen, swimmers and seafood enthusiasts may already know the dangers of "red tides," but a recent study in Frontiers in Climate shows that climate change ... As Covid Cases Rise, Brazil's Vaccine Plan Is Mired in Chaos The New York Times, 15 Dec 2020 0:08Z Political infighting, haphazard planning and a rising anti-vaccine movement have turned the country into a cautionary tale in the coronavirus era. Pro-Trump Group Sends Fake Documents in Attempt to Reassign Arizona's Electoral Votes Newsweek, 15 Dec 2020 04:05Z Some Arizona residents sent falsified documentation to the National Archives alleging that Arizona's 11 electoral votes should be given to President Donald ... 'We should be absolutely alarmed': China prepares to move into the Torres Strait ABC Far North, 15 Dec 2020 05:52Z China's plan to build a fish processing facility in the Torres Strait has raised concerns over border security and impacts to commercial fishing. Aftermath of wild weather across south-east Queensland and northern NSW ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 04:52Z Days of heavy rain and powerful winds in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales erode some of the country's most famous beaches and leave thousands of residents on standby to evacuate their homes due to flooding. Waves cut through Bribie Island as south-east Queensland ... The Age, 14 Dec 2020 09:02Z Waves broke through dunes at the northern section of Bribie Island for the first time in recorded history as high tides and torrential rain swept through south-east Queensland on Monday. Rain douses Fraser Island fires in time for Christmas visitors' return ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 05:51Z With two months of bushfires finally brought under control thanks to some solid rainfall, Fraser Island's tourism operators are welcoming visitors back with open arms -- and enjoying strong bookings. 'I'm dying before I get to 60 -- that's wrong': Melanoma patient's plea ahead of summer holidays ABC/7.30, 15 Dec 2020 06:50Z Stuart Taylor spent most of his career working outdoors and always wore sunscreen -- but he still developed melanoma. Doctors have told him he is unlikely to live until Christmas, so he wants to leave behind a message. China coal ban would be a 'lose-lose' situation, PM says ABC News, 15 Dec 2020 01:57Z Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Government is still treating news that China has blocked Australian coal imports as "media speculation", while adding that if it is true, it would be a bad outcome for both countries' economies. Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 14 Dec 2020 14:28Z New South Wales in eastern Australia suffers coastal erosion and flooding as stormy weather spreads south Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 14 Dec 2020 16:30Z There's now a greater-than-90% chance that 2020 will be the warmest year in human history. Let me say that again: We are living, right now, in the hottest year in all of recorded history. We are in a climate emergency. twitter.com/ClimateOfGavin... [Retargetting....:] Bloomberg Green @climate 14 Dec 2020 19:35Z Natural gas is the next target of Britain's effort to clean up the climate and its energy supply trib.al/hJ263r1 [Anticyclone!] The Blob warned us @systemrename 14 Dec 2020 19:30Z The 12z ECMWF out to day 10 showing the polar anticyclone continues to be fed with no end in sight. Deniers already have a response to the increasing frequency and power of these polar anticyclones, science does not. Isn't that funny? "Circumpolar vortex." Time is very short. pic.twitter.com/rAXLBPMdzd [Green Exxon:] Bloomberg Green @climate 14 Dec 2020 20:35Z Exxon announces several new emissions targets and vows to begin publishing pollution related to customers' use of its products for the first time, just days after activist investors criticized the oil giant for its environmental record trib.al/ju9XtQK Aaron Rutkoff @aaronrutkoff 14 Dec 2020 15:35Z After years of resistance, Exxon comes forward with an emission-reduction target and is going to start disclosing Scope 3 numbers. This follows several scoops from @climate in the past three months... bloomberg.com/news/articles/... [Big Fishing:] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 14 Dec 2020 22:28Z Replying to @AssaadRazzouk "A study in Science Advances found that without subsidies 54% of high-seas fishing would be unprofitable Another study calculated that ending all harmful subsidies could result, by 2050, in a 12.5% increase in global fish biomass and a 3.5% rise in the annual global fish catch" NOAA Satellites @NOAASatellites 14 Dec 2020 22:32Z During the last 24 hours, the #Himawari8 satellite captured two tropical cyclones spinning northeast of Australia. Tropical Cyclone #Yasa is between Vanuatu and Fiji, while Tropical Cyclone #Zazu is to the east, near Tonga and Niue. pic.twitter.com/HdbMkcWlgo [Record!] Zack Labe @ZLabe 14 Dec 2020 23:35Z Stunning "warmth" across our planet last month, especially considering the ongoing La Niña ¡ Overall, the average November global air temperature was +1.13°C above 1951-1980 climate baseline (*new record*) pic.twitter.com/SGnFAxVSmm Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 15 Dec 2020 0:28Z Replying to @NLawGlobal Full climate change litigation update by global law firm @NLawGlobal nortonrosefulbright.com/en-au/knowledg... Daniel A. Zarrilli @dzarrilli 15 Dec 2020 0:31Z via @guardian: US to hold world climate summit early next year and seek to rejoin Paris accord theguardian.com/environment/20... Bloomberg Green @climate 15 Dec 2020 01:35Z Wildfires recede worldwide in a rare bit of good news for the climate trib.al/nnDJB7F How Selfish Are Plants? Let's Do Some Root Analysis The New York Times, 14 Dec 2020 18:25Z Imagine you're a pepper plant. You need water and nutrients. Luckily, you can grow roots that grab that stuff from the soil and pipe it back to you. So far, so good. EU to unveil landmark law curbing power of tech giants DW (English), 14 Dec 2020 21:24Z The European Union is set to unveil landmark legislation that lays out strict rules for tech giants to do business in the bloc, according to several media reports on ... Oracle founder Larry Ellison has moved to the Hawaiian island of Lanai Vox.com, 14 Dec 2020 20:17Z Ellison is the latest Silicon Valley giant to leave California amid the coronavirus pandemic. Millions more enter Tier 3 in England as mutant Covid strain emerges BBC News, 14 Dec 2020 23:16Z Russian Officers Were Near Navalny When He Was Poisoned, Report Says The New York Times, 14 Dec 2020 22:16Z Officers from a secret Russian spy unit with expertise in poisonous substances trailed the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny for years and were ... Representative Paul Mitchell leaves Republican Party over its refusal to accept Trump's loss. The New York Times, 14 Dec 2020 23:15Z Representative Paul Mitchell of Michigan, a two-term Republican who voted for President Trump this year, announced on Monday that he would immediately ... A Hint of New Physics Observed in Polarized Radiation From the Early Universe SciTechDaily, 14 Dec 2020 13:14Z Using Planck data from the cosmic microwave background radiation, an international team of researchers has observed a hint of new physics. The team ... White House security official lost foot and part of leg battling COVID-19: report The Hill, 14 Dec 2020 22:14Z A White House security official has had parts of his feet and lower leg amputated after a battle with COVID-19, according to a GoFundMe page set up to help his ... William Barr To Step Down As Attorney General Before Christmas NPR, 14 Dec 2020 23:13Z Attorney General William Barr, an outspoken proponent of conservative values and an expansive view of presidential power, will leave office before Christmas, ... Geminid meteor shower dazzles night skies BBC News, 14 Dec 2020 11:25Z 'New variant' of coronavirus identified in England BBC News, 14 Dec 2020 17:24Z The new strain may be growing faster in some parts of the country, Health Secretary tells MPs. New York Nurse First Person To Receive Covid Vaccine In US NDTV, 14 Dec 2020 15:24Z A nurse in New York became the first person in the United States to receive the coronavirus vaccine Monday. Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs, and other Google services hit by massive outage The Verge, 14 Dec 2020 13:23Z Multiple Google services and websites including YouTube, Gmail, Google Assistant, and Google Docs have been hit with a widespread outage. DownDetector ... De Blasio says New Yorkers should prepare for another full lockdown Daily Mail, 14 Dec 2020 19:02Z New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday the city had to prepare for another 'full shutdown' similar to what was seen in April as COVID cases continue ... Northwestern wipes ex-lecturer from website after criticizing Jill Biden's 'Dr.' title New York Post, 13 Dec 2020 Northwestern University wiped one of its former lecturers from the school's Web site after he penned a controversial Wall Street Journal editorial arguing First ... [Apparently the guy holds an honorary PhD himself]. Southeastern Utilities Launch Plan for Regional Energy-Trading Market Greentech Media News, 14 Dec 2020 18:25Z Utilities including Duke, Dominion and Southern tout the value of real-time trading, but proponents of clean energy want to see bigger steps. 75 infected with COVID-19 after Santa visits nursing home in Belgium New York Post, 14 Dec 2020 13:17Z Santa Claus spread more than good cheer at a nursing home in Belgium -- with his visit leaving at least 75 people infected with COVID-19, according to local TV. Bill Gates says US entering worse phase of COVID pandemic and predicts lockdowns will last into 2022 [#unreliablesource] Daily Mail, 14 Dec 2020 13:15Z Bill Gates offered his predictions during an interview on Sunday as the US set new records for new cases, hospitalizations and deaths over a seven-day period. Copycat calls help duet-singing pilot whales outsmart predators, study finds ABC Eyre Peninsula, 14 Dec 2020 07:52Z Researchers have discovered that long-finned pilot whales can mimic the calls of their predators, which may help them to stay alive while they stealthily scavenge. Grassfire threatening communities west of Melbourne ABC News, 14 Dec 2020 07:52Z Fire officials slow the spread of an out-of-control grassfire that is threatening the communities of Mount Cottrell and Truganina, west of Melbourne. An emergency warning has been downgraded to a watch and act message. Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing 13 Dec 2020 22:50Z Replying to @DrEricDing 3) LET THIS SINK IN: Trump associates get fancy monoclonal antibody therapies when they get COVID. Front line ICU doctors who save patients lives don't--then die from #COVID19. ->Who votes no VIP treatments for Trump associates until every healthcare worker can get it first twitter.com/drericding/sta... [Dry 2021:] Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 13 Dec 2020 23:44Z The state of Colorado has activated the municipal portion of its emergency drought plan for only the second time in history as several cities say they need to prepare for what is almost certainly going to be a dangerously dry 2021. bit.ly/2Kk7WwJ Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief 14 Dec 2020 03:43Z Jet stream: Is climate change causing more `blocking' weather events? | @rtmcswee j.mp/3qOe5lW #archive pic.twitter.com/ABn5XMWRPy Russian Hackers Broke Into Federal Agencies, U.S. Officials Suspect The New York Times, 13 Dec 2020 23:57Z In one of the most sophisticated and perhaps largest hacks in more than five years, email systems were breached at the Treasury and Commerce Departments. Austin-based SolarWinds at center of massive US government hack KXAN.com, 14 Dec 2020 04:20Z Washington (AP, KXAN). Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part of a global cyberespionage campaign. White House acknowledges reports of cyberattack on U.S. Treasury by foreign government CNBC, 13 Dec 2020 22:55Z The latest revelation comes less than a month after President Donald Trump fired Christopher Krebs, the nation's top cybersecurity official. Peru suspends clinical trials of Chinese COVID vaccine Medical Xpress, 12 Dec 2020 Peru has temporarily suspended clinical trials of a COVID vaccine made by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm after detecting neurological problems in one of its test ... 33 arrested, 4 stabbed during MAGA march in DC: cops New York Post, 13 Dec 2020 20:48Z The arrests stemmed from clashes with cops, as well as incidents between supporters of President Trump and counter-protesters in the nation's capital, ... China spacecraft carrying moon rocks begins journey home ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 20:21Z China's lunar probe aims to bring back the first moon rocks in more than four decades, since a Soviet Union space mission in 1976. Trump loses last-ditch challenge in Georgia on eve of electoral college vote ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 20:35Z Georgia's Supreme Court rejects the latest legal challenge from US President Donald Trump, as the electoral college prepares to vote. Spain says it expects to achieve COVID-19 herd immunity by August 2021 ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 20:46Z Spain should achieve herd immunity from COVID-19 by the end of summer 2021 if enough people are vaccinated, the country's health minister says. [Coastal Floooding:] More than 700 calls for help, five flood rescues as wild weather lashes NSW ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 20:35Z Areas of the Mid-North Coast and Northern Rivers can expect more severe weather, after a weekend of galeforce winds, flash flooding and damaging surf conditions. AussieHomine @AussieHomine 13 Dec 2020 19:16Z "Gale-force winds, heavy rain, flash flooding and year-high tides are expected over the next few days" We're at Kirra and it isn't too bad yet. abc.net.au/news/2020-12-1... South-east Queensland bracing for more extreme weather after another night of heavy rain ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 20:21Z Queensland's extreme weather is set to worsen today, with the Bureau of Meteorology expecting heavy rain, damaging winds and the possibility of flash-flooding from Bundaberg down to the New South Wales coast. [Flooded Again!] Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 13 Dec 2020 11:37Z Flooded again at high tide. St. Mark's Square when the flood barriers, known as Mose, are not raised. Venice, Italy. [Manuel Silvestri/REUTERS] pic.twitter.com/Jk2EqfgzYe Anjana Rahi @asanjanarahi 12 Dec 2020 23:16Z A woman standing in flooded St. Mark's Square during high tide as the flood barriers known as Mose are not raised in Venice, Italy. pic.twitter.com/23sz25s9Pk [EV Boom:] Bloomberg Green @climate 13 Dec 2020 12:47Z The first all-electric auto service station will open in Britain on Monday as drivers increasingly avoid cars fueled by gasoline and diesel trib.al/JUACE3R Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 13 Dec 2020 12:37Z The new normal: The indigenous community of Campur in northern Guatemala has become a lagoon after the passage of hurricanes Eta and Iota, weeks ago. [Johan ORDONEZ / AFP] pic.twitter.com/8Zj1gX7880 Bloomberg Green @climate 13 Dec 2020 13:47Z TikTok stars and YouTube gamers are shaping climate policy like no other generation before trib.al/oIlI72t [Electric Planes!] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 13 Dec 2020 14:38Z In 2015, electric airplanes were an ambitious idea. Today, over 215 developments are live worldwide Watch the most important transition this industry has ever seen happen faster than we think: That's the power of unleashing the world from the shackles of oil & gas #climate pic.twitter.com/jH2XYqGxIH Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 13 Dec 2020 15:39Z After an unprecedented fire season, condor experts are evaluating how increasingly aggressive fires could jeopardize their rehabilitation efforts. bit.ly/3gFbq9x Face The Nation @FaceTheNation 13 Dec 2020 16:37Z #COVID19 WARNING from @ScottGottliebMD: Hospitals will see "peak-burden," - strain on their doctors, ICUs and other resources - in January, he tells @margbrennan. pic.twitter.com/YVxEUnJ7DT Newsweek @Newsweek 13 Dec 2020 16:40Z Kelly Loeffler slammed for posing with former KKK leader ahead of Georgia runoff elections newsweek.com/kelly-loeffler... Victor Venema @VariabilityBlog 13 Dec 2020 17:46Z Trump was bragging America was doing well compared to Germany. (Utter nonsense for totals, even the current German peak is lower, with better testing.) The analysis below shows that regions where the Trumpian far-right AfD party voters live, have most SARS2 & show more mobility. twitter.com/Matthias_Quent... Victor Venema @VariabilityBlog 13 Dec 2020 18:46Z Replying to @alex_davidson82 @jimmy_dore Dumb. Check. Ignorant. Check. Plays on emotions. Check. Doesn't care how much damage he does to the group he claims to belong to. Check. Cultist followers. Check. Large MAGA following. Check. Narcissist. Check. [Rigged!] [Plant Food!] Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 13 Dec 2020 18:44Z This has been another of the false claim of #climate deniers: that more CO2 is good because it will green the planet. Unfortunately, this effect will be minor and massively outweighed by the negative effects. twitter.com/newscientist/s... Ketan Joshi @KetanJ0 13 Dec 2020 19:44Z I've been yelling for a while now that just adding a big, pricy battery to wind/solar over-estimates integrations costs, and flattens the variance in total system %. It's nice to be vindicated. From CSIRO's new Gencost21 draft. publications.csiro.au/publications/p... pic.twitter.com/m2OhnCYEUI Bloomberg Green @climate 13 Dec 2020 20:27Z A new report shows the scale of lending and underwriting to fossil-fuel companies since the signing of the Paris agreement trib.al/yTxJnRo [Korea Lockdown!] South Korea mulls first lockdown amid record COVID cases in third wave ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 14:18Z South Korea has reported its worst weekend for COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began, with the President calling the country's third wave an emergency. [See ]. [NO DEAL!] Brexit talks extended to avoid no-deal exit for UK on January 1 ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 14:18Z Crunch Brexit talks between Britain and the European Union will continue beyond Sunday's deadline in a last-ditch attempt to avoid a dreaded no-deal exit when the UK officially leaves on January 1. In 1770 Joseph Banks sparked a macabre trade that still haunts New Zealand today ABC Radio National, 13 Dec 2020 19:17Z Tattooed, severed and mummified Maori heads were once a prized collector's item in Britain. Meet the people New Zealand has tasked with bringing them home. It's really hard to tell which businesses received JobKeeper. Here's why it's a problem for Australia ABC Investigations, 13 Dec 2020 19:15Z The giant $101 billion JobKeeper scheme is paid for by Australian taxpayers, but it's really tricky to find out where the money has gone, writes Pat McGrath. Federal Budget hole to hit $442b, but report suggests increasing spending on welfare, GST relief and income tax cuts ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 19:14Z The Federal Government will release its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) later this week, which is expected to show a better bottom line. Parents of 300 kidnapped schoolboys in Nigeria beg for them to be saved ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 19:15Z One 17-year-old escaped the Nigerian bandits, saying he sneaked away while the kidnappers transferred students to different locations in the forest. Boko Haram returns hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian schoolboys The Hill, 17 Dec 2020 23:23Z Hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys kidnapped by Boko Haram last week were released to the government Thursday, the local state governor announced. Chinese bidders are being 'frozen out' as foreign investment clampdown hits relationship ABC Rural, 13 Dec 2020 19:26Z Bids by Chinese companies to buy Australian assets are being "frozen out" under temporary restrictions to foreign investment that experts claim are aggravating relations between Canberra and Beijing. What's being done to prevent coronavirus spreading through the air in Victorian quarantine hotels? ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 19:32Z With returned travellers in Victoria's hotel quarantine system testing positive to coronavirus, there is a risk of the virus escaping again. Medical officials are looking very closely at how improving ventilation in the "hot" hotels can prevent that happening. Reed Timmer @ReedTimmerAccu 13 Dec 2020 01:57Z Check out this top tier webisode on the INSANE Scarth, Manitoba tornado this year by @aaronjayjack and @MisheylaIwasiuk. Some of the most beautiful tornado footage you will ever see. Premiering now: fb.watch/2laklxzNYG/ Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 13 Dec 2020 06:49Z Torrential rain on Australia's Gold Coast and 10 metre waves bring "one in 100 year severe weather event" [Tipping Points:] KenCaldeira @KenCaldeira 13 Dec 2020 06:54Z Replying to @KenCaldeira 1840 - Max US agricultural energy use 1976 - Max US industrial energy use 2003 - Max US residential/commercial energy use 2007 - Max US transportation energy use pic.twitter.com/4gveFOJhoT [End of Coal:] Robbie Andrew @robbie_andrew 13 Dec 2020 08:57Z European countries are ditching coal as the EU's climate policy, in the form of changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme, drives up the cost of using it. pic.twitter.com/RvF8aGi6NK Newsmax Turns on Trump's SCOTUS Picks After Texas Ruling Daily Beast, 12 Dec 2020 21:36Z The ultra-conservative Fox News competitor went into meltdown mode, questioning whether Justices Barrett, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch "actually understand the ... Violence flares in Washington as far-right Trump supporters clash with counter-protesters The Guardian, 13 Dec 2020 06:36Z Four people reportedly stabbed as violence flares in Washington in the aftermath of a march to denounce Joe Biden's election victory. [1 shot, 4 stabbed in later reports]. Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge Tells Trump Attorney His Phony Lawsuit 'Smacks of Racism' The Daily Beast, 12 Dec 2020 23:35Z The Trump campaign is seeking to throw out more than 200000 ballots in the state's largest, most diverse counties. The Americans least likely to take a COVID-19 vaccine are the ones being hit hardest by the virus ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 at 10:53pm Black Americans are more susceptible to the virus because of the long-term impacts of structural racism. But they're also more likely to be sceptical of the measure heralded as the best chance of ending the virus. Pioneering country singer Charley Pride dies from coronavirus ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 0:35Z The baseballer-turned singer is remembered as a "country music pioneer" after selling more than 25 million records with hits such as Kiss an Angel Good Morning, and being the first black inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Flamethrower drone used to incinerate wasp nests ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 02:34Z The six-armed drone is equipped with a petrol tank and a nozzle which spits bursts of fire onto hives, protecting villagers in the central Chinese region from being stung. Communications Minister says he won't sack ABC chair Ita Buttrose over Four Corners response ABC News, 13 Dec 2020 03:34Z Communications Minister Paul Fletcher rejects suggestions he plans to sack ABC chair Ita Buttrose if he is unhappy with her response over a Four Corners investigation. Moon Colony Planned to Provide Home for Astronauts TMZ, 12 Dec 2020 16:48Z It sounds crazy and undoable, but there are plans to colonize the Moon, and frankly, it looks kinda awesome. Here's the thing. NASA is promising 2 astronauts ... Iran executes exiled journalist who encouraged 2017 protests The Associated Press, 12 Dec 2020 19:47Z Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Iran on Saturday executed an exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in ... Imploding MAGA World Turns to Civil War, Secession After Supreme Court Disaster The Daily Beast, 12 Dec 2020 17:44Z In an epic dummy spit, vloggers Diamond & Silk called for military intervention and internet troll Milo Yiannopoulos said the only options left were war or ... Woman charged after allegedly driving car into crowd of New York protesters The Guardian, 12 Dec 2020 20:45Z Police say six people were injured when a car plowed into Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Manhattan. Michigan electors get a police escort for Monday's Biden vote Business Insider, 12 Dec 2020 12:43Z 'Stop the Steal,' a right-wing group of conspiracists, have announced they will demonstrate outside the Michigan Capitol. DeSantis refused to disclose White House coronavirus report that contradicts him Tampa Bay Times, 12 Dec 2020 19:43Z Tallahassee. A White House Coronavirus Task Force report about the state of the pandemic in Florida made public Saturday urges state leaders to take ... What COVID-19 vaccines mean for global travel in 2021 ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 19:41Z With COVID-19 vaccines already rolling out in China, Russia and the UK, how will countries process vaccinated travellers at the border if vaccines are made with differing standards? When planes return to the skies, some aviation experts fear a spate of incidents ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 19:41Z The pandemic saw air travel grind to a halt, but when we return to the skies, aviation experts fear some pilots will be getting back into the cockpit with no recent experience landing a passenger plane. UN tells world to declare a state of climate emergency ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 20:39Z On the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells global leaders that rebuilding in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to pivot to a low-carbon future. Coronavirus vaccinations to start in US as country records 16 million COVID-19 cases ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 22:37Z Millions of doses of a new vaccine are expected to start rolling out across the United States this weekend as the country hits a record 16 million COVID-19 cases. Brisbane school set to be half-empty by term two due to lack of migration amid coronavirus pandemic ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 22:36Z A Brisbane school that enrols migrant and refugee children faces being half-empty by term two next year, as Australian borders remain closed during the coronavirus pandemic. Gold Coast beaches closed after 440mm of rain falls on border region, with 'worst still to come' ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 22:48Z Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in south-east Queensland today as Springbrook in the Gold Coast hinterland records more than 400mm of rain. NSW northern regions brace for more rain, as flood warnings continue ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 22:38Z A low pressure trough off the southern Queensland coast sparks heavy rainfall that will come into full force on Sunday evening. [Good News Week:] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 12 Dec 2020 04:47Z Good climate news this week 1 EU to cut emissions 55% by 2030 2 Top green hydrogen developers to expand production 50-fold in 6 years 3 QuantumScape solid-state battery breakthrough 4 World Bank targets 35% of financings to have climate co-benefits 5 Malaysia's CIMB exits coal twitter.com/AssaadRazzouk/... C-Smart Solutions @C_Smart_Climate 12 Dec 2020 06:52Z The Australien Government didn't speak at the #Climate Summit, so it made an ad about it's #ClimateChange policy instead, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. Via @thejuicemedia. Having spent time there last year, what say you, @MichaelEMann? youtube.com/watch?v=92t8np... pic.twitter.com/XTlEORK77M [Carbon growth:] Glen Peters @Peters_Glen 12 Dec 2020 07:54Z Three decades of fossil CO_2 emissions growth: * 1%/yr in the 1990s, due to the collapse of USSR * 3%/yr in the 2000s, due to the rise of China * 1%/yr in the 2010s, due to weakening China & coal The 2020s? #CarbonBudget theconversation.com/global-emissio... pic.twitter.com/J40PLslyF1 [Carbon sink:] Glen Peters @Peters_Glen 12 Dec 2020 07:54Z Atmospheric CO_2 concentrations went up 2.5 ppm in both 2019 & 2020. How is that possible if CO_2 emissions went down 7% in 2020? * Emissions were still high in 2020 * The land sink took up marginally less CO_2 (there is large interannual variability) globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/i... pic.twitter.com/jcJHLQq0Xz [Fixing The World:] Patrick Walsh @Walsh_e_Patrick 12 Dec 2020 07:52Z "What would you do with a trillion dollars? In this hopeful and very readable book Rowan Hooper shows us how a thoughtful investment of financial capital could be used to solve the great challenges we face. Read this book and be inspired to change the world" Michael Mann 14 Jan pic.twitter.com/9eUbtUxZFy Bloomberg Green @climate 12 Dec 2020 09:58Z The small English town of Boston will soon become Europe's fake-meat capital with the opening of a giant factory making plant-based burgers and sausages trib.al/z2n4WY0 Bloomberg Green @climate 12 Dec 2020 12:58Z Last month was the hottest November on record trib.al/QsZihGH [Water market:] Bloomberg Green @climate 12 Dec 2020 14:58Z Water is joining gold, oil and other commodities traded on Wall Street, highlighting worries that the life-sustaining natural resource may become scarce across more of the world trib.al/UWlJ6mG Zack Labe @ZLabe 12 Dec 2020 14:58Z Sea ice extent in the Barents-Kara Seas region (eastern #Arctic) is a record low for the date. Data from @NSIDC. This area also experiences quite a bit of variability during winter due to synoptic weather (storms). pic.twitter.com/FJ0POtoG73 Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather 12 Dec 2020 14:48Z Programming note: Update on Wednesday Mid-Atlantic winter storm potential coming by late morning or midday. [Last Year's Smoke:] Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather 12 Dec 2020 15:53Z Some astonishing new findings on the global effects of the catastrophic Australian 2019-20 wildfires: The smoke is still detectable in the stratosphere, and likely cooled the globe *slightly* in past yr. via @themadstone washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... Climate Central @ClimateCentral 12 Dec 2020 16:28Z "While flooding was always a regular occurrence on her street, it's the first year that the water has seeped in under the door and gushed up from the bathtub and toilet..." tampabay.com/news/business/... #ClimateCentral How a Melbourne mathematician's COVID boredom led to cracking one of the Zodiac Killer's 50-year-old ciphers ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 05:53Z The coded letters of a Northern Californian serial killer have puzzled cryptologists for decades. The coronavirus lockdown gave Samuel Blake the time to indulge in his passing interest and help break open a mystery. Farhad Bandesh is shocked to be a free man after eight years in refugee detention ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 07:52Z Farhad Bandesh hopes his release from immigration detention will be a catalyst for the release of others like him. He is one of 200 refugee and asylum seekers brought to Australia for medical treatment under the new repealed medevac legislation. Hardline Indonesian cleric Rizieq Shihab arrested in Jakarta over COVID-19 breaches ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 14:52Z Indonesian cleric Rizieq Shihab is accused of inciting people to breach pandemic restrictions by holding events with large crowds, in a country that has recorded more than 600,000 cases. World needs to declare 'climate emergency' - UN BBC News, 12 Dec 2020 15:20Z The UN secretary general has called on all countries to declare a climate emergency. Asia Today: S. Korea reports 950 cases, biggest daily jump The Associated Press, 12 Dec 2020 09:01Z Seoul, South Korea (AP). South Korea has reported 950 new coronavirus cases, its largest daily increase since the emergence of the pandemic, as fears ... New Zealand and the Cook Islands announce travel bubble ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 04:32Z The bubble will come into place early next year and will allow quarantine- free travel between the two nations. Australia has sought a similar arrangement with New Zealand, but it has so far declined. Scientists Capture Incredibly Rare Footage of Deep-Sea Fish Devouring a Whole Shark ScienceAlert, 11 Dec 2020 Feasts are rare on the barren landscape of the ocean depths. So researchers couldn't believe their luck when they stumbled on a feeding frenzy of deep- sea ... [Phh. In Australia we have snakes that eat crocodiles and frogs that eat snakes]. As two-thirds of House Republicans support the Texas election suit, a Democrat called them `traitors.' The New York Times, 12 Dec 2020 0:15Z With nearly two-thirds of House Republicans supporting Texas's lawsuit seeking to overturn the election in the U.S. Supreme Court, a Democratic House ... Senate Republicans shun House GOP bid to overturn the election POLITICO, 12 Dec 2020 0:15Z Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy this week joined 125 House GOP colleagues in support of an effort to subvert the presidential election. Most Senate ... Angry Florida governor defends police raid on COVID data whistleblower Yahoo News, 11 Dec 2020 20:43Z Washington. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis angrily defended the handling of a search warrant at the Tallahassee home of Rebekah Jones, the data scientist ... White House threatens FDA chief's job if Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is not granted emergency authorization by end of the day Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec 2020 0:42Z The vaccine produced by Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech won a critical endorsement Thursday from an FDA panel of outside advisers, and signoff ... With over 500,000 COVID cases, L.A. at 'catastrophic' levels Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec 2020 23:41Z As of Thursday, there were 3850 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in L.A. County, including 856 in ICU beds - both records. Climate models overestimate natural variability Phys.org, 11 Dec 2020 14:41Z By looking at satellite measurements of temperature changes in the lower layer of Earth's atmosphere, scientists found that climate models may have ... Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 11 Dec 2020 13:12Z Come on in, the water's fine. Warm enough for a dip in Japan. African penguins swim in a large overhanging water tank called "Penguin in the sky" at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo [Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP] pic.twitter.com/zYLEAfu9Fw [SLR:] Climate Central @ClimateCentral 11 Dec 2020 13:14Z Major cities projected to be most impacted by sea level rise: fox28spokane.com/u-s-cities-mos... #ClimateCentral [Carbon Budget:] Corinne Le Quéré @clequere 11 Dec 2020 14:17Z The update of the Global Carbon Budget is out today. It shows confinement measures caused ~7% drop in CO2 emissions this year. Check out the estimated change in your country here enactivescience.com/pandemissions/ this is an update from previous work @Jones_MattW @Peters_Glen @4C_H2020 pic.twitter.com/q1xIa7QhYO [Minority Report:] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 11 Dec 2020 15:13Z In 2016, consensus was that petrol cars would be 60% of cars in 2050s We know now it's fantasy: Petrol cars will be minority of sales by 2025 and done by 2030 EVs already almost beat petrol cars on everything: Sticker price, maintenance, acceleration and range #climate #facts [Price Of Carbon:] Bloomberg Green @climate 11 Dec 2020 15:20Z The cost of carbon pollution allowances is headed higher after the European Union endorsed tighter climate targets trib.al/AAEEKoa via @climate Gernot Wagner @GernotWagner 11 Dec 2020 19:14Z Big since true: from $30/tCO_2 today to $170/t by 2030. Still a legal challenge to go, whether Ottawa has standing to impose such a tax on provinces. Barring that, this is huge. cbc.ca/news/politics/... Brian Kahn @blkahn 11 Dec 2020 18:15Z I have been haunted by how much the covid-19 graphs for cases and hospitalizations mirror the Vostok ice core record of carbon dioxide over the past 800,000 years. I wrote about what their similarities reveal earther.gizmodo.com/the-exponentia... pic.twitter.com/KgN9TxKTUD Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 11 Dec 2020 19:16Z "To quote a favorite film: 'Welcome back to the fight, America'. " twitter.com/MichaelEMann/s... [Salting The Fields:] Susan Hassol, Climate Communication @ClimateComms 11 Dec 2020 19:14Z Trump admin abuses procedural tool to solidify its rollbacks of environmental & health protections at EPA and obstruct @JoeBiden admin's ability to restore protections. Salting the earth on their way out the door. Truly despicable. @EENewsUpdates @sejorg eenews.net/greenwire/2020... [5y Ago In Paris:] Arne Storrønningen @arnestor 11 Dec 2020 20:16Z The Paris Agreement Anniversary: ".. we need a massive global mobilisation. The good news is that, with the election of Joe Biden as president, the US now rejoins that effort. To quote a favorite film: "Welcome back to the fight, America." @MichaelEMann independent.co.uk/environment/cl... [SAFE HARBOR!] Dave Wasserman @Redistrict 11 Dec 2020 20:14Z Replying to @Redistrict All 50 states and D.C. have now certified their 2020 election results: Biden 81,282,376 (51.3%) Trump 74,222,576 (46.9%) That's a 2.4 point margin swing against Trump vs. 2016 and a 15.9% increase in votes cast. @borenbears @borenbears 11 Dec 2020 21:15Z EXPLAINER: More than 100 countries are pledging to go net zero on carbon emissions. Just what does that mean? The math & fine print behind the key climate phrase. W/@wirereporter. apnews.com/article/joe-bi... The Debrief @Debriefmedia 11 Dec 2020 21:12Z A breakthrough discovery of cosmic "Superhighways" could permit rapid travel of objects through space and have a huge impact in our own exploration of the cosmos. #space #SpaceX #SpaceXStarship buff.ly/37QD13o severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 11 Dec 2020 22:19Z The New North Atlantic depression is developing between the Azores and Newfoundland, moving towards western Europe this weekend. It will intensify into a powerful #extratropical storm with massive waves spread towards Ireland and the UK this weekend: severe-weather.eu/mcd/extratropi... [This Time Last Decade:] Ben See @ClimateBen 11 Dec 2020 23:14Z Replying to @ClimateBen From 2012: 'powerful evidence that the giant cap of ice at the top of the planet is on a trajectory to largely disappear in summer within a decade or two, with profound global consequences.' e360.yale.edu/features/tippi... Stefan Rahmstorf · @rahmstorf 11 Dec 2020 23:18Z Replying to @SaraSchurmann Here, as a historic reminder, my optimistic 1993 article in New Scientist, written after the Rio Summit. "I suspect that only 10 years ago few scientists would have imagined their graphs and computer printouts could have such political impact." newscientist.com/article/mg1381... Bloomberg Green @climate 12 Dec 2020 0:29Z The U.K. will become the first major industrialized nation to end all public finance for fossil fuel projects overseas trib.al/INMGgfs Justin Amash @justinamash 12 Dec 2020 0:39Z The election fraud hoax will go down as one of the most embarrassing and dishonorable episodes in American political history, and countless Republican officials went along with it and promoted it. [Dumped!] Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit in Trump's bid to undo US election loss ABC News, 12 Dec 2020 00:08Z The US Supreme Court rejects a lawsuit filed by Texas and backed by Donald Trump seeking to throw out election results in four states. Max Burns @themaxburns 12 Dec 2020 0:16Z Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett regret they can't take President Trump's urgent phone call but they again thank the president for their lifetime SCOTUS appointment. Jake Tapper @jaketapper 12 Dec 2020 0:14Z Sasse: "every American who cares about the rule of law should take comfort that the Supreme Court -- including all three of President Trump's picks -- closed the book on the nonsense." Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 12 Dec 2020 0:51Z Trump will be appealing this to the Galactic Federation. Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom 12 Dec 2020 0:19Z .@seanhannity told me last night it would be a "no brainer" that the Supreme Court would take up the Texas case. Weird, huh? Sean knows everything. Brian Brettschneider @Climatologist49 12 Dec 2020 0:14Z O.K. They will probably give up now. We should probably expect a concession announcement any minute now. twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/sta... [Loyalty Test:] Judd Legum @JuddLegum 10 Dec 2020 21:17Z The election case Texas filed in the Supreme Court is an embarrassment but I'm beginning to think that's the point. It's a loyalty test. Everyone who signs on demonstrates they are willing to humiliate themselves for Trump. [It's Still Out There!] Victoria records first coronavirus infections since hotel quarantine resumed ABC News, 11 Dec 2020 at 10:05pm Victoria records five coronavirus cases in returned travellers, the first confirmed infections in hotel quarantine since the program resumed in the state, but continues its run of 43 days without locally acquired infections. Australia could see its first truth commission in 2021. Here's what that means ABC News, 11 Dec 2020 at 10:20pm Sometime next year, there's a good chance Australia will see the start of its first formal truth and justice commission into the ongoing impact of colonisation on Aboriginal communities. What can we learn from overseas examples? [Flood Risk:] South-East Queensland on flood watch as state braces for intense falls, strong winds and wild surf this weekend ABC News, 11 Dec 2020 at 10:27p The weather bureau issues an Initial Flood Watch for south-east Queensland as the state braces for a significant rainfall event that is likely to bring intense falls, abnormally high tides and dangerous surf over the weekend. NSW travellers heading for Queensland warned as heavy rains lash northern areas ABC News, 11 Dec 2020 at 10:38pm The NSW Bureau of Meteorology issues a severe weather warning for the northern NSW, with heavy rain along the coast, expected to ease later today, before worsening conditions tomorrow. How longer, more frequent heatwaves will shape how we work in the future ABC Rural, 11 Dec 2020 at 11:27pm Health experts fear extreme heat might be causing more injuries in outdoor workplaces than previously thought, so new research aims to determine how to keep workers safe in a warming world. Call of the Wildbnb: Bushfire-affected animals given a safe, low-toxic place to call home ABC North Coast, 11 Dec 2020 at 11:57pm A promising new trial aims to provide habitat for multiple species of glider and phascogales displaced by last summer's bushfires. Manhattan D.A. Intensifies Investigation of Trump The New York Times, 11 Dec 2020 13:20Z State prosecutors in Manhattan have interviewed several employees of President Trump's bank and insurance broker in recent weeks, according to people with ... Boris Johnson and EU chief pessimistic about chances of Brexit trade deal being reached ABC News, 11 Dec 2020 12:25Z European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen tells an EU summit that it is more likely the UK will leave the bloc without a trade deal than with one, echoing sentiments from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. [Insufficient!] AstraZeneca teams up with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 trials ABC News, 11 Dec 2020 12:24Z AstraZeneca will start clinical trials to test a combination of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine with Russia's Sputnik V shot, while France's Sanofi and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline vaccine trials show insufficient immune response in older people. Human-Made Stuff Outweighs Earth's Biomass for First Time, Study Finds EcoWatch, 10 Dec 2020 20:48Z Human made stuff now outweighs life on Earth. A new study published in Nature sought to bring home the full weight of what human activity has done to the ... Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Conducts First Flight Trials on Maui Maui Now, 10 Dec 2020 Ampaire, a global leader in electric aviation, is the first to complete a demonstration flight of a hybrid-electric aircraft along an actual airline route. The company ... Solar Energy Is On The Brink Of A Golden Age OilPrice.com, 10 Dec 2020 19:45Z Solar power is heading into a golden age thanks to an unlikely culmination of forces. A new axis of energy has emerged with the United States, the European ... Marshall Shepherd @DrShepherd2013 10 Dec 2020 21:15Z 6,126 new cases in Georgia today...shatters previous 1 day new case record. pic.twitter.com/2EpzfHOpZN [Found Wanting:] Bloomberg Green @climate 10 Dec 2020 22:20Z Around 70 leaders will use a global climate summit this weekend to outline new pledges to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who supports fossil fuels, will be conspicuously absent trib.al/x5Ll9xH [ScottyFromMarketing finally admitted today Australia was not on the speaker's list. Only countries with a serious commitment to emission cuts were invited to address the meeting. Only recently dropping credit for cuts under previous governments, the Morrison govt didn't make the cut]. [Un-Americans:] Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981 10 Dec 2020 22:15Z This is exactly half of all @HouseGOP members elected in 2020. 50% of House Republicans have asked the Supreme Court to overturn the legitimate democratic election of President @JoeBiden ... but not their own elections, though they were all on the same ballots. Just appalling. twitter.com/johnkruzel/sta... Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 10 Dec 2020 22:17Z Treasonous haters of Democracy. This DEFINES what it means to be "UnAmerican" twitter.com/johnkruzel/sta... Stephan Lewandowsky @STWorg 10 Dec 2020 22:17Z American "conservatism" seems to have reached the stage of drunks in the pub shouting "me, me, me! I'm the biggest Nazi around, look at me!" Quite extraordinary. I have not witnessed a wholesale abdication of sanity and democracy like this before @MichaelEMann twitter.com/MichaelEMann/s... [$Billion Disasters!] Climate Central @ClimateCentral 10 Dec 2020 22:14Z U.S. to shatter record for billion-dollar climate disasters in 2020: cbsnews.com/news/climate-c... #ClimateMatters #ClimateCentral Susan Hassol, Climate Communication @ClimateComms 10 Dec 2020 21:17Z The US obliterated its record for the most #disasters costing >$1 Billion in 2020, w/20+ such events. Only 3 states weren't part of one. #ClimateChange's fingerprints are on the record #Hurricane season, #wildfires & more. @borenbears @MichaelEMann @sejorg thetelegraph.com/news/article/T... [License To Kill:] Rep. Katie Porter @RepKatiePorter 11 Dec 2020 0:17Z Mitch McConnell is refusing to bring a relief bill to the floor unless it wipes away all COVID-related lawsuits filed that allege injury or death due to corporate negligence. There already are legal protections for businesses acting *reasonably.* This is a license to kill. pic.twitter.com/EWaPTvUw96 [Pilbara Storm:] Josh Morgerman @iCyclone 11 Dec 2020 02:16Z That Indian Ocean mess--referred to by BoM as unnamed Tropical Low & by JTWC as Tropical Cyclone 3--is rushing ashore in the Pilbara #Australia. Port Hedland is reporting 38 knots gusting to 49--a solid gale. pic.twitter.com/ql2MWtoI3u [Record Solar!] Peter Hannam @p_hannam 11 Dec 2020 03:17Z (New from me): NSW heads national renewables poll as solar marks another record year smh.com.au/environment/cl... #climate #auspol #nswpol #springst Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 11 Dec 2020 04:18Z Wow. This man was a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Marines during the Iraq War, then the chief resident of emergency medicine at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital at the start of the pandemic. Fired for telling the truth in Arizona. twitter.com/DrEricDing/sta... Dena Grayson, MD, PhD @DrDenaGrayson 11 Dec 2020 03:19Z ¨¨ Dr. @Cleavon_MD Gilman--a talented emergency-medicine physician--was FIRED by Yuma Regional Medical Center for his social media posts alerting people about the deadly severity of the #coronavirus pandemic in #Arizona. THIS IS SO WRONG.¬ azcentral.com/story/news/loc... Bloomberg Green @climate 11 Dec 2020 05:20Z Chinese electric-car maker Nio joins the rush for fundraising among new-energy vehicle manufacturers, capitalizing on a 11-fold increase in its share price this year trib.al/uXay1FM The Vancouver Sun @VancouverSun 11 Dec 2020 06:15Z Trudeau to unveil new green measures aimed at meeting goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 vancouversun.com/news/politics/... Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 11 Dec 2020 07:11Z Tropical cyclone forms to the northeast of Fiji [Sand Storm!] Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 11 Dec 2020 07:11Z Sand storm and torrential rain hits the Greek capital, Athens causing widespread disruption What caused the ice ages? Tiny ocean fossils offer key evidence Phys.org, 10 Dec 2020 19:35Z The last million years of Earth history have been characterized by frequent "glacial-interglacial cycles," large swings in climate that are linked to the growing and ... House Oversight Committee Chair: Testimony Points To Political Interference At CDC NPR, 11 Dec 2020 0:32Z A new kerfuffle is unfolding in a House oversight committee with the Democratic chair accusing White House appointees of political meddling and attempting to ... Biden and Harris Are Time's Persons of the Year for 2020 The New York Times, 11 Dec 2020 05:32Z Time magazine on Thursday named President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as its persons of the year, citing the weight of ... '2018 was our last crop': Australia likely to run out of locally grown rice next month ABC/7.30, 11 Dec 2020 03:11Z Rice farmers blame the drought and low allocations of irrigation water for a record low rice harvest in 2020. Panic-buying has also contributed to the shortage. New lost crop register reveals million-dollar figure the worker shortage is costing Aussie farmers ABC Rural, 11 Dec 2020 03:10Z More than $22 million of wasted fruit and vegetables is reported by 30 farmers as the farm labour shortage starts to bite hard. Wisconsin nears 4,000 COVID-19 deaths; death rate up for 3rd day WBAY, 10 Dec 2020 21:50Z The death rate is up for a third straight day and the number of new coronavirus cases was above average. Fauci says daughter `saddened greatly' by death of boyfriend's brother, 32, from virus Yahoo! Voices, 10 Dec 2020 16:43Z Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been one of America's most trusted medical leaders during the coronavirus pandemic, recently confirmed that the virus has impacted ... Honeybees found using tools, in a first-to repel giant hornet attacks National Geographic, 09 Dec 2020 In Vietnam, Asian honeybees use feces to ward off the cousins of "murder hornets." The finding could help protect bees in other countries with invasive wasps. UFO Expert Can't Think of a 'Rational Explanation' to UK Cop's ... News18, 09 Dec 2020 A video footage shot along the A59 between Skipton and Bolton Abbey in England's North Yorkshire has captured what is believed to be an unidentified flying ... Former Israeli space security chief says extraterrestrials exist ... NBC News, 09 Dec 2020 A former Israeli space security chief has sent eyebrows shooting heavenward by saying that earthlings have been in contact with extraterrestrials. Chinese citizen journalist detained for reporting on Wuhan coronavirus outbreak "may not survive" CBS News, 10 Dec 2020 20:40Z A Chinese citizen journalist who has been in government detention for nearly seven months after reporting on the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan is now on ... EU leaders finally approve coronavirus stimulus package after Hungary and Poland lift their veto CNBC, 10 Dec 2020 20:40Z The latest European impasse over a much-needed stimulus package has finally been overcome, meaning cash-strapped countries will soon get access to a ... Arizona Republican Party asks followers if they're willing to die to overturn election results CBS News, 10 Dec 2020 19:39Z "Live a life of service to a cause greater than yourself," the official account of the Arizona GOP also told its supporters. N.H. House Speaker Dick Hinch died from COVID-19, medical examiner finds Boston.com, 10 Dec 2020 16:38Z The speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives died of COVID-19, a medical examiner ruled Thursday a day after the Republican's unexpected ... Josh Morgerman @iCyclone 10 Dec 2020 11:53Z It's now #cyclone season Down Under. #Australia's BoM hasn't classified this system, but JTWC is calling it Tropical Cyclone 3. It's racing SE & will come ashore in the Pilbara--near Port Hedland--sometime tomorrow afternoon, bringing rough weather. pic.twitter.com/eLHidKH9g3 Glen Peters @Peters_Glen 10 Dec 2020 12:56Z The @EIAgov expects US CO_2 emissions to fall 11% in 2020: * 19% down for coal, * 13% down for petroleum, * 2% down for natural gas eia.gov/todayinenergy/... pic.twitter.com/z5ras4cm0i Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 10 Dec 2020 13:50Z This is the kind of data that makes one just want to get rid of all banks and move to FinTech and bitcoin instead: "Since the start of 2016, banks extended $1.6 trillion to fossil-fuel companies developing oil, gas and coal projects" bloomberg.com/news/articles/... #climate #scandal The Debrief @Debriefmedia 10 Dec 2020 13:50Z Could invisibility cloaks really become a thing? Using "skin" that can mimic either thermal characteristics or visible colors of any given environment, researchers say it may be possible to "disappear." #invesibilitycloak #nextgentechnology buff.ly/3qJiQgh [Flooding in Iceland. In winter!] severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 10 Dec 2020 14:57Z Around 500 mm of rain could accumulate across southeast Iceland by Monday, leading to dangerous flooding. As well as nearly 4-5 meters of snow possible over the Vatnajokull and the Mýrdalsjökull ice caps! severe-weather.eu/mcd/iceland-ex... Isaac Bogoch @BogochIsaac 10 Dec 2020 14:50Z The Pfizer/BioNTech #COVID19 vaccine data is now peer reviewed & published: bit.ly/3406k2a The graph demonstrating some protection against infection ~10 days after the 1st of 2 doses is pretty stunning... ...this will be incredibly helpful during rollout programs. pic.twitter.com/yD1JnyYTHY John Branch @JohnBranchNYT 10 Dec 2020 14:52Z California's epic fires did more than burn 4 million acres. They took devastating aim at the state's defining trees - redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees, already in short supply. Privileged to tell this story, with dazzling visuals from our NYT wizards. 1/ nytimes.com/interactive/20... [Warm Spring:] Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 10 Dec 2020 14:52Z Australia's hottest spring on record, which saw temperatures more than 2C above average, would have been "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change, new analysis has found. bit.ly/372okeh Australia's record spring heat one-in-500,000 without climate change: analysis Graham Readfearn, The Guardian Bloomberg Green @climate 10 Dec 2020 16:58Z Amazon says it is now the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy trib.al/TQLUkCs Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 10 Dec 2020 16:54Z Great article by @TinaGerhardtEJ for @Sierra_Magazine on the record Atlantic hurricane season we just witnessed, and the role that is being played by climate change. twitter.com/MichaelEMann/s... Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 10 Dec 2020 16:52Z The latest outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggests that California's persistent drought-like conditions could last through the winter and into spring, possibly fueling another grueling fire season in 2021. bit.ly/37Pmvkb [CME:] NOAA Space Weather @NWSSWPC 10 Dec 2020 17:55Z The 7 Dec CME arrived in line with the forecast A shock was observed at DSCOVR at 10/0132 UTC (09 Dec, 8:32pm ET). The magnetic strength was less than the peak potential that could have initiated a G3 storm. Therefore, SWPC downgraded to G1 (Minor) storm Watches for 10-11 Dec. pic.twitter.com/JBiPMaxRfv The Debrief @Debriefmedia 10 Dec 2020 16:50Z Earth is currently being hit by a coronal mass ejection from the Sun, causing the colorful #NorthernLights that some skywatchers may have seen last night. We spoke with a space weather expert about CMEs, and what they mean for the future: thedebrief.org/northern-light... #AuroraBorealis Weather Underground @wunderground 10 Dec 2020 19:58Z All of these Midwestern cities are seeing below average snow totals this season...and they all are forecast to see snow this weekend Will it be enough snow to get back to average? We'll give you the forecast on #WUTV tonight! * pic.twitter.com/7fUb51V2L8 Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 10 Dec 2020 19:54Z "The stormy, fiery year when climate disasters wouldn't stop" by Seth Borenstein (aka @BorenBears) for the @AP: thetelegraph.com/news/article/T... KenCaldeira @KenCaldeira 10 Dec 2020 20:23Z Replying to @drdrewsteen @LianeGBenning @Kweisleitner Various engineering approaches are currently being applied to prevent ice melt in the Alps. Scaling these approaches to Antarctic scale would be a formidable challenge, to say the least. theguardian.com/environment/20... livescience.com/61951-swiss-gl... wired.com/story/alps-gia... Bloomberg Green @climate 10 Dec 2020 20:28Z So many people in Australia now have solar panels, the whole power grid has to be reimagined trib.al/HtlsGB1 The Debrief @Debriefmedia 10 Dec 2020 20:44Z A French military ethics committee has just approved development of "augmented soldiers" for the French army. thedebrief.org/france-latest-... Bloomberg Live @BloombergLive 10 Dec 2020 20:56Z "20 years ago we started the process of changing our business, into what today is a renewable energy powerhouse. Taking 80% of its cash flows from renewable energy and transmitting and distributing that renewable energy to market." @Iberdrola_En's Jonathan Cole #BloombergGreen pic.twitter.com/N7DyE6nYYx Lebanon's outgoing Prime Minister charged with negligence over Beirut port explosion ABC News, 10 Dec 2020 14:49Z Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers are charged with carelessness and negligence in the lead-up to the explosion in Lebanon's capital that killed more than 200 people. Thai parents urged to write children out of wills as youth-led protest movement grows ABC News, 10 Dec 2020 19:48Z Thailand's youth revolution continues to grow despite threats of arrest and clashes with police. But one mother says parents can end the protest movement by threatening to take away their children's inheritance. UQ-CSL coronavirus vaccine trial to be abandoned ABC News, 10 Dec 2020 19:47Z The ABC understands trials of a COVID-19 vaccine by the University of Queensland in partnership with CSL will be abandoned. [Later reports confirm all but the stage 1 trials will be aborted after it was discovered the vaccine left antibodies that test as HIV. The researchers say it's a false reading and the patients have not developed HIV]. Concerns mink mass graves in Denmark may have contaminated groundwater ABC News, 10 Dec 2020 20:18Z Danish environmental authorities looking into whether decomposing mink buried in dirt pits following a nationwide cull may have contaminated groundwater and nearby protected nature areas. [It's Not Us!] Zeke Hausfather @hausfath 10 Dec 2020 0:52Z Replying to @subyroy Oxygen actually decreases as CO2 increases, because oxygen in the atmosphere bonds with carbon when fossil fuels are combusted. We see this clearly in our measurements: pic.twitter.com/QX6VjTnanW [Billions and Billions!] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 10 Dec 2020 04:49Z Quite the incredible chart. The best bit? With solar deployment continuing to scale-up, the "learning by doing" isn't stopping and the price of solar electricity is going to save consumers billions and billions of dollars - while contributing to fighting climate change pic.twitter.com/IwZ2tg0ILo [Emergency!] Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 10 Dec 2020 06:48Z Indian capital New Delhi faces public health emergency as air pollution air worsens Bloomberg Green @climate 10 Dec 2020 07:56Z The WTO looks likely to come up empty-handed in its five-year quest to preserve the world's dwindling fish stocks trib.al/5foh0j6 Robert Rohde @RARohde 10 Dec 2020 10:21Z It is mind boggling that the US National Weather Service and associated platforms is considering bandwidth and connection limits due to a shortfall of only ~$2 million. This is critical life-saving infrastructure and should be maintained as such. washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... New York's $226 Billion Pension Fund Is Dropping Fossil Fuel Stocks The New York Times, 09 Dec 2020 23:13Z New York State's pension fund, one of the world's largest and most influential investors, will drop many of its fossil fuel stocks in the next five years and sell its ... [Record!] U.S. Hits Highest 1-Day Death Toll From Coronavirus With 3054 NPR, 10 Dec 2020 09:13Z The coronavirus pandemic pushed the U.S. past another dire milestone Wednesday, the highest daily death toll to date, even while the mortality rate has ... Michigan's House Investigated For COVID-19 Violations After Giuliani Visit NPR, 09 Dec 2020 16:33Z Following an employee complaint, Michigan's House of Representatives is being investigated over alleged coronavirus safety breaches, but state senators will ... White House renames Cape Canaveral, Patrick Air Force bases for Space Force Washington Times, 09 Dec 2020 20:38Z Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday announced that the Trump administration is redesignating two military bases in Florida for the Space Force. California Towns Rebel Against Pandemic Restaurant Restrictions The New York Times, 09 Dec 2020 21:33Z Frustrated over an order to temporarily ban outdoor dining across Los Angeles County, many elected officials have fought back - with votes to form their own ... Debate on All-Electric New Buildings in California Is Coming to a Head Greentech Media News, 09 Dec 2020 19:32Z Clean energy groups, utilities and corporate giants are running out of time on the push for all-electric baselines to limit new natural gas build-out. Texas gets support from 17 states in bid to help Trump undo election loss Yahoo News, 09 Dec 2020 14:31Z Washington (Reuters). President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let him join a long-shot lawsuit by Texas seeking to overturn ... [Revenge Phase:] Facebook Accused of Breaking Antitrust Laws The New York Times, 09 Dec 2020 21:40Z Washington. The Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states accused Facebook on Wednesday of buying up its rivals to illegally squash ... Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden under federal investigation for tax case CNBC, 09 Dec 2020 22:24Z President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden revealed Wednesday that he is under investigation by the top federal prosecutor in Delaware for his taxes. [Cabin Fever!] Royal Caribbean's Singapore cruise to nowhere turns back ... Washington Post, 09 Dec 2020 09:25Z After the 83-year-old man reported to the ship's medical center with a stomach illness, he tested positive for the coronavirus using equipment on ... [First cruise in covid era]. Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 09 Dec 2020 08:05Z Fire crews battle to tame Southern California wildfire aje.io/ysnhh Extinction Symbol @extinctsymbol 09 Dec 2020 10:12Z "K'gari (Fraser Island) has been burning for more than seven weeks and, so far, the fires have razed half of the World Heritage-listed island off the coast of Queensland." phys.org/news/2020-12-k... Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 09 Dec 2020 11:05Z Deforestation razed eight percent of Amazon in 18 years: Study aje.io/mu7bb SCMP News @SCMPNews 09 Dec 2020 12:12Z UK says those with serious allergies shouldn't get Pfizer virus vaccine scmp.com/news/world/eur... [2 healthcare workers in day 1 of the UK's big vaccine rollout had allergic reactions. About 10K were inoculated during the day. In the 40K cases in the Pfizer trials there were no reactions. Showing that the vaccine trials didn't use representative samples and not to blinding accept how effective the company claims it will be]. [BREXIT:] Ed Hawkins @ed_hawkins 09 Dec 2020 13:08Z So, a large part of @ECMWF moves to Germany because it has "become necessary to move the associated activities to a location compatible with EU funding policies relevant to them". The rest of ECMWF will stay in Reading for now, & we still hope that @UniofReading will host the HQ. twitter.com/ECMWF/status/1... Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief 09 Dec 2020 13:06Z CCC: UK must cut emissions `78% by 2035' to be on course for net-zero goal | @Josh_Gabbatiss @AyeshaTandon @rtmcswee j.mp/3qFw7GF pic.twitter.com/1d72SzPxkp AccuWeather @breakingweather 09 Dec 2020 14:06Z If this developing system becomes a tropical cyclone, it will take the name Yasa: bit.ly/33VM3uI twitter.com/jnmet/status/1... [Latitude:] Neil Kaye @neilrkaye 09 Dec 2020 14:11Z Earth is warming but not the same everywhere. This #dataviz shows the warming from 1960 to 2020 at different latitudes. It shows that in 2016 the Arctic was already 3°C warmer than the 1961-1990 average, The last decade is more than 2°C warmer! #globalwarming #climatechange pic.twitter.com/3a96Jv90bJ [#4:] NOAA Satellites - Public Affairs @NOAASatellitePA 09 Dec 2020 14:08Z NOAA: The U.S. just saw its 4th-warmest November and 4th warmest year-to-date in 126 years. Last month also wrapped up a historic Atlantic hurricane season. Read @NOAA's U.S. November #climate report here: bit.ly/39TOotS #StateofClimate pic.twitter.com/nQXKD8m29Q [After Dark:] Bloomberg Green @climate 09 Dec 2020 15:12Z A solar farm will help keep the lights on after sundown in Dubai with the aid of a Stirling engine trib.al/aBP4hf8 Marshall Shepherd @DrShepherd2013 09 Dec 2020 16:08Z Written by a friend whose daughter is a friend and volleyball mate of my daughter. She recently lost her Father to Covid. I often wondered how people like her felt when they hear skeptics and naysayers about the pandemic. Here is an answer.. pic.twitter.com/3Ra2o4DTDv pic.twitter.com/XDTymrZ1W9 Ryan Abernathey @rabernat 09 Dec 2020 16:07Z These new workflows for interacting with massive data archives without explicitly "downloading" data have the potential to really transform how we do science. twitter.com/pangeo_data/st... Bloomberg Green @climate 09 Dec 2020 17:25Z Annual review of the Arctic climate shows progress for whales--but that's about it for the good news trib.al/OmWtCF1 [Surge!] Germany's Angela Merkel calls for tougher coronavirus restrictions DW, 09 Dec 2020 12:07Z In a passionate speech to parliament Chancellor Merkel called for a lockdown to ... Christmas and New Year's holidays and that she agreed with recommendations to ... German scientific advisory body calls for 'hard lockdown'. [Surge!] Turkey enters weekend lockdown as Europe grapples with virus WION, 05 Dec 2020 Watch: Turkey recorded 32,736 new COVID-19 cases as the virus continues to surge in the country. The death ... [Turkey has recently changed what covid data it releases. Up to now it was believed Turkey was not greatly affected by the disease. But with the release of the new numbers it's now obvious it is one of the worst-affected countries in the world. See the up-tick at ]. Venice flooded as new $8 billion dam system fails to activate CBS News, 09 Dec 2020 09:33Z Venice. Venice's St. Mark's Square was under water on Tuesday after a newly installed system of mobile artificial dams failed to activate. Residents - long ... Venice floods as forecasts fail to predict extent of high tide The Guardian, 08 Dec 2020 19:11Z Flood barriers were not activated after forecasts predicted high tide of only 1.2 metres. Alabama and Louisiana AGs Want to Join Texas Election Lawsuit Against Battleground States Newsweek, 09 Dec 2020 05:26Z The attorneys general of Alabama and Louisiana have expressed interest in possibly joining a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to have the ... Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 09 Dec 2020 07:10Z @BRGexpert Charles Cicchetti has been quoted in the Texas suit seeking to overturn the national election. His numbers are wrong, using an inappropriate statistical analysis. Either he's made a huge mistake or his analysis is being misquoted. It would help if he'd clarify. 27 GOP reps ask for special counsel to investigate election irregularities The Hill, 09 Dec 2020 13:32Z Twenty-seven GOP representatives are urging President Trump to direct Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special counsel to investigate election ... Ex-Alabama senator's last words before COVID-19 death: 'We messed up' New York Post, 08 Dec 2020 A former longtime Alabama senator had a chilling final message before he died of COVID-19 last week: "We messed up." Coronavirus updates: Allergic reactions to Pfizer vaccine in UK prompt warning; Los Angeles restaurants win court battle USA TODAY, 09 Dec 2020 14:46Z Two people had allergic reactions to the Pfizer vaccine in the UK. LA restaurants win a court battle. Latest COVID-19 news. People with a history of 'significant' allergic reactions shouldn't have Pfizer vaccine, UK regulator warns CNBC, 09 Dec 2020 14:30Z People who have a history of "significant" allergic reactions should not receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, the U.K. drug regulator said. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani receiving same Covid drugs as president BBC News, 09 Dec 2020 13:27Z President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has revealed in a call to his own radio show that he is being treated for coronavirus with the same ... Google workers reject company's account of AI researcher's exit as anger grows The Guardian, 08 Dec 2020 The Debrief @Debriefmedia 09 Dec 2020 14:30Z "Under the surface of this firing are long-standing and intensifying questions about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence that have yet to fully translate to the wider public." @timnitGebru #ArtificialIntelligence #Google thedebrief.org/the-question-t... Bushfire victims are hiring professional grant writers to apply for relief funds ABC/PM, 09 Dec 2020 05:49Z Communities affected by last summer's bushfires have had support from professional grant application writers to apply for relief funds and they will be competing with their own local councils for the same bucket of funding. Rio Tinto should pay compensation for Juukan Gorge caves blast, inquiry recommends ABC News, 09 Dec 2020 07:21Z Traditional owners should be paid restitution by Rio Tinto for the destruction of the sacred Juukan rock shelters, a parliamentary inquiry finds. Indonesian elections mean its 'very likely' new coronavirus clusters will emerge ABC News, 09 Dec 2020 07:24Z Indonesians have headed to the polls to vote in regional elections as health experts warn of the risk of new coronavirus clusters emerging across the country. What we know about the mystery illness in India: Over 500 sick, 1 dead after nickel and lead found in patients' blood USA TODAY, 08 Dec 2020 19:43Z An illness that first appeared Saturday has sickened around 500 people in India. Doctors said traces of nickel and lead may be the common factor. Lead found in blood samples after hundreds of Indian children hospitalised with mystery illness ABC News, 09 Dec 2020 04:51Z More than 400 people, at least 300 of them children, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh come down with a mystery illness that induces fainting, headaches and vomiting. [NOAA To Announce Data Restrictions:] Ryan Maue @RyanMaue 08 Dec 2020 14:25Z Important for users of all NOAA data -- connection and download restrictions on the docket 'Today at 2pm ET there is a town hall talking about the changes to our website access policies presented in this PNS:' weather.gov/media/notifica... Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 08 Dec 2020 16:18Z Tropical Cyclone Bongoyo generates 4 metre waves and heads for Mauritius [Miami Flooding:] Climate Central @ClimateCentral 08 Dec 2020 16:19Z "New research shows that Miami's affordable housing -- already in short supply -- is at risk of flooding from sea level rise in the coming decades." miamiherald.com/news/local/env... #ClimateCentral AccuWeatherAstronomy @AccuAstronomy 08 Dec 2020 17:19Z Over 100 meteors/hour may be visible on Sunday night as the Geminids reaches its peak. Viewing tips & the latest cloud forecast: bit.ly/37GuIqM pic.twitter.com/99viTNGpMM [Fast Charge!] Bloomberg Green @climate 08 Dec 2020 17:26Z A startup backed by VW says new data show its batteries can be charged to 80% of full power in 15 minutes, almost twice as fast as a Tesla Model 3 trib.al/ZfUvBCp [Report Card!] Zack Labe @ZLabe 08 Dec 2020 16:26Z The annual @NOAA Arctic Report Card is available today for 2020. It discusses recent changes in the Arctic, extreme events, and broad implications for the Earth system. + Report: arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/Re... + Video: youtu.be/TcfQiKUkgBY + Highlights: arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card pic.twitter.com/98Rnxsn8bO Jesse Pesta @JessePesta 08 Dec 2020 17:20Z A devastating report on Arctic warming out today. By @henryfountain nytimes.com/2020/12/08/cli... Brian Kahn @blkahn 08 Dec 2020 17:21Z Some phrases scientists used to describe what they witnessed in the Arctic this year: -"Scarcely imaginable even a generation ago" -"Unanticipated" -"Sustained transformation" -"The Arctic has achieved a `new normal'" earther.gizmodo.com/the-old-arctic... [Peatlands:] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 08 Dec 2020 18:19Z Peatlands contain more carbon than forests, yet are excluded from main Earth System Models used for climate change projections Except they're expected to shift from a sink to a source and release 100bn tons of carbon, twice what we now emit each year nature.com/articles/s4155... pic.twitter.com/oIR0DbMBMZ [Link!] Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 08 Dec 2020 18:21Z "The thing that's made me excited about the possibility of working with the Biden-Harris team is that they've made it clear that the environment and economy are centrally linked." - @marynicholsCA Biden planning a whole-of-government approach to climate: thephoenix.substack.com/p/a-chat-with-... [Replay!] ClimaCell @climacell 08 Dec 2020 18:19Z Now that #HurricaneSeason is officially over, let's take a look back at the most active season EVER recorded with an updated visualization of every storm by path and intensity. #HurricaneSeason2020 #weatherdata pic.twitter.com/hJeorKuq2Q Bloomberg Green @climate 08 Dec 2020 19:26Z Jeff Bezos has announced the first grant recipients from his $10 billion fund to combat climate change trib.al/38dnNwy [Extreme Snow!] severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 08 Dec 2020 19:25Z Exceptional view of the EXTREME snow in Sappada, NE Italy today, Dec 8th. Thanks to Samuele for the report - posted with permission. pic.twitter.com/3GRb90OGbm NOAA Space Weather @NWSSWPC 08 Dec 2020 19:24Z Geomagnetic Storm Watches in effect Dec 9 - 11, 2020, due to anticipated CME effects. The CME occurred on December 7th, and was associated with a C7 flare from Region 2790. For the full story visit swpc.noaa.gov/news/geomagnet... @NWS pic.twitter.com/EKOKtiyz3e [A-68: Approaching Impact!] NOAA Satellites @NOAASatellites 08 Dec 2020 19:23Z This white blob and #ImageOfTheDay shows the largest #iceberg in the world, called A-68A. #GOESEast captured this #TimelapseTuesday loop of the massive ice block near the island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic from Nov. 17-Dec. 7. Read more: go.usa.gov/x7h9c pic.twitter.com/jorqks2lLO [Low Bandwidth!] Jack Sillin @JackSillin 08 Dec 2020 19:21Z Absolutely cannot believe NCEP has just *run out of bandwidth* to disseminate model data. This is the underpinning of a substantial part of the weather enterprise. Absolutely need to prioritize it pic.twitter.com/ZIt2IpmYqf [Vaccine Summit Turns to Trump Rant Session:] Grace Panetta @grace_panetta 08 Dec 2020 19:20Z This White House vaccine summit has gone way off the rails, with Trump ranting about his election loss, continuing to claim that he's won, saying he hopes SCOTUS steps in, and regurgitating debunked conspiracy theories about "machines" and "ballots being taken away" [Insert Sound Of Birds Twittering Here:] Aaron Rupar @atrupar 08 Dec 2020 19:20Z Replying to @atrupar Trump calls for judges and Republican legislators to have the "courage" to help him overthrow the election, then says, "I'll tell you what, life will be much easier for this country." He then exits the White House event to cheers. pic.twitter.com/tb7QiskANf [Plant Food!] Gavin Schmidt @ClimateOfGavin 08 Dec 2020 19:20Z Replying to @Jeremy_Morton_ @justinrfield So it looks like Australian rice is significantly more expensive than rice from India/Pakistan. As water prices rise, it's going to get more expensive & is rightly being priced out of the market. That isn't to say that the M-D water basin is well-managed... google.com/amp/s/amp.theg... [0C USA:] Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 08 Dec 2020 21:21Z By 2030, EPA frontrunner @MaryNicholsCA envisions a rapid decarbonization of the US economy. By 2030, says Nichols, "almost the entire energy system, both our electricity and our transportation systems, be zero carbon" nationwide. thephoenix.substack.com/p/a-chat-with-... ±In" n" G(TM) ¿¬± ¨¦ @ScienceNotDogma 08 Dec 2020 21:21Z "Why do respected, published and admired scientists endure trolling and attacks from faceless personas behind keyboards? According to McAlpine's Law, #pseudoscience will always try to fill vacuums in scientific knowledge." A great read by @DrShepherd2013: forbes.com/sites/marshall... Kees van der Leun @Sustainable2050 08 Dec 2020 21:20Z Replying to @Sustainable2050 Climate damage is largely irreversible! I think we still don't really get that. [Out Of Control!] Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 08 Dec 2020 21:20Z This year is a reminder of every single aspect of Arctic change. Sea ice hit its second-lowest level, temperatures were second-highest ever recorded, with areas persistently 7.2 - 10.8°F above normal, and wildfires were unprecedented and out of control. bit.ly/3mTrDdk [Solid!] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 08 Dec 2020 22:19Z Progress coming hard and fast in #cleanenergy storage: Solid-state battery technology "major breakthrough" says #Tesla co-founder JB Straubel -Charging: 0 to 80% in 15 minutes -Battery degrades after 240,000 miles -50% boost in volumetric energy density electrek.co/2020/12/08/tes... [Spinner!] Reed Timmer @ReedTimmerAccu 08 Dec 2020 22:24Z Spinner down in Australia is showing up beautifully on RO radar imagery. You can follow the Oz severe weather season using the RO app! twitter.com/radaromega_wx/... National Hurricane Center @NWSNHC 08 Dec 2020 22:35Z The accumulation of all tropical storm & hurricane wind watches & warnings issued for the U.S. mainland, PR & USVI during the 2020 hurricane season show only a few counties in the Fla. panhandle south of Tallahassee escaped. @NWS @NOAA @NHC_Atlantic pic.twitter.com/KK5wFOQ3YW Bloomberg Green @climate 08 Dec 2020 23:10Z A company has agreed to recycle GE wind-turbine blades into a raw material that can be used to make cement trib.al/Umzbo38 [Unready!] Devastated by Covid, Latin America Is Now Unprepared for Vaccine Bloomberg, 08 Dec 2020 17:14Z Concern over graft, distribution and storage of vaccines is looming large and it will probably take longer than the coming year for immunity. COVID-19 surpasses accidents as 3rd leading cause of death in Wisconsin WBAY, 08 Dec 2020 21:50Z Madison, Wis (WBAY). At the same time the United States reached a record 2, 200 COVID-19 deaths in a day, the disease passed everything but heart ... FireEye, a Top Cybersecurity Firm, Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State The New York Times, 08 Dec 2020 22:02Z Washington. For years, the cybersecurity firm FireEye has been the first call for government agencies and companies around the world who have been ... UK, EU leaders to meet Wednesday amid Brexit no-deal signals The Associated Press, 08 Dec 2020 19:10Z London (AP). The leaders of Britain and the European Union will meet in the next 24 hours for a final push at a Brexit deal, as the two sides warned that the ... Arctic's Shift to a Warmer Climate Is 'Well Underway, Scientists Warn The New York Times, 08 Dec 2020 21:47Z The Arctic continued its unwavering shift toward a new climate in 2020, as the effects of near-record warming surged across the region, shrinking ice and snow ... `I literally don't know': Operation Warp Speed scientist can't explain Trump' s vaccine order POLITICO, 08 Dec 2020 15:08Z The chief scientist of the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed was unable to explain President Donald Trump's latest executive order Tuesday, which ... [Bad Losers:] Texas sues four battleground states in Supreme Court over 'unlawful election results' in 2020 presidential race CNBC, 08 Dec 2020 21:27Z Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate presidential election results in Pennsylvania, ... Trip Gabriel @tripgabriel 08 Dec 2020 22:20Z BREAKING The Supreme Court rejected a Republican request to overturn election results in Pennsylvania that had already been certified and submitted. Republican leaders reportedly block Inaugural Committee vote to acknowledge Biden's win Yahoo News, 08 Dec 2020 19:07Z The presidential inaugural committee is reportedly refusing to acknowledge there will be a new president inaugurated next month.The Joint Congressional ... Trump Asked Pennsylvania House Speaker About Overturning His Loss The New York Times, 08 Dec 2020 15:10Z Intensifying his efforts to undo his loss to Joseph R. Biden Jr., President Trump twice called the Republican speaker of the Pennsylvania House of ... [Jetstream!] Judah Cohen @judah47 08 Dec 2020 0:56Z This week's blog is all #PolarVortex (PV) all the time. Latest CFS predicts classic PV disruption for January. i give my thoughts for different scenarios and the implications for #winter weather for the US, Europe, East Asia from weeks to months: bit.ly/33RRz1C pic.twitter.com/A0PPk31CvO [Leaky!] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 08 Dec 2020 06:55Z Abandoned oil and gas wells are on verge of exploding: 2.1 million already, most unsealed, leaking oil, gas, or briny water into groundwater and soil and leaking tons of methane No one knows the scale of environmental destruction, or is paying for it motherjones.com/environment/20... [Tornado hits Italy:] severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 08 Dec 2020 07:01Z *rare* A winter supercell storm rolled across the North Adriatic Sea and produced a historic tornado that hit the Port of #Trieste city, Italy on the evening of Dec 7th. Large hail and damaging winds blasted across the Slovenian coast and Trieste city: severe-weather.eu/global-weather... Reed Timmer @ReedTimmerAccu 08 Dec 2020 14:24Z INSANE landfalling tornado / supercell spoot, possible tornado of the year intercepted by Marko in Trieste, Italy! WOW @RadarOmega_WX twitter.com/MarkoKorosecNe... Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief 08 Dec 2020 09:49Z Replying to @Independent There is continuing coverage of the latest analysis from the EU climate monitoring service Copernicus, with the @Independent reporting that November 2020 was the warmest November since records began. snip.ly/4vghpi Ken Rice @theresphysics 08 Dec 2020 10:0Z Emissions cuts in line with Paris Agreement would see benefits `within two decades' carbonbrief.org/emissions-cuts... Two children test positive to coronavirus in NT's Howard Springs facility ABC News, 08 Dec 2020 04:54Z An eight-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy test positive for coronavirus in quarantine in the Northern Territory after returning on a Commonwealth repatriation flight from India. Last lap of the paddock: Third-generation farmer sells up as top harvest makes 'perfect exit' ABC Riverina, 08 Dec 2020 04:53Z After 42 years, Neil Schirmer makes the tough decision to sell his family's farm in the NSW Riverina, saying the timing is perfect with this year's harvest "the best ever by a country mile". Australia wants to force Google and Facebook to pay for news. So, how will it work? ABC News, 08 Dec 2020 04:52Z New laws forcing tech giants Google and Facebook to pay news organisations for access to their journalism will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday, in what the Treasurer's describing as a "world first". AI-guided shark detection drones are the next step in beach safety ABC Coffs Coast, 08 Dec 2020 05:51Z Researchers say the day is nearing that autonomous drones, which don't require a line-of-sight operator, will be able to offer shark detection along the coastline. Coal mine expansion above Sydney's water catchment gets green light despite concerns ABC Illawarra, 08 Dec 2020 08:15Z The Independent Planning Commission approves the Russell Vale coal mine expansion above Sydney's water catchment despite concern about the miner's $1 billion in debts. Over 1M Absentee Ballots Requested So Far for Georgia Senate Runoffs, 75% of State's November Election Total Newsweek, 07 Dec 2020 23:39Z More than 1 million absentee ballots have already been requested for Georgia' s Senate runoffs next month, which is 75 percent of the total absentee ballots ... Critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population gets a boost: 2 newborns spotted off US coast USA TODAY, 08 Dec 2020 03:38Z Two North Atlantic right whale newborns have been spotted in the last week at the start of calving season, providing hope for an endangered species. Brazil's president rejects COVID-19 vaccine, undermining a century of progress toward universal inoculation Yahoo News, 07 Dec 2020 13:22Z The world is eagerly awaiting the release of several COVID-19 vaccines, but Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is not. "I'm not going to take it. It's my right," he ... Quantum device performs 2.6 billion years of computation in 4 minutes Ars Technica, 07 Dec 2020 20:41Z Photons explore quantum maze faster than possible for any classical computer. [Planning! Ahead!] Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered months ago to sell the U.S. more vaccine doses. The New York Times, 08 Dec 2020 04:19Z Before Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine was proved highly successful in clinical trials last month, the company offered the Trump administration the chance to lock in ... Trump to sign 'America First' executive order on Covid-19 vaccines Tuesday CNBC, 07 Dec 2020 23:20Z Trump is expected to sign an executive order designed to promote his "America First" foreign policy with regard to Covid-19 vaccinations. Chuck Yeager, the Legendary Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Dies at 97 The Daily Beast, 08 Dec 2020 04:16Z From bombing raids to becoming the first pilot to break the sound barrier to serving in Vietnam, Yeager's life was the stuff of legend and Hollywood. He died ... [World Soil Day!] Copernicus EU @CopernicusEU Dec 5 Today is #WorldSoilDay! Did you know that @CopernicusLand monitor soil moisture, considered an essential #climate variable by @gcos_un through their Soil Moisture Index? Read more and access the portal here bit.ly/2JwFE20 pic.twitter.com/FsqrDmynMi [Record November!] Andrew Freedman @afreedma 07 Dec 2020 14:36Z YIKES: Earth just notched its warmest Nov. on record, by far. Unless global temps drop significantly in Dec. (relative to avg.), 2020 is likely to tie or beat 2016 for the warmest year - @CopernicusECMWF. Remarkable given the La Nina in the Pacific. washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... pic.twitter.com/ujK6GFAOQF [Chief Scientist:] Ryan Maue @RyanMaue 07 Dec 2020 14:42Z Global temperature averaged 57°F during November 2020 = 1.4°F above the 1981-2010 baseline. Data from @CopernicusEU as part of ERA5 reanalysis. pic.twitter.com/guIsckRx4S [Tough Year But Same Ol:] Akshat Rathi @AkshatRathi 07 Dec 2020 15:43Z Like many other oil companies, Exxon's had a tough year. Given a choice between two projects, guess which one got the go ahead? LaBarge carbon capture: $260 million, emissions |v Guyana oil and gas extraction: $9 billion, emissions ^| bloomberg.com/news/features/... [Dire!] Victor Venema @VariabilityBlog 07 Dec 2020 16:42Z Replying to @Protons4B The situation in America looks really dire & no improvement or even stabilization in sight. National Weather Service @NWS 07 Dec 2020 16:41Z It's live now! Check out the US National Ice Center's new website at usicecenter.gov. twitter.com/usnatice/statu... Bloomberg Opinion @bopinion 07 Dec 2020 17:43Z To get Exxon to change, an activist is using its own language against it trib.al/VS4Tvrv [Warm November:] Zeke Hausfather @hausfath 07 Dec 2020 17:42Z Good piece on the record November warmth by @SkepticalRanger over at @MashableNews: mashable.com/article/novemb... Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 07 Dec 2020 18:37Z In 2014, the IUCN identified climate change as the most significant potential threat, and it 2017, it became the fastest-growing threat. In 2020, climate change remains the "most prevalent current threat." abcn.ws/39PJVIF Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 07 Dec 2020 19:36Z Insurance companies are doing a terrible job in fight against #climate change. Top 10 Worst: 10 Tokio Marine (Japan) 9 MS&AD (Japan) 8 Sompo (Japan) 7 W.R. Berkley (US) 6 Lloyds (UK) 5 TIAA (US) 4 AIG (US) 3 Berkshire Hathaway (US) 2 Sinosure (China) 1 and worst: Travelers (US) pic.twitter.com/B5CQ0apuaA [Alternative Unibers!] Robert Rohde @RARohde 07 Dec 2020 19:41Z Replying to @Robin_Hagues @curryja Honestly, if you can look at the global temperature time series, the decline in sea ice, the record wildfires, the mass coral bleaching events, and everything else, and somehow claim that climate science hasn't predicted any of it, then arguing with you would be a waste of time. [Rake!] Dr. Samantha Montano @SamLMontano 07 Dec 2020 19:38Z Sorry to bring this up the whole "rake the forests" thing again but I am absolutely dying at this update on this WaPo story washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/... pic.twitter.com/IYETMjufIQ [Bye Bye David Legates!] Marshall Shepherd @DrShepherd2013 07 Dec 2020 19:38Z "the @washingtonpost named several potential new heads for NOAA -- among them Marshall Shepherd, director of the atmospheric sciences program at the University of Georgia. Shepherd is a past president of the American Meteorological Society," via @ajc @politicalinsidr @bluestein twitter.com/politicalinsid... [CCS Sounds Cheap!] Bloomberg Green @climate 07 Dec 2020 20:43Z Australian and Japanese companies are studying plans to capture carbon dioxide from industrial emitters in Asia and store it under the ocean floor off the coast of Australia trib.al/xL9vGpt Bloomberg Green @climate 07 Dec 2020 20:43Z Southern California residents are starting off the week in the dark as near-hurricane-force winds forced the local utility to cut off power to some areas to avoid sparking wildfires trib.al/0cvFsm1 [UV Flare!] NOAA Satellites @NOAASatellites 07 Dec 2020 20:41Z #DYK that @NOAA's #GOESEast monitors the Sun as well as the #Earth? Today, the satellite's Solar Ultraviolet Imager (#SUVI) instrument caught a small solar flare that was directed towards Earth. pic.twitter.com/yQxfNoe9Ps [Jet Stream!] Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 07 Dec 2020 20:40Z "`Godzilla' dust storm traced to shaky northern jet stream" by @WarrenCornwall for @ScienceMagazine: sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/g... Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 07 Dec 2020 20:37Z Remember the Australian bushfires that killed or displaced 3 billion animals? That was January of this year. It seems like a lifetime ago, because 2020 was a year of nearly-constant, frightening examples of life with climate change. bit.ly/2VPhD99 via @CoveringClimate [RAID!] Aaron Rupar @atrupar 08 Dec 2020 0:37Z "State police brandishing firearms raided the home of Rebekah Jones, the former Department of Health data scientist who built the state's much-praised COVID-19 dashboard before being fired over what she said was refusing to `manipulate data.'" tallahassee.com/story/news/202... KenCaldeira @KenCaldeira 10 Dec 2020 04:52Z "It just seems like it's not really about any kind of criminal investigation," Filipkowski told The Washington Post. "It's about intimidation of her and sending a message to people currently working in state government ... " @GeoRebekah washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12... COVID whistleblower could get 5 years in prison if charged South Florida Sun Sentinel, 09 Dec 2020 0:29Z Rebekah Jones could face up to five years in jail if charged with breaking the law that state investigators used as a pretext to raid her house this Monday. Rebekah Jones @GeoRebekah 07 Dec 2020 21:42Z 1/ There will be no update today. At 8:30 am this morning, state police came into my house and took all my hardware and tech. They were serving a warrant on my computer after DOH filed a complaint. They pointed a gun in my face. They pointed guns at my kids.. pic.twitter.com/DE2QfOmtPU severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 07 Dec 2020 21:42Z The Centa torrent, Italy on Sunday, Dec 6th during high river level after the 3-day perturbation with 235 mm of rainfall (historical record in 72 hours for December), also snow melting up to 2000 mt. Thanks to Giacomo Poletti for the report - posted with permission. pic.twitter.com/uPstP3JjjX Marshall Shepherd @DrShepherd2013 07 Dec 2020 21:38Z Oh look, President-elect Biden has won my state yet again.... twitter.com/CNN/status/133... AccuWeather @breakingweather 07 Dec 2020 23:36Z Two tropical threats that are taking shape in the waters off northwestern Australia can bring heavy rain and wind to Western Australia through the weekend: bit.ly/3lUNQpW [Performance Index:] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 07 Dec 2020 23:36Z Very Poorly Fighting Climate Change: Top 10 Countries on @Germanwatch Climate Change Performance Index 1 Nobody 2 Nobody 3 Nobody 4 Sweden 5 UK 6 Denmark 7 Morocco 8 Norway 9 Chile 10 India (16 EU) (33 China) (58 Canada) (60 Saudi) (61, last: USA) ccpi.org/ranking/ Bloomberg Green @climate 07 Dec 2020 23:43Z Exxon set out to build one of the world's biggest carbon-capture facilities to help slow climate change. Then it paused the project. Is the oil giant willing to invest enough? Read our full investigation trib.al/7s1nAmP [Whiplash!] Weather Underground @wunderground 07 Dec 2020 23:43Z Montana is warmer than Florida tomorrow. That's it, that's the tweet, pic.twitter.com/g5JZJWeqTf [No Concession!] Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 07 Dec 2020 23:37Z California's worst wildfire season on record, which has killed 31 people, won't quit. A lack of appreciable rainfall, which would typically have occurred by now, is contributing to a renewed period of "critical" fire risk in both Northern and Southern CA. wapo.st/2JU5xJ7 The COVID Tracking Project @COVID19Tracking 08 Dec 2020 0:37Z Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8 million tests, 180k cases, and 1,347 deaths. There are 102, 148 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US. pic.twitter.com/jgSa5oYqNW Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom 08 Dec 2020 0:37Z Because I come from their world & still interact with them, I hear from hundreds, sometimes thousands, of Trump supporters every day. They're getting angrier. More defiant. The threat of violence the next few months is real. It's a dangerous time. This is what Trump has wrought. Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 08 Dec 2020 01:15Z This article has way too little snark, until you get to the last sentence: "The Jerusalem Post was unable to reach out to this supposed Galactic Federation for comment." Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready jpost.com/omg/former-isr... NWS Dodge City @NWSDodgeCity 08 Dec 2020 01:38Z Animation of visible satellite. Notice the continuous hours of sunlight in the South Pole versus the continuous hours of darkness across the North Pole. #kswx pic.twitter.com/Rqfal0eXRi Leaked Reports From Pentagon UFO Task Force Discuss 'Non-Human Technology,' Mysterious Objects gvwire.com, 07 Dec 2020 "Recommend you take the brief I just received from our Director of Naval Intelligence VADM Matt Kohler, on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP)," Burke told ... Video Shows Navy Pilots' Encounter With Possible UFO The Daily Beast, 07 Dec 2020 13:24Z The Debrief @Debriefmedia 07 Dec 2020 18:10Z Elon Musk, CEO of #SpaceX, said that he is confident that his company will be launching a crew to #Mars by 2026 and teased that it could even be sooner. thedebrief.org/space-x-mars/ The Debrief @Debriefmedia 07 Dec 2020 20:10Z Scientists from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have developed the world's first mobile #DNA sequencer analyzer through a new iPhone app called iGenomics. A user can create a mobile genetics laboratory, reminiscent of the #tricorder from in @StarTrek thedebrief.org/dna-tricorder-... pic.twitter.com/2hyEIAxjvP US election latest: 'Line crossed' after armed protesters gather outside Michigan secretary of state's home ABC News, 7 Dec 2020 at 8:59p Michigan's secretary of state Jocelyn Benson released a statement saying she had just finished setting up Christmas decorations with her young son when protesters gathered on her lawn, shouting obscenities. Rain provides relief to Fraser Island firefighting efforts as south-east Queensland mops up after severe storm cell ABC News, 7 Dec 2020 at 9:44pm Overnight rain brings relief to the firefighting effort on Fraser Island where a major bushfire has burnt through more than half the island. It comes as residents in the Moreton Bay region mop up after a severe storm cell hit yesterday. Distributing COVID vaccines 'the largest logistics effort in the world since World War II' ABC Health & Wellbeing, 7 Dec 2020 at 10:19pm After the elation of the first approval of a COVID-19 vaccine comes the realisation that making and testing the vaccine is only the beginning. The next job is figuring out how to distribute hundreds of millions of doses across the world. SpaceX now has two spacecraft docked to the space station for the first time CNBC, 07 Dec 2020 19:47Z SpaceX docked its Cargo Dragon capsule with the International Space Station, marking the first time the company has two spacecraft simultaneously attached. Rashida Jones To Succeed Phil Griffin As MSNBC President Deadline, 07 Dec 2020 22:46Z Rashida Jones will succeed Phil Griffin as president of MSNBC, the network announced Monday. Uber Giving Self-Driving Car Project to a Start-Up The New York Times, 07 Dec 2020 22:46Z Uber, which spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a self-driving car project that executives once believed was a key to becoming profitable, is handing the ... Hundreds sickened by mystery illness in southern India | TheHill The Hill, 07 Dec 2020 19:45Z Hundreds have been hospitalized and at least one death reported as an unidentified illness has spread through Andhra Pradesh, India. [SAFE HARBOR!] As 'safe harbor' day arrives, reality sets in for Trump supporters Yahoo News, 07 Dec 2020 21:44Z As the lumbering process of American democracy moves forward, any lingering illusions that Donald Trump has a chance of a second term as president are ... Trump ratchets up pace of executions before Biden inaugural The Associated Press, 07 Dec 2020 20:43Z Chicago (AP). As Donald Trump's presidency winds down, his administration is ratcheting up the pace of federal executions despite a surge of coronavirus ... Ohio bill takes stand against renewables with ban on new large solar and wind projects Teslarati, 07 Dec 2020 08:42Z In what could only be described as a stand against the United States' transition to sustainable energy, an Ohio bill has been introduced that is aimed at halting ... Watch: Gavin Newsom gives update on California COVID-19 response as ICUs fill Sacramento Bee, 07 Dec 2020 17:41Z Gavin Newsom gave an update on California coronavirus response as some parts of the state begin to reach critical ICU occupancy levels. Fox Business Host Doesn't Think Americans Want Another Stimulus Check Newsweek, 07 Dec 2020 22:47Z "We don't want to be dependent on the government," said Fox Business host Charles Payne during a Monday panel interview. South Korea's Health Minister Describes Seoul As A 'COVID-19 War Zone' NPR, 07 Dec 2020 16:54Z New social distancing measures are due to take effect Tuesday evening. The government warns of an impending crisis, brought on by a third wave of infections. Trump lawyer Giuliani in hospital after positive virus test The Associated Press, 07 Dec 2020 18:26Z Bloomberg Green @climate 07 Dec 2020 01:35Z Australian and Japanese companies are studying plans to capture carbon dioxide from industrial emitters in Asia and store it under the ocean floor off the coast of Australia trib.al/49OOdQc severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 07 Dec 2020 01:33Z A bomb cyclone has just hit New England, but there is another one coming up on Tuesday. In its wake, a cold blast will push into the East Coast and the Southeast United States. The low will blast Nova Scotia and Newfoundland with a snowstorm on Wednesday severe-weather.eu/global-weather... [The Swedish Model:] Scott Gottlieb, MD @ScottGottliebMD 07 Dec 2020 01:25Z New York Post: In response to surging Covid cases, Sweden "has ordered large gathering bans, alcohol sale curfews and school closures as part of a clampdown that began last month amid rising cases and hospitalizations" nypost.com/2020/12/06/swe... Bloomberg Green @climate 07 Dec 2020 05:35Z California's miserable year is ending with more drought, fire and darkness trib.al/XuD8KwO Helen Haines MP @helenhainesindi 07 Dec 2020 05:33Z The Government has just pushed its cashless welfare card legislation through the House by a single vote. There's no evidence to suggest it works, and it's a punitive and discriminatory policy unworthy of the country we aspire to be. I voted no. I hope the Senate does too. pic.twitter.com/E6fa3QuuQj Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 07 Dec 2020 06:25Z Panaro River in northern Italy breaks its banks near Modena after heavy rain Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler 07 Dec 2020 06:56Z Replying to @AndrewDessler We live in a gold age of data. Nice presentation of the NASA "black marble", a data set of light from cities and how it changes over time. U003-01 - Battling COVID-19 from Space: Cross-Scale Changes in Urban Activity Captured by NASA's Black Marble agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/meeti... Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 07 Dec 2020 07:07Z Brisbane in eastern Australia records the warmest December night for 15 years Koalas burnt in summer bushfires released back into the wild ABC News, 07 Dec 2020 03:00Z Fourteen badly injured koala are nursed back to good health thanks to the efforts of wildlife carers and veterinary staff from Zoos Victoria. They have been released back into the bush in East Gippsland and their progress will be closely monitored. Very dangerous storms hit Bribie Island as wild weather continues across South-East Queensland ABC News, 07 Dec 2020 04:58Z Strong winds send trampolines flying on Bribie Island, north of Brisbane, after the Bureau of Meteorology warns of very dangerous storms amid a series of cells that have been appearing all over southern Queensland. [Unsustainable!] After recording 'unsustainable' losses, Geelong oil refinery looks to expand into LNG ABC News, 07 Dec 2020 05:55Z Viva Energy signs a memorandum of understanding with major energy and investment companies to develop plans for an LNG terminal at their Geelong oil refinery, in the hope diversification could help secure the future of the troubled refinery and its 700 employees. Farmers on track for most valuable year yet, but fruit and veg prices tipped to rise ABC Rural, 07 Dec 2020 05:59Z Food and fibre set a new record to pull in $65 billion as Australian rebounds from drought, but a worker shortage is expected to raise supermarket prices in the new year. Emergency green light sought for coronavirus vaccines in India ABC News, 07 Dec 2020 06:39Z Emergency authorisation is sought for Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccines in India, which has has reported more than 9.57 million COVID-19 cases and nearly 140,000 deaths. [Australian animals glow in the dark:] Tasmanian devils also glow, researchers confirm after Australian animals bio fluorescence discovery ABC News, 07 Dec 2020 06:47Z Scientists have only recently discovered that platypuses and wombats glow under ultraviolet light -- but now researchers at a US zoo have become the first in the world to find that the phenomenon also occurs in Tasmanian devils. Indonesia Gets First Batch of Vaccine From China's Sinovac Bloomberg, 07 Dec 2020 05:49Z The first batch of Covid-19 vaccine ordered from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd. arrived in Indonesia, marking a new phase in the country's fight against Southeast ... 'Threat to all lives': Popular tourist island braces for 'vengeful' bushfire Yahoo News Australia, 07 Dec 2020 01:45Z Residents have been urged to flee their homes as a dangerous bushfire that has been burning for months threatens a town on the world heritage-listed Fraser Island ... 'They could have stopped this a long time ago': Fraser Island residents frustrated by handling of bushfire ABC News, 07 Dec 2020 04:57Z The management of a major bushfire burning on Fraser Island attracts criticism from Queensland's Opposition, which is asking why waterbombers were not deployed sooner to bring the blaze under control. [Da Ovva Univbers:] Georgia runoff debate: senator Kelly Loeffler refuses three times to accept Biden victory The Guardian, 07 Dec 2020 05:43Z Republican dodges questions from her Democrat runoff rival Raphael Warnock, while David Perdue fails to show up. [Capsule Hunt!] Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell 06 Dec 2020 14:38Z Yesterday in Australia: retrieving the #Hayabusa2 asteroid capsule. I love the way these photos capture space exploration as an intimate, personal, very human endeavor. (Photos via @JAXA_en) pic.twitter.com/0qn6TFZwvR [Wildfire!] Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 06 Dec 2020 15:31Z 5 of the 6 largest fires in California history and 3 of the 4 largest in Colorado history all burned this year. According to a new study, there's been an eight-fold increase since the mid-1980s in annual area burned by high-severity fires. cbsn.ws/3gaW3VM by @WeatherProf Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 06 Dec 2020 16:35Z Now THAT'S some quasi-resonant amplification! (h/t @WeatherProf) twitter.com/ScottDuncanWX/... Rick Thoman @AlaskaWx 06 Dec 2020 18:39Z Bering Sea #seaice extent reached a 2020-21 seasonal milestone on Dec 5: @NSIDC sea ice index exceeded 50000km² for first time this season. That's second latest "first 50k" the past 43 years (Dec 6, 2018). Nearly 3 week change since the late 1970s! #akwx @Climatologist49 @ZLabe pic.twitter.com/7pla5Hb2vV [Prepare!] Ted Nesi @TedNesi 06 Dec 2020 19:29Z .@ScottGottliebMD: "As bad as things are right now, they're going to get a lot worse." twitter.com/FaceTheNation/... Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 06 Dec 2020 20:30Z Death rates (per TWh of production) and Emissions (per GWh): -Coal: 24.6 deaths and 820 tons -Oil: 18.4 and 720 -Natural Gas: 2.8 and 480 Wind, Solar: Zero Nuclear, Hydro: About zero Quite the overwhelming public health case - in a world where solar and wind are also cheaper pic.twitter.com/OAiIpmQzD8 Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 06 Dec 2020 21:36Z It's December 6. We're two months into the "rainy season" and we've just been issued another RedFlag fire warning. ¨¥ pic.twitter.com/OK6xHeUxQi Bloomberg Green @climate 06 Dec 2020 23:50Z When the residents of Barcelona came out of the coronavirus lockdown they were greeted with miles of shiny yellow new bike lanes. Meet the man who's rethinking transit in a car-centric city trib.al/TDsBtnr pic.twitter.com/w7ks8upcNI RadarOmega @RadarOmega_WX 06 Dec 2020 23:49Z ¥ CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA ON MONDAY: RH will drop overnight Monday as Santa Ana winds continue to intensify; strong winds and drier air from downslope flow will create dangerous fire weather conditions across higher terrain of southern CA Monday night into Tuesday. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/aqpg7RQk8N Surfer bitten by Great White Shark in waters off Kangaroo Island ABC News, 06 Dec 2020 07:15Z A man is airlifted to hospital in Adelaide for treatment following a shark attack in waters off Kangaroo Island on Sunday afternoon. [Aussie sharks seem to be on a rampage this year]. Microwave attacks 'plausible' cause of mysterious illness in foreign diplomats, US government says ABC News, 06 Dec 2020 15:14Z For the first time, Washington offers an official explanation for "Havana Syndrome": a mysterious set of symptoms and brain injuries suffered by diplomats in US embassies. How low rates killed the affordable housing dream ABC News, 06 Dec 2020 19:13Z After decades of a seemingly unstoppable real estate bubble, the prospect of a sustained fall in housing prices brought a glimmer of hope to those under 35 that home ownership may become a possibility. Jobs are being created, but not the right ones, and young people will feel the brunt ABC News, 06 Dec 2020 19:12Z This year was one "beyond imagining" for young people seeking work and while the country is slowing getting back to normal, employment "scarring" is likely to effect their employment for decades. 'Decadent': How Thailand's royal dynasty became one of the world's richest ABC News, 06 Dec 2020 19:12Z Protesters are defying strict lese majeste laws to argue for reforms to the monarchy, including more oversight over its estimated billions of dollars in wealth. The cash ban law is dead, but all over the world we're moving further towards a cashless society ABC News, 06 Dec 2020 19:11Z A controversial law that would have banned payments of $10,000 and imposed two-year jail sentences on people using cash for purchases above that limit has been killed in the Senate. But it could be revived. We've turned the world's biggest ocean into a garbage tip, and now the mighty Pacific is in peril ABC/The Conversation, 06 Dec 2020 20:10Z The Pacific Ocean produces oxygen, helps regulates the weather, provides food and livelihoods. It's a place of fun, solace and spiritual connection. But its delicate ecology is under threat. 'Freedom day' arrives with major easing of COVID restrictions ABC Morning Briefing, 06 Dec 2020 20:10Z Most hospitality venue capacities are doubling today as a raft of COVID-19 restrictions ease in NSW, while Premier Gladys Berejiklian is urged to release draft submissions from an ICAC inquiry which centres on her former boyfriend Daryl Maguire. From churches to pubs, weddings to funerals, Victorians can come together again as restrictions ease ABC News, 06 Dec 2020 20:09Z Just in time for Christmas, bigger gatherings are allowed in Victoria, with the abolition of caps on the number of attendees for most settings, in favour of a requirement for two square metres of space for each person. [Leadership!] Donald Trump says his lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive to coronavirus ABC News, 06 Dec 2020 20:43Z Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to confirm his lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for COVID-19. [It wasnt hair dye -- it was covid juice!] Is anyone on Earth not an immigrant? Livescience.com, 06 Dec 2020 12:16Z Scientists analyzing modern and ancient human DNA have insight into who may or may not be an immigrant. Union Poll: Majority of NYC Firefighters Will Refuse Vaccine Newsmax, 06 Dec 2020 14:15Z The COVID-19 vaccine will be available to first responders as soon as this month, but a poll of New York City Firefighters revealed a majority will refuse it. [Just A Suggestion!] Nearly 85% Of California Residents To Be Under Stay-At-Home Orders Through Christmas NPR, 06 Dec 2020 19:12Z With coronavirus cases surging and capacity inside intensive care units rapidly nearing dangerously low levels, nearly 85% of California residents will soon be ... Riverside County sheriff slams Gov. Newsom, vows not to enforce lockdown order KTLA Los Angeles, 06 Dec 2020 19:13Z Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco this week vowed not to enforce the state's new restrictions to combat the coronavirus, calling Gov. Gavin Newsom's efforts ... [Warm == Mo Snow!] Brian Brettschneider @Climatologist49 06 Dec 2020 06:43Z Replying to @KTOOpubmedia The warm temps mean snow levels are very high, which means slopes high on the mountains are receiving rain and which increases the runoff into the rivers. Bloomberg Green @climate 06 Dec 2020 08:53Z China's 2060 deadline to end emissions took the world by surprise. This Communist Party bureaucrat put the plan together in secret. trib.al/D7KSCxH [Peak Oil!] Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief 06 Dec 2020 08:42Z Recommended read: Peak oil is suddenly upon us | @tsrandall @hellococomo @Bloomberg j.mp/39PKHp0 Post Disclosure World @PostDisclosure 06 Dec 2020 04:20Z Hal Puthoff was part of AATIP. So he's seen a lot of classified information relating to UAP. His favorite hypothesis is also that these UFOs are originating from ultraterrestrials. And UAP Task Force gives credence to the potential UAP originate from the oceans... [UFO sightings, while 90% junk like dozens of report of people Musk's sat trains, are highly correlated with the coming and going of polar phytoplankton. Maybe "just a coincidence" but also supporting the shock idea there is an undiscovered tech society on Earth living and farming the oceans]. Nor'easter Knocks Out Power to More Than 200,000 in New England The New York Times, 06 Dec 2020 03:43Z A winter storm battered parts of New England on Saturday, bringing high winds and heavy snow that knocked out power to more than 200,000 customers across ... Controversial contaminated soil dump proposed for Bacchus Marsh may be blocked ABC News, 5 Dec 2020 at 8:23pm After a fierce community backlash, a plan to dump millions of tonnes of contaminated soil west of Melbourne is expected to come down to the wire in State Parliament this week. [Rabbit Hole!] 'This is someone I love, who is not stupid': What to do when your mum starts saying the world is flat ABC News, 5 Dec 2020 at 9:00pm When Kasey Edwards first noticed the flat Earth poster in her mother's house she believed it was harmless. It was the first sign her mother was drifting away from her friends and family, and heading down the rabbit hole. Googong now recycles 60 per cent of its water -- why can't Canberra do the same? ABC News, 5 Dec 2020 at 9:29pm As the community of Googong launches its water recycling plant -- now using 60 per cent recycled water -- further scrutiny has been applied to the ACT's approach to water sustainability just over the border. San Diego Got $6 Billion in PPP Loans. Where'd It All Go? NBC San Diego, 06 Dec 2020 02:23Z According to the Small Business Administration, 55823 San Diego County businesses, schools, nonprofits and religious organizations received a staggering ... Increased Heat From Arctic Rivers Is Melting Sea Ice in the Arctic Ocean and Warming the Atmosphere SciTechDaily, 05 Dec 2020 12:29Z A new study shows that increased heat from Arctic rivers is melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and warming the atmosphere. The study published recently in ... Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief 05 Dec 2020 11:55Z Restoring soils could remove up to `5.5bn tonnes' of greenhouse gases every year | j.mp/2KV3tB2 #WorldSoilDay #SoilBiodiversity pic.twitter.com/9YLzYb7dec [Dire!] Face The Nation @FaceTheNation 05 Dec 2020 13:53Z SUNDAY: Dire situation -- what is being done to help overwhelmed hospitals? Plus, racing to manufacture and distribute vaccines Interviews with: Op. Warp Speed's Moncef Slaoui @ScottGottliebMD @chicagosmayor @C_C_Krebs @NebraskaMed's James Linder pic.twitter.com/N76QZ8v4F7 Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief 05 Dec 2020 13:55Z Explainer: How `Atlantification' is making the Arctic Ocean saltier and warmer | j.mp/3mV5nA1 #archive pic.twitter.com/sVOl2FvGNS Ketan Joshi @KetanJ0 05 Dec 2020 18:02Z I genuinely wonder how fossil fuel execs feel about the Trump admin pivoting to old-school out-and-out brazen climate denial, when all the companies pivoted towards pretending to accept the science for PR reasons? Surely they're a bit peeved. earther.gizmodo.com/trump-taps-cli... [Alaska Power!] Brian Brettschneider @Climatologist49 05 Dec 2020 19:56Z Hourly solar energy (watts per square meter) at the Fairbanks 11 NE Climate Reference Network (CRN) station for June and December. @AlaskaWx @LukeCulverWx pic.twitter.com/lz2f0UtoIZ KenCaldeira @KenCaldeira 05 Dec 2020 20:58Z Replying to @thehill 52 U.S. Code §20511.Criminal penalties "...knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process," law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52... fbi.gov/scams-and-safe... Eric Steig º¸¨¦ @ericsteig 05 Dec 2020 20:57Z Read this article people. Short version: 1) Getting a vaccine is safer than pruposely exposing yourself to COVID19. Obviously. 2) If you have defintely had COVID19, you should probably still get vaccinated but talk to your doctor. nytimes.com/2020/12/05/hea... [Bad air!] Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 05 Dec 2020 21:54Z Fresh air is a myth: 30% of Indians breath air 5-times worse than @WHO threshold; 98% of Chinese live outside WHO safety range Why? Overwhelmingly because of oil, gas, coal More on Ep. 43 of # TheAngryCleanEnergyGuy podcast theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/episod... (infographic via @VisualCap) pic.twitter.com/kOoxYNRfZf [Extreme Siberia!] Zack Labe @ZLabe 05 Dec 2020 22:03Z Lower atmospheric temperatures exceeded 7°C above average in the Siberian #Arctic during November 2020. In addition, sea ice has fallen to a record low in the Kara Sea. pic.twitter.com/NkuHMXupox [Extreme snow!] severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 05 Dec 2020 22:01Z HIGH RISK is in effect across the Alps on Sunday, Dec 6th as a *particularly dangerous situation* has developed. An extreme amount of rain and snow is expected, with local rainfall sums reaching 500+ mm. More than 300 cm of fresh snow above 1800 m ASL! severe-weather.eu/outlooks-day1/... [December fire weather!] AccuWeather @breakingweather 05 Dec 2020 22:54Z Southern California is only getting a brief reprieve from high winds this weekend before yet another Santa Ana event evolves early next week: bit.ly/36JVHTb pic.twitter.com/BgLJjvjMBk AccuWeather @breakingweather 05 Dec 2020 18:54Z Less than 24 hours after red flag warnings were allowed to expire in parts of the region, fire weather watches were issued by the National Weather Service offices in Los Angeles and San Diego due to the anticipated resurgence of windy weather: bit.ly/3gfItAA pic.twitter.com/vUTaaJddGw [Whiplash!] severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 05 Dec 2020 23:01Z Palm tree in the snow, taken in Aflou Wilaya Laghouat in Algeria today, Dec 5th. Thanks to Zaki Zak for the report - posted with permission. pic.twitter.com/ptsk9PC6av [Spectacular!] Japan's Hayabusa2 probe returns its asteroid sample to Earth Engadget, 05 Dec 2020 21:07Z Japan's Hayabusa2 probe has successfully returned an asteroid sample to Earth more than a year after first touching down on Ryugu. JAXA has confirmed that ... [Locals say it was an incredible sight, coming on over the horizon and landing nr Woomera]. Asteroid space capsule found in outback SA after 5 billion-kilometre journey. ABC News, 5 Dec 2020 at 7:57pm Scientists in the South Australian outback retrieve a capsule containing the first sub-surface samples from an asteroid, after a six-year space mission. Sou at HotWhopper @Sou_HotWhopper 05 Dec 2020 23:20Z Asteroid space capsule completes 5 billion kilometre mission, touching down in a blaze of light in outback South Australia abc.net.au/news/2020-12-0... RadarOmega @RadarOmega_WX 05 Dec 2020 23:22Z Check out this GeoColor satellite loop of the evolution of the Nor'easter since last night. Some areas in New England are seeing snowfall amounts up to 2" per hour! ¨ #CTwx #RIwx #MAwx #NHwx #MEwx Satellite imagery is available for all RadarOmega subscribers to view! pic.twitter.com/gVfrawnWfx Bloomberg Green @climate 05 Dec 2020 23:33Z The price of European Union carbon emissions hit 30 euros a metric ton for the second time this week as traders prepare for stricter measures from the bloc to address climate change trib.al/MaupvMo [Monster!] severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 05 Dec 2020 23:58Z A *spectacular* satellite view of a monster extratropical storm with rapid intensification still underway over the North Pacific this Saturday, now approaching the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and the Pacific Northwest of Canada and the United States. severe-weather.eu/global-weather... 37 days straight ABC News, 05 Dec 2020 23:58Z At a press conf still ongoing Prem Andrews has announced Victorians will be getting back to work in January. In the first week of 2021 businesses will be allowed to have upto 50% of their staff back at work. In Jan 25% of public servants will return to work, moving to 50% in Feb. At the conf health officials said a "comprehensive review" will be undertaken into the latest snafu from NSW where 2 arrivals from Germany were allowed to transfer to a domestic flight and arrive in Melbourne. Supposedly all arrivals from O/S are meant to quarantine for 14 days at their port of arrival. Officials have called for people on the flight or at Melb airport on Sat to get tested for covid19. Chelsea Hetherington @chelsea_hetho 05 Dec 2020 23:38Z The ABC understands the two international travellers who boarded a domestic flight to Melbourne without quarantining in Sydney have tested negative to COVID-19. CDC warns virus 'has entered a phase of high-level transmission' in US ABC News 05 Dec 2020 17:09Z [For the first time the US has seen more than 2000 covid deaths in 24 hrs. Elsewhere, Russia is vaccinating teachers and medical workers with its Sputnik vaccine even as it enters late stage trials]. [Cerunnnch!] A68a, World's Largest Iceberg, Heads Toward Southern Atlantic Island NPR, 05 Dec 2020 20:06Z The iceberg is said to be on a collision course with the island of South Georgia, a U.K. territory. The government there released the photos, saying it was keeping ... Details of leaked Pentagon reports mention 'unidentified' UFOs New York Post, 04 Dec 2020 Details from two allegedly classified intelligence reports from the Pentagon on apparent UFOs have been leaked, including photos of purported "unidentified ... [Atlantis is alive and well]. [Taking names & kicking tires!] Donald Trump heads to Georgia after Gov. Brian Kemp rejects request to alter presidential race USA TODAY, 05 Dec 2020 22:09Z Gov. Brian Kemp rejected Trump's request to call a special legislative session to approve appointment of a pro-Trump slate to the Electoral College. Trump demands names of the congressional Republicans who said they recognize Biden as winner The Hill, 05 Dec 2020 19:03Z President Trump on Saturday demanded to know who the congressional Republicans were who acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the ... Carbon neutrality: China sowing seeds of change to meet 2060 target South China Morning Post, 05 Dec 2020 02:18Z The uncertain journey to carbon neutrality - where residual emission is fully offset by amounts captured from the atmosphere - will be a gradual and at times ... Trump-Appointed Judge Denies Appeal to Give Sidney Powell, Lin Wood Voting Machine Access Newsweek, 05 Dec 2020 05:17Z Attorneys Sidney Powell and Lin Wood, who had filed lawsuits in the state of Georgia alleging fraud in the 2020 presidential election, had an appeal to analyze ... Pence Gets Grim Assessment From CDC During Briefing In Atlanta NPR, 05 Dec 2020 12:16Z Vice President Pence traveled to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday for a briefing, saying America is "in a season of hope" and ... skepticalifornia @skepticaliblog Dec 3 Seems like this should be a much bigger story on the old timeline?·Mar Pentagon confirms UFOs are real, capable of rapidly navigating water, air & space with an unknown propulsion system and they appear to be extremely interested in our nuclear technology washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/confir... Bridget Phetasy @BridgetPhetasy 04 Dec 2020 22:46Z Replying to @skepticaliblog I love how people will believe literally any conspiracy theory you tell them in 2020 but we hear UFOs are real and it's crickets. ½(PEACE)Pd Luke Cook mV¸§ @UFO_LUKE 04 Dec 2020 15:46Z After the incredible efforts of @Debriefmedia over the last few days, I've decided that @LtTimMcMillan has earned a special place on my Xmas tree this year. #ufotwitter pic.twitter.com/xpYxjQt2Es The Debrief @Debriefmedia 04 Dec 2020 21:02Z @SpaceX posted a job looking for a "Space Suit Sewer." This just sounds cool, and is probably one of the most important jobs at the company. thedebrief.org/spacex-looking... pic.twitter.com/Kc6YsFA5uV Zack Labe @ZLabe 04 Dec 2020 22:07Z Areas in red indicate thinning #Arctic sea ice during the month of December over the last ~40 years... Simulated data from PIOMAS. For more information: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D.... pic.twitter.com/CE5IoM7rFq National Weather Service @NWS 04 Dec 2020 23:11Z The first Nor'easter of the #winter season is forecast to impact the #Northeastern U.S. this weekend. Just under 7 million people are under winter storm warnings, winter storm watches and winter weather advisories. Expect heavy wet snow and gusty winds in parts of New England. pic.twitter.com/tbCH8PF2kH [Plant Food!] Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 04 Dec 2020 23:06Z Villagers in Guatemala's Mayan hillside hamlet Sanimtaca had been about to harvest their cardamom crops that take three years to grow when waves of floodwater triggered by two tropical storms last month washed them away. reut.rs/37GDuoW severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 05 Dec 2020 0:12Z A very rapid intensification of this #extratropicalstorm is underway, heads for Alaska. The bomb cyclone will push violent hurricane-force winds and massive waves towards the Pacific Northwest of the United States this weekend. severe-weather.eu/global-weather... Brian Brettschneider @Climatologist49 05 Dec 2020 06:06Z GFS, ECWMF, and CMC all with a sub-950 mb low south of the Alaska Peninsula on Sunday. This is pretty deep for the location and time of year. #akwx @AlaskaWx pic.twitter.com/8P1FF7urUG [Bye Bye!] Bloomberg Green @climate 05 Dec 2020 01:14Z Brazil has a controversial new plan for the Amazon: turn it into a money-making venture open to business trib.al/UEf2JGp [Back Foot:] Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief 05 Dec 2020 03:05Z Recommended read - Coal's endgame: The dirtiest fossil fuel is on the back foot | @TheEconomist j.mp/3ooztMj Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 05 Dec 2020 06:03Z Red warning issued in the Italian and Austrian Alps for another 1 to 3 metres of snow Bloomberg Green @climate 05 Dec 2020 08:44Z The European Commission seeks to have at least 30 million electric vehicles on the region's roads by the end of the decade trib.al/onoSE4x [Bye Bye!] 150 Cadillac Dealers Accept Buyouts Rather Than Tool Up for Electric Models TheStreet, 05 Dec 2020 0:06Z Almost 20% of Cadillac dealers have opted to accept buyouts from General Motors Company (GM) - Get Report rather than pay for costly upgrades needed to ... Alaska islands may be part of single, massive volcano National Geographic, 04 Dec 2020 23:09Z A trail of volcanic islands off the coast of southern Alaska may actually be part of a single giant caldera, according to evidence being presented next week at the ... Japan's Hayabusa2 Asteroid Journey Ends With a Hunt in Australia's Outback The New York Times, 05 Dec 2020 05:08Z Japan's space agency is nearing the end of a journey of discovery that aims to shed light on the earliest eons of the solar system and possibly provide clues ... [Apparently they heard the sonic boom and now are looking for the capsule]. Trump's latest batch of election lawsuits fizzle as dozens of losses pile up The Guardian, 05 Dec 2020 04:04Z President no closer to overturning result, with just one small victory in a month's worth of cases. The GOP's QAnon Faction Is Waging War on Republicans The Daily Beast, 05 Dec 2020 06:06Z It's the conspiracy theories versus those who want to keep a toe, at least, in the world of the real. QR code check-ins are mandatory in WA from today ABC News, 4 Dec 2020 at 11:07pm West Australians are now required to check in at pubs, clubs, gyms, restaurants, cafes and other public venues after mandatory contact registers came into force overnight. UK and EU call in leaders to save Brexit trade talks ABC News, 05 Dec 2020 02:56Z United Kingdom and European Union negotiators pause trade talks to try to narrow gaps and get an agreement over the line, less than four weeks before Britain completes its Brexit journey out of the bloc. California certifies US election results, officially sealing Joe Biden's win ABC News, 05 Dec 2020 02:56Z In an election step that is often an ignored formality, California certifies its presidential election results, appointing 55 electors who pledge to vote for Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Forecast of high winds prompts thunderstorm asthma warning for south-western Victoria ABC News, 05 Dec 2020 04:55Z A squally wind change and the risk of a thunderstorm has created the right conditions for thunderstorm asthma in Victoria's south-west, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says. VicGovDHHS @VicGovDHHS 05 Dec 2020 02:13Z If you have hay fever or asthma, plan ahead and have your asthma medication on hand today. An epidemic thunderstorm asthma warning has been issued for the South West district. Stay up-to-date and visit VicEmergency: go.vic.gov.au/x8Kfj6 pic.twitter.com/uZ7xtXl2zo [Predictions:] Richard Betts @richardabetts 04 Dec 2020 14:06Z We already know that predictions of human-caused global warming using early climate models were remarkably accurate Here's an interesting article on one of the lesser-known studies that once again shows that climate science has been correct in its warnings to society for decades twitter.com/EarthProj2050/... Bloomberg Green @climate 04 Dec 2020 15:07Z With some money managers personally backing climate-skeptic groups, the UN-backed PRI is seeking more disclosure about how funds are lobbying on the environment trib.al/bR4kriw via @climate Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon 04 Dec 2020 15:02Z The Gov't tries to give the impression it's handled this crisis well. It's a lie. Covid deaths over the past 100 days ¬§UK - 18,658 ¦ºAustralia - 336 °·South Korea - 223 ¨³China - 32 »³Vietnam - 5 ³¿New Zealand - 3 ¹­Thailand - 2 The other countries had a Zero Covid strategy. Ezra Klein @ezraklein 04 Dec 2020 17:01Z The CARES Act was effective enough in early 2020 that poverty *actually fell*. But that ended. And as Republicans refuse to pass more support, we're seeing a horrifying rise in poverty, and it's getting worse, fast. vox.com/future-perfect... pic.twitter.com/As5xMTun1z [Bomb Cyclone!] Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather 04 Dec 2020 17:59Z A mess predicted in New England on Saturday as potential "bomb cyclone" unleashes heavy rain, snow, and wind. Rain-snow line coming into focus but areas N & W of I95 could get pasted. In Mid-Atlantic, storm brings heavy rain tonight. wapo.st/33L3hLd Bloomberg Green @climate 04 Dec 2020 18:07Z Wildfire risk leaves Californians searching for new insurance policies trib.al/tj2l25b [Adaptation:] David Roberts @drvox 04 Dec 2020 18:01Z As the death toll from Covid reaches 9/11-every-day levels, I revisit my piece on "shifting baselines syndrome," whereby humans adjust & adjust & adjust to almost anything -- including Covid & climate change. vox.com/energy-and-env... Brian Brettschneider @Climatologist49 04 Dec 2020 18:00Z 24-hours of sea ice movement at Utqiagvik. It should be totally locked in ice now. NW winds are creating local ice shoves (ivus) from Utqiagvik westward. Video credit: seaice.alaska.edu/gi/observatori... @AlaskaWx pic.twitter.com/NR5PKvb4mP Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 04 Dec 2020 19:36Z Over the past two decades, heat-related mortality for people 65+ in the U.S. has almost doubled, reaching 18,900 deaths in 2018. Extreme heat, worsened by climate change, is a serious public health issue. More in the new #LancetClimate20 U.S. brief: bit.ly/3g6irj7 pic.twitter.com/xTY3UZPNMC [Record!] Bloomberg Green @climate 04 Dec 2020 19:46Z California is facing a new record {event}: As much land area has been scorched this year as in the past three years combined trib.al/3ToPK0Q Moderna vaccine confers at least 3 months immunity: study ABS-CBN News, 04 Dec 2020 0:08Z Washington. The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which the company says was recently demonstrated to have 94 percent efficacy, causes the human immune ... Google Fiber 2 Gig service goes live as US internet gulf widens SlashGear, 04 Dec 2020 16:06Z Google Fiber has switched on its fastest service ever, with 2 Gig downloads promising double the speed of the ISP's already-potent connection. A work-in. Bangladesh Begins Relocation of Rohingya Muslims To Flood-Prone Island NPR, 04 Dec 2020 11:04Z Authorities in Bangladesh are pushing ahead with the relocation of tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal, despite ... India's Farmers Protest and Burn Fields in Challenge to Narendra Modi The New York Times, 04 Dec 2020 12:04Z New Delhi. Before India's farmers rose up in anger, presenting an increasingly difficult challenge to a government already grappling with the coronavirus ... [Purge!] White House fires Pentagon advisory board members in latest purge POLITICO, 04 Dec 2020 19:03Z Several members of the Pentagon's Defense Business Board, including the chair and vice chair, were fired on Friday, marking the latest effort by the Trump ... Fauci says he accepted Biden's offer to serve as chief medical adviser ' right on the spot' The Hill, 04 Dec 2020 14:02Z Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci on Friday said he said "yes right on the spot" to President-elect Joe Biden's. House Passes Landmark Bill Decriminalizing Marijuana The New York Times, 04 Dec 2020 19:01Z The House passed sweeping legislation that would decriminalize marijuana and expunge nonviolent marijuana-related convictions. The measure is all but ... GOP shot itself in the foot by backing Trump before Georgia runoffs Business Insider, 04 Dec 2020 18:01Z Republicans have spent weeks backing Trump's conspiracies about voter fraud and election-rigging. Now, it's coming back to bite them. Japan will 'spare no effort' to deliver safe Olympics, despite immense budget blowout ABC News, 04 Dec 2020 16:57Z Next year's Tokyo Olympics will prove humanity has defeated the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan's PM says, while the delay is revealed to be costing an additional $3.8 billion. Denmark to End North Sea Oil Production in Milestone Deal Bloomberg, 04 Dec 2020 14:34Z Denmark, the European Union's biggest oil producer, will stop offering new licenses in the North Sea and phase out production altogether in 2050 as it takes an ... Trump DOJ plant ousted, harassed staff for proof of election fraud: AP Business Insider, 04 Dec 2020 11:40Z Heidi Stirrup, an ally of President Donald Trump's policy advisor Stephen Miller, was placed in the department as a White House liaison in September. Biden plans to ask Americans to wear masks for first 100 days in office, says Fauci will be chief medical adviser Boston.com, 04 Dec 2020 0:38Z President-elect Joe Biden says he is keeping Dr. Anthony Fauci on as a chief medical adviser and a member of his COVID-19 advisory team. Biden made the ... severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 04 Dec 2020 02:18Z Hey is it The Day After Tomorrow yet!? Not really, but the satellite view over the North Pacific today is beyond spectacular! There is a tandem of not two systems, but actually a tandem of three surface cyclones! And then, a monster low comes on Saturday severe-weather.eu/global-weather... severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 04 Dec 2020 07:18Z *HIGH RISK* A monster trough has developed over western Europe and what is the real concern is the extreme amount of #snow is expected over the southern Alpine flank this weekend - up to 4 meters of fresh snow could lead to catastrophic avalanches! severe-weather.eu/mcd/extreme-sn... Bloomberg Green @climate 04 Dec 2020 09:20Z Italian oil giant Eni buys a stake in the world's biggest offshore wind farm trib.al/Ar9i3fH Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 04 Dec 2020 10:12Z Evacuations underway as severe floods hit Indonesian island of Sumatra Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief 04 Dec 2020 11:38Z Europe's carbon-rich peatlands show `widespread' and `concerning' drying trends | @Josh_Gabbatiss j.mp/2JH5wIw #WorldSoilDay #SoilBiodiversity pic.twitter.com/I4iFNTW1Pv The Debrief @Debriefmedia 04 Dec 2020 12:02Z Chinese state news has confirmed yesterday afternoon that the Chang'e-5 lunar lander's ascent vehicle is on its way back to Earth with the first lunar soil samples to be collected since the mid-1970s. #ChangE5 thedebrief.org/chinese-lander... China says new technology will allow for vast areas of artificial rainfall and hail suppression ABC News, 04 Dec 2020 08:31Z China reveals plans to expand its experimental weather modification program over the next five years, to cover an area greater than the size of India with artificial rainfall. [Venus! Swamp gas!] Disclose.tv ¨ @disclosetv 04 Dec 2020 0:23Z NEW - Leaked photo from Pentagon UFO task force shows 'silver cube' hovering over the Atlantic. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9... Donald Trump loses legal battle to overturn election results in Wisconsin ABC News, 04 Dec 2020 02:21Z US President Donald Trump loses another legal challenge to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Wisconsin, while Georgia finishes a second recount where president-elect Joe Biden won a majority again. UNESCO advisory group elevates concern for Gondwana rainforests after bushfires ABC Coffs Coast, 04 Dec 2020 02:20Z UNESCO's conservation advisers say Australia's globally important subtropical rainforests, many of them devastated by bushfires last year, are under threat from climate change. Enigma encryption machine used by Nazis in World War II found on bottom of ocean ABC News, 04 Dec 2020 02:19Z German divers searching the Baltic Sea for discarded fishing nets stumble upon a rare Enigma cipher machine used by the Nazis during World War II. Nest of endangered 'bum-breathing' turtle found in new territory ABC Wide Bay, 04 Dec 2020 03:19Z It's a curious creature and the discovery of a Mary River Turtle nest in an area previously thought to be outside their range has researchers intrigued. Chicken farmer's 'nightmare' ends with accountant jailed for siphoning $4.6 million to help buy luxury homes ABC News, 04 Dec 2020 03:18Z Perth accountant Scott Fleay stole millions from Gus Jubado and his wife Maria after they entrusted him with their finances following the $28 million sale of their chicken farm. La Niña to bring wild weather to Victoria this weekend ABC News, 04 Dec 2020 04:18Z The weather bureau is predicting 90-100 kilometre-per-hour wind gusts and temperatures up to 10 degrees below average across the state. [Proved!] Long-awaited snap proves rare bird 'not a figment of our imagination' ABC Esperance, 04 Dec 2020 05:17Z It's taken seven years and 355,700 snaps, but the critically endangered western ground parrot is finally photographed in the wild with the help of a heat-activated camera. Orange County faces more evacuations as Bond fire spreads Los Angeles Times, 03 Dec 2020 23:12Z Five weeks after the Silverado fire forced nearly 100000 residents to flee, the Bond fire ignited in Orange County's canyon country. Biden to urge wearing masks for first 100 days in office The Hill 03 Dec 2020 23:09Z President-elect Joe Biden plans to call on Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office, he announced Thursday. D-FW business capacity to roll back as COVID-19 hospitalizations remain above 15% for 7 days straight The Dallas Morning News, 04 Dec 2020 0:53Z The state hospital region that includes Dallas-Fort Worth reported COVID-19 hospitalizations above Gov. Greg Abbott's 15% threshold for the seventh day in... Tire dust killing coho salmon returning to Puget Sound, new research shows Seattle Times, 03 Dec 2020 19:52Z Researchers have determined tire dust is killing coho salmon as soon as they enter urban streams, and before they can spawn. NASA buying Moon dust for $1 FRANCE 24, 03 Dec 2020 21:51Z Washington (AFP). The US space agency NASA awarded contracts to four companies on Thursday to collect lunar samples for $1 to $15,000, rock-bottom prices ... Orange County faces more evacuations as Bond fire spreads Los Angeles Times, 03 Dec 2020 23:48Z Five weeks after the Silverado fire forced nearly 100000 residents to flee, the Bond fire ignited in Orange County's canyon country. [SWAMP!] Trump mulls preemptive pardons for up to 20 allies, even as Republicans balk POLITICO, 04 Dec 2020 0:48Z President Donald Trump is considering preemptively pardoning as many as 20 aides and associates before leaving office, frustrating Republicans who believe ... California to impose regional stay-at-home order to ease Covid hospitalizations, governor says CNBC, 03 Dec 2020 23:46Z California will impose a limited stay-at-home order on regions of the state where Covid cases place a strain on ICU units, Gov. Gavin Newsom said. [Gati:] Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 03 Dec 2020 21:45Z Gati's behavior was more than unusual. It mirrored how climate warming is affecting North Atlantic storms -- slower-than-average movement, rapid intensification & the delivery of massive amounts of rainfall over a relatively short time span. bit.ly/39DR3b3 by @dcusickmpls AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 22 Nov 2020 14:45Z VerySevere Cyclonic Storm Gati makes destructive landfall over northernSomalia [Underlining:] Brian Brettschneider @Climatologist49 03 Dec 2020 22:45Z Replying to @Climatologist49 The Nov 2020 {global SST} departure was *only* 0.57°C above the 20th Century average; therefore the strong La Nina in 2020 is equivalent to the mega El Nino of 1998. [SHOVE!] Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather 03 Dec 2020 23:44Z Northern Alaska is bracing for a rare "ice shove" that may come ashore Thursday night. Here's what that means: wapo.st/2VyHWQX [Mudslide!] Nat Herz @Nat_Herz 04 Dec 2020 00:01Z This photo of the extreme rain-induced landslide in the Southeast Alaska community of Haines is horrifying. Two people are still missing -- our latest story is here: alaskapublic.org/2020/12/03/sea... pic.twitter.com/8G4wPfTljn Deep space probe to land in outback SA over weekend ABC News, 04 Dec 2020 Japan's asteroid mission Hayabusa 2 will "splash down" in the desert nr Australia's former missile testing range at Woomera, SA over the weekend. The probe will be returning samples from the asteroid that may shed light on the origins of life in the solar system. A warm pool in the Indo-Pacific Ocean has almost doubled in size, changing global rainfall patterns NOAA, 03 Dec 2020 Recent NOAA-funded research shows that a large pool of the ocean's warmest waters, stretching across the Indian and west Pacific Oceans, has grown warmer and almost doubled in size since 1900. This expanding warm pool has major implications for global rainfall. December 2020 outlook NOAA, 03 Dec 2020 According to the December 2020 outlook from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, much of the contiguous United States is expected to observe a warmer and drier-than-average end of the year. [Pardon?] Ivanka Trump questioned for hours during investigation into misuse of donor funds ABC News, 3 Dec 2020 at 8:46pm US President Donald Trump's daughter and senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump says she was deposed for more than five hours by lawyers alleging that the 2017 inauguration committee misused donor funds -- an inquiry she claimed was a "waste of taxpayer dollars". Biden says reports of pardons for Trump's children concern him a 'great deal' ABC News, 3 Dec 2020 at 8:43pm President-elect Joe Biden says he is worried about "what kind of precedent it sets" if US media reports are true that Donald Trump is considering pre-emptive pardons for his children as he leaves office. [Slave labor:] Out-of-work Aussies are being offered up to $6,000 to relocate for harvest jobs, but only 148 have signed up ABC Rural, 3 Dec 2020 at 8:56pm Attempts to encourage Australians who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic to take up farm work appear to be failing, despite large cash incentives. [A new report says ag workers in NSW can be paid as little as $3 per hr. Visitors on work visas are among the most exploited. Unions and welfare groups have called for an RC into working conditions in the sector]. NSW authorities urgently tracking source of hotel worker's COVID-19 infection ABC News, 3 Dec 2020 at 10:24pm NSW recorded 26 days without a coronavirus case before the Sydney woman working in hotel quarantine tested positive. United States slashes travel visas for Chinese Communist Party members from 10 years to one month ABC News, 04 Dec 2020 00:26Z US Government restricts travel for members of China's ruling Communist Party and their families into the United States, in the latest move to push back against Chinese activity in the country. [Mud!] AccuWeather @breakingweather 03 Dec 2020 08:40Z One Alaskan town was covered in 9 feet of mud and debris after record rainfall triggered landslides, wiped out roadways and prompted evacuations during the middle of the week: bit.ly/3qhdtoq pic.twitter.com/5C5ML1cxAI Leo Hickman @LeoHickman 03 Dec 2020 09:41Z ++BREAKING++ UK should aim for "at least" 68% cut by 2030, says the UK's official climate advisor @theCCCuk has decided to release a key section from 6th carbon budget report, due on 9 Dec, a week early in anticipation of the UK revealing its NDC today. (incs key details) pic.twitter.com/QDXShu0NLp [Warm DC!] Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather 03 Dec 2020 14:41Z DC's winter climate is rapidly warming up: * Temp has increased 3 to 5F in last 50 yrs * Freeze season has shrunk 3 weeks * Avg coldest morning has risen from 9 to 14F * No. of days below 32 has dropped from 10 to 6 per year wapo.st/33AuuQT The Debrief @Debriefmedia 03 Dec 2020 14:40Z A new study concludes that if life ever existed on Mars, it would have to dwell well below the planet's surface. #Mars @NASA @SpaceX #life thedebrief.org/is-there-life-... [Winter Fires!] CIRA @CIRA_CSU 03 Dec 2020 19:21Z Smoke plumes from several wildfires that ignited overnight in Southern California. pic.twitter.com/kqfetSIi0N NOAA Satellites @NOAASatellites 03 Dec 2020 13:45Z This #ThursdayMorning, #GOESWest's Fire Temperature product zoomed in on heat signatures from California's #BondFire, which spread to 1,500 acres overnight, threatening structures in Silverado and Williams Canyons. More than 240 firefighters are working to contain the flames. pic.twitter.com/YMYldzMI27 Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather 03 Dec 2020 15:41Z California wildfires erupt amid 90 mph Santa Ana winds in unusual and dangerous December event. Could last on and off into early next week. washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... Elizabeth C. McLaughlin @ECMcLaughlin 03 Dec 2020 15:43Z It's impossible to state the stress of our second potential fire evacuation in four weeks. I'm fucking shot. My kids are shot. We're in month nine of lockdown. There's not even an evac facility due to COVID. Predictive modeling has the fire at our door by 4:15 pm. Stanford Earth @StanfordEarth 03 Dec 2020 17:43Z Across California, as the number of smoke days has risen over the past 15 years, it has begun to reverse some of the gains that the state had made in cleaning up its air from conventional sources of pollution, @MarshallBBurke discusses with @nytimes: nyti.ms/2I1yYbA pic.twitter.com/VvT4Wm9NwY Robert Rohde @RARohde 03 Dec 2020 15:46Z Replying to @KendraWrites If the vaccine prevents transmission, then with vaccination as the only measure, the pandemic would be expected to die back with 60-70% coverage. If vaccines are combined with other measures (masks, distancing), then we might plausibly break transmission with ~30% coverage. Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 03 Dec 2020 15:41Z This year will be one of the 3 hottest on record globally, as marine heat waves swelled over 80% of the world's oceans, and triple-digit heat invaded Siberia. These troubling indicators of global warming are laid out in a U.N. State of the Climate report. wapo.st/3ojnXlp Bloomberg Green @climate 03 Dec 2020 17:48Z The Trump administration announced it will sell oil drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 6, complicating Biden's vow to "permanently protect" the Alaskan reserve trib.al/AflDUTz Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 03 Dec 2020 17:41Z The outlook for 5 Australian world heritage sites including the Great Barrier Reef has deteriorated, according to a global report that finds climate change is the number one threat to the planet's natural world heritage. bit.ly/2VvJPgW Great Barrier Reef outlook downgraded to critical by UN report The Australian, 03 Dec 2020 03:22Z A United Nations report has downgraded the outlook for the Great Barrier Reef to critical as climate change replaces invasive species as the ... [Plant Food!] Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler 03 Dec 2020 18:40Z Replying to @AndrewDessler Interesting paper about crop yields. Upshot: "CO2 is plant food" might be right, but higher temps and less water are plant killers. Net result is bad news for maize. GC089-07 - Ensemble estimates of future extreme event impacts on global food production agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/meeti... Zack Labe @ZLabe 03 Dec 2020 19:05Z The global upper ocean heat content has also been updated through September 2020. The long-term warming trend is clear. [Data (anomalies) & methods from @NOAANCEIocngeo: ncei.noaa.gov/access/global-...] pic.twitter.com/lxN49dow31 Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 03 Dec 2020 19:29Z Wildfires, made worse by climate change, generate dangerous air pollution, with local and long-range health impacts. This has contributed to a decline in U.S. air quality since 2016. Details in the new #LancetClimate20 U.S. brief: bit.ly/37wDxn9 pic.twitter.com/YHCbxWTOWa The Lincoln Project Targets Mitch McConnell, Trump in Latest Ads: 'This Is Not Normal' Newsweek, 03 Dec 2020 10:04Z One of the anti-Trump PAC ads described the Georgia Senate run-off in January as a vote on Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell. Zack Labe @ZLabe 02 Dec 2020 23:26Z Changes in land ice mass measured by GRACE satellite in Antarctica and Greenland - frequent updates now available from GRACE-FO (updated to September)! Methods can be found from @NASAClimate at climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/ic.... My graphic can also be downloaded: sites.uci.edu/zlabe/arctic-s... pic.twitter.com/9j4C1nWMrK [Surge!] Axios @axios 03 Dec 2020 01:26Z NEW: U.S. exceeds 100,000 COVID-related hospitalizations for the first time axios.com/us-100000-covi... Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981 03 Dec 2020 03:26Z Right on schedule, 4 days after Thanksgiving the US #COVID19 positive test rate has started jumping up again after briefly peaking last week. Really high positive test rates of 12.8% and 13.5% the last two days to go along with near-record daily death rates ¬ twitter.com/nytimes/status... pic.twitter.com/iWgYHqriVq SDGs Ghana @ Presidency @SDGsPresidency 03 Dec 2020 11:17Z "Research has proven that the Ocean can supply 6 times more food than it does today, the ocean could decline 21% of emission reductions needed to limit global temperature rise. We have a collaborative obligation to protect the ocean for our wellbeing." Prof. Kwasi Appeaning Addo Jupiter and Saturn Will Align to Create the First "Christmas Star" in Nearly 800 Years POPSUGAR, 02 Dec 2020 21:19Z Jupiter and Saturn will deliver a Christmas miracle in December 2020 as the planets align to create the closest "Star of Bethlehem" in nearly 800. The College-Entrance Exam Is 9 Hours Long. Covid-19 Made It Harder. The New York Times, 03 Dec 2020 09:16Z Seoul, South Korea. Nearly a half-million South Korean high school seniors hunkered down on Thursday to take an annual university-entrance exam they ... [Wet!] 'The wettest day ever': At least 6 people missing, homes destroyed after record-breaking Southeast Alaska rainstorm USA TODAY, 03 Dec 2020 03:15Z Multiple precipitation records were broken Tuesday across Southeast Alaska, including a single-day rainfall record from 1946, the NWS said. This Japanese Shop Is 1,020 Years Old. It Knows a Bit About Surviving Crises. The New York Times, 03 Dec 2020 08:15Z Kyoto, Japan. Naomi Hasegawa's family sells toasted mochi out of a small, cedar-timbered shop next to a rambling old shrine in Kyoto. The family started the ... Freaky `frankenprawns': ancient deep sea monsters called radiodonts had incredible vision that likely drove an evolutionary arms race The Conversation AU, 02 Dec 2020 19:14Z Our study on weird ancient marine animals called radiodonts supports the idea that vision played a crucial role during the Cambrian Explosion, a rapid burst of ... [YorFired!] Attorney General Barr: No evidence of widespread fraud that'd change presidentialelection outcome KCRASacramento, 01 Dec 2020 20:33Z Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncoveredevidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of ... Barr had 'intense' meeting with Trump after AG's interview undercutting voter fraud claims: Sources ABC News, 03 Dec 2020 03:13Z Attorney General Bill Barr had an unscheduled meeting with President Trump Tuesday following an interview in which he disputed the president's claims of ... New Sydney coronavirus case sparks uncertainty five days before WA's planned border changes ABC News, 2 Dec 2020 at 11:28pm A new coronavirus case in Sydney throws uncertainty over changes to WA's border rules, just days from when the state is supposed to open its doors to travellers from Victoria and New South Wales. 'We really are at the bottom of the pack': Climate change inaction harming Australians' health, experts say ABC Health & Wellbeing, 2 Dec 2020 at 11:42pm The Federal Government's failure to address the growing health impacts of climate change is putting Australian lives at risk, a major new report warns. Tasmanian Liberal MP speaks out against Government's cashless welfare scheme ABC News, 2 Dec 2020 at 11:44pm A Federal Liberal backbencher has hit out at the Coalition's plan to make a controversial scheme a permanent fixture of Australia's social welfare framework, labelling it as "punitive" and arguing her community could never support it. 'Decision has been made': US plans to restore 1st Fleet to keep China in check ABC News, 03 Dec 2020 01:30Z Donald Trump's administration is seeking to finalise a build-up in the US Navy's presence in vital Pacific and Indian Ocean seaways to Australia's north, to ward off any further expansion of China's interests. [2 horse race:] 2020 neck and neck towards the hottest year ever, despite La Niña ABC Weather, 03 Dec 2020 01:29Z The past six years were the hottest in history, according to the World Meteorological Organisation, and 2020 could be the hottest year we've ever had. Corals get ready for world's biggest sex event under the full moon ABC Science, 03 Dec 2020 01:28Z Scientists say they've read the signs and the biggest mass-spawning event on the planet is set to take place on the Great Barrier Reef this weekend. And you'll be able to watch it live. [The ABC is broadcasting live coral sex over 2 days]. 'Extremely hazardous': Electrician who had to help lift 400kg switchboard wins $1.3m compensation ABC News, 03 Dec 2020 02:27Z An electrician who injured his back helping to carry a 400-kilogram switchboard is awarded almost $1.3 million for injuries he sustained while working for Canberra electrical company ActewAGL. Australia is technically out of recession, but many people are still feeling the pain ABC News, 03 Dec 2020 02:26Z It is politically difficult to sell a good news story when about 1 million Australians are still out of work and many are struggling to pay their rent and bills. [Slave labor:] Ministers clash over labour shortages as farmers face 'unprecedented challenge' ABC News, 03 Dec 2020 02:43Z Frustration over how to get more fruit and vegetable pickers on farms ahead of the summer harvest boils over, with some state agriculture ministers calling on their federal counterpart to address the problem urgently. Donald Trump and Jared Kushner receive $3.65m in PPP loan money intended for small businesses, report says The Independent, 02 Dec 2020 21:06Z Real estate properties owned by President Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner received $3.65m of loan money through the Paycheck Protection ... Masked Brazilian Bank Robbers Lay Siege To Another City, Kill 1 NPR, 02 Dec 2020 23:05Z Just a day after a band of armed gangsters robbed a bank in Criciúma, another in the city of Cametá was targeted. The cities are separated by 2000 miles. Coronavirus live news: US sees highest daily deaths since April; French ex- president dies of Covid complications The Guardian, 03 Dec 2020 03:03Z Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was 94 and served as France's leader from 1974 to 1981; Lilly to supply 650000 more doses of bamlanivimab to US government; ... [27 yo born!] Baby girl born from record-setting 27-year-old embryo BBC News, 02 Dec 2020 22:04Z One-month old Molly Gibson has broken the record set by her own sister, Emma, now three years old. Study reveals connection between gut bacteria and vitamin D levels Medical Xpress, 01 Dec 2020 Our gut microbiomes-the many bacteria, viruses and other microbes living in our digestive tracts-play important roles in our health and risk for disease in ways ... Thousands of dead rays, shrimp, fish wash up in Florida, drawing memories of 2016 'fish-pocalypse' USA TODAY, 02 Dec 2020 18:02Z Thousands of dead rays, skates, shrimp, and other sea life speckled some shorelines on Florida's Atlantic coast, a result of an algae bloom. Georgia Republicans Contort Themselves to Avoid Trump's Fury The New York Times, 03 Dec 2020 02:42Z Many in the state G.O.P. are expending significant effort - and contorting themselves into political pretzels - to navigate the president's outrage over his loss, ... Trump fundraiser to challenge voting results is the real election fraud USA TODAY/Opinion, 02 Dec 2020 18:00Z Our View: As Trump PAC and the Republican National Committee beg for money, the former reality TV star is again selling unreality to potential donors. China's 'wolf warriors' are attempting to drive a wedge between Australia and the US ABC/The Conversation, 02 Dec 2020 18:02Z China's attacks on Australia may seem over the top, but they are meant to achieve specific goals -- playing to a nationalist domestic audience and making an example of Australia to the world. A Melbourne patient with COVID was given a megadose of vitamin C. The change in him was 'remarkable' ABC News, 02 Dec 2020 18:01Z A young Australian man who was critically ill with COVID-19 and suffering early stages of blood poisoning made a remarkable recovery after being given massive doses of vitamin C, according to his doctors. Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981 02 Dec 2020 06:23Z An American teacher would have to work 667 years to make what outgoing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' family dropped on a fucking yacht, which is registered in the Cayman Islands to dodge taxes despite being parked on Lake Michigan, and this whole Tweet makes me want to puke. twitter.com/dana1981/statu... Robert Rohde @RARohde 02 Dec 2020 11:27Z The @OECD is a diverse collection of democratic countries committed to free market principles. Comparing the reported COVID-19 deaths per capita across the 37 OECD members there are stark differences between countries that mounted an effective response and those that didn't. pic.twitter.com/FrswDWz4of Zack Labe @ZLabe 02 Dec 2020 13:29Z The World Meteorological Organization (@WMO) provisional report on the State of the Global Climate in 2020 was released today... "2011-2020 will be the warmest decade on record, with the warmest six years all being since 2015" + Press Release: public.wmo.int/en/media/press... pic.twitter.com/dahyEinRR4 NOAA Satellites @NOAASatellites 02 Dec 2020 13:26Z The sun may be rising over the western hemisphere, but it is setting over Asia, where Tropical Cyclone #Burevi is poised to make landfall in Sri Lanka and then India's southern tip. Here, #Meteosat8, operated by our partners @EUMETSAT, is watching from more than 22,000 miles up. pic.twitter.com/HSVluemOFl Victor Venema @VariabilityBlog 02 Dec 2020 14:28Z China goes the way of the Soviet Union. Locking up & killing students & business people. Successful societies transformed to democracies, so that people are rewarded for their work & the powerful cannot steal it. China choose the opposite, declines into nationalism & autocracy. twitter.com/Reuters/status... [It's In The Water!] The Debrief @Debriefmedia 02 Dec 2020 16:21Z In an exclusive feature for The Debrief, U.S. #military and #intelligence officials, as well as #Pentagon emails, offer an unprecedented glimpse behind the scenes of what's currently going on with The Pentagon's investigation into #UFOs thedebrief.org/fast-movers-an... []. The Debrief @Debriefmedia 02 Dec 2020 14:21Z Due to a large amount of traffic, The Debrief crashed this morning. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused. We are in the process of migrating to a more robust server. We're gonna need a bigger boat. [Fire Weather:] NWS Storm Prediction Center @NWSSPC 02 Dec 2020 16:28Z Widespread critical fire weather is expected to return to parts of southern California starting late this evening (12/2) and early Thursday (12/3). Winds of 25-40 mph, with stronger gusts, can be expected. With dry fuels already in place, rapid fire spread is likely. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/QqfCatoodS John Kennedy @micefearboggis 02 Dec 2020 17:01Z 1/n The provisional WMO State of the Global Climate 2020 report is out. It covers key indicators and high-impact events for 2019 and 2020. This is a bit of a summary. Contributors on twitter tagged below. public.wmo.int/en/media/press... John Kennedy @micefearboggis 02 Dec 2020 17:01Z Replying to @MartinStendel @PolarPortal 11/n Greenland lost ~152Gt of ice in the 2019-20 season. Although surface mass balance was near to the long-term average, loss of ice due to iceberg calving was at the high end of the 40-year satellite record. @MartinStendel @PolarPortal pic.twitter.com/EhHxm0oXrM Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 02 Dec 2020 17:19Z A bushfire has burned across half the World Heritage-listed K'gari/Fraser Island - the world's biggest sand island, off Australia's Queensland coast - with potentially catastrophic consequences for its habitats and wildlife. bit.ly/39NgozF [1655 km2]. Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather 02 Dec 2020 17:31Z Pace of climate change shown in new report has humanity on `suicidal' path, UN leader warns. Key findings: *2020 will be a top 3 warmest yr *80% of ocean regions had a marine heat wave in 2020. *Siberian Arctic was 9 F above avg. washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... Singapore approves sale of lab-grown chicken nuggets in world first ABCNews, 02 Dec 2020 15:11Z Singapore has given a US start-up the green light to sell lab-grown chicken meat, in what the firm says is the world's first regulatory approval for so- called "clean meat" that does not come from slaughtered animals. Putin announces Russians to get COVID vaccine next week ABC News, 02 Dec 2020 16:11Z Russian President Vladimir Putin orders health authorities to begin mass vaccinations for COVID-19 there next week as his Health Minister says over 100,000 Russians have already been vaccinated. Government watchdog sues Trump, Kushner and WH to prevent records being destroyed ampAxios, 02 Dec 2020 03:40Z A government watchdog group filed a lawsuit against President Trump, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and the White House on Tuesday to prevent them from ... 'I'll see you in four years': Trump hints he will run for president in 2024 ABC News, 02 Dec 2020 06:27Z Outgoing US President Donald Trump tells a crowded White House holiday reception he will always call this year's election rigged and, if he can't overturn the result, he will "see you in four years". Britain to begin vaccinating for COVID-19 next week ABC News, 02 Dec 2020 08:26Z The UK Government says frontline health care workers and nursing home residents will be first in line to get the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, followed by older adults. Devastation as Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 13-and-a-half months in prison ABC News, 02 Dec 2020 08:25Z "I know the coming days will be tougher, we will hang in there," Mr Wong shouts after the sentence is read out. He was facing a possible three years in prison, but his sentence was reduced after he pleaded guilty. Australian scientist heading to China to investigate COVID-19 says 'we will certainly find answers' ABC News, 02 Dec 2020 09:24Z An Australian scientist set to travel to China as part of a 10-member team of experts exploring the origin of the coronavirus says he won't let politics get in the way of his investigation. WeChat censors Scott Morrison's post directed at Chinese community ABC News, 02 Dec 2020 10:49Z A message by Prime Minister Scott Morrison that was directed at the Chinese community and critical of an inflammatory post by a senior Beijing bureaucrat has been censored by a Chinese tech giant. England Votes to End Lockdown in Favor of New Coronavirus Measures The New York Times, 01 Dec 2020 20:55Z Lawmakers approved new coronavirus restriction rules, but members of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party showed growing opposition to the ... Johnson suffers biggest Commons revolt as MPs back tougher Covid tiers The Guardian, 02 Dec 2020 0:56Z Boris Johnson suffered his worst Commons rebellion tonight as 55 Conservative MPs opposed the government's new coronavirus tiers despite the prime ... Dozens of bandits seize Brazilian city, loot bank The Associated Press, 01 Dec 2020 19:56Z Rio de Janeiro (AP). Dozens of criminals armed with assault rifles invaded a city in southern Brazil overnight and took control of the streets as they ... Christopher Maier, DoD's top Defeat-ISIS official, resigns amid Pentagon purge [#unreliablesource] Washington Times, 01 Dec 2020 18:48Z The Pentagon's top official for the Defeat-ISIS Task Force submitted his resignation Monday, effectively disbanding the three-year-old commission designated to ... Lou Dobbs Accuses Bill Barr of Being 'Compromised' and Part of the 'Deep State' The Daily Beast, 02 Dec 2020 0:44Z This came hours after the attorney general said there was no evidence of widespread, election-changing fraud in the 2020 race. [Notguilty at all:] White House vetting pardon requests as some push Trump to preemptively pardonfamily ABCNews, 01 Dec 2020 20:34Z Multiplesources tell ABC News that various Trump allies have begun a campaignto petition the West Wing in hopes of securing pardons from the president. Giuliani is said to have discussed a possible pardon with Trump. The New York Times, 01 Dec 2020 16:35Z Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's lawyer who has led the most extensive efforts to damage his client's political rivals and undermine the election results, ... Justice Department Investigating Possible Bribery-For-Pardon Scheme NPR, 02 Dec 2020 02:45Z The Justice Department is investigating a possible secret scheme involving a bribe in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to court documents ... Trump Has Discussed With Advisers Pardons for His 3 Eldest Children and Giuliani The New York Times, 02 Dec 2020 02:46Z President Trump has discussed with advisers whether to grant pre-emptive pardons to his children, to his son-in-law and to his personal lawyer Rudolph W. ... Phil Plait @BadAstronomer 01 Dec 2020 16:39Z Saturn'smoon Titan has huge lakes of liquid methane, one of which -- Kraken Mare -- is far larger than Lake Superior! And new analysis of Cassinidata shows that the lakes aren't just big: They're deep. Very deep.syfy.com/syfywire/relea... [Fire Weather:] AccuWeather@breakingweather 01 Dec 2020 18:33Z .@accuweatherforecasters are warning residents in Southern Californiato brace for a strong Santa Ana event. bit.ly/33Bfimm Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk 01 Dec 2020 18:33Z The energy future snuck up on us: We're well on our way towards one billionelectric vehicles and much cheaper batteries - with peak oil alreadyhere "It's often difficult to recognize civilization-sized shiftsin behavior until after they've occurred" bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-... pic.twitter.com/LmYRjmjzlv [C0Bonuses!] BloombergLive @BloombergLive 01 Dec 2020 18:40Z "Avery important thing we have decided to do is to include decarbonizationin management compensation. 10% of the salary of @Bayer'sCEO, and the top 500 in leadership, will depend on achievingcarbon neutrality by 2030." @berninger71 #SustainableBizSummitpic.twitter.com/39gZ2i9QCY [Acticseaice:] ZackLabe @ZLabe 01 Dec 2020 18:34Z Replyingto @NSIDC 2020's#Arctic sea ice extent rank by month (@NSIDC data since 1978/1979) ------------------------- Jan: 8th lowest Feb: 13th lowest Mar: 11th lowest Apr: 4th lowest May: 4th lowest Jun: 2nd lowest Jul: LOWEST Aug: 3rd lowest Sep: 2nd lowest Oct: LOWEST Nov: 2nd lowest EricHolthaus @EricHolthaus 01 Dec 2020 18:34Z Currentpolicies put the world on course for anywhere between 2.1 to 3.9°Cwarming, with a best estimate of 2.9°C warming. The Paris Agreementhas helped open a door for a 1.5-2°C world, but it's not been nearlyenough (yet) for us to walk through. More: climateactiontracker.org/global/cat-the... twitter.com/James_BG/statu...pic.twitter.com/yfj5rn0uwb [Whiplash!] CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 01 Dec 2020 19:33Z Theeastern U.S. storm has had every type of hazardous/extreme weather imaginable: *Damaging winds in Northeast *Snow as far south as Alabama, Miss and Georgia *Tornado in Pennsylvania *Record rainfall *Record warmth in Maine It'sstill not over.... wapo.st/3luChpg JasonNicholls @jnmet 01 Dec 2020 19:33Z Wenow have Cyclonic Storm #Burevi over the southwest BOB. Storm shouldstrike #SriLanka near #Trincomalee Wednesday evening/nightthen enter Gulf of Mannar on Thursday. Flooding rains likelyacross southern #TamilNadu, #Kerala and Sri Lanka into Saturday.pic.twitter.com/lUrEYnS0um BloombergGreen @climate 01 Dec 2020 19:40Z ReachingBritain's net-zero emissions pledge will cost the energy industry$4 trillion, according to a new estimate trib.al/yqlJapI [NamedStorms:] RobertRohde @RARohde 01 Dec 2020 19:38Z Mostnamed Atlantic storms in a year: 30 - 2020 (new record) 28 - 2005 20- 1933 Every other recorded year had 19 or fewer. It is really not a goodsign when historical norms are being broken by large margins. twitter.com/WMO/status/133... BloombergGreen @climate 01 Dec 2020 20:40Z TheU.K. is leaning toward a cap-and-trade system over a carbon tax afterit leaves the EU, according to a junior Treasury minister trib.al/XWhZTI3 [Gassy!] Dr.Genevieve Guenther @DoctorVive 01 Dec 2020 20:34Z Inthe effort to reframe the BS term "natural gas," we've tried out phraseslike "fracked gas" & "fossil gas." A new @YaleClimateComm studysuggests using "methane gas"--becuz it has strong associations w #ClimateChange.Folks, I think we have a winner! climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/s... TheDebrief @Debriefmedia 01 Dec 2020 20:32Z Aninternational team of scientists proposes using lasers to create a tractorbeam to manipulate lightning during thunderstorms. #weathercontrolanyone? thedebrief.org/researchers-wa... NOAASpace Weather @NWSSWPC 01 Dec 2020 21:38Z SolarCycle 25 underwent a recent uptick of activity! See more about thisby visiting the full story on our Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)website: swpc.noaa.gov/news/solar-cyc... pic.twitter.com/uRHB2HKdIC ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 01 Dec 2020 21:33Z Todayabout 1,600 affordable homes flood in an average year in New Jersey,but that number looks set to more than quadruple [by 2050]: news.trust.org/item/202012010... TheDebrief @Debriefmedia 01 Dec 2020 21:32Z DARPAedges closer to its dream of having 250 AI drones for urban warfareenvironments. thedebrief.org/darpa-dream-of... [Impaired!] BloombergGreen @climate 01 Dec 2020 22:40Z BigOil supermajors have now identified more than $70 billion of asset impairmentsthis year, by far the most in at least a decade trib.al/xdNokjZ RobertRohde @RARohde 01 Dec 2020 22:41Z Numberof Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes observed by year. 2020and 2005 stand out as truly exceptional years. An upward trend in thenumber of Atlantic storms is suggested in recent decades. However, earlycounts are likely low due to less complete observations. pic.twitter.com/6SJsRFdrsd {Angelin the Coalmine:] ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 01 Dec 2020 23:06Z Thesewinged water-dwellers are sea angels, floating marine slugs that maybe the "canary in the coal mine" for severe ocean acidification causedby modern global warming. bit.ly/36kvSIY AsVictorians swap lockdown for the beach, a 'perfect storm' is brewing ABCNews, 01 Dec 2020 19:47Z LifeSaving Victoria calls for extra safety at beaches, rivers and pools, amidfears months of lockdown have left people less prepared for a summer in thewater. Australianssend $10 billion overseas every year, but it's getting harder ABCNews, 01 Dec 2020 19:46Z Bankaccounts of African-Australian businesses are being shut down as an " unintendedconsequence" of a crackdown on money laundering by major banks. Forpeople trying to support relatives, it's getting harder to send them money. Live:NSW Now: Lightning strike in severe storm destroys heritage bell tower, thousandswithout power ABCMorning Briefing, 01 Dec 2020 19:45Z Thousandsare without power across Greater Sydney after a severe storm hit lastnight, while a dramatic lightning strike sparks a blaze, destroying a historicbell tower in Ashfield. Queenslandbraces for record temperatures as heatwave intensifies in first daysof summer ABCNews, 01 Dec 2020 20:44Z Severallocations in the southern part of Queensland are set to approach Decemberrecords in the wake of the state's second-warmest November, the Bureauof Meteorology says. Politiciansworldwide urge people to 'stand against authoritarian bullying' bydrinking Australian wine ABCNews, 01 Dec 2020 20:47Z Aglobal alliance of parliamentarians call on their compatriots to "stand againstauthoritarian bullying" as they launch a campaign to support Australianwinemakers battered by Chinese trade tariffs. [Earlier:] Coronaviruswas present in US earlier than initially thought: CDC scientists TheHill, 01 Dec 2020 15:19Z Thecoronavirus was in the U.S. as early as mid-December 2019, a period earlierthan officially identified in either China or the U.S., according to newresearch ... Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen 01 Dec 2020 15:24Z This whole thread is a fantastic critical analysis of the recent CDC study suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 was circulating in the US in December 2019 by Dr. Bedford. For me, this is the real kicker, though: twitter.com/trvrb/status/1... American study finds signs of coronavirus in US before China outbreak South China Morning Post, 01 Dec 2020 15:41Z US CDC says blood samples taken in nine states before cases were reported in Wuhan tested positive for antibodies for the pathogen. [Iconic!] PuertoRico: Iconic Arecibo Observatory telescope collapses BBCNews, 01 Dec 2020 18:39Z Thetelescope was used in decades of astronomical discoveries and as a backdropfor Hollywood films. China says spacecraft successfully lands on moon for historic sample collection CBS News, 01 Dec 2020 20:42Z If successful, the Chang'e 5 mission will make China only the third nation to bring moon rocks back to Earth. Alex Steffen @AlexSteffen 01 Dec 2020 19:36Z The ruins of Arecibo seem symbolic of the American loss of competence in (much less vision for) science. pic.twitter.com/VFVHtHcujh Sprawling8-mile-long 'canvas' of ice age beasts discovered hidden in Amazon rainforest Livescience.com,01 Dec 2020 12:35Z An8-mile-long "canvas" filled with ice age drawings of mastodons, giant slothsand other extinct beasts has been discovered in the Amazon rainforest. Trumpfiles suit to overturn his loss in Wisconsin POLITICO,01 Dec 2020 17:33Z PresidentDonald Trump has filed a lawsuit seeking to throw out hundreds of thousandsof ballots in Wisconsin, in an effort to overturn the results in a statehe ... [Overload!] AshishK. Jha, MD, MPH @ashishkjha 01 Dec 2020 05:25Z Thereis something funny happening with COVID hospitalizations Proportionof COVID pts getting hospitalized falling Alot Justrecently Mytheory? As hospitals fill up, bar for admission rising A patient who mighthave been admitted 4 weeks ago may get sent home now Thread AccuWeather@breakingweather 01 Dec 2020 08:23Z Thetemperature is currently 62 degrees in Boston, which is 25 degrees higherthan the 37 degrees in Houston: bit.ly/3du109a [CovidCure!] AlternativeNOAA @altNOAA 01 Dec 2020 09:25Z Replyingto @altNOAA Ican't believe its 2020 and we're trying to cure a pandemic with magic prayers.It's like we're living in Afghanistan or something. Alternative NOAA @altNOAA 01 Dec 2020 09:25Z .@GovStitt wants a Day of Prayer, so that God will automagically get rid of covid. You know what, I'm tired of arguing. How about a deal Governor? Let's pray on Wednesday and if covid still exists on Thursday then you agree to order a mask mandate for Oklahoma? That's fair! AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 01 Dec 2020 10:22Z Australianfirefighters struggle to control massive bush fire on Fraser Island [Pollution:] ChristaHasenkopf° @sciencerely 01 Dec 2020 11:26Z Replyingto @HEISoGA The@HEISoGA estimates that in 2019 nearly half a million newborns diedin the first month of life due to air pollution. *Half a million* Thisis absolutely breathtakingly tragic - especially because these deathsare *completely* avoidable. secure.givelively.org/donate/openaq-... ClimateActionTracker@climateactiontr 01 Dec 2020 11:25Z BREAKING:If all governments were to meet their promised #NetZero targets,warming in 2100 would be 2.1'0C. Our new analysis - full reporthere bit.ly/CAT_Nov2020 THREAD pic.twitter.com/mLBOc6i3SZ [BUSTED!] TheDebrief @Debriefmedia 01 Dec 2020 12:22Z BREAKING:The Arecibo observation platform just collapsed into the largedish. The situation on the ground is closed off for now and we willbe issuing updates. buff.ly/2VmrbrX pic.twitter.com/ChKeHLaRKE [0C:] BloombergLive @BloombergLive 01 Dec 2020 15:30Z "Almostthree-quarters of the world's GDP is under a net-zero commitment.How do you reach the parts of the economy that the electricitygrid is not going to get to? And you've got to have a molecule."@UniofOxford Professor @camjhep #SustainableBizSummitpic.twitter.com/Ruw4uRx65Z BloombergGreen @climate 01 Dec 2020 15:53Z Theworld's thirst for oil may never return to pre-pandemic levels trib.al/JF1KhWe [ChiefScientist:] RyanMaue @RyanMaue 01 Dec 2020 16:01Z Weirdway to start December with temperatures in Maine much warmer than CentralFlorida this afternoon. ¡ Note: HRRRv4 upgrades tomorrow. It is @NOAAflagship rapid update high resolution weather model. pic.twitter.com/GrWwtH9hV8 KenCaldeira@KenCaldeira 01 Dec 2020 15:59Z Replyingto @traceydurning @JigarShahDC and 4 others UShealth care spending is about 4,000 billion US$ per year. If we couldmake our health care delivery 15% more efficient, that would free upenough resources to successfully address the climate problem. ZackLabe @ZLabe 01 Dec 2020 16:04Z ¨Average November #Arctic sea ice extent was the *2nd lowest on record*This was 1,710,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. November iceextent is decreasing at 5.13% per decade (satellite-era). Data from @NSIDC.pic.twitter.com/VskuybYeDG ZackLabe @ZLabe 01 Dec 2020 16:27Z Globalocean heat content now updated through September 2020... [Data(anomalies) & methods from @NOAANCEIocngeo: ncei.noaa.gov/access/global-...] pic.twitter.com/tdZmP6I14P AIsystem solves 50-year-old protein folding problem in hours Livescience.com,01 Dec 2020 12:19Z Thiscomplex problem that has plagued researchers for decades. UShospitals fill with 100,000 Covid-19 cases amid fear of pre-Christmas surge TheGuardian, 01 Dec 2020 15:16Z Almost100,000 people are hospitalised in the US from coronavirus, a record high,as states and cities scramble to implement strict new social measures ... Risingseas predicted to flood thousands of affordable housing units by 2050 TheVerge, 01 Dec 2020 11:15Z Thenumber of affordable housing units vulnerable to flooding could triple by2050 as the planet heats up, new research finds. Climate change is pushingup sea ... Taiwanforeign minister calls on Australia to help defend against China's 'expansionism' ABCNews, 01 Dec 2020 09:46Z AsAustralia's diplomatic relationship with China worsens, Taiwan's foreign ministerhas called on Canberra to stand up for democracy and help defend Taiwanagainst threats of attack. LeakedChinese documents reveal chaotic early COVID-19 response 9News,01 Dec 2020 10:44Z Thatsame day, Chinese authorities reported 2478 new confirmed cases ... tiesto China reported seeing some of the reports during confidential ... China under-reported coronavirus cases by half, leaked documents reveal [#unreliablesource] Daily Mail, 01 Dec 2020 08:44Z China under-reported its coronavirus cases and deaths by up to half during ... Beijing has long been accused of under-reporting its coronavirus ... [SmallNumbers:] RobertRohde @RARohde 30 Nov 2020 19:44Z Replyingto @erinbiba It'sa good indication, but sparse data. Only 11 vaccine recipients got COVIDsymptoms, which is awesome. But since it was so few, only 1-2 wouldbe expected to have severe disease. Observing zero severe cases whenyou expect 2, can happen by chance ~15% of the time. BloombergGreen @climate 30 Nov 2020 23:46Z Exportersin Australia are positioning for carbon border tariffs to be introducedas soon as 2023 trib.al/lTiX7Cf BloombergGreen @climate 01 Dec 2020 01:46Z Bankof America said that it won't provide project financing for oil andgas exploration in the Arctic trib.al/Tgd5bCb BloombergGreen @climate 01 Dec 2020 02:46Z England'sfarmers will begin losing their current state subsidies from nextyear and instead receive payments for efforts to protect the environment,under government plans trib.al/1h3HQRh BloombergGreen @climate 01 Dec 2020 06:46Z Chinaplans to exploit the hydropower resources of a Tibetan section of ariver that is a key source of water to Bangladesh and India, the GlobalTimes reports trib.al/mUuov1U [WarmNovember!] Thedata is in and Australia just had its hottest November on record ABCWeather, 01 Dec 2020 03:48Z TheBOM confirms it after crunching last month's numbers, while it was also thecountry's warmest spring on record for minimum and mean temperatures. Sou at HotWhopper @Sou_HotWhopper 01 Dec 2020 06:48Z Hottest November in Australia - during a La Niña! No. This is not what I expected with #climatechange. Not yet anyway. But here we are! What the heck will we be dealing with this coming decade let alone the rest of this century? blog.hotwhopper.com/2020/12/hottes... via @Sou_HotWhopper pic.twitter.com/JYJTtMINkp ScottAtlas resigns as Trump's coronavirus adviser POLITICO,01 Dec 2020 01:36Z ScottAtlas, the controversial physician who became President Donald Trump's hand-pickedcoronavirus adviser, resigned from the White House on Monday. Trump's coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas resigns after four months in the job ABC News, 01 Dec 2020 01:55Z The news of Scott Atlas's resignation came after a controversial four months during which he repeatedly clashed with Anthony Fauci and other members of the coronavirus task force. Melbournepublic transport to get cheaper off-peak fares to help with social distancing ABCNews, 01 Dec 2020 01:54Z TheVictorian Government wants to reward commuters who travel outside peak hoursand make it easier for businesses to offer staggered work start times. Deforestationin Brazil's Amazon skyrockets to 12-year high ABCNews, 01 Dec 2020 01:54Z Farmer,miners and land grabbers have used a weakening of Brazil's environmentalprotections to lay waste to swathes of the Amazon, and it couldleave the Government open to being sued under its own climate change laws. FraserIsland residents told to prepare to leave as bushfire battle rages on multiplefronts ABCWide Bay, 01 Dec 2020 03:51Z Residentsand staff at Fraser Island's largest resort and the neighbouring villagehave been told to prepare to leave, with the fire warning this morningincreased to Watch and Act level. CSIROradio telescope maps millions of galaxies in record-breaking southern skysurvey ABCMid West & Wheatbelt, 01 Dec 2020 03:51Z Asurvey testing the new Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescopein regional WA has delivered a map of the entire southern sky in justtwo weeks. Asecret conflict, an outlawed flag, and the plan to form a new government ABCNews Breakfast, 01 Dec 2020 04:47Z WestPapuan separatists announce they will form a new provisional government forthe region and reject Indonesia's rule, in a significant escalation of a decades-longbattle over independence. Queensland'sdebt levels to hit almost $130 billion within four years ABCNews, 01 Dec 2020 04:46Z Queensland'sdebt levels will balloon to almost $130 billion within four years,but the Palaszczuk Government maintains that will still be lower than NewSouth Wales and Victoria. Thenumber of Australians stuck overseas and wanting to come home is growing. Hereare some reasons why ABCNews, 30 Nov 2020 at 8:57pm Afew months ago, 26,000 Australians told the Government they wanted to come home.That has now jumped by another 10,000. So why are some Australians onlyjust registering their interest in coming home? Scotlandopened up over summer and is now paying the price. The lesson for Australiais clear ABCNews, 30 Nov 2020 at 9:08pm Thestoic Scots are facing a second big lockdown affecting millions of peopleafter opening up their economy in the warmer months. As the Australiansummer begins, it shows complacency is the enemy, writes Claire Moodie. COVIDSafe[govt ap] update like 'rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic', expertssay ABCScience, 30 Nov 2020 at 11:09pm ACOVIDSafe update has drawn a mixture of surprise and despair from the tech community,which is pushing for Australia to switch to the Apple-Google systemused by other countries. Sellingup in Sydney and moving north -- why Queensland is the new real estatehotspot for interstate migration ABCNews, 30 Nov 2020 at 11:13pm TheSunshine State has become a hotspot for interstate migration. Could this bewhy Queensland's house prices are going up amid a global pandemic, recessionand high unemployment rates? Cicadasso loud the locals struggle to hear their coffee orders ABCCentral West, 30 Nov 2020 at 11:29pm It'sthe soundtrack of this time of year -- even more so now, with the insectshaving a bumper season in part thanks to rainfall that has eased the impactsof drought. Antidepressantprescriptions on the rise, but statins still most common drug ABCHealth & Wellbeing, 01 Dec 2020 0:04Z Asignificant rise in prescriptions of an antidepressant has seen it make thelist of the nation's most commonly prescribed drugs for the first time. Bushfire,flood and cyclone warnings are about to get clearer ABCNews, 01 Dec 2020 0:39Z Emergencywarnings will soon be consistent across the country and clearer abouthow people should respond. SquawkBox @SquawkCNBC 30 Nov 2020 12:21Z "Weare probably going to have by the end of this year 30% of the U.S. infected...ifyou combine a lot of infection around the country with vaccinating20% of the population you're getting to levels where this virusis not going to circulate as readily," says @ScottGottliebMD. pic.twitter.com/H0SV42BKZA Prof.Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe 30 Nov 2020 14:25Z Replyingto @KHayhoe It'snot just hurricanes ... in Houston, Harvey was the third 500-year floodevent in THREE YEARS. Our definitions of flood zones are already quaintlyobsolete, thanks to a changing climate. washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2... Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe 30 Nov 2020 14:25Z If your home is outside the 100-year flood plain, you're not required to purchase flood insurance. Well, guess what climate change is doing now ... and taxpayers are at risk for footing the bill. More: politico.com/news/2020/11/3... PrairieRose @msprairierose 30 Nov 2020 14:24Z I'memotionally exhausted. After a week of ND losing more people to COVIDI read about 4 more this morning and I knew 3 of them. My heart breaksfor so many families here. Having a hard time with the grief. [FirstDay Of Summer:] AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 30 Nov 2020 14:21Z Lastday of Queensland heatwave still sees 47C recorded in Birdsville, Australia'sNovember record holder [There'sa long way to go. Things generally hit max temps around Feb]. [Smoke!] ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 30 Nov 2020 14:22Z Thefires sweeping across millions of acres in California aren't just incineratingtrees and houses. They're also filling the lungs of California'schildren with smoke, with potentially grave effects over thecourse of their lives. nyti.ms/36m9tLC HannahRitchie @_HannahRitchie 30 Nov 2020 15:22Z Perspectiveson hydrogen range from "useless" to "climate saviour". So, itmakes sense that the answer is nuanced. @CarbonBrief provide an amazingin-depth exploration of hydrogen, its potential & drawbacks. Brilliantwork @DrSimEvans & @Josh_Gabbatiss carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-do... [DeperationMode:] AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 30 Nov 2020 15:21Z Desperatetimes at coal dinosaurs in Japan: The largest, JERA, wants to keepcoal power via crazy plans to dilute the fossil fuel with 100X moreammonia than available - all from gas - instead of the obvious: 100%renewables and green hydrogen bloomberg.com/news/articles/... #climate CarbonBrief @CarbonBrief 30 Nov 2020 16:22Z NEW- Guest post: Why climate change will cause more `strong' Indian OceanDipole events | @CSIRO j.mp/39tw8r2 pic.twitter.com/GuMVBKrNMe EricSteig º¸¨¦ @ericsteig 30 Nov 2020 17:24Z Today,WA State Department of Health announced the launch of an anonymousexposure notification tool for smartphones, to help stop the spreadof COVID-19. This should have happened 6+ months ago. It probablywould have if we'd had competent leadership in the White House. [PriceDrop!] NatBullard @NatBullard 30 Nov 2020 18:24Z 2020@BloombergNEF lithium-ion battery price index drops on Dec 16. Here'sthe last 10 years: from $1,183 per kilowatt-hour in 2010, to $156/kWhlast year, and an expected $135/kWh this year. Let's see how muchthe market undershoots our prediction. pic.twitter.com/KrSuHWoWLc DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 30 Nov 2020 17:23Z Replyingto @Lazard Forexample, as @Lazard found in its latest levelized cost of energyannual report, solar & wind are the cheapest sources of new energy,even cheaper than continuing to run existing coal power plants. Crazy!(8/10) twitter.com/dana1981/statu... [DesignedTo Fail:] NoahKaufman @noahqk 30 Nov 2020 20:23Z ~5years ago, Australia gave up on carbon pricing for political reasons,focusing instead on the use of government spending to pay for emissionsreductions (via the Emissions Reduction Fund, now rebranded theClimate Solutions Fund). Predictably, is hasn't remotely worked pic.twitter.com/m6LWXirpxH [Wet!] CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 30 Nov 2020 20:58Z Replyingto @capitalweather Witha month to go, 2020 has produced 52.38" of rain in DC, more than a footabove normal. This comes just two years after DC's wettest year on record,2018. Human-caused climate change is likely increasing heavy rainfallin Washington, in keeping w/ national trend. (4/4) pic.twitter.com/zkLyoHwNy5 Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather 30 Nov 2020 20:55Z Replying to @islivingston 2020's two-inch rain events in DC compared to other years. Graphic by @islivingston (3/x) pic.twitter.com/mdRXP5VlRL [Shattering!] ÖzdenTerli @TerliWetter 30 Nov 2020 21:03Z "Aftersix long months and 30 storms from Arthur to Iota, the record-shattering2020 Atlantic hurricane season ends Monday. "I didn't thinkI would live to see that, but it's happened," #CimateCrisisIsNow¦@MichaelEMann© usatoday.com/story/news/nat... ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 30 Nov 2020 21:14Z Increasesin spring and summer productivity from elevated carbon dioxide,temperature and light levels actually drive trees to lose theirleaves earlier, a new study found, contradicting previous assumptionsthat climate change delays the onset of fall. cnn.it/33qQ4Hd NewZealand Charges 13 Parties Over Deaths At White Island Volcano NPR,30 Nov 2020 16:56Z NewZealand's government has filed charges over the volcano eruption that killed22 people on White Island last year, saying operators that brought touriststo ... Newlyinstalled air-conditioners in Queensland state schools unusable during heatwave ABCRadio Brisbane, 30 Nov 2020 06:52Z Queenslandstudents and staff face a sweltering final few days of the school yearwith newly installed air-conditioning units unusable because school electricalnetworks cannot cope. Oneof the world's longest continuous electric car networks planned for WA ABCNews, 30 Nov 2020 08:51Z WesternAustralia plans to build one of the longest continuous electric vehiclenetworks in the world, enabling motorists to drive from Perth down toEsperance, across to Kalgoorlie or up to Kununurra. Farmersrejoice as this year's grain harvest is tipped to set records ABCNews, 30 Nov 2020 18:49Z Graingrowers are on track to produce the second biggest crop ever, followingyears of drought and as trade relations with China grow frostier. Theweekend's heatwave sent records tumbling -- and it isn't over yet ABCWeather, 30 Nov 2020 19:01Z BothSouth Australia and New South Wales broke their November maximum temperaturerecords at the weekend, and southern Queensland and northern NSW willcontinue to sweat until Thursday. Prisonsboss to run Victoria's hotel quarantine system ABCNews, 30 Nov 2020 01:11Z Anew agency to oversee the state's hotel quarantine system will be run by CorrectionsCommissioner Emma Cassar. Victoria will start accepting internationalarrivals again on December 7. Newlyinstalled air-conditioners in Queensland state schools unusable during heatwave ABCRadio Brisbane, 30 Nov 2020 05:57Z Queenslandstudents and staff face a sweltering final few days of the school yearwith newly installed air-conditioning units unusable because school electricalnetworks cannot cope. TrumpBaselessly Suggests FBI Rigged Election Against Him in First Post-ElectionInterview TheDaily Beast, 29 Nov 2020 23:00Z Thepresident also ranted at length about "big massive dumps" in a predictablybonkers, at times incoherent chat with Fox's Maria Bartiromo. Atleast 110 dead in Nigeria after suspected Boko Haram attack TheGuardian, 30 Nov 2020 04:59Z Attacktook place in village near Maiduguri, with assailants targeting farmersin rice fields. `IHave Never Seen So Many Toadstools.' A Bumper Crop of Mushrooms in Ukraine. TheNew York Times, 30 Nov 2020 01:58Z Khomutynsi,Ukraine. Valery Kravchuk, a seasoned mushroom hunter, pushed asidesome dead leaves to reveal his prize: a beautiful blusher, so called ... Howdoes the US retire 236 GW of coal and 1000 gas peaker plants? pvmagazine USA, 28 Nov 2020 Victoryin the economic realm (increasingly the case with solar, solar-plus-storageand wind) is no guarantee of market victory if the regulationsare stacked ... [BREAKING:China reduced to twitter troll:] AustraliaDemands China Apology for `Repugnant' Afghan Tweet Bloomberg,30 Nov 2020 05:31Z AustralianPrime Minister Scott Morrison said he was seeking an apology from Chinaafter a diplomat in Beijing tweeted an image purporting to show an ... PM demands apology from China over 'outrageous post' depicting Australian soldier killing a child ABC News, 30 Nov 2020 03:10Z The Prime Minister demands the Chinese Government delete a fake image showing an Australian soldier murdering a child, as relations between the two nations continue to spiral downwards. The'diploma divide' in American politics TheHill/Opinion, 29 Nov 2020 15:56Z Whatdrives the diploma divide? In a word, populism. EricSteig º¸¨¦ @ericsteig 29 Nov 2020 17:27Z SinceBiden won Wisconsin twice, and Georgia twice, his total electoral votecount is now: 280 + 2*10 + 2*16 = 332 It'llbe 348 when we wins Georgia for the third time! [Nice!] ThomasBauska @tinyicybubbles 29 Nov 2020 11:26Z Asummary of major ice core drilling in Antarctica. How deep and how old?Vostok wins in term of depth - but remember they hit a lake! Dome Chas the oldest ice. WAIS Divide is the best for resolution in the lastglacial period. So where should we drill next? pic.twitter.com/4rRWLIsNgD ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 29 Nov 2020 13:25Z Fruittrees need winter. Georgia peach production is down, and warming wintersare a big part of the story: bit.ly/2020WinterPack...#climatematters pic.twitter.com/ouBncRwNue [Learning:] ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 29 Nov 2020 15:26Z Accordingto the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,more than 4.3 million Central Americans, including 3 million Hondurans,were affected by Hurricane Eta alone. Those numbers rose whenIota, another Category 4 storm, hit. bit.ly/39hAOAu [Re-learning:] TomInglesby @T_Inglesby 29 Nov 2020 15:24Z Hopefullyin future epidemics, leaders will see the initial testing strategydetailed here as wrong path. In Italy, US, elsewhere, restrictingtesting to only those who travelled to China, even when diseasesuspected by doctors, badly set back the response nytimes.com/2020/11/29/wor... MikeHudema @MikeHudema 29 Nov 2020 16:29Z Inthree years this #solar installation at a high school in Arkansasturned the district budget from a $250K deficit to a $1.8 millionsurplus and they're using the surplus to pay teachers more. We havethe solutions. Time to #BuildBackBetter #ActOnClimate #climate#covid19 pic.twitter.com/6V95ZWcLnv ZackLabe @ZLabe 29 Nov 2020 16:26Z Newcollection of studies on the impacts of 2018's record sea ice anomalyin the Bering Sea: sciencedirect.com/science/articl... +Climate models: journals.ametsoc.org/bams/article/1... +Observations: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.102... +Ecosystems: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20... +Mechanisms: nature.com/articles/s4159... pic.twitter.com/bGDSjPLzwa [Lifeboat:] ShaniBenezra @shaniben_ezra 29 Nov 2020 16:24Z Replyingto @ScottGottliebMD Whatdoes Dr. Birx mean by "vaccinating for impact"? @ScottGottliebMDsays "it depends on what impact you're trying to achieve."To maximize preservation of human life, prioritize older Americans-- but to reduce the rate of #coronavirus infection, prioritizeessential workers. [CauseOf Death:] AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 29 Nov 2020 17:24Z Noone ever had "air pollution" listed as cause of death. UK inquest intodeath of asthmatic 9-year-old could change that: "There was direct linkbetween Ella's condition and levels of toxic gases such as nitrogendioxide and harmful airborne particle" bbc.co.uk/news/stories-5... KenCaldeira@KenCaldeira 29 Nov 2020 18:28Z "Imagineif you were a leader of a country and you had repeated years ofcrop failures and famines ... And you thought that by ... putting someaerosols in the stratosphere, that you could protect the lives and well-beingof the people in your country." kencaldeira.wordpress.com/2020/11/25/cli... pic.twitter.com/2ZIZc4bMCz [WarmSiberia!] severe-weather.EU@severeweatherEU 29 Nov 2020 19:32Z Stillan extreme temperature anomaly over Arctic Russia! Map: @climatereanalyzerpic.twitter.com/5dQyNxPOzv DavidWallace-Wells @dwallacewells 29 Nov 2020 19:30Z "Ifone is to believe recent IPCC reports, then gone are the days when theworld could resolve the climate crisis merely by reducing emissions."@wim_carton is exceptionally incisive about the hype of negativeemissions. (1/x, with thanks to @Peters_Glen) researchgate.net/publication/34... [Narcissist101:] KenCaldeira@KenCaldeira 29 Nov 2020 21:11Z Replyingto @mkraju '"Icame up with vaccines that people didn't think we'd have for five years,"Trump said during his phone interview Sunday on Fox News, later addingthat people would try to credit President-elect Joe Biden.' usatoday.com/story/news/pol... Sarah Reese Jones @PoliticusSarah 29 Nov 2020 18:26Z Trump accuses Attorney General Bill Barr and the FBI of being involved in a conspiracy to fraudulently rig the election against him. pic.twitter.com/C8J3m7K6tQ AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 29 Nov 2020 21:22Z Chinesescientists report that over past 20 years, "2.63m sq. km. of theAntarctic ice sheet surface - that's 19% of Antarctica - had experiencedobservable melting," with an "increasing trend" (which translated,means an accelerative effect) news.cgtn.com/news/2020-11-2...#climate Gamingthe regulator: How authorities missed Crown's criminal ties ABCNews, 29 Nov 2020 19:18Z Afterat least seven years of revelations about Crown's dealings with junket operatorstied to organised crime going public, the gambling giant has receivednothing but a few fines. Why do our regulators appear to be in the dark? Sydneyrecords hottest two days for 60 years, shooting death in Western Sydney ABC/MorningBriefing, 29 Nov 2020 20:18Z Theweekend heatwave saw temperatures soar above 40C for two days straight forthe first time since 1960. Elsewhere, a man was shot and killed in Mt Druittovernight. 'World'sloneliest elephant' airlifted to Cambodia following Cher campaign ABCNews, 29 Nov 2020 20:17Z Afterlanguishing in a zoo in Pakistan for years and a prolonged campaign by Americansinger Cher, Kaavan is being airlifted on a cargo plane towards the much-neededcompany of other elephants in Cambodia. Russiajoins China in attacking Australia over Afghanistan war crimes report ABCNews, 29 Nov 2020 20:16Z Russiasays Australia's commitment to a rules-based world order cannot be takenseriously following the release of damning findings of alleged war crimescommitted by special forces in Afghanistan. Trumpsays 'it's hard' to get election case heard in Supreme Court in first post-pollTV interview ABCNews, 29 Nov 2020 20:34Z USPresident Donald Trump says getting his election fraud allegations heard beforethe US Supreme Court might be difficult as senior Republicans indicatethey are working with Joe Biden's team on a White House transition. Millionsof workers poised to lose access to paid leave as virus spikes POLITICO,29 Nov 2020 11:42Z Tensof millions of workers stand to lose access to federally mandated paid sickand family leave at the end of December, compounding the hardship over the ... Sydneyrecords hottest November night on record YahooNews, 29 Nov 2020 13:41Z Australia,where it is still officially spring, is already seeing soaring heatin several states. [Idiocracy!] MakeAmerica incompetent again? Trump wants to ruin our merit-based federal jobssystem. USATODAY/Opinion, 29 Nov 2020 10:40Z Trumpwants to bring back a corrupt system of political patronage. Congress andJoe Biden must undo this attack on the capability of our government. Trumprails at judges as another court rejects his lawyers' claims of voter fraud TheGuardian, 29 Nov 2020 20:31Z Presidentphoned into Fox News to blame the courts for his campaign's so far unsuccessfullegal challenges. [Contemptof Court charges will be announced mid-Jan]! OPECFaces Seismic Demand Split as Cartel Plots Next Move Bloomberg,29 Nov 2020 05:04Z AsOPEC+ ministers gather virtually this week, the city that traditionally hoststheir meetings will be locked down. Vienna's Christmas markets will be closed,the ... ArizonaCOVID-19 team projects "catastrophic" rise in cases in letter ABC15Arizona, 29 Nov 2020 06:04Z Astable Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a changing North AtlanticOcean since the 1990s ScienceAdvances, 27 Nov 2020 TheAtlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is crucially importantto global climate. Model simulations suggest that the AMOC may havebeen ... [PennyDrops!] McConnellsuspends in-person GOP lunches POLITICO,28 Nov 2020 22:01Z SenateMajority Leader Mitch McConnell will temporarily suspend in-person lunchesfor the GOP caucus, amid a nationwide spike in coronavirus cases. [Powerwall!] Dr.Dawn Wright @deepseadawn 29 Nov 2020 03:59Z 2/2I got our house a Tesla Powerwall so that we're now our own independent,solar micro grid, safe from SoCal Edison power outages + ableto contribute energy back to their grid. Super cool enviro-green lightat night °Cc @KHayhoe @JaneLubchenco @EMMMJVEEE twitter.com/deepseadawn/st... pic.twitter.com/zZc0W1VCg0 Cam_Walker@Cam_Walker 29 Nov 2020 07:04Z Replyingto @Cam_Walker Theregular reminder that we need to keep fire out of regenerating snow gumforest. The trees are crowded together and burn hot. pic.twitter.com/h3TOAzbe4N Cam_Walker @Cam_Walker 29 Nov 2020 07:04Z Replying to @Cam_Walker This is ecosystem collapse in Real Time. Repeated fire has killed the Alpine Ash. The snow gums have either been killed or burnt to ground level. pic.twitter.com/BeG33GambO [Kappa:] severe-weather.EU@severeweatherEU 29 Nov 2020 08:03Z Anon-tropical low near the Azores could become a Subtropical storm #Kappasoon, the 31st named storm of 2020 #hurricane season. Thesystem will spread severe winds and major waves into Azores, Madeira,and the Canary Islands over the next few days! severe-weather.eu/tropical-weath... GlenPeters @Peters_Glen 29 Nov 2020 08:03Z Oslocurrently has about 95 ski days each year, but this is going to halveby the end of the century under a moderate warming scenario. More accessibleareas will probably have no ski season. Impressive work on climateimpacts for 357 council area nrk.no/klima/kommunepic.twitter.com/3VfAN1CJlC [MutantStrain!] Oregonmink farm has COVID-19 outbreak after advocates warned of danger in state USATODAY, 29 Nov 2020 02:52Z Outbreaksin farmed mink have been reported in several U.S. states and countries. [FireSeason!] AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 29 Nov 2020 06:55Z Australianhelicopter water bombers suppress wildfires as Sydney's temperaturessoar Northmead fire: Fire burns in Sydney bushland amid record ... SMH, 29 Nov 2020 04:23Z Firefighters are battling to control several fires in Sydney's west following a record-breaking weekend heatwave, as a southerly change on ... Several fires burning in Sydney's west as heatwave breaks records The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 Nov 2020 04:18Z [At least one home razed]. RFS fires near me warns of fire at Northmead burning out of control 7NEWS.com.au, 29 Nov 2020 07:19Z Terrifying bushfire devastates Fraser Island as Sydney gets ready for another 42C scorcher Daily Mail, 29 Nov 2020 01:20Z Bushfire threatens Sydney homes after city swelters through hottest November night on record The Guardian, 28 Nov 2020 22:20Z Dozens of fires burning across NSW as cool change hits Sydney ABC News, 28 Nov 2020 21:20Z [Hillbillies*Still* Don Gits It!] COVID-19quarantine breach poses 'very significant risk' for South Australia ABCNews, 28 Nov 2020 at 10:25pm Aninfected man who left quarantine and visited several shops in Adelaide lastSunday poses a risk for South Australians, the state's Chief Public HealthOfficer says. Protestsin Paris turn violent in wake of footage showing police bashing blackmusic producer ABCNews, 28 Nov 2020 at 11:01pm Black-cladprotesters have clashed with security forces at the end of a mass demonstrationagainst police violence in Paris. Masked protesters launched fireworksat police lines, put up barricades and threw stones. Australiaprepares to escalate action against China to WTO over barley tariffs ABCNews, 29 Nov 2020 0:15Z Astension grows over Beijing's massive tariffs on Australian wine, the FederalGovernment is continuing with plans to take China to the World Trade Organizationover barley exports. UKappoints vaccines minister to oversee COVID-19 inoculations ABCNews, 29 Nov 2020 01:14Z PrimeMinister Boris Johnson says Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi will oversee theUnited Kingdom's biggest vaccine program in decades. Floodingin Sardinia leaves at least three people dead ABCNews, 29 Nov 2020 02:14Z Authoritieshave described "dramatic" scenes in the town of Bitti, where streetshave turned into rivers of mud that have covered cars and flooded cellars. SouthAustralians urged to get tested after COVID-positive patient breaks quarantine ABCNews, 29 Nov 2020 03:13Z SAHealth is urging a wide group of people to get tested for coronavirus afterrevealing a man with COVID-19 broke his quarantine period to visit severalAdelaide locations. Chinesesubmarine sends video from Earth's deepest ocean trench in world first ABCNews, 29 Nov 2020 04:12Z Aspart of the mission, scientists will collect samples of organisms as well asother "deep-sea materials" as China further explores the potential of harvestingresources from the ocean floor. FraserIsland bushfire continues to burn as weather conditions worsen ABCNews, 29 Nov 2020 04:12Z Crewscontinue to battle a "significant fire" burning on Fraser Island off South-EastQueensland for more than six weeks, while more than 350 campers aretold to limit their movements as weather conditions worsen. Cruiseindustry to introduce tough new COVID-19 measures when ban lifts in December ABCNews, 29 Nov 2020 05:12Z Theworld's largest cruise industry association will introduce tough new COVID-19measures, to come into effect when the current domestic ban on cruisinglifts on December 17. OrangeCounty Coronavirus Surge Worsens, as Hospitalizations Rise NBCSouthern California, 29 Nov 2020 03:57Z OrangeCounty reported 1666 new cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths Saturday,bringing the county's totals to 76761 cases and 1577 fatalities. UKhydrogen car maker unveils first production car CGTN,28 Nov 2020 19:24Z Share.QR. Copied. Translating... *Content* is automatically generated by MicrosoftAzure Translator Text API. CGTN is not responsible for any of the translations. [Leadership!] Gov.Polis, partner test positive for COVID-19 9News.comKUSA, 29 Nov 2020 02:24Z Denver.Gov. Jared Polis (D-Colorado) and First Gentleman Marlon Reis have bothtested positive for COVID-19, according to a post on the governor's ... [Rigged!] TrumpSupporters in Georgia Ask RNC Chair Why They Should Vote in Runoffs WhenSystem Is 'Rigged' Newsweek,28 Nov 2020 21:23Z Frustratedsupporters of President Donald Trump in Georgia challenged RepublicanNational Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel on why they should even vote ... Pennsylvaniasupreme court throws out Republican bid to reject 2.5m mail-in votes TheGuardian, 29 Nov 2020 03:22Z Judgesays plaintiff 'failed to allege that even a single mail-in ballot was fraudulentlycast or counted' Greatconjunction: Saturn, Jupiter to converge, closest since middle ages KOKIFOX 23, 27 Nov 2020 Thenight sky is giving stargazers an early holiday present. [BAU:] BlackFriday hits record $9B in US consumer spending FoxBusiness, 28 Nov 2020 19:22Z BlackFriday shoppers in the U.S. spent a record $9 billion in consumer spendingthis year. GermanyPasses 1 Million Coronavirus Cases As Merkel Warns Of 'A Tough Winter' NPR,28 Nov 2020 17:21Z Germanyofficially passed 1 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Fridayas the country's daily totals remain high through the first month of whatthe ... Australiaswelters under extreme heatwave as fire brigades on high alert TheGuardian, 28 Nov 2020 01:20Z Temperaturesreach into the mid-40s in some parts of Australia. AccuWeather@breakingweather 28 Nov 2020 06:24Z Anothertropical threat is taking shape over the Bay of Bengal only daysafter deadly Cyclone #Nivar slammed southern India: bit.ly/3q84Cp1pic.twitter.com/0ozoA0eyhn AccuWeather@breakingweather 28 Nov 2020 07:24Z Thisyear's hurricane season has been not only hyperactive when comparedto normal, but also a record-breaker: bit.ly/39q14Zkpic.twitter.com/1vaiZRw1dH BloombergGreen @climate 28 Nov 2020 09:32Z Theworld's biggest wind park--capable of supplying 5% of U.K. power demand--isgiven the green light to be built trib.al/xGu85Xy AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 28 Nov 2020 10:24Z Airpollution directly correlated with reproduction rate of Covid-19 andhow fast virus spreads, says yet another study Enlargepedestrian zones, walk, bike, switch to electric cars, buses, trucks:Pollution kills More: Ep. 43 of #TheAngryCleanEnergyGuy theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/episod... pic.twitter.com/8cq1tBVl0H BloombergGreen @climate 28 Nov 2020 11:32Z Newmodels convinced a team of scientists to move up projections for thefirst summer in 130,000 years without sea ice trib.al/gwHlJKM AccuWeather@breakingweather 28 Nov 2020 12:19Z AccuWeatherforecasters caution that this has the potential to be a verydisruptive and debilitating storm for many areas of the eastern UnitedStates, especially in parts of the Midwest: bit.ly/2VnjK3Xpic.twitter.com/fdhQ1babhT SuspectedNorth Korean hackers targeted COVID-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca NewYork Post, 27 Nov 2020 13:21Z SuspectedNorth Korean hackers reportedly targeted AstraZeneca, one of three westerndrugmakers claiming to have created a successful COVID vaccine. TrumpGave W.H.O. a List of Demands. Hours Later, He Walked Away. TheNew York Times, 27 Nov 2020 16:17Z WhenPresident Trump quit the health organization, he left a list of seven demandson the table. Here they are. [DeepEPA!] E.P.A.'sFinal Deregulatory Rush Runs Into Open Staff Resistance TheNew York Times, 27 Nov 2020 21:16Z AsPresident Trump's Environmental Protection Agency rushes to complete its regulatoryrollbacks, agency staff, emboldened by the Biden victory, moves to ... InHarsh Rebuke, Appeals Court Rejects Trump's Election Challenge in Pennsylvania TheNew York Times, 28 Nov 2020 03:15Z Voters,not lawyers, choose the president," a judge for the Third Circuit Courtof Appeals wrote in the 21-page repudiation of Mr. Trump's legal effortto halt ... [Da Stratgee Is Workin!] Joe Biden gains votes in Wisconsin county after Trump-ordered recount The Guardian, 28 Nov 2020 04:19Z Milwaukee recount, which cost Trump campaign $3m, boosts Democratic president-elect days before state must certify result. Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 28 Nov 2020 03:28Z "Milwaukee recount increases Joe Biden's victory margin by 132 votes as Dane County awaits results" or "Donald Trump spends $3M to increase the size of Joe Biden's victory in Wisconsin" twitter.com/i/events/13325... [Mixed-upMessaging:] Trumpwill campaign for Georgia GOP Senate candidates, urges supporters not toboycott runoff elections CNBC,27 Nov 2020 23:04Z PresidentTrump on Friday urged his supporters not to boycott two Georgia runoffelections that will determine which party controls the Senate. [TheElection System Is Fixed -- But Please Come Out And Vote For Our Guys!] L.A.County health officials announce 3-week stay-at-home order banning most gatheringsset to take effect on Monday KTLALos Angeles, 28 Nov 2020 03:02Z Withcoronavirus cases showing no signs of slowing down in Los Angeles County, healthofficials on Friday announced a temporary stay-at-home order set to ... 'Caughtup in their own bullshit': The cost of Sweden's controversial coronavirusstrategy ABCNews, 27 Nov 2020 at 7:03pm Sweden'sidea of not following conventional coronavirus measures led to a deathrate triple that of its neighbours, and even though a vaccine could be close,the country may need the kind of measures it tried to avoid throughoutthe pandemic. [LatestJHU data: Avgdaily covid deaths per mn capita: last7d prev7d %change sweden3.64 2.47 47.37 C-R minority govt denmark0.69 0.44 56.82 Social Democrats norway0.38 0.31 22.58 Conservative Party finland0.27 0.20 35.00 RW populist govt ]. Qldintegrity watchdog backs review of lobbying laws as extent of political accessrevealed ABC/7.30,27 Nov 2020 at 7:40pm Politicallobbying laws in Queensland should be reviewed, the state's integritywatchdog says, amid renewed concerns about the industry in the wakeof this year's election. Ibecame a cyclist during lockdown, and I'm shocked by what I've seen ABCRadio Melbourne, 27 Nov 2020 at 8:00pm WhileI'll always be proud to consider myself a pedestrian, I'm always quite ashamedof being yet another selfish driver. But lately I've become a third kindof commuter, writes Virginia Trioli. [Waterwars!] Statesfume as Federal Government 'scuttles' will of Murray-Darling Basin Planministers ABCRural, 27 Nov 2020 at 8:38pm Victoriahas accused the Commonwealth of riding roughshod over the states, asNew South Wales pleads for a rethink on the future of the plan. Novemberheat records could be broken during sweltering weekend in NSW ABCNews, 28 Nov 2020 0:55Z Heatrecords could be smashed as the mercury climbs across New South Wales today,with no cool change due until Sunday afternoon. The weather is creatinga heightened risk of fast-moving grassfires. Beachgoers urged to social distance and stay a 'towel length' apart amid heatwave conditions ABC News, 27 Nov 2020 at 10:20pm New South Wales beachgoers are reminded to stay a towel length apart on the sand to maintain social distancing amid sweltering conditions. Spacetrash cleanup: ESA signs off on first-ever mission DeutscheWelle, 26 Nov 2020 20:39Z ASwiss company is set to launch our planet's first space cleanup mission afterthe European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday they were signing a # 86... SoCalEdison turns off power to 7,850 customers on Thanksgiving as Santa Ana windsraise fire risk KTLALos Angeles, 27 Nov 2020 07:38Z Facedwith Santa Ana winds threatening to ignite wildfires, Southern CaliforniaEdison on Thanksgiving Day turned power off to nearly 6000 customersand ... Judgein Venezuela Convicts 6 U.S. Oil Executives of Corruption TheNew York Times, 27 Nov 2020 02:37Z Caracas,Venezuela. A Venezuelan judge on Thursday found six American oil executivesguilty of a wide-ranging corruption scheme and immediately ... Trumpsays he will leave the White House if Biden is confirmed by electoral college ABCNews, 26 Nov 2020 at 11:00pm USPresident Donald Trump says he will leave the White House if, as expected, theelectoral college confirms Joe Biden has won the 2020 election. Ethiopiato launch 'final phase' of offensive in Tigray region, PM says ABCNews, 27 Nov 2020 0:34Z Adeadline for the Tigray People's Liberation Front to surrender expires, promptingEthiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to warn that the Government's " lawenforcement campaign has reached its final stage". [Outlier!] Onesmall step for Morrison, but a giant leap for the Coalition ABC/TheConversation, 27 Nov 2020 0:33Z IfAustralia is not to be an outlier at the climate conference in Glasgow nextyear, Scott Morrison has just months to commit to reaching net zero emissionsby 2050, writes Michelle Grattan. Frontlineworkers thank Victorians 'from the bottom of our hearts' on ' eliminationday' ABC/7.30,27 Nov 2020 02:14Z Healthcareworkers like Abbey Fistrovic say what Victorians have achieved "isincredible" as the state records a milestone 28 days without a coronavirusinfection, but the effects of a traumatic second wave still linger. Coronavirusalerts issued for two SA shopping centres as authorities battle cluster ABCNews, 27 Nov 2020 0:34Z Healthauthorities add major shopping centres in Adelaide's north-west to theirlist of potential coronavirus spread sites, and urge Black Friday shoppersto wear masks. Threenew COVID-19 cases in the NT as travellers from India test positive ABCNews, 27 Nov 2020 0:35Z Threepeople, including a four-year-old girl, have tested positive to coronavirusin quarantine in the NT. Since repatriation flights began, 19 newcases have been reported. Chinaputs tariffs on Australian wine ABCRural, 27 Nov 2020 02:20Z TheChinese Government has announced it will place tariffs on all Australian wineimports from tomorrow, striking a blow to the multi-billion-dollar industry. AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 26 Nov 2020 22:03Z Canadagoing #green is very big news: The oil industry of the 4th largestoil producer in the world is already being crushed - with 37% ofCanada's oil and gas companies reporting permanent layoffs -and will beentirely stranded within a decade oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-... #AboutTimepic.twitter.com/6ithqH5cWy BNONewsroom @BNODesk 27 Nov 2020 01:05Z Another'donut day' in Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, and Vietnam: - 0 domesticcases - 0 deaths ScottGottlieb, MD @ScottGottliebMD 27 Nov 2020 01:02Z Withonly partial reporting today, and many states not submitting data, weare nonetheless seeing a staggering jump in total Covid hospitalizationsnationally; reflecting the sharply rising new infectionswe've seen in recent weeks and delay between diagnosis and hospitalization.twitter.com/covid19trackin... [TrumpAdmits He's A Crime Boss:] Trumpshares tweet saying he should pardon himself, rest of his admin - BusinessInsider BusinessInsider, 26 Nov 2020 11:43Z PresidentDonald Trump on Wednesday pardoned Michael Flynn, heightening speculationhe may use the end of his presidency to exonerate more allies. Hawaii'sFresh Water Leaks to the Ocean Through Underground Rivers TheNew York Times, 25 Nov 2020 Thereare few things on the island of Hawaii that are more valuable than *fresh*water. This is not because the island is dry. There is plenty of rain.The trouble is ... [Undercount!] CDCwarns eight COVID-19 infections are missed for every one counted NewYork Post, 26 Nov 2020 14:21Z Therecord surge in coronavirus cases across the US is likely far worse, withan estimated eight infections unreported for every one infection counted. [Zombies!] Deadmink infected with a possible mutated form of COVID-19 resurface from gravesafter burial in Denmark ChicagoTribune, 26 Nov 2020 17:18Z Someof the thousands of mink culled to minimize the risk of them re- transmittingthe new coronavirus to humans have risen from their shallow gravesin western ... Citingconspiracy theories, Michigan GOP electors ask court to name Trump winner TheDetroit News, 26 Nov 2020 16:17Z Anew lawsuit brought by Michigan Republicans asks a judge to decide that PresidentTrump won the state based on a bevy of conspiracy theories. GeorgiaRepublican Official Named as Plaintiff by Sidney Powell Never Agreed toTake Part in Lawsuit Newsweek,26 Nov 2020 19:41Z AGOP county chairman who is listed as a plaintiff on ex-Trump attorney SidneyPowell's typo-filled fraud lawsuit says he never agreed to take part inthe legal ... [Uh,oh! Boo-boo!] AstraZenecaFaces Difficult Questions About Its Vaccine After Admitting Mistake TheNew York Times, 26 Nov 2020 12:17Z Sometrial participants only got a partial dose of AstraZeneca's vaccine. Expertssaid the company's spotty disclosures have eroded confidence. AstraZeneca says it will likely do another study of COVID-19 vaccine after accidental lower dose shows higher efficacy TechCrunch, 26 Nov 2020 17:20Z AstraZeneca's CEO told Bloomberg that the pharmaceutical company will likely conduct another global trial of the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine trial, ... Faucimakes "final plea" to Americans before Thanksgiving CBSNews, 26 Nov 2020 01:15Z Withone day left before America celebrates a major family holiday, Dr. AnthonyFauci made a "final plea" for Americans to follow COVID-19 guidelinesthis ... [Casenumbers doubling approx every 2m now]. AccuWeather@breakingweather 26 Nov 2020 06:13Z Redflag warnings are in effect across Southern California as Santa Ana windsare forecast to increase on Thanksgiving Day and continue through Fridayevening: bit.ly/2KoZ0X2 pic.twitter.com/39A7Eqi8Fu PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 26 Nov 2020 06:18Z Notthat there was really any doubt, but the pandemic has really made itclear that conservatives have no right to ever claim to be pro-life. twitter.com/smh/status/133... icarus62@icarus62 26 Nov 2020 08:16Z Replyingto @oliciv @AndrewRegan16 and 14 others "Blackcars are up to 47 per cent more likely to be involved in crashes,research shows.... The reason lies not in who is behind the wheel,but in the visibility of their vehicle, say the researchers" abc.net.au/news/rural/pro... [SpyIn Da Sky!] BloombergGreen @climate 26 Nov 2020 10:20Z Nowthe companies and countries responsible for a powerful greenhouse gaswon't be able to hide from view trib.al/qiwTK8D [WarmArctic:] AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 26 Nov 2020 10:12Z Afterrecord low sea ice coverage in October, relentless warming of #Arcticcontinues -Northeast Passage shipping route stayed open for arecord 112 days, beating record by a month -Warmer pockets 20C above average-Entire Arctic 6.7C higher than normal independent.co.uk/environment/ar... [WarmAntarctic!] KrisVan Steenbergen @KrVaSt 26 Nov 2020 14:14Z Payclose attention to the predicted sea surface temperatures around Antarctica(warming: +3°C): (clockwise) - Brunt Ice Shelf (Weddell Sea) -Amery Ice Shelf (Prydz Bay) - Shackleton Ice Shelf (Davis Sea) - Vanderfordglacier - Mertz-Ninnis Valley - Ross Sea - TG! (Amundsen Sea)pic.twitter.com/4fWqmaqMI9 [Wind+Solar> Coal+Gas:] CarbonBrief @CarbonBrief 26 Nov 2020 11:13Z IEA:Wind and solar capacity will overtake both gas and coal globally by2024 | @Josh_Gabbatiss j.mp/33jrCHW pic.twitter.com/lNkjGVEwuL BloombergGreen @climate 26 Nov 2020 12:20Z Australiansare installing rooftop solar panels at a record pace trib.al/JEdvy65 [Waterstress:] AlexanderVerbeek @Alex_Verbeek 26 Nov 2020 15:12Z §This new @FAO report assesses how many people are and will be livingin areas experiencing severe or high levels of water stress and droughtfrequency and investigates how agriculture can make more productiveand sustainable use of a resource under growing pressure. #SDGstwitter.com/fao/status/133... [IEAdiscovers renewables are cheap:] AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 26 Nov 2020 16:12Z SolarIs the Cheapest Electricity in History Even that bastion of fossilfuels, @IEA, finally discovered this, after its detailed "new"analysis showed solar was 20% to 50% cheaper than it thought carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now-c...pic.twitter.com/iDdBHAasNt [GreenlandCyclone!] severe-weather.EU@severeweatherEU 26 Nov 2020 16:19Z Adeep cyclone traveling along southern Greenland has peaked last night andis now moving towards Iceland. A major windstorm with hurricane-forcewinds is spreading huge, near 15-meter (50 feet) sea wavestowards Iceland this Thursday: severe-weather.eu/mcd/iceland-wi... ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 26 Nov 2020 17:14Z Moreextreme heat in summer, warmer winters with less ice, and wild fluctuationsbetween heavy rain and drought are taking a toll on cranberryplants in Massachusetts, where many of the plants are 100 yearsold or more. wapo.st/2IUuBzr [WarmThanksgiving == New Normal:] ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 26 Nov 2020 17:13Z WarmThanksgiving forecasts for most of the U.S. Less and less unusual... medialibrary.climatecentral.org/resources/2020... #ClimateMatterspic.twitter.com/ebwKVh2eBy [Jetstream!] ScottDuncan @ScottDuncanWX 26 Nov 2020 17:36Z Replyingto @MichaelEMann @MichaelEMannfinds summer-season resonant planetary wave amplificationevents are tied to climate change. Basically, there is evidenceof a link between global warming and wavier jet streams in the summer.advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/10/e... [Anothermechanism makes them wavier in the winter]. [SocalFire Season!] NWSStorm Prediction Center @NWSSPC 26 Nov 2020 17:55Z Widespreadelevated and critical fire weather conditions are expected today/tomorrowin southern California. Increasing offshore winds this eveningthrough Friday will support warm dry and windy conditions conduciveto fire spread. Please see go.usa.gov/YWcC for more info pic.twitter.com/Io2AwLQNVe Glow-in-the-darkwombats take scientists by surprise ABCRadio Hobart, 26 Nov 2020 05:10Z Australianscientists are surprised to learn that many animals glow under UV light,though more research is required to discover why. Queenslandersto swelter in extreme heatwave with temperatures to hit more than40C ABCNews, 26 Nov 2020 06:10Z Anextreme heatwave with temperatures predicted to soar above 40 degrees Celsiuswill move into south-east Queensland on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, theBureau of Meteorology warns. Defencestarts dismissing SAS soldiers in wake of Afghanistan war crimes inquiry ABCNews, 26 Nov 2020 06:09Z Atleast 10 current members of the elite Special Air Service Regiment implicatedin the damning Afghanistan war crimes inquiry have received "show cause"notices from the Defence Department. Economiclosses from Solomon Islands' oil spill disaster near World Heritage sitecould reach $50m ABC/PacificBeat, 26 Nov 2020 06:09Z Documentsleaked to the ABC estimate the economic losses caused by an oil spillnear a world heritage-listed area of Solomon Islands last year could beas high as $50 million. WarningWA could be the worst hit by summer bushfires after parts of state left'extremely dry' ABCNews, 26 Nov 2020 08:07Z Aprolonged dry spell in south-west parts of WA that is set to continue in comingmonths has left the state at risk of becoming the worst affected by bushfiresthis summer, according to scientists. Firefighterspursue mine owner for $18m to cover cost of tackling 45-day inferno ABCGippsland, 26 Nov 2020 07:08Z TheCountry Fire Authority's efforts to recover the cost of putting out the 2014Hazelwood mine fire in eastern Victoria will be considered at a Supreme Courttrial starting next year. Pakistancricket squad members test positive for coronavirus in New Zealand ABCNews, 26 Nov 2020 10:04Z Sixmembers of the Pakistan cricket squad test positive for COVID-19 as CCTV showsthe tourists breaching coronavirus rules while in isolation in New Zealand. AsVictoria hits 'elimination day', only two countries have better conquered acoronavirus wave ABCNews, 26 Nov 2020 18:0Z Todayis the day that Victoria will hopefully find out the news it's been waitingfor -- that the state hasn't found a new coronavirus case in four weeks,writes Casey Briggs. Queensland police officers in isolation after contact with traveller in quarantine ABC News, 26 Nov 2020 08:05Z Eleven Queensland police officers are put into isolation after coming into contact with a man who has tested positive to COVID-19 while in hotel quarantine. A student got coronavirus ordering a pizza -- so why isn't SA back in lockdown? ABC News, 26 Nov 2020 08:06Z One of SA's two new coronavirus cases has been linked to pizza bar at the centre of the cluster -- but authorities have decided against returning the state to the drastic lockdown circumstances experienced last week. Busyflight radars and packed US airports offer a glimpse into why Thanksgivingcould be a COVID-19 disaster ABCNews, 26 Nov 2020 17:07Z Nomatter what metric you use to measure it, the US is being swallowed by anotherwave, comparable in size and shape to the initial COVID-19 tsunami thatcaught the country off guard, writes Emily Olson. [Record!] Coronaviruslive news: Germany extends partial lockdown as world suffers recorddaily deaths TheGuardian, 26 Nov 2020 08:27Z Globalcases pass 60m; nearly 13000 daily deaths reported worldwide; the Americasreported more than 1.5m cases in the last seven days. Trumpadministration rejects massive Alaska mining project POLITICO,25 Nov 2020 20:28Z TheU.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit for the Pebble Mine in Alaskaon Wednesday, effectively killing plans to build the massive copper andgold ... TheAstraZeneca Covid Vaccine Data Isn't Up to Snuff WIRED,25 Nov 2020 13:26Z There'sbeen even more good news this week, this time from the Oxford-AstraZenecatrials. But a closer look reveals some very shaky science. Splitting5 to 4, Supreme Court Backs Religious Challenge to Cuomo's Virus ShutdownOrder TheNew York Times, 26 Nov 2020 07:25Z Washington.The Supreme Court late Wednesday night barred restrictions on religiousservices in New York that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had imposed to ... 100pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins dead in mass stranding on remote islandoff New Zealand ABCNews, 25 Nov 2020 14:51Z About100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins dead in a mass stranding on theremote Chatham Islands, about 800 kilometres off New Zealand's east coast. Chinaclaims 'quality' problem with Australian coal as $700 million worth sitsidle off ports ABCNews, 25 Nov 2020 14:50Z Chinasuggests almost $700 million worth of Australian coal is being held up atports due to "environmental quality" problems. NSWheatwave to bring 40C days and hot nights ABCNews, 25 Nov 2020 18:50Z NSWresidents might have some sleepless nights ahead of them with a heatwave expectedto bring high temperatures over the next few days and nights. Pickedby a slave? Berries are bad but grapes could be even worse as Coles andWoolies chase dodgy farmers ABCNews, 25 Nov 2020 18:58Z Woolworthsidentifies more than 300 Australian fruit and vegetable suppliers withinits supply chain where workers are at risk of slave-like conditions, aspart of its first-ever review under new modern slavery laws. Pestwasp can block vital plane instrument, forcing groundings, delays ABCScience, 25 Nov 2020 19:09Z It'sless than a centimetre long and you'd probably shoo it away without a secondthought, but the keyhole wasp may pose a "significant risk" to passengeraircraft safety, research finds. Scientistsrace to find wild, ancient bananas that can save one of the the world'sfavourite fruits ABC/NTCountry Hour, 25 Nov 2020 19:33Z Inthe rainforests of Papua New Guinea, 15-metre-tall ancestors of modern-day, cultivatedbananas contain the precious genetics that could save the popularfruit from climate change, pests and disease. CycloneNivar Threatens India's Puducherry TheNew York Times, 25 Nov 2020 18:15Z NewDelhi. A severe cyclone gathered speed off India's eastern shores in the Bayof Bengal on Wednesday and was poised to make landfall around ... [Leadership!] AnotherTrump campaign advisor tests positive for coronavirus, as Giuliani headsto Gettysburg CNBC,25 Nov 2020 18:12Z Atop advisor to President Donald Trump's campaign tested positive for the coronavirus,a week after he attended a controversial press conference led by ... FutureEnergy Source: Scientists Build Tiny Microbial Factories That Produce Hydrogenby Photosynthesis SciTechDaily,25 Nov 2020 10:31Z Scientistshave built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen,instead of oxygen, when exposed to daylight in air. The findings ofthe ... ElonMusk plans `world's biggest battery factory' at Tesla plant near Berlin YahooFinance, 25 Nov 2020 11:30Z Tesla(TSLA) boss Elon Musk is aiming to build the world's largest battery factoryat the site in the state of Brandenburg, Germany where he is currently... AsCOVID-19 Vaccine Nears, Employers Consider Making It Mandatory NPR,25 Nov 2020 12:29Z Withpromising news out of COVID-19 vaccine trials, the question now is how manypeople will get the vaccine? And can or will employers require their workers... 6,000years of arrows emerge from melting Norwegian ice patch NationalGeographic, 25 Nov 2020 0:28Z Archaeologistsin Norway have discovered dozens of arrows-some dating back 6, 000years-melting out of a 60-acre ice patch in the county's high mountains. Franceon path to reopening shops, theatres and cinemas by Christmas ABCNews, 25 Nov 2020 03:25Z Francewill start easing its COVID-19 lockdown this weekend so that shops, theatresand cinemas will reopen by Christmas and people will be able to spendthe holiday with their families. Threatenedcockatoos 'annihilating' apple crops ABC/WACountry Hour, 25 Nov 2020 04:23Z Aniconic Aussie bird is ruffling apple industry feathers to the tune of millionsof dollars a year in damage to orchards and crops, say frustrated farmers. Bushfirecontinues to burn out of control on Fraser Island after six weeks ABCNews, 25 Nov 2020 07:09Z Abushfire ravages a third of the World Heritage Area of Queensland's idyllicFraser Island, six weeks after being sparked by an illegal campfire. MnuchinPlans to Put $455 Billion Beyond Yellen's Easy Reach Bloomberg,25 Nov 2020 00:01Z TreasurySecretary Steven Mnuchin will put $455 billion in unspent Cares Act fundinginto an account that his presumed successor, former Federal Reserve ... Putinwon't take Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, despite claims of 90% effectiveness NewYork Post, 24 Nov 2020 18:33Z Russianleader Vladimir Putin will not be taking the country's newly developedcoronavirus vaccine, the Kremlin announced Tuesday - even though health... Invenergyis building the largest U.S. solar farm in Texas ampAxios,24 Nov 2020 21:32Z Chicago-basedInvenergy has announced the green energy generation and storageoperator is installing what will be largest solar farm in the United Statesin ... Lameduck pardons turkey: Trump confronts reality at muted Thanksgiving event TheGuardian, 24 Nov 2020 23:31Z Ata much diminished White House ceremony, the president seemed to realise thathis star has already begun to wane. [Record!] Mainesees highest jump in deaths as record 258 new coronavirus cases are reported BangorDaily News, 24 Nov 2020 14:01Z Adozen people across five counties succumbed to COVID-19, the highest single-daydeath toll Maine has seen since the pandemic began. TeslaSemi electric truck to have up to 621 miles of range, says Elon Musk Electrek,24 Nov 2020 15:59Z ElonMusk made new comments about the Tesla Semi program, Tesla's upcoming electricsemi truck, and said that the vehicle will eventually have up to 1,000... US,Russian Navies Get Into Brief Confrontation In Sea Of Japan NPR,24 Nov 2020 13:57Z Russiasays it "chased off" a U.S. Navy ship in contested territory in the Seaof Japan, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow. Supersizedwind turbines generate clean energy--and surprising physics: As windenergy scales up, researchers study the fluid dynamics challenges ScienceDaily, 23 Nov 2020 23:56Z Twentyyears ago, wind energy was mostly a niche industry that contributed lessthan 1% to the total electricity demand in the United States. Wind has since... Unexplainedmetal monolith discovered in remote area of Utah's Red Rock Country USATODAY, 24 Nov 2020 15:55Z Anunexplained metal monolith was discovered in Utah's Red Rock Country, the UtahDepartment of Public Safety announced Monday. In a statement shared on ... PurduePharma, maker of OxyContin, expected to plead guilty to charges relatedto nation's opioid crisis ABCNews, 24 Nov 2020 14:54Z PurduePharma is expected Tuesday to plead guilty to federal conspiracy and kickbackcharges and acknowledge that its aggressive marketing of opioids over ... World'stop latex glove maker shuts factories over coronavirus outbreak ABCNews, 24 Nov 2020 07:52Z Morethan half of Top Glove's factories have stopped production while the companyscreens and quarantines its workforce after more than 2,000 employeestest positive for COVID-19. Pumpingup power from poo among winners of Australia's 'Oscars of science' ABCScience, 24 Nov 2020 09:50Z Amongtonight's winners of the Eureka Prizes is a research that is pumping upthe amount of energy we can get from sewage and a citizen science project thatmaps coastal erosion. USCOVID hospitalisations at record levels as a potential 'super-spreader' eventlooms ABCNews, 24 Nov 2020 18:0Z Morethan 83,000 Americans are now in hospital with the disease, and more than16,000 of those are in intensive care. It means the country is now on itsway to recording more deaths a day than any other point in the pandemic, writesCasey Briggs. ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 23 Nov 2020 21:08Z Lastweek, more than 100 residents were displaced by a wildfire that ravageda remote mountain community in California and killed one person.The inferno struck with sudden ferocity midday Tuesday during strongwinds, destroying more than 80 structures. bit.ly/35XM030 CNNBreaking News @cnnbrk 23 Nov 2020 22:09Z Michigancertifies election results, formally granting Biden the state's16 electoral votes and all but erasing Trump's pathway to overturningthe election cnn.it/3lYd4Vj NASAHurricane@NASAHurricane 23 Nov 2020 23:11Z We'vegot BIG news! Next week the NASA Hurricane account is expanding itsreach and & changing its name, covering all of Earth's #atmospherein addition to #hurricanes. Stay tuned for more newson the transition to NASA Atmosphere. pic.twitter.com/yTW6PyWS4i AndrewDessler @AndrewDessler 24 Nov 2020 01:07Z David Legates appointment may have been illegal, says @RepEBJ science.house.gov/imo/media/doc/... Andrew Dessler @AndrewDessler 24 Nov 2020 01:07Z Replying to @AndrewDessler Never forget, Legates says dumb things about climate. Here, he gets a good question about the "hiatus" and, in response, claims that temperatures where higher in 1930s than today. youtube.com/watch?v=faQssB... BloombergGreen @climate 24 Nov 2020 02:15Z EDFplans to test the viability of projects to produce hydrogen and suckcarbon dioxide from the air at a proposed nuclear plant in the U.K.trib.al/HnxMu5G EricHolthaus @EricHolthaus 24 Nov 2020 04:10Z It'sofficial. The Biden-Harris transition website now has a .gov address.And the climate emergency has center stage. pic.twitter.com/q9A7ZbMsG9 AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 24 Nov 2020 07:07Z Net-ZeroSteel: Swedish state-owned miner LKAB to pump $47b in push for emissions-freeiron ore for steelmaking, will use "direct reduced iron" producedusing emissions-free hydrogen That's the power of unleashing theworld from the shackles of oil & gas ft.com/content/0cbc20... Returnedtravellers caught coronavirus in Adelaide medi-hotel, authorities confirm ABCNews, 24 Nov 2020 05:41Z Therehas been a major development linked to Adelaide's coronavirus cluster, withtwo cases previously thought to have caught the virus overseas now suspectedof having acquired it while in an Adelaide medi-hotel. TheAndrews Government's mega-money Budget aims to spend the state out of an economicpit ABCNews, 24 Nov 2020 04:42Z It'smore than 500 days since the last Victorian Budget, and until last monthit didn't even have a date in the calendar. But the Andrews Government gotlucky today, with circumstances proving its point as it released a firehoseof cash, writes Daniel Ziffer. The winners and losers in Victoria's big Budget ABC News, 24 Nov 2020 07:39Z The Victorian Government is borrowing and spending billions to help the state's economy recover from the pandemic. Here are some of the winners and losers. Regional Victoria gets billions for health, education and infrastructure projects ABC News, 24 Nov 2020 03:42Z The Victorian Government is spending more than $8 billion in this year's Budget to help regional Victoria recover from the back-to-back crises of last summer's bushfires and the pandemic. WithJohn Kerry Pick, Biden Selects a `Climate Envoy' With Stature TheNew York Times, 24 Nov 2020 0:35Z Mr.Biden said he would name Mr. Kerry to a cabinet-level climate post, givinghim the job of persuading global leaders that the United States is preparedto ... [TheShoe Drops!] Trumpfears Giuliani, other lawyers in Biden vote challenge are 'fools that aremaking him look bad' CNBC,23 Nov 2020 21:34Z PresidentDonald Trump is worried his campaign's legal team, led by his personallawyer Rudy Giuliani, is composed of "fools that are making him lookbad," ... Don'tcount on finding toilet paper on your next run to Target or Walmart. COVID-19panic buying is on a roll again USATODAY, 23 Nov 2020 21:22Z Papertowels, cleaners and other household staples are in high demand in storesand online again as the coronavirus surges across the country. GeneralMotors Drops Support for Trump Climate Rollbacks TheNew York Times, 23 Nov 2020 23:25Z GeneralMotors said it would no longer back President Trump's lawsuit seekingto strip California of the power to set fuel economy standards. Chaoserupts at Shanghai airport after mass COVID-19 testing ordered over cluster NewYork Post, 23 Nov 2020 19:21Z Oneof Shanghai's international airports descended into chaos after officialsordered mass COVID-19 testing for workers in response to a small clusterof cases. Scientistsmade a counterintuitive discovery about the Amazon rainforest Inverse,23 Nov 2020 16:19Z Astudy in Science Advances reveals some puzzling ecological traits in the wettestregions of the Amazon, suggesting the rainforest is tougher than we think. Victoriahas no active cases of coronavirus for the first time since February ABCNews, 23 Nov 2020 at 8:51pm Thelast COVID patient being treated in hospital was released yesterday. It'sthe first time Victorian hospitals have been free of coronavirus cases sinceFebruary. Trumpasks US Government to begin transition of power to Biden ABCNews, 23 Nov 2020 23:47Z USPresident Donald Trump says he has asked the US Government to begin the officialtransition process, but remains confident in his diminishing legal challengesover the result of the election. Key US government agency recognises Biden as 'apparent winner' of 2020 election ABC News, 23 Nov 2020 23:31Z The General Services Administration recognises Joe Biden as the 'apparent winner' of the 2020 US election, clearing a crucial roadblock in the process to begin the presidential transition. Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 23 Nov 2020 23:27Z I want to thank Emily Murphy at GSA for her steadfast dedication and loyalty to our Country. She has been harassed, threatened, and abused - and I do not want to see this happen to her, her family, or employees of GSA. Our case STRONGLY continues, we will keep up the good... Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 23 Nov 2020 23:27Z Replying to @realDonaldTrump ...fight, and I believe we will prevail! Nevertheless, in the best interest of our Country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same. Qantaspassengers will need COVID-19 vaccine for international travel ABCNews, 23 Nov 2020 at 10:50pm Passengerswill have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before entering or leavingAustralia on a Qantas plane, and could be asked to show a vaccinationpassport to prove it. 'Giganticexperiment': Boris Johnson's ambitious new trial to eliminate COVIDself-isolation ABCNews, 23 Nov 2020 23:11Z Self-isolationis one of most widely practised methods in the world for breakingthe chains of COVID-19 transmission. But it could be scrapped in Englandif an ambitious trial announced by the prime minister proves successful. BusinessLeaders Tell GOP: Start Biden Transition or No Money for Georgia SenateRun-Offs TheDaily Beast, 23 Nov 2020 14:55Z Shameclearly hasn't forced Republican leaders to put pressure on President DonaldTrump to begin the transition-perhaps money will. According to the New... Hospitalizationnumbers rise sharply as Florida adds 6,587 new COVID-19 cases MiamiHerald, 22 Nov 2020 22:00Z TheFlorida Department of Health reported 6587 new COVID-19 cases and 61 deathsSunday, but also 217 more current hospitalizations than the previous day. CDCremoves guidelines encouraging in-person learning amid COVID-19 pandemic MLive.com,22 Nov 2020 15:00Z TheCenters for Disease Control and Prevention have pulled contentious schoolguidance off its website that advocated for students returning to in-person... Cana Computer Devise a Theory of Everything? TheNew York Times, 23 Nov 2020 10:59Z Itmight be possible, physicists say, but not anytime soon. And there's no guaranteethat we humans will understand the result. Pennsylvania,Michigan, Nevada Will Certify Election Results NPR,23 Nov 2020 13:08Z Withvote certifications this week in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Nevada, pressurewill only build on the Republican dam of support for Trump's effortsto ... ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 23 Nov 2020 0:08Z Drunkon the broth-warm waters of the Caribbean and emboldened by a passiveatmosphere, Category 5 Hurricane Iota had nothing to stop it butland as it defied climatology in its late season brutality. bit.ly/3kS3H8p BloombergGreen @climate 23 Nov 2020 03:15Z Newmodels convinced a team of scientists to move up projections for thefirst summer in 130,000 years without sea ice trib.al/I8NOMiN SenatorAdam Morfeld @Adam_Morfeld 23 Nov 2020 0:09Z WellSidney Powell lasted for about half a Scaramucci. pic.twitter.com/Vaz3duS4Zg Harry Litman @harrylitman 23 Nov 2020 03:09Z Explanation of Sydney Powell's sacking by an anonymous Trump campaign official: "She was too crazy even for the president." BloombergGreen @climate 23 Nov 2020 08:15Z Japanneeds to set up a fund of up to 10 trillion yen to invest in a greenand digital transformation of society, according to one of the premier'sadvisers trib.al/Ir50mJf JasonHeskett @jasonheskett 23 Nov 2020 10:13Z Replyingto @simonahac @DanielAndrewsMP and 2 others FromElectric Vehicle Council June 2019 edition of Cleaner and Safer Roadsfor NSW. More deaths from vehicle emissions than road deaths causedby alcohol, fatigue and speeding combined. EV's represent massivehealth savings and saves lives. Taxing them is not the answer. pic.twitter.com/8dnzta0g0e [DoseRelationship!] RobertRohde @RARohde 23 Nov 2020 10:13Z Replyingto @o_logical Notexactly. Patients given two full doses were only 62% effective. Patientsgiven a half-dose followed by a full dose claimed to be 90% effective.However, the latter regime only applied to ~1/4 of participants,so the not clear how robust that outcome is on limited data. BloombergGreen @climate 23 Nov 2020 11:40Z Britainplans to make climate risk disclosure mandatory by 2025 trib.al/LwSZCMv ChinaMoon Mission Will Try To Bring Back The First Lunar Rocks In Decades NPR,23 Nov 2020 06:06Z TheChang'e-5 mission will attempt to bring back rock and soil samples from apreviously unexplored part of the moon, helping scientists better understandits ... Couldwe ever pull enough carbon out of the atmosphere to stop climate change? Livescience.com,22 Nov 2020 12:41Z Howcan humans slow climate change? By harnessing natural and human-made carbonremoval opportunities. [Medicane!] severe-weather.EU@severeweatherEU 22 Nov 2020 12:35Z Likelya #medicane has formed between Sicily (Italy) and Tunisia thismorning. Moving west to make the landfall near the city of Sousse, Tunisiatoday. Some severe winds and heavy rainfall will occur with the strongeststorms near the core! Images: @windy / @eumetsat / @NASApic.twitter.com/iXLPrrEgYJ Josh Morgerman @iCyclone 22 Nov 2020 11:32Z #Cyclone #GATI nearing #Somalia. JTWC's intensity estimate of 100 knots seems reasonable. India Met Dept's estimate of 50 knots is frankly mystifying. I generally avoid publicly disagreeing with official agencies, but it's hard not to here: it's obviously much stronger than that. pic.twitter.com/1V9gTh2QmZ Ryan Maue @RyanMaue 22 Nov 2020 11:35Z Tropical Cyclone Gati (03A) has rapidly intensified from a weak tropical storm to 100-knots (Major Hurricane intensity) just east of the northern Somalia coast. It will make landfall shortly. pic.twitter.com/ACtJZ28h1C Mixedreactions to Victoria's proposal to tax electric vehicle users ABCNews, 22 Nov 2020 03:25Z TheVictorian Greens says a plan to tax electric vehicle owners a road usage feeis a "lazy" alternative to wider reform, but a think tank says it is essentialfor ensuring governments can fund transport infrastructure as incomefrom the fuel excise dwindles. [Leadership!] GeorgiaSen. Kelly Loeffler self-isolating after positive COVID-19 test NewYork Post, 22 Nov 2020 04:40Z Sen.Kelly Loeffler is quarantining after she tested positive for COVID-19 andthen took another test with inconclusive results, a campaign spokesman said... Trumpcalls on GOP state legislatures to overturn election results POLITICO,22 Nov 2020 03:38Z PresidentDonald Trump made explicit Saturday the strategy his legal team hasbeen hinting at for days: He wants Republican-led legislatures to overturn... severe-weather.EU@severeweatherEU 21 Nov 2020 15:12Z *Winterforecast 2020/2021* Final look at #Winter reveals a strong LaNina influence and a very nice demonstration of how the Ocean can influencethe Atmosphere. Low pressure will dominate western Canada, whilethe Atlantic patterns turn more variable. severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/w... [Boom!] NWSFairbanks @NWSFairbanks 21 Nov 2020 16:11Z Wewere checking out clouds, sea ice, and city lights on the satellite imageryovernight, when all of a sudden the aurora blew up and made a guestappearance. There was some incredibly detailed aurora bands/structure!!!® The video below is a loop of 5 images, annotated. #akwxpic.twitter.com/jvocEvNyBi AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 21 Nov 2020 16:04Z Inlandtemperatures in South Africa's Eastern Cape again reach record highs NOAANCEI Climate @NOAANCEIclimate 21 Nov 2020 17:12Z ICYMI,we published a new article explaining why rainfall is getting heavierand storms are getting stronger as Earth warms. Hint: It's complicated.Find out why: bit.ly/BigRainEvents pic.twitter.com/UWnwowoKuB [Sentinel6!] NASA'sLaunch Services Program @NASA_LSP 21 Nov 2020 17:11Z LIFTOFF!Fair winds and following seas to Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich. #SeeingTheSeaspic.twitter.com/F07eLFEs9g SpaceX @SpaceX 21 Nov 2020 16:11Z All systems and weather are go for Falcon 9's launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich mission. T-35 minutes until liftoff -> spacex.com/launches pic.twitter.com/e4VQfBPG8b [GoodNews Week:] AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 21 Nov 2020 18:05Z Goodclimate news this week 1UK bans sale of diesel and gas cars from 2030 2Quebec bans sale of gas cars from 2035 347 faith institutions divest 4Canada to enshrine 2050 net zero in law 5EU to up offshore wind 25-fold by 2050 6Japan's parliament calls climate emergency twitter.com/AssaadRazzouk/... KenCaldeira@KenCaldeira 21 Nov 2020 18:08Z "Climateeffects of aerosol abatement in China and beyond" A draft of my@AGU talk on @zheng_yixuan's papers on climate effects of aerosols.iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108... nature.com/articles/s4155...@CarnegieScience youtube.com/watch?v=EZCDMQ... EricSteig º¸¨¦ @ericsteig 21 Nov 2020 18:08Z Ilove this idea. Push Emerges for the First Native American Interior Secretarynytimes.com/2020/11/20/cli... WSJEditorial Page @WSJopinion 21 Nov 2020 18:04Z Statesshould impose tailored Covid restrictions now--or risk expensive lockdownslater, write @ScottGottliebMD and Mark McClellan on.wsj.com/2UM215O DanRather @DanRather 21 Nov 2020 19:10Z Iremember when @HillaryClinton refused to concede and then the @BarackObamateam refused to work with the incoming Trump team or meetwith him. Oh right. None of that happened. ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 21 Nov 2020 19:06Z Partsof Oregon are forecast to experience stagnant air due to high pressureand strong inversions. Change in annual stagnant air days since1973 has significantly risen and continues to show a growing trend.bit.ly/StagnantAir #climatematters pic.twitter.com/FKHxpRFblL [Record!] CNN@CNN 21 Nov 2020 21:07Z President-electJoe Biden's margin of victory over President Donald Trumpsurpassed 6 million votes on Friday, as ballots continue to be countedacross the nation. cnn.it/35Ua1bn BloombergGreen @climate 21 Nov 2020 22:14Z Plantsproduce and respond to complex signals. They're sensitive to touch,and know whether what's shading them is a cloud or a fellow plant.Could they also have personalities? trib.al/0bAwBXJ [Wildfires!] ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 22 Nov 2020 0:06Z Wildfireshave scorched more than 8.7 million acres across the country thisyear, but the season is still not over. Right now, there are three newwildfires burning in the West: the Mountain View Fire, the PinehavenFire and one in Bear Creek Park. cnn.it/3kQV9Pc AccuWeather @breakingweather 22 Nov 2020 0:06Z As high pressure builds across the interior West, Santa Ana winds are expected to blow across the region to end the holiday week, bringing an increased wildfire threat, as well the potential for some localized damaging winds: bit.ly/3fj6lD4 pic.twitter.com/RdviGJuZc7 Reed Timmer @ReedTimmerAccu 21 Nov 2020 21:11Z The last time I remember such a dominant subtropical ridge over the southeast US and such a dry summer there was a monster wildfire in the Smoky Mountains. Hopefully the passage of all these TCs dumped enough rainfall to prevent a similar problem. Sure feels dry here in S Apps Thedevelopment of effective mRNA vaccines could have benefits way beyond thiscurrent pandemic ABCScience, 21 Nov 2020 at 8:00pm Pfizerand Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines are based on an as-yet unapproved technology.So beyond this pandemic, how might these and similar vaccines protectus against other diseases? It'snot just a vaccine that will allow us to travel overseas again. Here's whatthe experts say ABCNews, 21 Nov 2020 at 7:15pm TheAustralian Government hints that a proof of vaccination may be introducedas a requirement for travel once a COVID-19 vaccine is available, whileexperts warn there's much more to safely restarting tourism. Victoria's'final step' goes beyond expectations as masks come off outdoors andmore rules relax ABCNews, 21 Nov 2020 at 11:54pm Facemasks will no longer be required outside in Victoria from midnight, as longas physical distancing can be maintained. Victorians will be able to haveup to 15 visitors to their homes per day, increasing to 30 in time for Christmas. Victoria records no new coronavirus cases or deaths for 23rd day straight ABC News, 21 Nov 2020 at 10:09pm The state continues its streak of "double doughnut" days, with just one active case remaining in Victoria. Criticallyendangered turtle found on same beach decades after first tagging ABCPilbara, 22 Nov 2020 00:31Z Acritically endangered hawksbill turtle, more than 60 years old and tagged threetimes, has returned to nest again 30 years after being first sighted onthe Pilbara coast. Astronomersdiscover new 'fossil galaxy' buried deep within the Milky Way Phys.org,21 Nov 2020 Scientistsworking with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys' Apache PointObservatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) have discovered a " fossil... Trumpattends his final G-20 summit but does not participate in pandemic preparednesssession CNBC,21 Nov 2020 21:48Z PresidentTrump did not participate in a virtual G-20 event on pandemic preparedness,even as Covid-19 infections surge and break daily records acrossthe ... US Passes 12 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases : Coronavirus Updates NPR, 21 Nov 2020 22:52Z On Friday alone, there were 195000 new confirmed cases of the virus and 1878 deaths. The U.S. has been adding 1 million cases every six days. South Dakota healthcare CEO says he had COVID-19 but won't be wearing a mask at work: report msnNOW, 21 Nov 2020 16:55Z The CEO of a South Dakota-based healthcare system, Sanford Health, has said that he recovered from COVID-19 and is back at work, but won't wear a mask. Judgethrows out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification TheAssociated Press, 22 Nov 2020 00:36Z Pennsylvaniaofficials can certify election results that currently show DemocratJoe Biden winning the state by more than 80000 votes, a federal judgeruled ... Detroit voters sue Trump over unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud ABC News, 21 Nov 2020 at 8:55p Voters in the US city of Detroit file a federal lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump and his campaign of breaching the Voting Rights Act by falsely claiming voter fraud and trying to overturn election results in Michigan. Torontogoes into lockdown as COVID-19 cases climb TheHill, 21 Nov 2020 19:53Z Torontoannounced that it will enter a 28-day lockdown as COVID-19 cases surgein the Canadian city. VOAInterference: Trump Appointee Acted Unconstitutionally, Judge Rules NPR,21 Nov 2020 20:50Z Afederal judge ordered the CEO over the Voice of America to stop investigatingits journalists for anti-Trump bias, saying he caused "self- censorshipand the ... [Leadership!] BenCarson says he was "desperately ill" with COVID-19 CBSNews, 21 Nov 2020 15:45Z Housingand Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson revealed Friday that he was"extremely sick" from COVID-19. Carson is among several who tested ... HUD Secretary Ben Carson tests positive for coronavirus . CNBC.com, 09 Nov 2020 16:32Z Dr. Ben Carson, campaign adviser David Bossie latest in Trump orbit to test positive for COVID-19 ABC News, 09 Nov 2020 21:29Z Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson tested positive for COVID-19 Monday morning -- becoming the latest member in Trump's orbit to ... Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche 09 Nov 2020 16:58Z Ben Carson, who has tested positive for COVID, attended the WH election night watch party along with a number of Trump cabinet and WH officials. I talked to several aides last Tuesday who were worried the event would become a super spreader and felt pressured to go to save face. DeepFrozen Arctic Microbes Are Waking Up ScientificAmerican, 19 Nov 2020 ScientificAmerican is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advancesin science and technology, explaining how they change our understandingof the ... Anexpensive 'lucky dip': Inside the hotel quarantine system that's our last lineof defence ABCNews, 21 Nov 2020 18:01Z Ifquarantine facilities pose the biggest risk to Australia's path out of thepandemic, should we be doing more to safeguard them? Or is it time to finda new system? WithGeorgia loss certified, Trump receives another blow after Michigan meeting ABCNews, 20 Nov 2020 at 10:51pm Georgiacertifies a Biden win, while top Republican state legislative leaderssay they do not have information that would change the outcome of JoeBiden's election win in Michigan. PrincessCruises cancels weeklong (and longer) US voyages through November 2021 FoxBusiness, 20 Nov 2020 15:03Z Thecruise industry's coronavirus shutdown is growing longer. Trudeauurges Canadians to stay home as Covid-19 surges Politico,21 Nov 2020 0:01Z CanadianPrime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday used his strongest language sincethe start of the country's second wave of Covid-19 to urge people to stay... [Leadership!] DonaldTrump Jr tests positive for coronavirus TheGuardian, 21 Nov 2020 02:12Z President'seldest son, who learned of his diagnosis earlier this week, is fourthmember of Trump family to contract Covid. Rudy Giuliani's Son Potentially Exposed Most of Trump's Legal Team to COVID During RNC Press Conference Newsweek, 20 Nov 2020 22:59Z Andrew Giuliani is thought to have exposed members of Trump's legal team during a press conference at the Republican National Committee (RNC) ... Michiganlawmakers meet with Trump, say they haven't seen evidence of voter fraud USATODAY, 21 Nov 2020 0:58Z Washington.President Donald Trump met Friday with Michigan lawmakers as partof an overall effort to reverse election losses in key states - but his guests... Trumpturns on Pfizer over vaccine timing YahooNews, 20 Nov 2020 21:58Z Trumpaccused U.S. drugmaker Pfizer of waiting to announce the success of theirPhase 3 vaccine trial until the day after the presidential election in orderto ... Georgiacertifies election results, making Biden victory official ABCNews, 20 Nov 2020 22:54Z GeorgiaSecretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Gov. Brian Kemp certified theresults of the general election Friday, making it official that President-electJoe ... Canyou really catch coronavirus from frozen food? ABCNews, 20 Nov 2020 17:44Z Beijinghas linked several local COVID-19 infections to frozen food packaging,but the WHO says there's no evidence of the virus spreading this way.How valid are China's concerns, and what is the risk of "object-to-human"transmission? InDecember, Jupiter, Saturn will look like double planet for first time sincethe Middle Ages Phys.org,20 Nov 2020 16:41Z Justafter sunset on the evening of Dec. 21, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closertogether in Earth's night sky than they have been since the Middle Ages, ... USto shut down famed huge Arecibo space telescope in Puerto Rico jungle TheGuardian, 20 Nov 2020 01:23Z Theobservatory has played a key part in space exploration - and a few movies- but two accidents have rendered the 305m-wide instrument unsafe. Without the Arecibo telescope, our search for intelligent life is hamstrung Engadget, 20 Nov 2020 18:40Z Structural engineers and repair crews have done all that they can but the end result is as we feared: the Arecibo radio telescope has to come down. Trumpteam to yank emergency economic support, triggering public Fed dissent POLITICO,20 Nov 2020 02:38Z TreasurySecretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday asked the Federal Reserve to returnall unused coronavirus relief funds set aside for its emergency lending... Bluewhales have 'rediscovered' South Georgia BBCNews, 19 Nov 2020 Thegreat whales are returning to the island that hosted the industry that nearlydestroyed them. [Leadership!] SenatorRick Scott of Florida is the latest member of Congress to test positive. TheNew York Times, 20 Nov 2020 16:37Z SenatorRick Scott, Republican of Florida, said Friday he had tested positivefor the coronavirus, the latest prominent lawmaker to contract the rapidlyspreading ... Rudy Giuliani's son, Andrew, positive with COVID a day after attending news conference with father on election fraud claims USA TODAY, 20 Nov 2020 18:35Z Washington. Rudy Giuliani's son, Andrew, announced Friday he has tested positive for coronavirus, a day after he attended a news conference with his ... U.S.reports record 187,833 new Covid cases as CDC warns against Thanksgivingtravel CNBC,20 Nov 2020 19:34Z TheU.S. reported 187,833 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, a record-breaking dailycount as the federal government asks Americans to remain home for ... TuckerCarlson: Trump lawyer 'got angry' when pressed for evidence of voter fraud TheHill, 20 Nov 2020 14:34Z FoxNews host Tucker Carlson on Thursday called out Trump campaign attorney SidneyPowell, saying she "got angry" when he asked her for evidence to ... BloombergGreen @climate 20 Nov 2020 02:10Z California'srecord wildfire season will likely drag on through Decemberin the southern two-thirds of the state trib.al/BMh9QMR MichaelE. Mann @MichaelEMann 20 Nov 2020 05:06Z It'spretty clear at this point that Rudy is auditioning for a reality show...twitter.com/David_Leavitt/... AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 20 Nov 2020 08:00Z Temperaturesin the West African country of Senegal reach near record highs [BearAttacks!] BloombergGreen @climate 20 Nov 2020 09:10Z Japanis facing the worst wild bear attacks in 5 years. Experts say it'sdue to a mix of factors, from lockdowns to a bad year for acorns. trib.al/YQItgVN Val.Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel 20 Nov 2020 09:02Z Updatedobservational and reanalysis records tell much the same story asmodels: Arctic influence on mid-latitudes is small compared to other aspectsof climate variability, and observed periods of strong correlation(1988/89 to 2011/12) are an artefact of internal variability.twitter.com/polar_james/st... pic.twitter.com/zZgxjAPtF6 AccuWeather@breakingweather 20 Nov 2020 11:01Z Forthe third time in as many weeks, Central America is in the path of atropical disturbance that is set to unleash flooding downpours over thehurricane-battered region through the weekend: bit.ly/36VIhCr pic.twitter.com/h7yODTw7hg [It'sAlive!] BloombergGreen @climate 20 Nov 2020 11:10Z Nissanis looking to breathe new life into its full-size pickup truck byelectrifying it, with the help of a Detroit-based startup trib.al/Tsgik6s TheGreen Party @TheGreenParty 20 Nov 2020 13:0Z HinkleyPoint B is to shut down early after cracks were found in the reactor'sgraphite core. Centuries of hazard management to follow. This isthe reality of nuclear power. theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/n... NYprobes Trump consulting payments that reduced his taxes YahooNews, 20 Nov 2020 03:56Z NewYork (AP). New York's attorney general has sent a subpoena to the Trump Organizationfor records related to consulting fees paid to Ivanka Trump as ... [LosinIt!] Giulianiasks judge to ignore voters, declare Trump won PA BusinessInsider, 19 Nov 2020 19:54Z Ina new court filing, the Trump campaign lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Marc Scaringiasked a federal judge to declare President Donald Trump the winner ofthe ... Hairstylists Say Rudy Giuliani's TV Disaster Should Be a Lesson to Us All Daily Beast, 20 Nov 2020 03:55Z Hairstylists watched Rudy Giuliani's dribbling streak of hair dye-or makeup, or fake tan-with fascinated horror. Take it as a lesson in careful coloring, ... [Landslide!] Bidenflips Georgia for Democrats, ending up on 306 electoral college votes ABCNews, 20 Nov 2020 01:50Z JoeBiden wins Georgia and its 16 electoral votes in an extraordinary victoryfor Democrats who pushed to expand their electoral map through the SunBelt. PMflags climate change shift on Kyoto carry-over credits ABCNews, 20 Nov 2020 02:49Z ScottMorrison signals he may reverse one of the most controversial aspects ofthe Federal Government's climate change policy: using Kyoto "carry-over" creditsto help meet Paris agreement emissions reduction targets. Pencesays US 'never been more prepared' to combat COVID-19 despite surge in casesand deaths ABCNews, 20 Nov 2020 at 5:14am Incompeting remarks and amid a surge of new coronavirus infections, the US Vice-Presidentoffers an upbeat assessment of the pandemic, while president-electJoe Biden says he has been shut out of vaccine plans. MurrayRiver irrigator slapped with $131k fine for illegal water take ABCMildura-Swan Hill, 20 Nov 2020 06:46Z Countrylawyer Brian Vance O'Haire admitted taking water he was not entitled toso he could keep his vines alive, but tried to blame the regulator for hisoffending. Indiarecords grim 9 million coronavirus cases milestone ABCNews, 20 Nov 2020 07:45Z Indiahas now recorded 9 million coronavirus cases, with 45,882 new infectionsrecorded in the last 24 hours, only the second country to reach thegrim milestone after the United States. Thelie that locked down a state: How South Australians wound up stuck at homefor no reason ABCNews, 20 Nov 2020 08:44Z SouthAustralians are today moving from fear to fury, after learning they hadbeen forced into lockdown for no valid reason. Here's how it happened. ForThe First Time Ever, Scientists Have Created Diamonds in The Lab Without Heat ScienceAlert,20 Nov 2020 01:24Z Innature, diamonds form deep in the Earth over billions of years. This processrequires environments with exceptionally high pressure and temperatures ... AfricaSurpasses 2 Million Coronavirus Cases : Coronavirus Updates NPR,19 Nov 2020 22:21Z Withmore than 48000 dead, Africa braces for second wave of the virus and thechallenge of affording the potential vaccines. LaraTrump considers run for Senate in North Carolina POLITICO,20 Nov 2020 02:20Z LaraTrump, daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump, is considering a Senaterun in North Carolina, according to two people familiar with her plans. Theseaweed swamping the Atlantic Ocean BBCNews, 20 Nov 2020 0:19Z Asargassum bloom the width of the Atlantic Ocean caused havoc on beaches, butlocals in Mexico and the Caribbean are fast finding ways to turn the seaweed... Trumphistory and behavior suggest destructive mental processes that put Americaat risk USATODAY, 20 Nov 2020 08:18Z Trumpis not just a childish man having a tantrum or a selfish man who can't acceptdefeat. His actions are dangerous to America's health and security. RobertRohde @RARohde 19 Nov 2020 09:37Z Replyingto @Sustainable2050 Bidenhas pledged to rejoin the Agreement. Assuming he sends an officialnotice in January, the United States can rejoin in February. BloombergGreen @climate 19 Nov 2020 11:38Z SouthAfrica's Eskom will replace coal with renewables, the CEO says trib.al/4oS70mN [Bankrupt!] AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 19 Nov 2020 13:31Z 100oil & gas companies in North America filed for bankruptcy this year Translation:They won't pay to clean up their environmental destruction Fact:US gov says there are 2m abandoned, unplugged oil & gas wells, releasingmethane every day theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/episod...#climate pic.twitter.com/FHDdgwe7Me [FireWeather:] NationalWeather Service @NWS 19 Nov 2020 14:47Z Gustywinds and elevated fire danger are forecast for parts of the Plainsto Ohio Valley. There are small, potentially life-saving decisionsthat anyone can make. weather.gov/safety/wildfire #WeatherReadypic.twitter.com/R5PvmqVAzJ AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 19 Nov 2020 14:52Z SanPedro Sula, 240 km north of Tegucigalpa, flooded by the overflowing Chameleconriver after the passage of Hurricane Iota. Honduras. [OrlandoSierra / AFP] pic.twitter.com/8raSJCW3Yy [2cat4's in 2 wks will do that]. AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 19 Nov 2020 15:25Z Outbreaksof heavy rain worsen the flooding in Central America from southernMexico to northern Columbia RobertRohde @RARohde 19 Nov 2020 15:33Z Thereis a growing consensus that the greatest mass extinction event ever,the Permian-Triassic Great Dying 250 million years ago, was causedwhen an enormous volcanic event in Asia torched fossil fuel deposits,sending both CO_2 and temperatures soaring. nytimes.com/2020/11/18/sci... ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 19 Nov 2020 15:30Z The2020 Castle fire, Stephenson said, is probably worse than 1297. He citestwo main causes: climate change, which exacerbates fire conditions,and the banishment of regular flame, which has left Sierra forestsdenser than they were pre-settlement. lat.ms/36NtI3G Tokyoon highest restrictions as Japan announces record COVID-19 cases ABCNews, 19 Nov 2020 11:26Z TheGovernor and Japan's Prime Minister have urged people to not dine-out as theend-of-year party season approaches. Anotherbig steel producer turns to solar power pvmagazine USA, 18 Nov 2020 23:01Z NucorCorporation has signed the industry's largest virtual PPA with EDF RenewablesNorth America for 250 MW of new solar energy, set to be constructed in ... Loeffler,Perdue turn to Fox viewers to fund pricey Georgia runoffs POLITICO,19 Nov 2020 10:00Z Theprice tag for the Georgia Senate runoffs has already cleared $100 million- and it's climbing fast. Top super PACs and Senate committees from bothparties ... Trumpis wrecking the government on his way out TheWeek/Opinion, 19 Nov 2020 10:59Z DonaldTrump lost the election, but he is going down swinging. Aside from himand his party flagrantly attempting to overturn the election through ridiculous... Another742,000 Americans filed for jobless benefits amid coronavirus surge Thenumber of Americans applying for state unemployment benefits remained significantlyhigher than pre-pandemic levels last week. FoxBusiness, 19 Nov 2020 14:02Z 12 Million To Lose Jobless Benefits The Day After Christmas Unless Congress Acts NPR, 19 Nov 2020 14:38Z If Congress doesn't compromise and pass another relief bill, a new study finds a staggering number of Americans will lose a critical financial lifeline as the ... [PopularVote!] DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 18 Nov 2020 22:58Z Replyingto @dana1981 Biden'smargin should increase by another ~100k based on the ballots remainingto be counted in California, so 6 million is within reach. [YouWere Warned!] LaurenLeatherby @LaurenLeatherby 18 Nov 2020 22:57Z Coronaviruscases are rising in almost every U.S. state. But the surge isworst now in places where leaders didn't keep up basic measures like maskmandates, contact tracing and gathering restrictions (or even have themin the first place): nytimes.com/interactive/20... pic.twitter.com/clJHOfCAQQ [Crowding!] GavinSchmidt @ClimateOfGavin 18 Nov 2020 23:57Z Replyingto @LiveToSustain 1in 100 people. P(someone infected in a crowd of 10)=9.5% P(someone infectedin a crowd of 20)=18% P(someone infected in a crowd of 50)=40% P(someoneinfected in a crowd of 100)=63% BloombergNew Economy Forum @neweconforum 19 Nov 2020 02:03Z "EveryAmerican should have broadband." @blackrock CEO Larry Fink onone of the first things he'd tell President Joe Biden. #OurNewEconomypic.twitter.com/bnmsJyIz3y [BUS!] BloombergGreen @climate 19 Nov 2020 05:03Z Smallnuclear power plants get backing from the U.K. government, leavingtraditional large-scale plants in limbo trib.al/SWdck07 Rev.Dr. William J. Barber II @RevDrBarber 19 Nov 2020 04:59Z InMay, we were mourning 100,000 Americans who had died from COVID. Lessthan six months later, we have hit another grim milestone: 250,000.We can't just pass over that. On #MoralMonday 11/23, we willmourn & we will mobilize for COVID relief. Join us: actionnetwork.org/forms/november...pic.twitter.com/WT5A9RcNC6 Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 19 Nov 2020 05:00Z Let's call this out for what it is. Trump and his enablers, through the needless death and suffering they are now causing by blocking efforts to address the pandemic, are engaging in crimes against humanity. pic.twitter.com/ykt6YpCp3T [SoColllddd!] AccuWeather@breakingweather 19 Nov 2020 05:56Z Afterrecord highs were set in parts of the Southwest and central Plainson Wednesday, warmth is set to expand farther east on Thursday: bit.ly/2Kq2rNrpic.twitter.com/L4ttgdIJKj BloombergGreen @climate 19 Nov 2020 07:03Z Japaneyes replacing oil with hydrogen amid carbon neutral push trib.al/lZXhvjP Record-breakingday for GrainCorp as silos burst at seams during bumper harvest ABCRural, 19 Nov 2020 03:29Z Morethan 360,000 tonnes of grain are delivered to GrainCorp sites across Australiain one day, taking the total haul to more than 5 million tonnes sincethe winter harvest began. Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 19 Nov 2020 07:04Z Perth in Western Australia records wettest November since 1876 Videoshows the moment a meteor breaks up over the ocean ABCNews, 19 Nov 2020 04:29Z Thelivestream camera on board the RV Investigator research ship rarely picksup a remarkable sight during its travels -- but last night it captured themoment a meteor lit up southern Tasmanian skies. Backfrom the brink: Numbat numbers 'explode' as feral cat culling kicks in ABCGreat Southern, 19 Nov 2020 05:27Z Thenumber of numbats detected at a conservation site in Western Australia hasleapt to 35, sparking hope among scientists that the endangered marsupialpopulation can recover. Howcan we live with extreme weather and climate change? We created a virtualtown to find out ABCNews, 19 Nov 2020 06:27Z Ina ground-breaking, interactive augmented reality experience, Mt Resiliencetells the story of a town that's tackling some of the world's trickiestproblems. SASsoldiers made to shoot prisoners to get their first kill, inquiry finds ABCNews, 19 Nov 2020 0:53Z Alandmark inquiry into Australian special forces in Afghanistan finds evidenceof the "murder" of 39 prisoners, farmers or other civilians and recommends19 soldiers be investigated by police. Hospitalstreat patients in cafes and a garage as US surpasses 250,000 COVID- 19deaths ABCNews, 19 Nov 2020 0:53Z Overwhelmedhospitals in the US are converting chapels, cafeterias, waiting rooms,hallways, and even a parking garage into patient treatment areas as thecountry struggles to handle surging coronavirus cases nationwide. Firefighters'staggered' as careless Victorians leave scores of campfires burningin the bush ABCSouth West Vic, 19 Nov 2020 0:51Z Eighty-seven"unattended or abandoned" campfires were found burning in state forestslast weekend, enraging firefighters and leaving authorities sick withanxiety about what it could mean for summer. Protestersin Thailand target police headquarters after day of violence ABCNews, 19 Nov 2020 01:50Z Dogfood is placed at police gates and inflatable ducks are used as water cannonshields in another day of protest in Bangkok. Spaceis dark, but scientists have found unexplained light. NPR,19 Nov 2020 0:35Z Scientistshave used a NASA probe way out in space, beyond Pluto, to measure visiblelight that's not connected to any known source like stars or galaxies. USpasses 250,000 deaths from coronavirus TheGuardian, 19 Nov 2020 01:32Z TheUnited States has seen more than 250,000 deaths due to Covid-19 as a new swathof data was released that pushed the stricken country over the grim ... Bidenvictory certified by Michigan's largest county after Trump bragged aboutblocking results TheIndependent, 18 Nov 2020 19:32Z Michigan'slargest county unanimously certified election results showing DemocratJoe Biden defeating Donald Trump, with Republicans backtracking afterfirst ... ForeignHacking In 2020 Election Averted; Domestic Disinformation Still A Threat NPR,19 Nov 2020 01:31Z Officialsfeared the worst on Election Day: foreign-inspired disinformation andhacking. It didn't happen. Here's how government and private cyber sleuths ... Pipistrel'sall-electric aircraft wins leading Plane of the Year award TheDriven, 17 Nov 2020 Argumentfor battery-powered light aircraft gets boost with as Pipistrel's all-electricVelis Electro named joint winner of plane of the year award. AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 18 Nov 2020 06:25Z `Everything'sbeen destroyed': Iota hits Providencia island aje.io/dzrx7 [I'mOK Jack!] GeorgeMonbiot @GeorgeMonbiot 18 Nov 2020 07:28Z Thisstatement is bone-chilling. The government "is not responsible for thesupply of food and drink to the population in an emergency". What thehell is government for, if not for this? theguardian.com/commentisfree/... AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 18 Nov 2020 11:25Z Stateof emergency declared in Nevada as wildfires to break out near Reno AccuWeather@breakingweather 18 Nov 2020 13:25Z Recordwarmth will unfold across a large portion of the U.S. today and tomorrow:bit.ly/3nzx1lN pic.twitter.com/jIrCJbuu40 ZackLabe @ZLabe 18 Nov 2020 14:32Z Temperaturesanomalies over the last 9 months in Siberia... it has been anextraordinary year of weather/climate extremes [Data from JRA-55 reanalysis]pic.twitter.com/Ch19NIqJJl Souat HotWhopper @Sou_HotWhopper 18 Nov 2020 14:32Z `WithinSeconds Everything Was Gone': Devastating Floods Submerge the Philippinesnytimes.com/2020/11/18/wor... ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 18 Nov 2020 15:26Z Atleast six people have been killed and more than 60,000 evacuated afterHurricane Iota struck Nicaragua, prompting Joe Biden to say the surgein the number of powerful storms meant fighting the climate crisiswas vital. bit.ly/3pGZRTi [Memory:] SquawkBox @SquawkCNBC 18 Nov 2020 15:25Z Thevaccines you receive as a child last your whole life, while the #COVID19vaccine may need to be given annually or every few years. @ScottGottliebMDexplains why: pic.twitter.com/wTdOeRr2kI CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 18 Nov 2020 16:25Z TheNational Hurricane Center is still monitoring a couple systems for possibledevelopment. We may be watching the tropics into December this year:wapo.st/2UADmkF [Scotland100%:] MikeHudema @MikeHudema 18 Nov 2020 16:29Z It.Can. Be. Done. Scotland to Reach 100% #RenewableEnergy This Year:buff.ly/37rvnuL Wehave the solutions to this crisis. Time to ditch fossil fuels and implementthem. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #Renewables #GreenNewDealpic.twitter.com/v3eV1PWNmR DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 18 Nov 2020 16:27Z Thisis super wrong. 1) Transportation is the UK's #1 source of GHG emissionsand is still stuck at 1990 levels. 2) Other air pollutants fromcombustion are horrid for health. 3) EVs are more cost effective thanICE cars due to fuel & maintenance savings + higher resale value. twitter.com/mattwridley/st... [Inertia!] KenRice @theresphysics 18 Nov 2020 18:21Z Replyingto @tomes_tanguy @SarahEMyhre and 2 others Onereasons is that although global temps will roughly stabilise when weget emissions to ~zero, the land surface will cool slightly while theoceans continue to warm. Hence, sea levels will continue to rise. e.g.,see Fig. 1 in this paper. pnas.org/content/106/6/... BloombergGreen @climate 18 Nov 2020 18:25Z EUleaders may delay their landmark decision on a 2030 climate goal, a potentialblow to carbon markets trib.al/Qmd1Dkr via @climate ReedTimmer @ReedTimmerAccu 18 Nov 2020 18:23Z LIVEfrom active wildfire in Newcastle OK. Plume is on radar @RadarOmega_WX#okwx pic.twitter.com/2liToXCRvm SixCOVID cases reported in overseas travellers to WA, Premier backs SA 'extreme'measures ABCNews, 18 Nov 2020 06:24Z MarkMcGowan says Western Australia has the systems in place to deal with anypotential new coronavirus outbreak and backs the actions of SA Premier StephenMarshall in imposing a further lockdown in the wake of its outbreak. RegionalSA's panicked response to six-day coronavirus lockdown order ABCRiverland, 18 Nov 2020 07:22Z Inan unprecedented day for South Australia, regional communities across the statehave been forced to make urgent plans to prepare for a complete COVID-19lockdown from midnight on Wednesday. 'We have police officers on standby': Panic buying sets in ahead of SA coronavirus lockdown ABC News, 18 Nov 2020 07:23Z South Australia's police commissioner warns shoppers not to panic buy ahead of the state's tough lockdown, but supermarkets and other stores are being stripped of supplies. How did coronavirus spread from a hotel surface to Adelaide's northern suburbs? ABC News, 18 Nov 2020 09:20Z Contracting coronavirus via a surface is considered somewhat rare, but it's exactly what seems to have sparked a cluster in Adelaide's northern suburbs. Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran 18 Nov 2020 06:27Z My home state in Australia just went into full lockdown because they found ... 22 new cases. Meanwhile, America's response to 150,000 cases a day? "Let's all gather in large groups indoors to celebrate!" Australianofficials respond angrily to fresh attacks from Chinese diplomats ABCNews, 18 Nov 2020 13:19Z Therelationship between Australia and China sours further as a Chinese diplomatreleases a list of grievances against the Australian Government. Thechange we could make in our kitchens to help fight climate change -- andpower bills ABC/TheConversation, 18 Nov 2020 18:01Z SanFrancisco has now joined other US cities in banning natural gas in new homes.It's time for a serious rethink on the way many of us cook and heat ourhomes, writes Madeline Taylor and Susan M Park. [ModelsSay...:] AsCOVID-19 cases hit record levels in Maine, models predict numbers willget even worse PressHerald, 18 Nov 2020 12:44Z Hospitalssay they're prepared to meet demand, and the Maine CDC says thestate will act to ensure that the medical system isn't overwhelmed.By Colin ... CDCremoves guidance pushing for school reopenings amid COVID pandemic saying'new scientific information has ... MassLive.com,18 Nov 2020 13:43Z Withouta public announcement, the CDC removed the guidelines in October. [GiantVirus!] Lurkingin Genomic Shadows: How Giant Viruses Fuel the Genetic Evolutionof Organisms SciTechDaily,18 Nov 2020 16:42Z AnotherGeorgia county has uncovered 2,700 missing votes, Secretary of State'soffice says WSBAtlanta, 17 Nov 2020 21:39Z Atlanta.The Georgia Secretary of State's Office says another county hasfound missing votes during their audit of the ballots in the presidentialrace. NewZealand marine heatwave looms following warmest winter on record TheGuardian, 18 Nov 2020 02:37Z Temperaturesnearly two degrees above average have been recorded, monthsbefore the hottest part of the season. Trumpcampaign filing for partial Wisconsin recount, deposits $3 millionto challenge Biden victory CNBC,18 Nov 2020 17:10Z Wisconsinis the latest state where President Trump is trying to undo aprojected win for Joe Biden in the election. StormIota weakens in Central America, but flooding and death toll rise KSL.com,18 Nov 2020 03:39Z Unleashingtorrential floods even as it weakened, Storm Iota churned throughCentral America on Tuesday, causing swollen rivers to burst theirbanks, flipping ... [Silurians!] Mysterious'dark river' may flow hundreds of miles beneath Greenland Livescience.com,17 Nov 2020 13:38Z Agiant underground river fed by melting ice could be running in a stateof perpetual darkness far below the surface of Greenland, accordingto new research. [Leadership!] 6lawmakers in 5 days: New COVID-19 infections put spotlight on Congress'loose guidelines USATODAY, 18 Nov 2020 10:36Z Thebatch of new infections has thrust a spotlight on Congress' effortsto curtail the pandemic both across the nation and inside its ownwalls on Capitol Hill. 900 Mayo Clinic staffers diagnosed with COVID-19 over last two weeks New York Post, 18 Nov 2020 07:40Z According to Williams, 93 percent of the cases in the clinic were contracted in community areas such as the break room when employees would be eating with ... Thereare 24 million feral pigs in Australia and a bumper harvest meansthere could be a whole lot more ABCRiverina, 18 Nov 2020 0:40Z Feralpigs can have between four and 10 offspring per litter and breed twicea year, and they're feasting on the spoils of bumper grain harvestsacross the country. Truenumber of COVID-19 cases in Australia up to five times higher, researchestimates ABCNews, 18 Nov 2020 01:39Z Newresearch by Australian data analysts estimates COVID-19 infection ratesmay be up to six times higher than reported in 15 countries, withup to 130,000 people in Australia possibly infected. [TheMounties Allays...:] Brisbaneman arrested following nine-year foreign bribery investigationinvolving Iraqi Oil Ministry ABCNews, 18 Nov 2020 02:38Z Aformer Queensland senior construction executive allegedly involved ina $1 billion international bribery scheme is arrested and charged followinga nine-year AFP investigation. [Belated!] Quarantinehotel staff to face mandatory weekly testing ABCNews, 18 Nov 2020 05:17Z TheCommonwealth, states and territories have agreed to mandatory weeklytesting for all staff working in coronavirus quarantine facilitiesacross the country. BREAKING(18 Nov): South Australia has ordered a partial shutdown in responseto about 30 cases of covid19. 2 people have been hospitalized.At a press conf police have announced the closure of all non-essentialbusiness and services from midnight. The population has beenordered to stay at home for 6 days apart from a 1 hr period where oneperson can do food shopping or see a doctor. There is no provision forexercise outside of home. People in rural areas may not leave theirtownships. Health officials say the covid they're seeing is a differentstrain with a very short incubation period, often less than 24hrs, after which that person becomes extremely infectious. It also showsalmost no initial symptoms. The genetics has traced the strain backto the UK. Officials say contact tracing has found the outbreak isalready headed into the 6th generation of infections. [AnyDay Now... Like Magic!] WhiteHouse COVID-19 Task Force calls Nebraska virus spread 'exponential and unyielding' KETVOmaha, 17 Nov 2020 18:02Z Accordingto the newest White House Coronavirus Task Force Report, obtained byABC News, Nebraska is in the red zone for cases, indicating 101 or more ... [Leadership!] Sen.Grassley, 87, says he tested positive for coronavirus AssociatedPress, 18 Nov 2020 0:01Z Washington.Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator andthird in the line of presidential succession, said Tuesday that he ... [STRANDED!] Argentina'sHuge Vaca Muerta Shale Could Become A Stranded Asset OilPrice.com,17 Nov 2020 22:01Z Collapsingoil prices, economic instability, and high breakeven costs have leftArgentina's prized Vaca Muerta shale patch on the verge of becoming a stranded... SenateBlocks President Trump's Controversial Nominee To The Federal Reserve Board NPR,18 Nov 2020 0:20Z The47-50 vote came as Sens. Mitt Romney and Susan Collins sided with Democraticsenators to preserve a filibuster of Judy Shelton's confirmation. Twoother ... [YorAll Fired!] Trumpsays DHS cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs has been terminated CNBC,18 Nov 2020 00:47Z Krebsis the latest Trump administration official to depart on the heelsof the election. [TheDHS announced the Pres election was "the most secure in US history",somewhat undercutting Mr Trump's spin about widespread voter fraud]. Aspublic divorces go, the one between Trump and Fox News has been a beauty ABCNews Breakfast, 17 Nov 2020 19:11Z Thefact Donald Trump's supporters have taken to chanting "Fox News Sucks"at public gatherings should give Rupert Murdoch pause for thought,writes Michael Rowland. [AtFOX there was allays a divide between the daytime journalists and thenightshift memetainers]. 'Theneighbours think we are loco': Why these millionaires are on a missionto spend their fortunes fast ABCRadio National, 17 Nov 2020 20:05Z TheseAustralian philanthropists don't see the point in holding on to abig stash of money beyond the next decade. Instead they're spending itall on projects aimed at avoiding catastrophic climate change. [NotEnough Lockdown!] Frenchpolice use pepper spray on protesting students as COVID-19 fears mount ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 20:04Z Policeuse pepper spray to disperse young students who have taken to thestreets in Paris to protest against inadequate COVID-19 precautionsin classrooms as France endures another national lockdown. Thestrongest wind gust ever recorded in Tasmania was similar to a categorythree cyclone ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 21:03Z Asa small, mountainous island Tasmania is often buffeted by strong winds.So what drives those winds and where have the highest speeds gustshave been measured? The Bureau of Meteorology's Belinda House explains. Victoriarecords no new coronavirus cases and no deaths for 19 consecutive days ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 21:59Z Victoriahas recorded its 19th-straight day of no new coronavirus casesand no deaths. Three cases remain active in the state. NSW residents told to avoid non-essential travel to SA as COVID cases continue to rise ABC News, 17 Nov 2020 22:00Z Premier Gladys Berejiklian revises travel advice for South Australia and is now urging people to avoid non-essential travel following the state's COVID- 19 outbreak. Pizza customers and school students ordered to quarantine as SA coronavirus cluster grows ABC News, 17 Nov 2020 22:01Z Anyone who ordered food from an Adelaide pizza bar over a 10-day period, and visitors and students at several schools are among the latest South Australians ordered into quarantine. Chief Health Officer pushes masks 'more strongly' in SA ABC News, 17 Nov 2020 20:06Z South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier urges people to take the need for face masks more seriously as the Adelaide cluster grows. [Mixed Message:] Long lines for coronavirus testing in Adelaide but 'worried well' told to stay away ABC News, 17 Nov 2020 20:07Z South Australians are praised for turning out in droves to get tested for coronavirus, but health experts say it is also causing problems. [I got caught in this trap in outer Melb. At a time when the state govt was telling everyone in my hotspot area to get tested, I had to travel > 5 km to the nearest "pop up" testing center, wait in line for an hr, only to be told I didnt have enough symptoms and to go home]. [Nightmare!] 'Redzone' among the gum trees as climate turns Australian dream into insurancenightmare ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 22:48Z Noregion of Australia is uninsurable at the moment, but leading scientistsare warning that could soon change as premiums rise along withthe mercury. Womangets COVID-19 for a second time KTNVChannel 13 Las Vegas, 17 Nov 2020 17:27Z NorthDakota records world's highest COVID-19 mortality rate TheHill, 17 Nov 2020 18:26Z NorthDakota's coronavirus mortality rate is the highest of any U.S.state or country, according to an analysis of data from last week conductedby the Federation ... Greenland'sMost Threatened Glaciers Are in Even More Danger Than We Thought Gizmodo,17 Nov 2020 16:26Z Usinghistorical photos and modern satellites, scientists have taken anunprecedented dive into some of Greenland's most imperiled glaciers.The findings show ... [#stablegenius] Georgiaelections chief says Trump 'suppressed' GOP vote, cost himself state TheHill, 17 Nov 2020 21:24Z Georgia'sRepublican secretary of state said Tuesday that President Trump'sattacks on the integrity of mail-in voting contributed to his lossin the Peach State. MajorMeasles Outbreaks Likely in Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic SciTechDaily,17 Nov 2020 19:23Z Majormeasles outbreaks will likely occur during 2021 as an unexpected consequenceof the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new academic article. Republicanslivid over Trump's plan to reduce troops in Afghanistan POLITICO,17 Nov 2020 0:22Z CongressionalRepublicans on Monday slammed President Donald Trump's planfor a swift reduction of U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan, warningthat it ... 'Disgraceful!'- Lawyer blasts Trump attorney Giuliani for seeking to toss Pa.votes to reverse Biden win CNBC,17 Nov 2020 22:04Z PresidentDonald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on Tuesday arguedto a federal judge in Pennsylvania that there had been "widespreadnational voter ... Giuliani Is Said to Seek $20,000 a Day Payment for Trump Legal Work The New York Times, 17 Nov 2020 19:23Z Rudolph W. Giuliani, who has helped oversee a string of failed court challenges to President Trump's defeat in the election, asked the president's campaign to ... Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 19 Nov 2020 01:00Z monkeys typing randomly on a typewriter would probably win more often in court... twitter.com/marceelias/sta... [Kappa?] KyleHanson @Kyle_WPMI 17 Nov 2020 12:09Z Wemay see a tropical depression develop this weekend in the southern Caribbean.The chance is at 40%. Next Greek letter would be Kappa if it becomesa tropical storm. pic.twitter.com/7Jz2Pi8xI7 AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 17 Nov 2020 06:39Z Toxicsmog returns to New Delhi after rain clears away from the Indian capital AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 17 Nov 2020 10:39Z CentralNew Zealand enjoys heatwave as temperatures exceed 25C for five daysin a row in Christchurch CarbonBrief @CarbonBrief 17 Nov 2020 12:40Z IEA:Wind and solar capacity will overtake both gas and coal globally by2024 | @Josh_Gabbatiss j.mp/3pzV8CP pic.twitter.com/kCU6ImDLxw TheLancet Planetary Health @TheLancetPlanet 17 Nov 2020 12:45Z Anotherpick from our November Issue: Projected excess mortality relatedto diurnal temperature range under climate change scenarios: a multi-countrymodelling study #Openaccess here: thelancet.com/journals/lanpl... ReedTimmer @ReedTimmerAccu 17 Nov 2020 12:44Z Incrediblewave action/power well ahead of Hurricane #Iota in PuertoCabezas, Nicaragua. Iota made landfall hours after sunset as a Cat4twitter.com/jzipple/status... AlternativeNOAA @altNOAA 17 Nov 2020 12:43Z Thisis the latest in the year Category 5 Atlantic Hurricane in recordedhistory. The last Cat 5 in November happened in 1932 on Nov 5th. Thatstorm made landfall in Cuba after weakening and killed 3,033 people. twitter.com/michaelemann/s... ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 17 Nov 2020 13:40Z Minnesotawinters aren't what they used to be: bit.ly/WarmingSeasons#ClimateMatters pic.twitter.com/yaMUVgIhLp [PartyOf No Idees!] BenInskeep @Ben_Inskeep 17 Nov 2020 14:42Z Let'scheck in with Ohio Republicans to see how the party of big ideas isdealing with the energy transi--WHAT THE HELL A BAN ON ALL NEW SOLAR ANDWIND?!?! twitter.com/gongwer/status... MarshallShepherd @DrShepherd2013 17 Nov 2020 14:41Z Thiswas a 2019 House Science Committe hearing on extreme weather and climatechange...If only we knew sitting there what 2020 fire and hurricaneseason would bring @HouseScience pic.twitter.com/vrN3fPHjxx BloombergGreen @climate 17 Nov 2020 15:46Z Merde Glace, France's biggest glacier, has lost about a third of its volumesince 1900 trib.al/6ekznOK KateWillett @Kate_M_Willett 17 Nov 2020 15:43Z Andfinally (for today at least) - my own news piece on HadISDH.marine andglobal surface humidity: metoffice.gov.uk/research/news/... [WarmFlorida!] MarshallShepherd @DrShepherd2013 17 Nov 2020 15:41Z Via@FLClimateCenter a map showing all the stations in Florida experiencingtheir hottest year on record. pic.twitter.com/3xBLv7nR0O CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 17 Nov 2020 15:45Z Replyingto @GaryEinhorn Whilewe didn't predict as little snow as there was, we did correctly predictbelow average snow and were among the only forecasters to do. Amongover a dozen winter outlooks made by various meteorologists, ours,while off, was most accurate. washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/0... StefanRahmstorf · @rahmstorf 17 Nov 2020 15:52Z Neverbefore has a category 5 hurricane been observed so late in the yearin the Atlantic. It's the strongest storm on record to make landfallin Nicaragua. yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/11/catego... yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/11/catego... BloombergGreen @climate 17 Nov 2020 16:31Z Muchof the energy from burning coal, oil and gas is simply lost as wasteheat, meaning a switch to renewables isn't that big a leap trib.al/5H1p3oU BloombergGreen @climate 17 Nov 2020 16:33Z Australianstate government backs study of developing export-scale hydrogenand ammonia facilities in Tasmania's Bell Bay region trib.al/NdGo84N [Outbreak:] Howdid Adelaide's COVID-19 cluster begin? ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 08:36Z Asa growing number of COVID-19 cases are confirmed in South Australia, the state'sHealth Minister defends medi-hotel procedures, saying there's "no evidenceof a breach in protocols". So how did the virus spread? 'Handled very poorly': Adelaide quarantine hotel guests to stay an extra 14 days in isolation ABC News, 17 Nov 2020 08:36Z Authorities tell returned travellers staying in Adelaide's medi-hotel system they will have to quarantine for an additional fortnight. It's left many feeling depressed, including Luke Newcombe who suffered a panic attack after hearing the news. Alice Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility nearly full as travellers return from SA ABC News, 17 Nov 2020 09:35Z The NT Government will charter a flight with 75 passengers aboard to bring people from Alice Springs to Darwin to do their 14 days of mandatory quarantine. Australiaand Japan agree 'in principle' to historic defence pact ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 10:34Z Officialshave spent six years negotiating the agreement, which will provide alegal and administrative framework for both military forces visiting the othercountry. Australia warned of 'countermeasures' from China over new defence pact with Japan ABC News, 18 Nov 2020 03:37Z China uses a jingoistic state media outlet to slam an historic defence deal between Australia and Japan, saying it's "inevitable" that it will take some sort of countermeasures. Policein Thailand fire water cannon at anti-government protesters outside Parliament ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 12:34Z Thairiot police have fired a water cannon at protesters who tried to cut theirway through razor wire barricades outside Parliament as possible changesto the constitution were discussed. 'Sharethe results': China faces backlash for unproven COVID-19 tests on foodimports ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 15:33Z Majorfood exporters including Australia, Canada and New Zealand are pressuringChina to stop its aggressive testing of their products for COVID-19,saying it's tantamount to a trade restriction. UNcalls situation in Ethiopia a 'full-scale humanitarian crisis' ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 15:50Z Amajor humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Ethiopia, the United Nations refugeeagency says, with people fleeing heavy fighting to Sudan at a rate ofaround 4,000 per day. Humpythe humpback whale still stuck in Kakadu ... NTNews, 15 Nov 2020 AHUMPBACK whale that has recently returned to a croc-inhabited river inKakadu is in declining condition, according to marine wildlife ... [Turnsout a whale trying to live in a warm tropical river is a bad idea. Lastseen swimming in circles. Starting to look thin]. [IotaAnd Counting:] AccuWeather@breakingweather 17 Nov 2020 04:54Z Forecasterswarn that #Iota could bring one of the worst floods the regionhas had in a thousand years or more and also sounded the alarm thatpower outages could last for months after Iota batters the region: bit.ly/2KgHG6Epic.twitter.com/uv0IW1UhAb [Modelsare warning of YUGE 6m surge above high tide levels in some places]. Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 17 Nov 2020 07:09Z Powerful Hurricane Iota makes landfall near Aulover in northeastern Nicaragua AccuWeather @breakingweather 17 Nov 2020 06:54Z "What little they have has already been or will soon be washed away. Two major hurricanes in the span of two weeks is just unfathomable for many:" bit.ly/38MFzle Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 17 Nov 2020 04:56Z My heart is breaking. I don't know what else to say. Nothing like this has ever happened before in recorded history in the Western Hemisphere. Nicaragua's carbon emissions are just 0.02% of the world total. Such a cruel injustice. thephoenix.substack.com/p/humanitarian... twitter.com/weatherdak/sta... Josh Morgerman @iCyclone 17 Nov 2020 04:56Z Replying to @luis_0boost Cat 5 over water; Cat 3 at landfall. Dakota Smith @weatherdak 17 Nov 2020 04:54Z Eta & Iota with back-to-back category 4 hurricane landfalls, just two weeks apart. A tragedy in Nicaragua. pic.twitter.com/NnTL95OzvV Philip Klotzbach @philklotzbach 17 Nov 2020 03:58Z #Iota has made landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 4 #hurricane with max winds of 155 mph. Iota is now the strongest November hurricane on record to make landfall in Nicaragua, surpassing the previous record set by Eta (140 mph) just 13 days ago. pic.twitter.com/Qyek5o5Nm6 Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 17 Nov 2020 03:56Z Minutes ago, Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua, per @NHC_Atlantic, with 155mph (250kph) sustained winds. "Hurricane Iota's landfall location is approximately 15 miles (25 km) south of where Category 4 Hurricane Eta made landfall on November 3rd." thephoenix.substack.com/p/humanitarian... pic.twitter.com/ur12hp6rLf Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 17 Nov 2020 03:56Z Hurricane Iota will bring 20-30 inches (50-75 cm) of rain to Nicaragua and Honduras just two weeks after Hurricane Eta's 30-40 inches (~1 meter). The @NHC_Atlantic is calling it a "catastrophic situation." thephoenix.substack.com/p/humanitarian... NWS San Diego @NWSSanDiego 17 Nov 2020 02:58Z Latest IR imagery showing #Iota, strongest #hurricane of 2020, nearing landfall on Nicaraguan coast. It has been just 2 weeks since #Eta, 2nd strongest hurricane of the season, made landfall in almost the exact same location. pic.twitter.com/ZYcTTakQGM Reed Timmer @ReedTimmerAccu 17 Nov 2020 0:59Z Catastrophic CAT5 Hurricane #Iota on final approach to the northeast Nicaragua coastline, with the most dangerous conditions on the planet about to hammer fishing villages of Wawa, Haulover up to Puerto Cabezas. Note mesovortex whirling in the eye earlier @RadarOmega_WX pic.twitter.com/LlBfZuiy9Z Reed Timmer @ReedTimmerAccu 16 Nov 2020 22:59Z Satellite imagery of the Nicaragua coastline where the full force of Cat5 Hurricane #Iota is about to arrive, shows how vulnerable these fishing villages are to storm surge. This shows Haulover, Nicaragua 25 miles S of Puerto Cabezas. Lagoon of Wounta, sand bar of land will be.. pic.twitter.com/VYOCGnBBps MarshallShepherd @DrShepherd2013 16 Nov 2020 20:55Z AProvocative Idea For Naming Atlantic Hurricanes That Just Might Work via@forbes forbes.com/sites/marshall... ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 16 Nov 2020 20:55Z Floodingis common during Asia's varied monsoon seasons, and tropical cyclonesworsen these risks. But the rapid pummelling of storms in such ashort period has been unprecedented. #ClimateChange is making today'sdisasters more intense and unpredictable. bit.ly/35yyfHO [WarmArctic:] ZackLabe @ZLabe 16 Nov 2020 22:00Z Lastmonth's #Arctic sea surface temperatures (SST) averaged the 2ndwarmest on record for October [Data from @NOAA OISSTv2: esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridd...]pic.twitter.com/WGUMvtFq7Q [The"Dome"!] BrianRoemmele @BrianRoemmele 16 Nov 2020 21:56Z Antarcticarelativity. 98.3% remains officially unexplored in 2020. pic.twitter.com/5ysIJ4ustC [Justas long as it ain the last Nazi hideout]! [Uprising!] StephanieM. Lee @stephaniemlee 16 Nov 2020 22:56Z the@washingtonpost editorial board calls for Scott Atlas to be firedimmediately: "If Dr. Atlas's advice is followed, more people will getsick and die." washingtonpost.com/opinions/scott... [Generations:] EricHolthaus @EricHolthaus 16 Nov 2020 23:56Z Almost3 million people were directly affected by Hurricane Eta since itmade landfall two weeks ago, according to the UN Refugee Agency. A CNNreport said that Eta alone "could leave the region scarred for generations."Hurricane Iota is even stronger. thephoenix.substack.com/p/humanitarian... BloombergGreen @climate 17 Nov 2020 01:00Z TheTrump administration rushes to issue permits and finalize major environmentalregulations in a push that could complicate Joe Biden's climateand conservation agenda trib.al/yDmEh13 BloombergGreen @climate 17 Nov 2020 02:00Z China'senvironmental regulator has asked authorities in some northern provincesto take measures to reduce emissions, as air pollution is expectedto persist in the coming days trib.al/te4FhbU via @climate BloombergGreen @climate 17 Nov 2020 03:00Z Governmentsaround the world have have spent over $12 trillion dollars onstimulus programs designed to help economies recover from the Covid-19pandemic trib.al/1ncgf2R [Records!] EricHolthaus @EricHolthaus 17 Nov 2020 02:56Z HurricaneIota is the record-breaking 30th named storm of the 2020 hurricaneseason, and the record-breaking 10th hurricane to rapidly intensifythis year. thephoenix.substack.com/p/humanitarian... [YouCall This Normal?] JakeTapper @jaketapper 17 Nov 2020 03:57Z TheChairman of the Federal Election Commission attests to the characterof the conspiracy theorist who, among other insanities, claimedthe Fed worked with Soros to crash the market to hurt Trump twitter.com/txelectionlaw/...pic.twitter.com/TDiYnExmV9 [KeystoneCops:] Trumplawyers withdraw on eve of key hearing in Pennsylvania election case YahooNews, 17 Nov 2020 02:30Z (Reuters).Three more lawyers representing President Donald Trump's campaign haveasked to withdraw from his lawsuit challenging the U.S. election results... Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 17 Nov 2020 04:58Z Trump attny: Judge, we need more time to find evidence to support our request for an emergency hearing on our claim we have evidence of a problem with the election. Judge: ¥ twitter.com/rickhasen/stat... AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 17 Nov 2020 07:08Z Majormoves in Canada: Quebec to ban sale of new gasoline-powered cars from2035, joining British Columbia which bans them 2040 - because no oneshould buy a new petrol car: The future is electric uk.reuters.com/article/us-aut... twitter.com/AssaadRazzouk/... AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 17 Nov 2020 07:09Z Toxicsmog returns to New Delhi after rain clears away from the Indian capital WhyNSW's proposed new land tax would challenge Australia's real estate obsession ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 02:49Z NSWTreasurer Dominic Perrottet's proposed land tax could wreak havoc with hisstate's finances, unsettle the electorate and irritate his Canberra colleagues,writes business editor Ian Verrender. Busshelter slams into retirement village, 20,000 homes blacked out by savageNSW storm ABCNewcastle, 17 Nov 2020 02:48Z Residentsof the Hunter region were hoping for a cool change after swelteringthrough a hot, humid start to the week -- but when the Southerly Busterhit it lived up to its name. Morecases added to Adelaide's coronavirus cluster as hotel confirmed as source ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 04:47Z SouthAustralian authorities say there are now 20 confirmed cases linked to theParafield coronavirus cluster and another 14 suspected cases. [PerfectlyNormal!] Formermayor received more than $250k after council land sale, corruption inquiryhears ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 04:46Z FormerCity of Casey councillor Sam Aziz says the quarter of a million dollarshe received from the director of a Kuwaiti holding company was a loan. [Woo-Hoo!More Free Money!] Solarpanels, battery rebates to be boosted in Victorian Budget ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 04:45Z Victoria'ssolar rebate scheme gets a major boost in next week's State Budget, withthousands of rebates available for home solar panels and solar batteries,in addition to $250 cash rebates for low income earners to put towardstheir energy bills. Victoria pledges $797m for Australia's biggest household energy efficiency drive Adam Morton, The Guardian Villagesevacuated, schools suspended as parts of Central America prepare forHurricane Iota ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 04:45Z Justweeks after a deadly storm hit, Central America braces for a second catastrophewith Hurricane Iota. SpaceXcapsule with four astronauts onboard reaches International Space Station ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 04:44Z SpaceX'snewly launched capsule arrives at the International Space Station aftera 27-hour, completely automated flight from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. ScottMorrison and Murdoch's News Corp empire 'operating like a team', Turnbullsays ABC/7.30,17 Nov 2020 05:44Z MalcolmTurnbull says Scott Morrison is "determined not to suffer the same fateI did from the right of the Liberal Party in the Murdoch press", as he unleasheson News Corp's "considerable" influence on Australian politics. 'Weare all stranded': Remote residents in limbo as borders shut around them dueto COVID ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 05:43Z AnneMarie Miller drove from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands toAlice Springs for a funeral on the weekend. Now she's stuck. Over1 million US children have been diagnosed with COVID-19, pediatricians say KMBCKansas City, 16 Nov 2020 20:31Z Overa million children under 18 have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the UnitedStates since the start of the pandemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics... [Trumpian!] EUin turmoil after Poland and Hungary block coronavirus relief plan ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 02:31Z TheEU is in crisis after two member states blocked its COVID-19 recovery plan. Ahigh tide nearing 7 feet could bring flooding to the Bay Area Monday SFGate,16 Nov 2020 22:28Z It'sthe second day of the King Tides in the Bay Area on Monday. This is the thetime of year when the sun and moon reach their closest points to Earth, aligning... Category5 Hurricane Iota on track to bring catastrophic winds, rain, storm surgeto Central America YaleClimate Connections, 16 Nov 2020 19:27Z HurricaneIota explosively intensified into a category 5 hurricane overnight, becomingthe latest category 5 storm ever observed in the Atlantic. Iota is predicted... 'Timeis of the essence': 94% of CA population plunges into most restrictive COVIDtier KCRASacramento, 17 Nov 2020 01:27Z Gov.Gavin Newsom announced Monday that most California counties will soon bein the state's most restrictive COVID-19 tier amid a surge in cases and that... COVID-19hospitalizations hit new high in North Dakota as new state prevention measures take effect BismarckTribune, 16 Nov 2020 20:50Z Coronavirus-relatedhospitalizations reached another high in North Dakota on Monday,as new statewide measures took effect aimed at slowing the spread of ... [KAKAPO!!] K#k#p#victorious: World's fattest parrot wins New Zealand Bird of the Year 2020 USATODAY, 16 Nov 2020 21:47Z Withan owl-like face, pot belly and duck-waddling gait, the green-featheredk#k#p# is a nocturnal parrot that cannot fly. Firmsagree Scotland to England renewable energy 'superhighway' TheGuardian, 16 Nov 2020 22:45Z Threeof Britain's biggest energy companies have agreed to build giant underwaterpower cables to bring Scotland's vast reserves of renewable energyto ... WhiteHouse Orders Thousands Of U.S. Troops Withdrawn From Afghanistan And Iraq NPR,17 Nov 2020 01:43Z TheWhite House will bring home 2,500 troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by theend of the year against the guidance of top military officials, a drawdownorder ... Georgiarecount uncovers 2,600 new votes in presidential race AtlantaJournal Constitution, 16 Nov 2020 23:42Z Arecount in Georgia's presidential race found more than 2,600 ballots in FloydCounty that hadn't originally been tallied, likely helping President DonaldTrump ... Nearly40% of Americans are planning to have a Thanksgiving dinner with 10 ormore attendees DailyMail, 16 Nov 2020 18:13Z Nearly40% of Americans are planning to have a Thanksgiving dinner with 10 ormore attendees as 1 in 4 people say they won't practice social distancing, ... [Ifnyo gonna hav Thanksgibin in lockdown it mite as wel bee a biggun]! Coronavirusemerged in Italy earlier than thought, study shows CNBC,16 Nov 2020 14:12Z Thenew coronavirus was circulating in Italy since September 2019, a study bythe National Cancer Institute of the Italian city of Milan shows. AreDogs Spreading SARS-CoV-2? Study Finds Living With a Dog Increases Risk ofContracting COVID-19 SciTechDaily,16 Nov 2020 13:11Z Astudy conducted by the University of Granada and the Andalusian School of PublicHealth has analyzed the main risk factors in the transmission of ... Ethiopiantroops 'liberate' key town in Tigray, claim officials TheGuardian, 16 Nov 2020 19:08Z Ethiopiantroops have advanced further into the northern region of Tigray, seizinga key town on the road to its capital, officials in Addis Ababa have said. [Novembersuperhurricane!] HurricaneIota now a Category 5 storm near Central America AssociatedPress, 16 Nov 2020 19:04Z Managua,Nicaragua. Hurricane Iota rapidly strengthened Monday into a Category5 storm that is likely to bring catastrophic damage to the same part of ... GeorgiaSecretary of State Pushes Back against Voter Fraud Claims: `FailedCandidate Doug Collins is a Liar' YahooNews, 16 Nov 2020 17:03Z GeorgiaSecretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Sunday pushed back against unfoundedclaims of voter fraud in the state in a series of social media posts,... WasIt Worth It, Jared and Ivanka? TheNew York Times/Opinion, 16 Nov 2020 14:01Z Justfive short years ago Jared and Ivanka were dinner-party royalty here in Manhattan.It's that kind of place. They had money, they had youth, they had celebrity... KarlRove to helm massive GOP fundraising drive for Georgia runoffs POLITICO,16 Nov 2020 18:00Z SenateRepublicans have tapped Karl Rove to oversee their fundraising programfor the Georgia runoff elections, according to a person familiar withthe effort. Amidlatest COVID-19 spike, California faces new rules LosAngeles Times, 16 Nov 2020 16:59Z Weeklycoronavirus cases have doubled in the last month around California. Officialsare trying to slow this latest spike while minimizing further business... MichiganGov. Whitmer slams Trump adviser who encouraged residents to 'rise up' YahooNews, 16 Nov 2020 13:58Z Thegovernor of Michigan criticized Dr. Scott Atlas, one of President Donald Trump'stop Covid-19 advisers, after he said on Twitter Sunday that Michigan ... Judgesappear increasingly frustrated with Trump's legal claims about 2020 election ABCNews, 16 Nov 2020 12:57Z Incourt hearings and opinions around the country, judges are voicing similarfrustrations with the Trump campaign's legal filings, experts and courthouse... Victoriancontact tracing inquiry hears 'very defensive' DHHS did not disclosemistakes easily ABCNews, 16 Nov 2020 06:58Z AustralianMedical Association Victoria president Julian Rait tells a parliamentaryinquiry into the state's contact tracing system he believes thereare serious cultural problems in the "very defensive" Department of Healthand Human Services. 'Hishands are stained with blood': Peru's interim president resigns within firstweek ABCNews, 16 Nov 2020 06:57Z Peru'sinterim President Manuel Merino resigns after less than a week in office,leaving the country in limbo following demands he step down over two deathsduring protests. Peru's New President Quickly Steps Down Amid Protests And Police Killings NPR, 16 Nov 2020 01:27Z Manuel Merino became the country's president on Tuesday after Peru's Congress voted to oust President Martín Vizcarra. Merino lasted just days before ... Urgentquestions are being raised by SA's COVID outbreak ABC/TheConversation, 16 Nov 2020 07:56Z SouthAustralia's COVID cluster is disappointing after a long stretch of no communitytransmission. Now we need to act to stop it growing exponentially, writesAdrian Esterman. SA 'faces second wave' of coronavirus as moves to contain cluster grow ABC News, 16 Nov 2020 05:59Z South Australia will reintroduce significant coronavirus restrictions in response to a cluster in Adelaide's northern suburbs, with international flights cancelled and the ADF set to be mobilised. Queenslandheatwave sees temperatures in 40s, humidity intensifies smoke hazeover Brisbane ABCNews, 16 Nov 2020 07:55Z TheSpring heatwave sends temperatures soaring in Queensland, nudging the month'srecords in some areas, while oppressive, humid conditions hit Brisbaneand a smoke haze hangs over the city from a bushfire burning on FraserIsland. U.K.Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after possible coronavirusexposure CNBC,15 Nov 2020 22:27Z BritishPrime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after coming into contactwith a member of parliament who has tested positive for coronavirus, agovernment ... DoctorsAre Calling It Quits Under Stress of the Coronavirus TheNew York Times, 15 Nov 2020 18:25Z Thousandsof medical practices are closing, as doctors and nurses decide to retireearly or shift to less intense jobs. GeorgiaRecount Yields Few Changes in Vote Totals, Democrats Say Bloomberg,16 Nov 2020 0:24Z Georgia'shand audit of ballots cast in the presidential election is proceedingrapidly with little change in the results so far, according to lawyersworking for ... Trumpcampaign pares back federal suit over Pennsylvania election results POLITICO,16 Nov 2020 04:23Z PresidentDonald Trump's campaign has dramatically scaled back its federal lawsuitchallenging the election results in Pennsylvania, dropping legal claims... BREAKING(16 Nov): After at least 2 hrs after trading was suspended theAus Stock Ex has closed early after unspecified problems were detectedshortly after the open. Barossaand McLaren Vale winemakers to 'lose millions' from GM decision ABCRadio Adelaide, 16 Nov 2020 02:01Z TheBarossa and McLaren Vale wine regions stand to lose an estimated $44 millionin exports, industry representatives say, as their respective councilsremain stunned over a decision to allow genetically modified crops intheir districts. Queenslanddeclares Adelaide a coronavirus hotspot following cluster ABCNews, 16 Nov 2020 02:01Z QueenslandPremier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Adelaide will become a declaredcoronavirus hotspot as of midnight tonight after it recorded 17 cases. BlueScopeputs $20m towards plan to build renewable energy supply chain in NSW ABCIllawarra, 16 Nov 2020 02:00Z Followingthe NSW Government's unveiling of its 20-year strategy to move awayfrom coal-fired power, BlueScope has announced its intention to invest in"new technology solutions". Stormwreaks havoc at Queensland mine, union calls for safety audit across allmines ABCCapricornia, 16 Nov 2020 02:00Z Amazinglyno-one was injured when a storm destroyed buildings at a Bowen Basinmine, but the mining union says the incident highlights the need for a safetyaudit of all structures on mine sites. FederalGovernment settles $1.2b Robodebt class action ABCNews, 16 Nov 2020 02:59Z TheCommonwealth agrees to a settlement worth $1.2 billion over its unlawful Robodebtrecovery program, which raised automated debts against hundreds of thousandsof welfare recipients. Sydneytemperatures soar towards 40C, peak to come at 5pm ABCNews, 16 Nov 2020 03:12Z Sydneyand parts of NSW are melting under hot weather today -- with the peak stillto come later this afternoon with temperatures to hit 36C in the CBD and40C in Penrith. [SQUEAK!] DonaldJ. Trump @realDonaldTrump 15 Nov 2020 15:19Z Rudywill be interviewed by @MariaBartiromo at 10:00 A.M. NOW! twitter.com/realdonaldtrum... [SQUEAK!] DonaldJ. Trump @realDonaldTrump 15 Nov 2020 14:19Z RIGGEDELECTION. WE WILL WIN! [SQUEAK!] DonaldJ. Trump @realDonaldTrump 15 Nov 2020 13:19Z Allof the mechanical "glitches" that took place on Election Night were reallyTHEM getting caught trying to steal votes. They succeeded plenty,however, without getting caught. Mail-in elections are a sick joke! BloombergGreen @climate 15 Nov 2020 08:53Z Britainplans to make climate risk disclosure mandatory by 2025 trib.al/3HSSQkC [SwissApproach:] RobertRohde @RARohde 15 Nov 2020 13:51Z Switzerlandhas been slow walking their response to the winter COVID wave.Exhibit A: The country is almost out of ICU beds, and yet bars andrestaurants are still open in most of the country. twitter.com/CoronaEnglish/... [TheyWood Had Died In 10 Years Anyway!] MaxRoser @MaxCRoser 15 Nov 2020 13:51Z Thisis a myth. And it's awful. People who die from COVID are older, butit is not the case that they would have died `in the next 6 months'.On average people who die of COVID would have lived another 10 years:medrxiv.org/content/10.110... twitter.com/Crixus_gl/stat... AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 15 Nov 2020 14:46Z HottestNovember day in 70 years recorded at Oodnadatta in South Australia BloombergGreen @climate 15 Nov 2020 15:53Z Hurricanesare getting more explosive -- and harder to predict. Here's whytrib.al/jlGlYcv PhilipKlotzbach @philklotzbach 15 Nov 2020 15:51Z Howcrazy has 2020 Atlantic #hurricane season been? The Greek alphabetnamed storms (Alpha thru #Iota) have now generated enough AccumulatedCyclone Energy (ACE) to meet the NOAA average Atlantic hurricaneseason definition. They've generated 69 ACE. Average season is66-111 ACE pic.twitter.com/tvYHm6r161 ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 15 Nov 2020 16:47Z Summerheat grabs the headlines but for most the U.S., it's winter that'swarming the fastest. bit.ly/WarmingSeasons #climatematterspic.twitter.com/6Cvk5HmO06 AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 15 Nov 2020 16:57Z Worstfires since records began destroying world's largest wetlands, SouthAmerica's Pantanal, already 28% gone, releasing stored carbon backinto the atmosphere It's tiring how many times I've had to write "sincerecords began" just in 2020 edition.cnn.com/2020/11/13/ame...#climate pic.twitter.com/bTGhiKh3pe BloombergGreen @climate 15 Nov 2020 17:31Z TheTrump administration is rushing to auction drilling rights in the ArcticNational Wildlife Refuge before President-elect Biden takes officetrib.al/yAe0qTw Philippines'typhoon deaths rise as worst floods in 45 years hit north YahooNews, 15 Nov 2020 08:15Z Thedeath toll from the deadliest cyclone to hit the Philippines this year hasclimbed to 67, while many areas remained submerged in a northern region hitby the ... USelection: Trump says Biden won but again refuses to concede BBCNews, 15 Nov 2020 16:08Z Thepresident says for the first time his rival won the US election, but backtracksquickly. Trump says Biden 'won because the election was rigged', repeating unsubstantiated claims of fraud ABC News, 15 Nov 2020 15:45Z US President Donald Trump has tweeted that president-elect Joe Biden "won" the 2020 presidential election only because "the election was rigged" -- reiterating false claims of widespread voting fraud. 10News First @10NewsFirst 15 Nov 2020 06:18Z #EXCLUSIVE:The Murray-Darling river system is the lifeblood of farmingin three states. But, there's a problem: the officer in charge ofprotecting the river is missing. | @vanOnselenP #auspol pic.twitter.com/LJr7pD8SYS [Breakout:] KerryJaggers @kezincanberra 15 Nov 2020 07:18Z Feelingfor you, SA. Get tested. Will watch w interest how Morrison putsa spin on this. Not a Labor State this time. Three people test positivefor coronavirus in South Australia outside of hotel quarantine.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-1... AccuWeather@breakingweather 15 Nov 2020 12:12Z Relieforganizations have been working around the clock along with militarypersonnel for the past week to get food and supplies to the ravagedcoastal areas where #Eta made landfall: bit.ly/3npr4rx AccuWeather @breakingweather 15 Nov 2020 10:12Z North Carolina's governor issued a statewide state of emergency declaration Friday as the death toll from severe flooding that wreaked havoc across the state on Thursday continued to rise: bit.ly/3lv2nt3 pic.twitter.com/E5r0gSHhns NationalHurricane Center @NHC_Atlantic 15 Nov 2020 12:22Z 7AM EST Sunday update: Iota continues to rapidly strengthen over the southwesternCaribbean Sea. Expected to bring potentially catastrophic winds,a life-threatening storm surge, and rainfall impacts to Central America.Latest information at: hurricanes.gov pic.twitter.com/DHPJNylZEr NPR @NPR 15 Nov 2020 02:14Z It's the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record. When Iota makes landfall early next week, it could drop up more than 2 feet of rain in an area still recovering from Hurricane Eta. trib.al/JldSXhL NSWreaches eight days without local COVID-19 cases, but alerts continue oversewage contamination ABCNews, 15 Nov 2020 01:10Z Alertscontinue for south-west and north-west Sydney over virus fragments foundin sewage samples in catchment areas covering 300,000 people. Deathtoll from year's deadliest typhoon in Philippines climbs to 67 ABCNews, 15 Nov 2020 08:08Z Thedeath toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Vamco climbs to 67, with 12 peoplestill missing and 26,000 homes damaged, authorities say. World'slargest free trade agreement signed in coup for China YahooNews, 15 Nov 2020 02:02Z FifteenAsia-Pacific countries on Sunday signed the world's biggest free tradedeal, seen as a huge coup for China in extending its influence. Trump snubs ASEAN as Australia joins signing of world's largest trade deal ABC News, 15 Nov 2020 06:09Z The largest trade deal in history is signed by 15 countries including Australia, China, Japan and Indonesia, a pact accounting for 30 per cent of the global economy. GoogleEarth user spots dome-covered cave in Antarctica, sparking alien theories NewYork Post, 15 Nov 2020 0:01Z Aneagle-eyed Google Earth devotee thinks there's something odd going on in Antarctica. HurricaneIota heads for battered Honduras, Nicaragua TheAssociated Press, 15 Nov 2020 12:00Z St.Petersburg, Fla. Iota became the thirteenth hurricane of the Atlantic seasonearly Sunday, threatening to bring another dangerous system to ... Mars:Mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life? Livescience.com,14 Nov 2020 19:50Z Thebest place for life on Mars might be more than a kilometre below its surface! 'Wepacked long underwear and never wore it': Arctic scientists shocked at warming TheGuardian, 13 Nov 2020 Whenthe Arctic researchers Jacqueline Grebmeier and Lee Cooper made their annualscientific pilgrimage to frigid seas off Alaska last month, what they found... WhiteHouse exaggerates 'Million MAGA March' crowd size BusinessInsider, 15 Nov 2020 0:46Z WhiteHouse Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany significantly exaggerated the numberof people who attended a protest in Washington, DC, in support of ... CarbonBrief @CarbonBrief 14 Nov 2020 09:27Z Recommendedread: Reaching UK net zero target cheaper than we thought, saysclimate adviser | @fionaharvey @guardian j.mp/2IpfApj AccuWeather@breakingweather 14 Nov 2020 09:27Z NorthCarolina's governor issued a statewide state of emergency declarationFriday as the death toll from severe flooding that wreaked havocacross the state on Thursday continued to rise: bit.ly/3lv2nt3 AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 14 Nov 2020 09:26Z Justout: UK commissions research into giant solar power station in spaceto investigate potential for unlimited, constant zero carbon powerCan't help thinking perhaps the money could be spent instead on faster#cleanenergy transformation here on earth gov.uk/government/new...pic.twitter.com/j7c8UP0nLd [BadJudgement!] RobertRohde @RARohde 14 Nov 2020 09:33Z Replyingto @JimManning9 @capitalweather @RyanMaue BothMaue and Legates were appointed ~6 weeks before the election. I wouldassume that they thought Trump would win a second term when they acceptedthe position. [WarmN Asia!] RobertRohde @RARohde 14 Nov 2020 10:33Z Replyingto @RARohde Mapshowing the record-smashing warm weather across Northern Asia so farthis year. pic.twitter.com/tG70opMKF8 [NotNormal!] RobertRohde @RARohde 14 Nov 2020 10:33Z Thepersistently warmer than normal weather in Siberia this year has beenstunning. After 10 months, Russia's Siberian Federal District is runningnearly 2 °C (3.6 °F) warmer than any previous year. Smashing recordslike this is not normal. pic.twitter.com/pKWTWBHfPP [ThingsYou Need To Know!] EdidemSaviour@SGlobalServ 14 Nov 2020 11:35Z Replyingto @MiracleShadrack Iremember asking my colleague same question and her response was "Theboiling point of STEW is above 100°C and experiment has confirmed that COCKROACHcan't survive at that temperature, hence I'll remove the cockroachand reboil my stew, Shekina! " BloombergGreen @climate 14 Nov 2020 11:34Z Arcticoil licenses owned by some of Europe's biggest oil companies are onthe line in a Norway Supreme Court case trib.al/ZP0NXdk [Exponential!] ScottGottlieb, MD @ScottGottliebMD 14 Nov 2020 13:26Z Perspectiveon the Covid exponential growth process underway from @trvrbtwitter.com/trvrb/status/1... [LowIce!] ZackLabe @ZLabe 14 Nov 2020 14:34Z Total#Arctic sea ice volume was about *58%* below the 1979-2019 averagein October 2020 (record low)! + More graphics: sites.uci.edu/zlabe/arctic-s...pic.twitter.com/0KktuJvbx5 AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 14 Nov 2020 14:26Z Andnow: Canada set to introduce climate accountability legislation nextweek to formally commit the country to its target of net zero emissionsby 2050 Over to you, USA (and Australia) #climate #momentumtwitter.com/AssaadRazzouk/... [WarmFlorida:] EricBlake @EricBlake12 14 Nov 2020 14:30Z Almostevery station in the #Florida peninsula has had its warmest yearto date on record. Still can't buy a temperature below 70 in #Miami.Oh the second warmest year is 2019. Third warmest is 2017. Youget the picture... pic.twitter.com/NaWVBE7i2F [NotSummer And Already Tying Records!] AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 14 Nov 2020 14:26Z FitzroyCrossing in Western Australia hits 46.5C and equals the record high BloombergGreen @climate 14 Nov 2020 15:34Z Windpower is set to run a giant green hydrogen plant at a BP oil refineryin Germany trib.al/Z9V80Q6 [SuperLightning!] CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 14 Nov 2020 16:27Z Didyou know about 1 in 300 lightning flashes are classified as "superbolts"and can stretch for hundreds of miles? Scientists are tryingto better understand them: wapo.st/3kwIYa2 [KingTides!] ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 14 Nov 2020 16:27Z Thisweekend's new moon is contributing to widespread coastal flood forecastsalong the east coast. With just 2' of water above the high tideline, 7000+ Mass. homes are at risk: bit.ly/concurrentfloo...#climatematters pic.twitter.com/b4IwIaENiD BloombergGreen @climate 14 Nov 2020 17:34Z TheTrump administration is rushing to auction drilling rights in the ArcticNational Wildlife Refuge before President-elect Biden takes officetrib.al/HwrSRqI AccuWeather@breakingweather 14 Nov 2020 18:27Z Anarea of low pressure approaching from the North Atlantic will strengthenwhile passing just to the northwest of Great Britain, bringingrounds of rain and gusty winds across Ireland and the United Kingdominto continental northwestern Europe: bit.ly/2IE5TTqpic.twitter.com/DmhPKDxRou BloombergGreen @climate 14 Nov 2020 21:30Z Vietnameseauthorities on Saturday ordered some 460,000 people in the country'scentral region to be ready for evacuation ahead of Typhoon Vamco.Via @AP trib.al/jTU7CfG PhilipKlotzbach @philklotzbach 14 Nov 2020 21:29Z #Iotais forecast to become a #hurricane tomorrow. If it does becomea hurricane, it would be the 13th Atlantic hurricane of the 2020 season.Only one Atlantic hurricane season on record has had more than 12hurricanes: 2005 (15 hurricanes). pic.twitter.com/JTLrLfk64l Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 14 Nov 2020 18:30Z This hurricane is on course to be a catastrophe in Central America. twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/s... Mobilemorgues take over carparks in Texas, as US coronavirus crisis worsens ABCNews, 14 Nov 2020 18:23Z Asdaily coronavirus cases hit an all-time high, and with winter fast approaching,it is yet to be seen if the United States can get on top of the record-breakingwave of infections gripping the nation. ProudBoys join peaceful pro-Trump protests in Washington as Democratic supportersstay away ABCNews, 14 Nov 2020 21:10Z Far-rightgroup the Proud Boys have joined a crowd protesting America's 2020 presidentialelection results. TrumpSays 'Time Will Tell' Which Administration Handles COVID next, StoppingShort of Formal Concession Newsweek,14 Nov 2020 09:35Z Inhis first public address since the U.S. election whose result he is still fightingagainst, President Donald Trump has said only "time will tell" who willbe in the ... [ApparentlyTwitter is abuzz with Trump's new grey hair]. Climategraphic of the week: Siberia experiences record temperatures FinancialTimes, 13 Nov 2020 21:33Z Siberiahas experienced unusually high temperatures during the six-month periodfrom May to October this year - more than 3C above average - to make ... [Doomed!] PresidentTrump taps Rudy Giuliani to take over election legal fight: Sources ABCNews, 14 Nov 2020 04:32Z PresidentDonald Trump has installed Rudy Giuliani to lead the legal efforts hehas mounted to resuscitate his failed bid for a second term in office, a movethat ... Coronavirusupdates: North Dakota is now requiring face masks; one of last COVID-19-freecounties reports case; US daily cases exceed 180K USATODAY, 14 Nov 2020 16:31Z ManyAmericans are bracing for increased virus restrictions and lockdowns. TrumpDrives by Supporters Gathered in D.C. for Mass Denial of Biden Win TheDaily Beast, 14 Nov 2020 18:30Z Thepresident flashed a signature thumbs up to hundreds gathered in a mass denialof President-elect Joe Biden's victory. TheDakotas are 'as bad as it gets anywhere in the world' for COVID-19 USATODAY, 14 Nov 2020 14:48Z BothNorth and South Dakota now face a predictably tragic reality that healthexperts say could have been largely prevented with earlier action. Giulianiwrecks Trump campaign's well-laid legal plans POLITICO,14 Nov 2020 12:48Z PresidentDonald Trump's senior campaign aides were gathered in their headquartersSaturday morning when word emerged that Rudy Giuliani would be ... GOPleaders in 4 states quash dubious Trump bid on electors YahooNews, 14 Nov 2020 09:47Z Republicanleaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden saythey won't participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state'selectors to ... Anothernewborn dies at crisis-hit Sydney hospital ABCNews, 13 Nov 2020 at 11:00pm Thelatest death follows a NSW Government review into the death of four newbornsand a threat by 20 obstetricians to resign over concerns about the hospital. Trump'swin in North Carolina is all but confirmed. Now there's just one stateleft in the balance ABCNews, 13 Nov 2020 at 11:22pm TheUS President is declared the winner of North Carolina by the Associated Press,while a hand recount begins in the last remaining state to be called foreither Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Corpsesand burnt-out cars line Karabakh road as Russia calls in UN ABCNews, 13 Nov 2020 at 11:33pm Corpsesof ethnic Armenian soldiers line stretches of a mountain road in Nagorno-Karabakh,as Russia works to negotiate the deployment of United Nationspersonnel in the disputed region. AGLannounces giant new battery for Adelaide's Torrens Island ABCNews, 13 Nov 2020 at 11:41pm Theelectricity company plans to build a grid-scale battery on Adelaide's TorrensIsland that would be bigger than the giant Tesla batter in the state'sMid North. Bidenbrings in national security experts, with Trump still keeping him in thedark ABCNews, 14 Nov 2020 0:58Z TheUS president-elect will be briefed by national security experts brought inby his own transition team amid concerns that Donald Trump's refusal to granthim access to classified intelligence briefings could pose a national securityrisk. Fiftyshades of coral: How a world-first IVF program is trying to repopulate theBarrier Reef ABCTropical North, 14 Nov 2020 02:57Z Justonce a year, the sex life of coral on the Great Barrier Reef is on display-- this time, it has more spectators than usual. [TheSwedish Solution:] Swedishscientists call for politicians to override health agency as nation'sdeath toll mounts ABCNews, 14 Nov 2020 02:56Z Swedenremains steadfast in its strategy of voluntary measures and no lockdowns,as the country battles a growing second wave of a disease that hasnow killed more than 6,000 Swedes. Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk 17 Nov 2020 04:53Z Sweden abandons the Swedish model. twitter.com/ScottGottliebM... Scott Gottlieb, MD @ScottGottliebMD 17 Nov 2020 01:53Z Replying to @ScottGottliebMD Swedish Interior Minister Mikael Damberg said the new limit on gatherings - far lower the 50 allowed during the spring outbreak - would be in place for four weeks but could be extended to run over the Christmas and New Year holidays. [Miniflu!] HospitalizedCOVID-19 patients twice as likely to die than those with flu, UWstudy finds SeattleTimes, 13 Nov 2020 23:20Z COVID-19patients had an in-hospital death rate two times higher than that ofinfluenza patients, according to a study published Friday. This higher in-hospital... Trumpskips Southeast Asia summit for third year in a row AssociatedPress, 14 Nov 2020 04:17Z Hanoi,Vietnam. U.S. President Donald Trump skipped a virtual summit with hisSoutheast Asian counterparts on Saturday, the third year in a row that ... BorisJohnson Clears Out His Brexit Gang to Take Back Control Bloomberg,14 Nov 2020 07:16Z ManyConservatives are cheering the departure of his top aide. Others wonder whethertheir leader will be lost without him. NewAlabama senator struggles with basic WWII history and says US fought `socialismand communism' TheIndependent, 14 Nov 2020 02:15Z TommyTuberville, the incoming Republican senator from Alabama, doubled down onhis erroneous grasp of World War II history in comments on Thursday, ... Carbondioxide removal sucks TheEcologist, 13 Nov 2020 09:15Z Carbondioxide removal (CDR) systems put more greenhouse gases into the air thanthey take out. JohnKelly: Trump delaying transition for Biden hurts national security BusinessInsider, 13 Nov 2020 22:12Z "It'sabout the nation. It hurts our national security," former White House chiefof staff John Kelly said of the delay in the transition process. Trump loses election lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Michigan, drops Arizona case Yahoo News, 13 Nov 2020 19:13Z Judges have dealt double blows to President Trump's longshot attempts to disqualify enough ballots to win the presidency.On Friday, a Michigan judge rejected ... How Trump's Voter Fraud War Room Became a Fart-Infused 'Room From Hell' Daily Beast, 14 Nov 2020 02:14Z The president's campaign built a tip line. Instead, it traumatized their own staff, just as staffers felt Team Trump had hung them out to dry. Philippinestyphoon death toll rises as clean up begins Aljazeera.com,13 Nov 2020 04:49Z Policein the Philippines said the death toll from Typhoon Vamco has risento 26, with dozens still missing or injured after the storm deluged ... [Laterreports say death toll has risen to 39 with another 32 missing]. CharlesKoch says he regrets fueling partisanship: 'Boy, did we screw up!' BusinessInsider, 13 Nov 2020 20:46Z Thebillionaire, who has funneled millions into the tea party and the conservativemovement, expresses regret in a new book. "What a mess!" he said. [Leadership!] NevadaGov. Steve Sisolak receives postive COVID-19 test KOLO,14 Nov 2020 02:18Z Thegovernor announced the news Friday, CourtRejects Challenge of Pennsylvania's Post-Election Day Deadline in Blow toTrump's Legal Disputes Newsweek,13 Nov 2020 21:43Z TheU.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit has upheld a lower court's rejectionof a constitutional challenge to Pennsylvania's post-Election Day ... Federal Prosecutors Push Back on Barr Memo on Voter Fraud Claims The New York Times, 14 Nov 2020 01:44Z Washington. Career Justice Department prosecutors pushed back this week against a memo by Attorney General William P. Barr that opened the door to ... ProudResister. Saturday, November 7th, we won. @EsoOrc 12 Nov 2020 21:26Z Replyingto @senatemajldr Pfizerhas already stated they were not part of operation warp speed butnice try. Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree 13 Nov 2020 21:24Z The Pfizer vaccine is great news but it was NOT developed as part of Trump's Operation Warp Speed. Facts matter. Ali Velshi @AliVelshi Nov 11 Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Funding Came From Germany Not Operation Warp Speed - Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/... Fivenew coronavirus cases in Darwin quarantine facility as passengers from Indiatest positive ABCNews, 13 Nov 2020 07:42Z TheNorthern Territory records five new cases of COVID-19. It comes as policeissue fines to three men who posted photos on social media showing thembreaching quarantine rules. UNfears war crimes committed in Ethiopia conflict ABCNews, 13 Nov 2020 10:40Z Ethiopia'sParliament appoints a new head of Tigray region as federal forces pressa military offensive against leaders of the northern region who the Governmentaccuses of treason and terrorism. Canberrato unveil new aid programs in bid to reassert Australian influence inSouth-East Asia ABCNews, 13 Nov 2020 14:39Z TheMorrison Government is about to unveil several new development initiativesto reassert Australia's influence in South-East Asia as China continuesto expand its presence across the region. Itwas supposed to be the 'coronavirus election'. But voting patterns tell a differentstory ABCNews, 13 Nov 2020 18:01Z Whileall eyes were fixed on the presidential election, new daily coronaviruscases in the United States reached an all-time high. And with almostevery metric trending in the wrong direction, it's yet to be seen if thenation will be able to overcome political fault lines to find a way forward. Navarro:White House's operating `assumption is a second Trump term' POLITICO,13 Nov 2020 16:18Z WhiteHouse trade adviser Peter Navarro said Friday that the Trump administrationis operating as if it will extend into a second term, attemptingto stiff-arm the ... Another law firm bails out on Trump campaign POLITICO, 13 Nov 2020 16:10Z Another law firm has moved to drop its representation of President Donald Trump's campaign in its flurry of lawsuits challenging the results of last week's ... Trump Floats Improbable Survival Scenarios as He Ponders His Future The New York Times, 13 Nov 2020 12:36Z At a meeting on Wednesday at the White House, President Trump had something he wanted to discuss with his advisers, many of whom have told him his ... China finally congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris on election victory The Washington Post, 13 Nov 2020 09:08Z [LungDamage!] Womanreceives first COVID-related double lung transplant in Wisconsin Channel3000.com- WISC-TV3, 13 Nov 2020 04:17Z Madison,Wis. Carmen Lerma wasn't the first person to get COVID in Wisconsin; farfrom it. She joined nearly 300,000 others diagnosed with the virus, but ... JoeBiden unlikely to cancel Trump's Space Force but could use NASA to help inclimate crisis fight TheIndependent, 12 Nov 2020 22:16Z President-electhas strong track record of supporting space exploration. ElonMusk tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of astronaut launch WESH2 Orlando, 13 Nov 2020 16:14Z ElonMusk said he has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of Saturday night's SpaceXand NASA astronaut launch. BrexitHard-Liners Lose Battle as Aide to U.K's Johnson Quits TheNew York Times, 13 Nov 2020 09:13Z London.An abrasive, plain-speaking former tabloid reporter, Lee Cain was partof a tight-knit team of Brexit campaigners who tied their fortunes to Boris ... EGEB:Solar and storage replaces New Mexico coal plant Electrek,13 Nov 2020 15:11Z Anorthwestern New Mexico coal plant will be replaced by solar and battery storage;two coal plants in Baltimore will stop burning the fossil fuel by 2025. U.S.reports record 153,400 new Covid cases as Dr. Fauci urges Americans to becareful: 'It is not futile' CNBC,13 Nov 2020 16:09Z "Ifwe do the things that are simple public health measures, that soaring willlevel and start to come down," Dr. Anthony Fauci said. "It is not futile." KingTides Could Swamp Coastal Communities This Week NBCSan Diego, 13 Nov 2020 04:37Z SanDiego County is bracing for king tides this weekend. Here's what you needto know about the massive waves. [Rain!] JacquiJeras @JacquiJerasTV 12 Nov 2020 20:56Z Tropicalrains in NC rivaled that of #Eta in Florida. Purple = 7-10"in 24 hrs. Sadly at least 3 Deaths. Flooding still a threat. More onfloods, tropics, snow, & a great golf science explainer on that viralMasters shot! See ya 5-8P ET @mikebettes @DrRickKnabb @weatherchannelpic.twitter.com/Ba9zQHfsU2 [AUSState Of The Climate:] AndrewB. Watkins @windjunky 12 Nov 2020 20:44Z Australia'sState of the Climate report comes out once every two years - andtoday is the day. We continue to see warming for our land and oceans,leading to more extremes of fire, drought, rain and sea level, allwith human impacts. Media release e.bom.gov.au/pub/pubType/EO...¼ pic.twitter.com/PwgqZ2vExr Pep Canadell @pepcanadell 12 Nov 2020 22:28Z THREAD The Australia State of the Climate 2020 is out, by @CSIRO and @BOM_au Australia, more than ever before, ground zero on climate change and impacts. Need to step up on mitigation and adapt to the extent is possible. bit.ly/32Ejod4 pic.twitter.com/k4xM9JPhSX Australian Academy of Science @Science_Academy 12 Nov 2020 13:24Z "10 years from now, 2019 won't have been unusual." The 6th joint @BOM_au and @CSIRO State of the Climate report has just been released. bom.gov.au/state-of-the-c... pic.twitter.com/XRRBj6zlRV State of the Climate 2020: Australia is experiencing climate change now ABC Weather, 12 Nov 2020 13:03Z The latest biannual report card from the BOM and the CSIRO shows we are now up to 1.44 degrees of warming, and the 2020 COVID slowdown has been barely a blip on global CO2 concentrations. [Purge!] CNN@CNN 13 Nov 2020 03:44Z Thedeputy chief of staff to the secretary of defense has resigned, a USdefense official told CNN, becoming the latest official to depart thePentagon amid a purge that began Monday when President Trump fired DefenseSecretary Mark Esper cnn.it/32CC11a [Disaster!] HeatherLander, PhD @PathogenScribe 13 Nov 2020 03:44Z Holyshit. We'll be at 200K in a matter of days. Then 300K. @SpeakerPelosi@JoeBiden @KamalaHarris YOU must intervene onbehalf of Americans. This is catastrophe in progress. We are desperatefor leadership. DO SOMETHING. @realDonaldTrump is incapable.STOP HIM. HE'S KILLING US. twitter.com/SpartanJayJay/... Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD @PeterHotez 12 Nov 2020 23:44Z I'm devastated: We could lose 150,000 more American lives by wk after inauguration, mostly in our Heartland mostly red states. Some of the kindest nicest people whose lives will be destroyed. I'm on a mission to try & save those lives since the leaders who should care, just don't twitter.com/jodyvance/stat... PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 12 Nov 2020 23:25Z Breaking.¨ Trump publishes election concession on the White House Christmaswebsite. It's officially over. pic.twitter.com/nufhMkLFkl PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 13 Nov 2020 0:25Z Uhhuh. Washington DC, with probably the highest concentration of heavilyarmed security organizations in the country. Unlikely to be mucha group of gun-toting man-babies can do. But sure, Donald, order themin & let's see what happens to them and you. Oh, and this is sedition.twitter.com/New_Narrative/... [Novemberand snow is melting!] CIRA@CIRA_CSU 12 Nov 2020 17:24Z Snowmelting in Nebraska. Spotted yesterday, by GOES-East: col.st/5Wemq.pic.twitter.com/GBmkgPsONq [It'sNot Too Late!] Prof.Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe 12 Nov 2020 20:16Z Replyingto @jessphoenix2018 @mehdirhasan and 2 others Imean - once you smoke one pack of cigarettes, you're technically past thepoint of no return in terms of zero lung damage. But you're not deadyet so taking action at any time (versus not doing it at all) will stillyield very beneficial results! Doomerism is what will doom us. [AustraliaBushfire Report:] Australianbushfires one year on: How Black Summer of death and destructionerupted 9News,13 Nov 2020 0:41Z TheRoyal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements last monthhanded down its report into the bushfires. Federal Government responds to bushfire royal commission, will create national state of emergency ABC News, 13 Nov 2020 03:03Z In its response to the commission's final report, the Government said it would introduce legislation to enable the declaration. "The Commonwealth ... [The govt says it will implement 80 of the Report's recommendations. But immed after the announcement ministers started doing the rounds supporting fossils. David Littleproud told reporters he had 4 coal plants in his electorate and he would not be supporting a price on carbon. He claimed one plant would be soon install CCS that would capture 90% of carbon emissions. A tax would only make elec more expensive he said. Apparently the CCS will be free]. [Thwaites!] KrisVan Steenbergen @KrVaSt 12 Nov 2020 08:30Z Replyingto @KrVaSt ---Pine Island glacier tongue --- The entire sea-ice shield is still intact,but seems not to have any affect on the calving zone. The pine coneshaped iceberg is leaving the scene. This is destabilizing the entirewestern flank of PIG tongue & affecting TG's eastern flank... pic.twitter.com/t8QFANFqvx [Leadership!] Rep.Don Young @repdonyoung 12 Nov 2020 21:27Z Ihave tested positive for COVID-19. I am feeling strong, following properprotocols, working from home in Alaska, and ask for privacy at thistime. May God Bless Alaska. BrianBrettschneider @Climatologist49 12 Nov 2020 21:27Z Replyingto @AaronMorrison89 InJan 2009, Anchorage almost had a catastrophic drop in nat gas pressure.Then Mayor Sullivan conducted a voluntary test by asking residentto drop thermostat to 60F to see how compliance worked. A bunchof people decided to turn their thermostats to 80F to torpedo it. #Freedom ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 12 Nov 2020 17:24Z Study:Hurricanes powered by warmer water stay stronger after landfall, whichmeans more severe impacts farther inland as our climate heats up: huffpost.com/entry/climate-... [Coal:] CarbonBrief @CarbonBrief 13 Nov 2020 01:24Z Analysis:The global coal fleet shrank for first time on record in 2020 |@GlobalEnergyMon j.mp/2DkJokg #archive pic.twitter.com/x7NUkA5Z5f CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 12 Nov 2020 15:21Z Over2" of rain on Wednesday broke the record for the date. We've also tiedthe record for most 2" rain events in a calendar year! twitter.com/islivingston/s... [SecondSummer:] CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 12 Nov 2020 20:21Z A"second summer" brought record heat to the Eastern U.S. this past week.@MatthewCappucci takes a look at how common this is in NYC, DC,Boston and other cities in the Plains and West. Interesting findings.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... AccuWeather@breakingweather 13 Nov 2020 01:18Z AfterAustralia's 2019-2020 bushfire season burned an estimated 46-millionacres, the upcoming summer, which begins Dec. 21, is expectedto offer a more rainy season than the last: bit.ly/2Io3gpn [Iota:] AccuWeather@breakingweather 13 Nov 2020 02:44Z "Iam greatly concerned we may soon have another major disaster on our handsin Central America if this Caribbean tropical system pans out likewe suspect," one AccuWeather forecaster says: bit.ly/3lmzKhM pic.twitter.com/ABta8mqLNk Trumpurged by senior Republicans to let Biden see security briefings ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 at 10:16pm Republicansenators break with Donald Trump's refusal to cooperate with Joe Biden,saying the president-elect is entitled to intelligence briefings -- evenif they are not ready to recognise the Democrat as the winner of the US election. Ethiopia'sTigray crisis: 'Civilians massacred', says Amnesty International BBCNews, 12 Nov 2020 21:17Z "Scoresand probably hundreds" were hacked to death on Monday in the Tigray region,the group says. Californiahits 1 million coronavirus cases LosAngeles Times, 12 Nov 2020 23:16Z Coronavirusinfections in California are racing upward at a level not seen sincethe summer, with the state surpassing 1 million cases on Thursday, and health... [JoiningTX and Italy]. Italy's hospitals face breaking point as country surpasses 1 million COVID-19 cases ABC News, 13 Nov 2020 01:52Z Italy's COVID-19 cases soar, while angry family members accuse hospitals of not providing adequate care when a video emerges of a man laying dead on the bathroom floor of an emergency room. Pennsylvaniasecretary of state asks judge to toss Trump campaign's 'desperateand unfounded' lawsuit CNBC,13 Nov 2020 01:26Z PennsylvaniaSecretary of State Kathy Boockvar asked a judge to dismiss a Trumpcampaign lawsuit seeking to block the state from certifying the resultsof the ... [PastVictories!] PeterSagal @petersagal 12 Nov 2020 23:42Z Replyingto @JamesFallows Hewon his anti-trust type lawsuit the NFL, for colluding to drive the USFL,in which he was an owner, out of business. And was awarded one (1)US dollar. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl... DanielDale @ddale8 12 Nov 2020 23:32Z Statementfrom CISA (part of Trump DHS) and state officials says the election"was the most secure in American history," dismisses "unfoundedclaims," says in bold, "There is no evidence that any voting systemdeleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised."pic.twitter.com/fS7twFPuyd [NowHe's Blaming the Voting Machines:] NewsChannel8 | KTUL @KTULNews 12 Nov 2020 23:27Z Thepresident's legal team is launching new claims, so far without any evidence,about the company "Dominion Voting Systems," which makes the softwareused many voting machines. ktul.com/news/nation-wo... [SQUEAK!] Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 12 Nov 2020 16:50Z "REPORT: DOMINION DELETED 2.7 MILLION TRUMP VOTES NATIONWIDE. DATA ANALYSIS FINDS 221,000 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES SWITCHED FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BIDEN. 941,000 TRUMP VOTES DELETED. STATES USING DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS SWITCHED 435,000 VOTES FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN." @ChanelRion @OANN [Purge!] SCMPNews @SCMPNews 12 Nov 2020 23:25Z TopUS cyber official expecting to be fired as White House frustrations hit agencyprotecting elections scmp.com/news/world/uni... [MarchingMaggas:] CBSNews @CBSNews 12 Nov 2020 23:14Z Supportersof President Trump are planning to gather in Washington, D.C.this weekend for what they've called the "Million MAGA March." @lilialucianoreports on the event, and how the district is planningfor potential violence: cbsnews.com/live pic.twitter.com/li1jgsygpc [Spam!] KatiePhang @KatiePhang 12 Nov 2020 23:18Z "ATrump campaign attorney conceded in court [today] that he tried to enterhundreds of dodgy form-filed affidavits into evidence, even thoughtheir own investigation found a subset of the sworn statements thatthey received were filled w/lies and `spam.'" lawandcrime.com/2020-election/... [EtTu?!] Here'sThe Moment Fox News Announced Joe Biden As The 46th President of the UnitedStates digg.com,12 Nov 2020 20:39Z THEYPROJECT BIDEN WINS PA AND NV. Here's The Moment Fox News Announced Joe BidenAs The 46th President of the ... The Gregory Brothers Turn Trump Supporter'sImpassioned Rants Over Joe Biden's Win Into A Certified Jam. The Hill @thehill 12 Nov 2020 23:27Z Trump campaign, Republicans drop challenge to ballot count case in Nevada hill.cm/rvXaQId pic.twitter.com/N4HsAN7QgL [SQUEAK!]! Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 12 Nov 2020 15:50Z .@FoxNews daytime ratings have completely collapsed. Weekend daytime even WORSE. Very sad to watch this happen, but they forgot what made them successful, what got them there. They forgot the Golden Goose. The biggest difference between the 2016 Election, and 2020, was @FoxNews! MoreRepublicans want Biden to get security briefings ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 22:17Z MoreRepublican senators break with US President Donald Trump's refusal to cooperatewith Joe Biden, saying the president-elect is entitled to intelligencebriefings ... even if they are not ready to recognise the Democratas the winner of the US presidential election. 'AtTheir Breaking Point': Nurses Fume After North Dakota Lets COVID-InfectedMedical Workers Stay on the Job TheDaily Beast, 12 Nov 2020 19:21Z Ifwe are saying we can go back to work after testing positive-how do we expectthe public to take this pandemic seriously?" one nurse told the Beast. Videoof Corpse in Hospital Bathroom Alarms Italy as Covid Spreads TheNew York Times, 12 Nov 2020 21:19Z Avideo showing a man lying dead on the floor of a bathroom inside a packed Naplesemergency room sparked outrage as it spread across Italy on Thursday, ... 'Trillionsavailable': Mining tycoon unveils 235GW plan to be green energy worldleader Recharge,12 Nov 2020 12:15Z Chairmanof Australia's Fortescue Metals claims it can repeat success story iniron ore by tapping vast appetite for green power and hydrogen. Isit treason? As Trump denies election results, legal scholar unpacks his attemptto stay in office ThePhiladelphia Inquirer/Opinion, 12 Nov 2020 22:06Z Yetagain, we learn Trump is the Constitution's worst nightmare. But is he treasonous? Australia'scultural makeup under threat from coronavirus pandemic ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 21:22Z Australia'sblend of different cultures brought by immigrants, migrants and internationalstudents has long been a source of pride for many, but there areconcerns COVID-19 could alter the country's cultural makeup for a long timeto come. [ZERO!] Victoriarecords 14 straight days of no new coronavirus cases or deaths ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 21:45Z Thestate's 14-day rolling average of new cases per day is now zero. There arethree active cases, and one mystery infection with an unknown source of origin. 'Thisdeclares its official death': What has happened to Hong Kong's democracy? ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 18:59Z Fromriot police on the streets to mass resignations in Hong Kong's LegislativeCouncil, the effects of China's crackdown on dissent have been variedand some MPs fear its latest move brings the "death" of democracy. Foxtelgiven $10 million federal grant without plan for spending it, FOI documentsreveal ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 18:58Z Documentsobtained under Freedom of Information show the Communications Departmentgave Foxtel free rein to allocate millions of dollars of taxpayer moneyto broadcast sports under-represented on television. Pelosisays Republicans are 'engaged in an absurd circus' as Trump attacks FoxNews ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 19:58Z USHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi accuses Republicans of "refusing to accept reality"by standing behind President Donald Trump, while president-elect JoeBiden speaks with the Pope. Dairyexports to China reach new record, set for increased tariffs ABCRural, 12 Nov 2020 19:56Z Australiandairy exporters achieve record milk powder sales to China this year,but are about to face a doubling in tariffs until the end 2020. Tiredof conspiracy theories in your Facebook feed? So was Elissa -- so she didsomething about it ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 19:56Z Whenone Facebook community group noticed a growing number of troubling postsabout COVID-19, it decided to take action. There'sa new app in town, and Trump's allies are using it to spread baselesselection claims ABCNews Breakfast, 12 Nov 2020 20:54Z DonaldTrump's supporters are flocking to a new social media site that promisesto protect free speech. In reality, it's become a space to spread baselessclaims about the US election. [Astroturf!] RobertRohde @RARohde 12 Nov 2020 07:24Z Whodoesn't love the smell of astroturf? Oil and gas majors worth 100s ofbillions fund fake organizations designed to look like grassroots organizingin favor of oil and gas. twitter.com/jswatz/status/... AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 12 Nov 2020 10:18Z Yetanother confirmation that destruction of Asia's last rainforests is deliberate:In latest installment, BBC and @Greenpeace investigationshows Korean palm oil giant @KorindoGroup has been buyingup swathes of land, then burning them bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi...#ForestsNotFires [3x9/11's a week:] BrianKlaas @brianklaas 12 Nov 2020 11:21Z 142,000positive tests in the US yesterday and roughly 1,500 more deaths- the equivalent of September 11th every two days - and it's gettingworse. Instead of meeting with Fauci or trying to reduce deaths,Trump is spending his time lying on Twitter about an election helost. Businessweek@BW 12 Nov 2020 13:25Z NEWCOVER: For the first time in decades, the world faces a series of pressingchallenges that are bigger than any one country can solve on itsown. This is our New Economy issue trib.al/SfulAh7 pic.twitter.com/hs7DLTdSbj ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 12 Nov 2020 13:19Z NewResearch: Americans can expect more flood events like Eta. As our warmingclimate generates more extreme rainfall, this study (D. L. Swainet al., Earth's Future) shows flood risk rising sharply in places expectingpopulation growth: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10... RogerMisso @RogerMissoCNY 12 Nov 2020 15:21Z I'ma ballot observer at a table with a Republican lawyer who is objectingto ALL military absentee ballots to keep them from being counted.Absolutely sickening. BloombergGreen @climate 12 Nov 2020 16:25Z Withfewer people eating out, oil refiners with millions on the line areracing to secure used cooking grease to feed their biofuel plants trib.al/nTP15EU PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 12 Nov 2020 16:23Z Asthe margins of the Biden landslide grow, the size of the Trump lies, deceptions,and self-delusions has to grow too. pic.twitter.com/2R0A3Lj98e CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 12 Nov 2020 17:19Z Soonto exit Florida into the Atlantic, #TropicalStormEta's moistureis contributing to serious flooding in the Carolinas where someplaces have seen 6-8" of rain. Dozens of people have been rescued inhigh water and at least 5 are missing. wapo.st/2K2kLMh AccuWeather @breakingweather 12 Nov 2020 16:19Z Vehicles are nearly submerged in water as major flooding inundates North Carolina, including parts of Charlotte: bit.ly/3lkMHbX twitter.com/CharlotteFD/st... AccuWeather@breakingweather 12 Nov 2020 17:19Z Themost powerful storm since last winter is expected to arrive in the PacificNorthwest on Thursday and unload heavy rain and mountain snow throughFriday: bit.ly/3kjgyQM pic.twitter.com/plJq0UByCe BloombergGreen @climate 12 Nov 2020 17:25Z TheContego project in southeast England will be one of the U.K.'s largestenergy storage plants when it's completed, with 28 Tesla megapackbatteries trib.al/bjdmFzM [FireSeason:] DanielSwain @Weather_West 12 Nov 2020 17:20Z CAfire season is finally winding down. But >4 million acres have burnedin 2020--a substantial portion of which at a high intensity and/oron steep slopes, which raises risk of post-fire debris flows/flashflooding. (Thread) #CAwx #CAfire landslides.usgs.gov/hazards/postfi... RichardBetts @richardabetts 12 Nov 2020 18:20Z There'sa new paper out, being presented as showing global warming may havealready passed a "point of no return" BUTit's based on a model with major flaws. Even the authors don't claim it actuallyrepresents reality Factcheck by @daisydunnesci here: independent.co.uk/environment/cl... EricHolthaus @EricHolthaus 12 Nov 2020 18:20Z Replyingto @EricHolthaus Bymy count, the Pope is the 6th world leader Biden has talked with sincethe election, and he's talked about climate change with each one ofthem. MegTirrell @megtirrell 12 Nov 2020 18:51Z 1in 378 Americans tested + for #covid19 in the past wk, per @COVID19Tracking(via @wellsangels). What will it take to see folkstake action to slow the spread (either personally or through restrictions)?@ScottGottliebMD says it will take health systems becomingoverwhelmed. twitter.com/cnbcevents/sta... Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981 12 Nov 2020 17:20Z We're getting way too #COVID19 complacent, America! "A record-breaking surge in U.S. coronavirus cases is being driven to a significant degree by casual occasions ... dinner parties, game nights, sleepovers and carpools." washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11... twitter.com/dana1981/statu... AccuWeather@breakingweather 12 Nov 2020 19:07Z Someroads were completely washed out in North Carolina after a month's worthof rain fell in just a few hours: bit.ly/3nlx3Oi pic.twitter.com/bEt24j0P7f MeaslesDeaths Soared Worldwide Last Year, as Vaccine Rates Stalled TheNew York Times, 12 Nov 2020 18:52Z Measlesdeaths worldwide swelled to their highest level in 23 years last year, accordingto a report released Thursday, a stunning rise for a vaccine-preventable... DeutscheBank proposes a 5% tax for people still working from home after the pandemic CNBC,12 Nov 2020 17:14Z Aresearch team at Deutsche Bank proposed that people pay a 5% tax for the "privilege"of working from home, if they continue to do so after the pandemic. Fordunveils E-Transit electric cargo van with 126 miles of range and $45,000 price tag TheVerge, 12 Nov 2020 14:14Z Fordunveiled the all-electric version of its popular Transit delivery van, withconnected vehicle technology to help commercial fleet owners better managetheir ... Flyingtaxi startup Lilium will build a hub for its electric aircraft in Florida TheVerge, 11 Nov 2020 Lilium,a flying taxi startup from Germany, says it will build a 56000-square-feet"vertiport" for its electric aircraft in Orlando, Florida.The company aims to have its ... [Leadership!] Trumpadvisor Corey Lewandowski tests positive for coronavirus CNBC,12 Nov 2020 18:38Z CoreyLewandowski, a top Trump campaign advisor who has helped lead efforts toundermine President-elect Joe Biden's victory, has tested positive for the ... Threemedical workers who took Russian vaccine reportedly infected with COVID-19 NewYork Post, 11 Nov 2020 ThreeSiberian health-care workers who received Russia's so-called Sputnik V coronavirusvaccine have tested positive for the deadly bug, according to reports. [ButState Median Said It Worked On Putin's Kids!?] 20more Utah schools will shift to online learning after COVID-19 outbreaks - with14 of those in one hard-hit district. SaltLake Tribune, 12 Nov 2020 06:37Z JordanDistrict will shift 14 of its schools to virtual learning - some for asecond or third time - as COVID-19 cases continue to spike among students andstaff ... Column:Give Republicans a standing ovation for their voter fraud performance ChicagoTribune/Opinion, 12 Nov 2020 11:36Z Trumpmight think these displays of loyalty are about him, but Republicans havesomething else on their mind, Dahleen Glanton writes. RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Deletes Tweet Admitting Biden Won Election The Daily Beast, 11 Nov 2020 23:36Z Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Wednesday deleted a tweet that implicitly admitted that President Donald Trump has lost the ... Policeunion deletes tweet lauding officer involved in bloody colonial-era massacre ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 07:18Z WesternAustralia's police union comes under fire for a social media post duringNAIDOC Week commemorating an officer who was involved in one of the state'sbloodiest massacres of Aboriginal people. [Leadership!] UkrainePresident Zelenskiy hospitalised after contracting COVID-19 ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 10:16Z Ukraine'sPresident Volodymyr Zelenskiy is hospitalised after contracting coronavirus,a presidential official says. TyphoonVamco hits areas of Philippines already ravaged by previous typhoons ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 12:16Z Atleast three people are dead and nearly 200,000 have been evacuated from vulnerablecoastal and low-lying areas as violent winds topple trees and powerlines. [Cancelled!] ·@LiberalMo 12 Nov 2020 12:37Z Replyingto @keithellison InterestingPence's cancelled vacation is framed to look like he's stayingin DC because of the pandemic when it's due to #HurricaneEta NationalHurricane Center @NHC_Atlantic 12 Nov 2020 09:43Z Update:Tropical Storm #Eta has made landfall near Cedar Key, Floridaat 4 am EST Thursday. Maximum sustained winds were 50 mph (85 km/h),with a minimum central pressure of 996 mb (29.42"). The full advisoryis at hurricanes.gov pic.twitter.com/RiB4L3F4yV BonnieSU @BonnieBarnes48 12 Nov 2020 12:36Z Whew, crazy night! Huge wind gusts and over 5"of rain, with still more to come today. Prayers going out to the west coast, who suffered more significant damages¨J¨» #HurricaneEta #Florida Joe Inderhees @jinde 12 Nov 2020 11:54Z Incredible to think: #Eta makes its 4th landfall. The eye of what used to be a Cat4 Hurricane is going to go right over Jacksonville. We are watching for isolated severe weather all morning. The @TODAYshow will be seen on NBC12. @FCN2go will stay local on ABC25. twitter.com/FCN2go/status/... Luis Santana @LuisSantana 12 Nov 2020 06:48Z Lots of storm surge flooding in downtown Tampa happening now including the Riverwalk, University of Tampa, and Bayshore Blvd. #tampwx @NWSTampaBay #Eta pic.twitter.com/mjjKb4zUx5 Whatif Trump never concedes? The Constitution will end his term, conservativelawyer John Yoo says CNBC,12 Nov 2020 11:35Z Trump"has the right to mount legal challenges, but we should be clear that theseare Hail Mary passes," Yoo, a former legal advisor to the George W.Bush ... Stanfordscientists' computer model predicts COVID-19 spread in cities SFGate,12 Nov 2020 02:40Z Acomputer model using cellphone data to map the places people frequent everyday in large cities may indicate that most COVID-19 infections occur at... Virussurge engulfs the US, Texas at 1M cases, Calif. nears TheAssociated Press, 12 Nov 2020 12:24Z Texason Wednesday became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19cases, and California closed in on that mark as a surge of coronavirus... [Leadership!] 2White House aides and guest of Rudy Giuliani test positive for coronavirus ChicagoTribune, 11 Nov 2020 22:37Z Atleast three more people in President Donald Trump's orbit - including WhiteHouse political director Brian Jack - have tested positive for coronavirus. Riversof air in the sky are melting huge patches of Antarctic sea ice NewScientist News, 11 Nov 2020 19:52Z Riversof warm air transported across the atmosphere have been found to play amajor role in the creation of vast openings in Antarctic sea ice. Storms are... [Iota:] GuyWalton @climateguyw 12 Nov 2020 04:32Z Thisis very bad news from the last few runs of the GFS. Looks like a strongHurricane #Iota will be moving into Central America (probablyto already storm ravaged Honduras) sometime close to Tuesday ofnext week. (not my definite forecast, but a likely outcome) pic.twitter.com/gFo9oZRrjD [Historic:] ChristopherNichols @CMcKNichols 11 Nov 2020 18:54Z Reminder:this is an historic win. Biden's 2020 vote share (50.8% & growing)vs. Trump has officially surpassed Reagan's (50.7%) 1980 vs. Carter,making this officially the biggest win by single candidate vote shareagainst an incumbent president since FDR routed Hoover in 1932. pic.twitter.com/MYRzvzpZWt BloombergGreen @climate 11 Nov 2020 20:59Z ArunMajumdar, a Stanford professor and former Google executive, is amongthe front-runners to lead Biden's Department of Energy trib.al/frFLpQ9 VictorVenema @VariabilityBlog 11 Nov 2020 20:59Z Replyingto @EPolatzio @epsilon3141 and 2 others "thisanalysis projects that total U.S. fatalities [for good care] wouldrise to nearly 900 thousand & that population IFR would converge toaround 1.3%." medrxiv.org/content/10.110... Normallydoctors having to decide who lives because they lack capacity is limitedto huge accident. [EvenHanded!] NateSilver @NateSilver538 11 Nov 2020 20:54Z SoTrump operatives are bragging about how the news media has called Alaskaand North Carolina for them... while refusing to accept that the samenews organization have called Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada and thepresidency for Biden. pic.twitter.com/uSzTNjLsz3 [GasBan!] BloombergGreen @climate 11 Nov 2020 21:59Z SanFrancisco will ban the use of natural gas for heating and cooking innew buildings starting next year trib.al/fZRoMiD [FireWeather:] Dr.Stacey New @DrStaceyNew 11 Nov 2020 21:58Z Forestfires threaten Europe's nature as world suffers worst year on record |EU Science Hub europa.eu/!Xg96Nt via @EU_Commission #ClimateChange#wildfires StefanRahmstorf · @rahmstorf 11 Nov 2020 21:58Z Replyingto @rahmstorf Kossinet al showed that the proportion of satellite data showing major hurricanes(out of all hurricanes) has increased by a quarter, consistentwith the physical expectation that hurricanes will get stronger.pic.twitter.com/f9a9e9Hvnc AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 11 Nov 2020 22:53Z Wehave over 100 electric planes under development. Now Airbus says zero-emissionlarge aircraft can fly by 2035 Watchthe most important transition this industry has ever seen happen fasterthan we think That'sthe power of unleashing the world from the shackles of oil & gas pic.twitter.com/3NWr2BsY1J [Hole!] severe-weather.EU@severeweatherEU 11 Nov 2020 22:58Z Alarge and persistent Ozone Hole is currently active over Antarctica, poweredby the record cold stratosphere over the South Pole. We will be releasingan article about the latest Ozone Hole development tomorrow. Graphicproduced by Severe Weather Europe. pic.twitter.com/MlH9de8zLa [Coup!] BlairPalese @blairpalese 11 Nov 2020 23:56Z The@NewYorker just called Trump's actions an "attempted #coup"- Tk you for speaking truth! #Election2020 @JoeBiden#bidenharris newyorker.com/news/daily-com... pic.twitter.com/hLNFP4OCmf [GreenlandCyclone!] severe-weather.EU@severeweatherEU 12 Nov 2020 0:58Z Explosivesurface cyclogenesis - extratropical storm - is underway southof Greenland now. The system will travel between Iceland and the UKon Thursday and Friday, pushing significant waves towards western Europe;severe-weather.eu/mcd/north-atla... DavidFahrenthold @Fahrenthold 12 Nov 2020 0:54Z .@realdonaldtrump'scampaign really, truly filed this in federal court,as evidence of "fraud:" an affidavit from a poll-watcher who saw militarymembers had voted for Biden. That's it. That was the evidence. twitter.com/myhlee/status/... [Surge!] ReedTimmer @ReedTimmerAccu 12 Nov 2020 01:58Z TROPICALSTORM #ETA is passing just west of Tampa with strong southwesterlywinds piling the water into Tampa Bay this evening! Storm surgeinundating low lying roads. @MikeTheiss mom is reporting whitecaps in the surge flowing down their neighborhood street pic.twitter.com/GBmaoF8E29 Jonathan Petramala @jpetramala 12 Nov 2020 01:53Z Deep water everywhere from flash flooding and storm surge #Eta #stpetebeach #tampabay @accuweather @breakingweather pic.twitter.com/ZxZbvN89vA AccuWeather @breakingweather 11 Nov 2020 21:53Z .@jpetramala has lived in Florida for 15 years and has "never seen Tampa Bay like this" as Eta batters the Gulf coast: bit.ly/35lcqeB pic.twitter.com/PnX62uHoYc EricHolthaus @EricHolthaus 12 Nov 2020 01:55Z Byall accounts, Biden's just-announced chief of staff @RonaldKlain isone of the most trusted and competent people in Washington. He's alsoa time-traveller, apparently. Here he is - in 2017! - with an op-edtalking about climate change and pandemics: washingtonpost.com/opinions/anoth... Ronald Klain @RonaldKlain 12 Nov 2020 0:54Z I've seen so many kind wishes tonight on this website. Thank you - and I'm sorry I can't reply to each of you. I'm honored by the President-elect's confidence and will give my all to lead a talented and diverse team in a Biden-Harris WH. AccuWeather@breakingweather 12 Nov 2020 03:53Z Themost powerful storm since last winter is expected to pound the Northwestlater this week with fierce winds, heavy rain and disruptive snow:bit.ly/3eVOdyY pic.twitter.com/7LfDWlDGYb MichaelE. Mann @MichaelEMann 12 Nov 2020 03:56Z Idon't always agree with @KarlRove, but when I do it's usually aboutTrump conceding defeat... twitter.com/jeffnesbit/sta... [CroozinFer A Broozin:] DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 12 Nov 2020 03:54Z The2 days with the highest percentage of positive #COVID19 tests inthe US since early May (when we were doing far fewer tests and focusingthem on people with clear symptoms) were today & yesterday. Thanksgivingis in 2 weeks. And the government is doing literally nothing¬ twitter.com/dana1981/statu... PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 12 Nov 2020 04:57Z Sothe Trump family. "High on the agenda for federal prosecutors are likelyto be tax cheats and foreign-bribery cases, Anello and other lawyerssaid." bloomberg.com/amp/news/artic... [SturgisAftermath:] DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 12 Nov 2020 04:54Z Replyingto @ephzim @MichaelEMann It'sgenerally being traced back to family gatherings and indoor dining atrestaurants - people gathering indoors more as the weather gets cold.And probably lowering their guards due to COVID fatigue. Also, Sturgis. BloombergGreen @climate 12 Nov 2020 05:20Z Sydney'suninhabitable heat isn't stopping the Australian government's urbandevelopment plan trib.al/Y3WtE3V `Difficultand hard news for Australians': PM warns of content in war crimes report ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 01:51Z Aspecial investigator will be appointed to prosecute allegations of Australianwar crimes in Afghanistan as the Government prepares to release a long-awaitedreport into the conduct of special forces during the conflict. MarisePayne criticises China's disqualification of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 02:50Z Australia'sForeign Minister has issued a sharply worded statement criticisingChina's Government over its latest crackdown on Hong Kong followingthe disqualification of four pro-democracy politicians. TroubledDunk Island back on the market at a reduced price after recent repossession ABCFar North, 12 Nov 2020 02:49Z Justover a year after controversial investment group Mayfair 101 bought Queensland'sDunk Island for $31.5 million, only to have it repossessed, it'sup for sale again. Secondcoronavirus case confirmed on London to Darwin repatriation flight ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 03:49Z Awoman has tested positive to COVID-19 days after her travelling companion ona special repatriation flight from London to Darwin also came down with thevirus. 'Thisis not the first transition': Scott Morrison and Joe Biden discuss Trumpon first phone call ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 04:48Z Thepair also discussed what the US could learn from Australia's handling of theCOVID-19 pandemic and the need to confront climate change, but not a net zerotarget. COVID-19cases rising in every state TheHill, 11 Nov 2020 18:44Z Everystate is now seeing increases in COVID-19 cases, and many are also seeingspikes in hospitalizations, a marker that the third wave of the pandemichas ... Texas Reports More Than 1 Million Coronavirus Cases, According To John Hopkins NPR, 12 Nov 2020 0:22Z The state is the first in U.S. to reach the grim benchmark as the nation faces a widespread surge in infections. ProminentTrump backer, evangelical minister Jeffress admits Biden has won YahooNews, 11 Nov 2020 20:41Z Evangelicalpastor Robert Jeffress has become one of the few high-profile supportersof President Trump to admit in public that the election was won byJoe ... Trump meets with top election advisors as Biden's lead endures CNBC, 12 Nov 2020 01:41Z Joe Biden has a solid Electoral College lead over President Donald Trump and could build on that lead once Arizona and Georgia finish counting their ballots. [VotingFraud!] NewZealand Bird of the Year voter fraud scandal has Kiwis in a flap SMH,11 Nov 2020 0:41Z Organisersof the 2020 contest have revealed that 1500 fraudulent votes have beencast for the little spotted kiwi, catapulting the bird into first ... AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 11 Nov 2020 09:44Z 2020so out of control: Record for number of major storms in Atlantic shattered,with #Theta 29th named one Philippinesup to 21 major storms with #TyphoonVamco about to hit while countrystill recovering from most powerful storm anywhere this year Allwell beyond normal pic.twitter.com/3Xkn35oN3Z [LeadingBy Example:] ABCNews @abcnews 11 Nov 2020 09:49Z Morrisonmakes headlines overseas after interrupting minister who was askedabout being a woman in Parliament abc.net.au/news/2020-11-1... [Fraud!] APPolitics @AP_Politics 11 Nov 2020 11:49Z Despitewhat Donald Trump says, the election he lost to Joe Biden was nottainted by widespread voter fraud or irregularities in how ballots werecounted. @AP explains why the election's validity is intact regardlessof Trump's claims. apne.ws/VezHbka MarkMurray @mmurraypolitics 11 Nov 2020 13:49Z SinceElection Day, the United States has seen 878,000 new coronavirus cases,20,000 new hospitalizations and nearly 8,000 deaths nbcnews.com/politics/meet-... [PostReason:] Souat HotWhopper @Sou_HotWhopper 11 Nov 2020 14:49Z "Ashe presides over the destruction of reason, he exploits and electrifieshis public. No one knows where this will lead. Delusion can becometragedy. It's happened before." What Is Trump Playing At? nytimes.com/2020/11/11/opi... [HerdImmunity!] StefanRahmstorf · @rahmstorf 11 Nov 2020 15:49Z Justa few weeks ago, a friend sent me the blog article of a Swedish doctormaking the rounds amongst #covid19 deniers, which was statingcategorically that Sweden has now reached herd immunity through itswise (i.e. lax) policy. Great herd immunity...! pic.twitter.com/BbnVqVOIH6 [AmericanDictator:] VANITYFAIR @VanityFair 11 Nov 2020 16:50Z Theabrupt overhaul--referred to by one senior defense official as "the beheadings"--hassounded the alarm inside the Defense Department: "This isscary, it's very unsettling... These are dictator moves." vntyfr.com/1rvGrzk AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 11 Nov 2020 16:44Z Naturalgas, the vast and previously invisible climate menace, is going tobe done with in 10 years. Certainly in Europe. Give it 5 more years andit'll also be done in Asia and in the United States Much more on #TheAngryCleanEnergyGuypodcast theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/episod...#climate pic.twitter.com/j5nXWVJUzb SteveForden @mammuthus 11 Nov 2020 16:50Z Fairlytopical paper, hurricanes in the North Atlantic have been decayingmore slowly over the past 50 years. This will means that destructivehurricanes will travel further inland in the future nature.com/articles/s4158... [MedicalStaff:] MeganMcArdle @asymmetricinfo 11 Nov 2020 16:43Z Cannotemphasize this enough: What New York City did in March will not bepossible now. It's too widely distributed to ship personnel in from everywhereelse to help handle the spike.Too many places need extra help,too few places able to donate it. twitter.com/ScottGottliebM... Carlos del Rio @CarlosdelRio7 11 Nov 2020 16:43Z Replying to @ScottGottliebMD @thehowie Agree Scott. Surging capacity needs Space, Stuff and Staff. We can find space, we may find stuff (PPE, remdesivir, monoclonals, ventilators) but STAFF will be the problem. We simply don't have enough physicians and specially nurses to take care of many more patients. BloombergGreen @climate 11 Nov 2020 17:50Z Forestfires have sent carbon dioxide emissions soaring in Brazil over thepast two years trib.al/E2PZOqK StefanRahmstorf · @rahmstorf 11 Nov 2020 17:49Z Newstudy: hurricanes are not only getting stronger due to warmer oceans(as shown earlier this year by Kossin et al PNAS), they are also weakeningmore slowly after hitting land. washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 11 Nov 2020 17:48Z Thisis a key point. Donald Trump has zero interest in being a presidentwho actually works for the American people. He's only interestedin: Adulationand ego-stroking Constantattention Griftingand corruption Attackinghis personal enemies. cnn.com/2020/11/11/pol... [Iota:] EricHolthaus @EricHolthaus 11 Nov 2020 17:46Z Justa few days after Hurricane Eta's horrific landfall in Central America,another hurricane could be on the way to Nicaragua and Honduras.This would be Hurricane Iota. twitter.com/AndyHazelton/s... BloombergGreen @climate 11 Nov 2020 19:50Z Britain'senergy policy tumbles into limbo as the government delays a paperoutlining how it will meet green targets trib.al/ihtLM9M JoshMorgerman @iCyclone 11 Nov 2020 19:51Z #ETAis moving up W coast of #Florida. It was a hurricane for 3 minutesthis morning. It's since weakened but will still have significantimpact. Strong bands on E side could pass over Tampa Bay, withS winds funneling water into the bay & bringing up to 5 ft of stormsurge. pic.twitter.com/AIdU858ijB [Finally,the W coast gets its predicted "6 ft" of storm surge]. AccuWeather @breakingweather 11 Nov 2020 19:44Z Forecasters expect #Eta to make landfall along the upper portion of the west coast of the Florida Peninsula -- likely north of Clearwater and south of Cedar Key. bit.ly/32DBJHk pic.twitter.com/WtmQICCBd0 Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 11 Nov 2020 17:45Z Eta has left South Florida full of flooded roads and yards and overflowing canals. Miami-Dade and Broward counties had already recorded a well-above average amount of rain this year before Eta's deluge, which means the region's soil was already saturated. hrld.us/2Ip0ZtE Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 11 Nov 2020 17:46Z Replying to @greenman023 @zapovednix yep, this is correct! the right-hand side of the exact place of landfall always has the worst storm surge. so in this case, that's the Tampa Bay area and southwest Florida Jonathan Petramala @jpetramala 11 Nov 2020 17:44Z Shore Acres along the #TampaBay in #StPetersburg has numerous roads submerged. I imagine some homes will get water inside by the time #Eta is finished. @breakingweather @accuweather pic.twitter.com/f6bjApmg23 CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 11 Nov 2020 19:55Z Trumpadmin. climate contrarian David Legates to take the reins at the U.S.Global Change Research Program, which organizes the Nat'l Climate Assessment,as soon as tmrw: washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... [Superfloods!] ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 11 Nov 2020 19:58Z Newstudy connects warming to South Florida's "super floods": sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/b...@inaminorkey @sunsentinel [Unprecedented!] CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 11 Nov 2020 14:44Z Unmatched12 named storms, including record-tying 6 hurricanes, have madelandfall in Lower 48 in 2020. Incredible 97.8% of coastline miles alongGulf & East coasts have been under tropical storm/hurricane advisories.Our deep dive on this historic season: wapo.st/2JZwPOn pic.twitter.com/3zTrgVoDb1 Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 11 Nov 2020 17:43Z Tropical Storm Theta in the mid-Atlantic makes 2020 the most active hurricane season ever recorded Weather Geeks @WeatherGeeks 11 Nov 2020 20:41Z Prolific. Historic. Unprecedented. These are all words that we can use to describe 2020's hurricane season...and it's STILL going @JenCarfagno and @DrShepherd2013 combed through the stats and put this season in perspective pic.twitter.com/MMF6bY9eDQ Jonathan Petramala @jpetramala 11 Nov 2020 20:25Z I have never seen waves like this in downtown #stpetersburg #eta #gopromax @accuweather @breakingweather #flwx pic.twitter.com/jI12v83XvN Philip Klotzbach @philklotzbach 11 Nov 2020 20:28Z While the 2020 Atlantic #hurricane season has set the record for most named storms in a single season, it has really been the active late season that has pushed Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) well above the long-term average. ACE accounts for intensity and duration of storms. pic.twitter.com/W6gae27zKS DeepwaterSightings of Rare Bigfin Squid Reveal Some Serious Weirdness Gizmodo,11 Nov 2020 19:26Z Anextensive survey off the coast of Australia has resulted in a trove of bigfinsquid sightings. GeorgiaOrders Hand Recount Of Presidential Election Results NPR,11 Nov 2020 18:23Z Thehand recount, which will likely be both less accurate than a machine recountand more costly, must be completed by Friday, Nov. 20. Howto Shame a Dictator TheNew York Times/Opinion, 10 Nov 2020 21:54Z Whatto do when your neighbors have carried out crimes against humanity. H3Xclaims it's tripled the power density of electric aircraft motors NewAtlas, 11 Nov 2020 05:54Z Everypound counts when you're trying to squeeze range out of an electric aircraft,so when Minneapolis company H3X says it can deliver continuous powerat ... [Landfall4:] JaniceDean @JaniceDean 11 Nov 2020 11:13Z #Etahas decided to move into Florida tomorrow. The track has the stormbecoming a hurricane briefly before moving inland. Heavy rain, strongwinds, some storm surge and tropical tornadoes will be possible. Coldfront moves over the East bringing rain and cooler air. pic.twitter.com/ChXUPjWXXv Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 12 Nov 2020 11:18Z Tropical Storm Eta makes landfall 150km north of Tampa and rushes across northern Florida NWS Tampa Bay @NWSTampaBay 12 Nov 2020 09:19Z **LANDFALL** #TropicalStormEta made #landfall at 4:20AM near Cedar Key, FL with estimated max sustained winds of 50 mph and a central pressure of 996 mb. #flwx Hurricane Man¨ª @HurricaneManWx 11 Nov 2020 11:32Z Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. #Eta is trying to turn Florida into Water World. pic.twitter.com/BH95ekLcCi Josh Morgerman @iCyclone 11 Nov 2020 07:34Z Whoa. Radar sure is getting interesting. Distinct eye has suddenly formed. Looks like a hurricane. #ETA pic.twitter.com/O6pPfcQdle HollyFigueroa O'Reilly @AynRandPaulRyan 11 Nov 2020 11:12Z Only3% of Americans believe that Trump won. This is over, @realDonaldTrump.I mean, keep trying, I guess. But everyone knows you'redone. pic.twitter.com/AH7Gh00Ycr Abouta dozen US mink farms in quarantine as officials probe COVID-19 outbreaks NewYork Post, 11 Nov 2020 0:59Z Abouta dozen US mink farms are being kept under quarantine as authorities investigatecoronavirus outbreaks that have killed more than 15000 of the furry... HongKong's pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse TheAssociated Press, 11 Nov 2020 10:34Z HongKong. Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers have resigned en masse followinga move by the city's government to disqualify four ... Pennsylvania'stop election officer says just 10,000 ballots were received afterNov. 3 POLITICO,11 Nov 2020 04:58Z Pennsylvania'schief election officer announced on Tuesday that around 10,000ballots were received between the close of polls on Election Day and the... Hobartis on track to be the second-hottest capital city in the country today ABCNews, 11 Nov 2020 02:37Z Tasmaniansare throwing off their jumpers and heading for the beach as the mercuryhits the low 30s. Darwin is the only capital city expected to be hotter. [Miniflu!] 'Itwas like no illness I've ever had': Why did so many healthcare workers inVictoria catch COVID-19? ABC/7.30,11 Nov 2020 04:36Z Havingmore than 3,500 Victorian healthcare workers contract coronavirus duringthe state's second wave is a "big warning sign", say experts who believelessons need to be learned in case a third wave hits. Oneof the last remaining COVID-free countries just recorded its first case ABCNews, 11 Nov 2020 04:35Z ThePacific nation of Vanuatu records its first case of coronavirus, after a citizenrepatriated from the US tests positive. [Landslide!] JeffNesbit @jeffnesbit 10 Nov 2020 17:50Z Biden'swinning margin keeps growing as the votes are counted. He now beatsReagan's historic 1980 %. It's the the largest for a challenger sinceFDR in 1932. This was a landslide. pic.twitter.com/KR2DTFj82I BloombergGreen @climate 10 Nov 2020 18:54Z Fordis accelerating its shift to electric-vehicle manufacturing in the U.S.and Mexico trib.al/ynEBeD9 ReedTimmer @ReedTimmerAccu 10 Nov 2020 18:53Z Replyingto @ReedTimmerAccu SUMMARYof Surginator storm surge data collected during Hurricane #Zetain Plaquemines Parish: *Maximumwater depth: 19.22 feet (Surginator #2) *6.56feet H1/10 or highest 1/10 wave height *Only1.66' and 1.71' Hs in Venice, LA with less exposure to the Gulf of Mexico TheHill @thehill 10 Nov 2020 18:49Z Reporter:"Senator, have you congratulated Vice President Biden yet?" Sen.Ron Johnson: "No." Reporter:"Why not?" Johnson:"Nothing to congratulate him about." pic.twitter.com/Is7APE2frx [ChiefScientist:] RyanMaue retweeted RogerPielke Jr. @RogerPielkeJr 10 Nov 2020 19:53Z Fixingthe U.S. National Climate Assessment by @RogerPielkeJr rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/fixing-the-u... Biden-Harris Presidential Transition @Transition46 10 Nov 2020 19:54Z Agency review teams are an integral part of the transition process, responsible for evaluating the operations of federal agencies. Our teams are composed of diverse experts with deep policy expertise, ready to ensure we're prepared to lead on Day One. buildbackbetter.com/the-transition... [Record!] CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 10 Nov 2020 21:48Z 2020Atlantic hurricane season breaks all-time record, leaves Gulf Coastresidents reeling, billions in losses. And more storms are still forming.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... [OutOf Control!] VictorVenema @VariabilityBlog 10 Nov 2020 21:54Z Replyingto @EPolatzio @epsilon3141 and 2 others Thatis not the downward trajectory that is the usual weekly cycle. In theDakotas the healthcare system is so overburdened that half of the testare positive. This should be around 1%. So, yes the situation is totallyout of control & we have no idea who is infectious. !X! AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 10 Nov 2020 21:48Z #climate#tech Flow batteries to combine with tidal power in world'sfirst demonstration of continuous green hydrogen Watch how fast wewill dump fossil fuels now that the fog of Big Oil obfuscation is liftingemec.org.uk/flow-batteries... pic.twitter.com/cdgCgB0ci1 [ThunderAsthma!] StephenParnis @SParnis 10 Nov 2020 21:54Z 4years ago, Victorian weather patterns led to thousands developing asthma& overwhelming hospitals. Ten died. Today's weather is very similar,& the risk for #thunderstormasthma is high. My advice - haveyour asthma medication handy, stay indoors & follow your managementplan [WarmNovember!] NWSWeather Prediction Center @NWSWPC 10 Nov 2020 21:52Z Isit really mid-November? On top of setting the record for the number ofnamed storms in a single hurricane season, today is also the second dayin a row where almost 130 stations in the eastern half of the countrywere near, tied, or broke a daily high temperature record! pic.twitter.com/P3lMKi8nEd MichaelE. Mann @MichaelEMann 10 Nov 2020 21:52Z We'llteach you the secret handshake at our next meeting at the end of theyear when we adjust all of the temperature records around the world tocontinue the climate change hoax! twitter.com/Dr_Caffrey/sta... [Pathetic:] DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 10 Nov 2020 21:49Z The@GOP National Spokesperson's evidence for voter fraud is that Democraticturnout increased from 2016 to 2020. Republican turnout also increased... but that's not fraud! JFC these people are pathetic. Stop underminingdemocracy, accept the loss, learn from it, and move on twitter.com/LizRNC/status/... BloombergGreen @climate 10 Nov 2020 22:54Z Occidentalbecame the biggest U.S. oil explorer to target net zero emissionsfrom everything it extracts and sells trib.al/Zszunt7 DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 10 Nov 2020 22:49Z Replyingto @dana1981 JohnJames, who lost the Michigan senate race by 85,000 votes (1.7%) alsorefuses to concede. twitter.com/JohnJamesMI/st... [Fraud!] Postalworker withdraws claim that ballots were backdated in Pennsylvania, officialsays. TheNew York Times, 11 Nov 2020 02:35Z ThePostal Service's inspector general informed Congress on Tuesday that a workerwho had made unfounded allegations of ballot corruption inside a facilityin ... Timothy Burke @bubbaprog 10 Nov 2020 22:49Z Postal worker featured by Republicans as evidence of vote tampering admits he made it up; GOP donors gave him $130,000 washingtonpost.com/investigations... [Nummers:] CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 10 Nov 2020 23:48Z 29:Named tropical storms/hurricanes in Atlantic so far this year, the moston record in a season. 9:Rapidly intensifying storms this season. 105mph: 36-hr rate of intensification for 2 of these hurricanes. 5:Storms that hit Louisiana. washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... [Iota:] PhilipKlotzbach @philklotzbach 10 Nov 2020 23:52Z NHCnow gives area in eastern Caribbean 80% chance of tropical cyclone formationin next 5 days. Next name on 2020 Atlantic #hurricane seasonlist is Iota. The 2020 season has already set single-season recordfor most named storms (29), breaking the old record of 28 set in 2005pic.twitter.com/KxE38BVHBV NWSTampa Bay @NWSTampaBay 11 Nov 2020 02:52Z ATropical Storm Warning and a Storm Surge Watch has been issued for theentire coast of West-Central and Southwest Florida for Tropical StormEta. Detailed local forecast: forecast.weather.gov/zipcity.php Lateston Tropical Storm Eta: hurricanes.govpic.twitter.com/nfWFAILlD6 TheHill @thehill 11 Nov 2020 04:0Z FLASHBACK:President Obama welcomes then-President-elect Trump to the WhiteHouse two days after the election of 2016. pic.twitter.com/WIyDKypX5z DylanFederico @DylanFedericoWX 11 Nov 2020 04:25Z Herecomes #ETA, Florida! TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS in effect for portionsof the West Coast of Florida. Eta forecast to make landfall on thewestern Florida Peninsula Thursday, bringing strong winds, flooding rain,storm surge, and tornadoes. #TropicalUpdate #flwx ª pic.twitter.com/JbrCWflbkM Scientiststhought these seals evolved in the north. 3-million-year-old fossilsfrom New Zealand suggest otherwise TheConversation AU, 11 Nov 2020 01:41Z Thisnewly discovered ancient monk seal is challenging previous theories abouthow and where monachine seals evolved. It's the biggest breakthrough inseal ... UShits record COVID-19 hospitalizations amid virus surge TheAssociated Press, 11 Nov 2020 02:38Z NewYork. The U.S. hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations Tuesdayand surpassed 1 million new confirmed cases in just the first 10 days ... TheTimes Called Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud TheNew York Times, 11 Nov 2020 02:37Z Thepresident and his allies have baselessly claimed that rampant voter fraudstole victory from him. The Times contacted officials in almost every state,who said ... TexasLt. Gov. Offers $1 Million in Campaign Funds for Voter Fraud Evidence TheDaily Beast, 10 Nov 2020 21:36Z TexasLt. Gov. Dan Patrick has offered up to $1 million of his own campaign fundsfor any whistleblowers or tipsters who come forward with evidence of voter... `Devastating':Top Pentagon leadership gutted as fears rise over national security POLITICO,11 Nov 2020 02:35Z Thefiring of Defense Secretary Mark Esper kicked off a rapid-fire series of high-leveldepartures at the Pentagon on Tuesday, setting off alarms on CapitolHill ... Trumpcampaign says new lawsuit seeks to stop certification of Michigan electionresults DetroitFree Press, 11 Nov 2020 01:34Z Thecampaign of President Donald Trump said Tuesday it is suing Michigan in federalcourt in an effort to prevent final certification of the state's electionresults, ... [FireSeason:] Lightningstrikes jolt Adelaide and start fires on Yorke Peninsula ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 at 8:11pm About100,000 lightning strikes cause a spectacular light show, as well as firesand power outages, amid wind gusts up to 120 kilometres an hour. SecretSydney coronavirus infections revealed after random blood testing ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 at 10:01pm Thereal number of COVID-19 cases during Sydney's first wave could have been morethan 3.5 times the official statistics, according to researches who haveanalysed thousands of blood samples from April and May. DoesTrump's Defeat Signal the Start of Populism's Decline Globally? TheNew York Times, 10 Nov 2020 22:07Z London.When Hungary's populist prime minister, Viktor Orban, joined a paradeof foreign leaders in congratulating President-elect Joe Biden this week,... Bidensays 'nothing going to stop' him as Mike Pompeo references 'second' termfor Trump ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 at 9:42p USpresident-elect Joe Biden says the transition of power was"well underway" and "nothing's going to stop" his administration moving forward,despite Donald Trump's refusal to accept the election results. Brian Stelter @brianstelter 10 Nov 2020 20:49Z New from CNN's @kylieatwood and @jmhansler: "State Department officials and diplomats are shocked, confused and outraged" after Pompeo failed to recognize Biden's victory at today's presser. One US diplomat said "I am sick." Another diplomat: "This is actually incredibly scary." Pompeo promises `smooth transition to second Trump administration' as world leaders congratulate Biden POLITICO, 11 Nov 2020 0:04Z Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday became the latest senior U.S. official to resist accepting the results of last week's presidential election. The chief ... [It Worked In Germany!] Trump loyalists elevated to powerful roles at the Pentagon after firing of Defense Secretary Esper CNBC, 11 Nov 2020 0:05Z The Pentagon on Tuesday elevated Trump loyalists to powerful positions a day after the sudden termination of Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. AmericanAirlines is quietly bringing back the 737 Max. Here's why that's disturbing ZDNet,10 Nov 2020 14:07Z Whenattention is focused elsewhere, a business can make controversial decisions.But when even your own employees speak out, you may have a problem. TopPentagon Official Resigns Day After Trump Fires Esper TheDaily Beast, 10 Nov 2020 18:05Z JamesAnderson, the Pentagon's acting undersecretary of defense for policy, resignedTuesday a day after President Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Official who once called Obama a `terrorist leader' takes over Pentagon policy POLITICO, 10 Nov 2020 16:06Z Anthony Tata, a retired brigadier general whose nomination for a top Pentagon job collapsed this summer due to Islamophobic tweets and other controversial ... Inmajor shift, the MISO territory has 57 GW worth of big solar projects in itsinterconnection queue pvmagazine USA, 08 Nov 2020 MISO'srenewables mix is set for a potential shift from wind to solar -- if itcan confront the challenge of transmission costs. DoJofficials condemn Barr's approval of voter fraud inquiries without evidence TheGuardian, 10 Nov 2020 21:03Z RichardPilger, justice department official in charge of voter fraud investigations,resigned due to 'ramifications' of Barr's move. SupremeCourt Appears Likely To Uphold Obamacare NPR,10 Nov 2020 21:37Z Atleast two of the court's conservative justices seemed to suggest the law shouldstand whether or not the individual mandate is found unconstitutional. WhiteHouse attorney dispatched to agency blocking Biden transition YahooNews, 10 Nov 2020 18:01Z Washington.Five days before the presidential election, President Trump quietlydispatched attorney Trent Benishek of the White House generalcounsel's ... MayHillbilly Elegy mark the end of Trump-era myth-making about the white workingclass TheA.V. Club, 10 Nov 2020 14:17Z HillbillyElegy, the new Ron Howard film based on J.D. Vance's 2016 memoir, offerslittle more than enduring stereotypes about Appalachia. 2020Election Live Updates: Biden ramps up transition as Trump administrationstalls CBSNews, 10 Nov 2020 16:34Z President-electJoe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are forging aheadwith the transition to the White House with 71 days until Inauguration Day,... TrumpForms PAC in Hopes of Keeping Hold on G.O.P. TheNew York Times, 10 Nov 2020 16:54Z PresidentTrump is has formed a so-called leadership political action committee,a federal fund-raising vehicle that will potentially let him retainhis hold on the ... How Biden Could Wind Down the Imperial Presidency POLITICO/Opinion, 10 Nov 2020 10:13Z When Joe Biden is inaugurated as the next president of the United States, he will inherit an office whose powers have grown immensely over the past decades. 'Coupin disguise': Peru's 'anti-corruption' President impeached over briberyallegations ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 06:22Z Peru'sPresident Martin Vizcarra rejects "baseless" and "false" corruption allegations,as his removal from office plunges the country into political turmoil. [TheDictators:] Someworld leaders have stayed silent on Joe Biden's election victory. Here'swhy ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 08:20Z Congratulatorymessages for United States president-elect Joe Biden have flownin from around the world. Several leaders have chosen to stay tight-lippedover the victory, however, and their silence is telling. [TheCheap Option:] NBNboss blames $600m blowout on bad address data ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 08:20Z Thehead of the National Broadband Network has blamed poor address records forhaving to spend an extra $600 million to complete the rollout. Australianarchaeologists discover 2-million-year-old skull of distant human cousin ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 09:19Z Thediscovery is the earliest known and best-preserved example of the small-brainedhominin called Paranthropus robustus. Changesto Victoria's controversial gag laws fail to win support in Parliament ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 10:17Z Proposedlaws forcing families of dead sexual assault victims to seek court ordersto tell their loved ones' stories have been rejected by the Victorian Parliament. AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 10 Nov 2020 13:38Z Thenew U.S. water cycle. Who says there no such thing as climate change?A flooded street after Tropical Storm Eta approached the south ofFlorida, in Miami, [Chandan Khanna / AFP] pic.twitter.com/fx5ae0S32g TheNews with Shepard Smith @thenewsoncnbc 10 Nov 2020 13:38Z Thecoronavirus epidemic in the U.S. is "about to explode," @ScottGottliebMDsaid last night. "We're in for some hard months ahead."cnb.cx/2GHpZLY pic.twitter.com/RdyecTxMoL MarshallShepherd @DrShepherd2013 10 Nov 2020 14:40Z Becausewe always get storms named Theta that move towards Portugal in midNovember......with potential Iota lurking in the Caribbean.....NOT pic.twitter.com/6n5lWdUq0p DroughtCenter @DroughtCenter 10 Nov 2020 14:39Z Followinga collaborative research effort, the U.S. Drought Monitor's DroughtImpacts by State tables were recently updated to show what droughtlooks like in Southeast Alaska's temperate rainforest ecosystem. Findout more at: drought.unl.edu/Publications/N... pic.twitter.com/M1NRbRWJLL PlanetarySecurity @Planetary_Sec 10 Nov 2020 14:42Z Backfrom the dead: Race to save Romania's 65 million-year-old fish Thereare only around 10 to 15 specimens left. ->ow.ly/yKwO30rjopV #biodiversity #cites #fish #conservation#wildlife #naturepic.twitter.com/qC4nD80nrv MetOffice HadOBS @metofficeHadOBS 10 Nov 2020 14:52Z Globalaverage sea-surface temperature from HadSST3 for October 2020 was0.51±0.08°C above the 1961-1990 mean metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadsst3/^JK pic.twitter.com/8f8NeM0BGM [6thwarmest]. [WarmSiberia:] ZackLabe @ZLabe 10 Nov 2020 15:06Z Unsurprisingly,last month's #Arctic sea ice extent along the Siberiancoast was easily the lowest October on record. pic.twitter.com/jGrV9Ytbcn [Record!] AccuWeather@breakingweather 10 Nov 2020 15:34Z Theformation of Subtropical Storm Theta on Monday night pushed the 2020Atlantic hurricane season into uncharted waters, with no other seasonin history having produced so many named storms: bit.ly/32uxOMXpic.twitter.com/fWTotwe1Q9 KaiKornhuber @KKornhuber 10 Nov 2020 15:39Z Considersubmitting to our #EGU2021 session: 'Atmospheric Rossby waves,Jet Dynamics and their Impacts on Weather and Climate events' Solicitedtalks by H.Teng and B.Hoskins Co-convened with R.White, @MartiusOlivia,V.Wirth @EGU_Atmos @EGU_NPG @earthinstitute@LamontEarth pic.twitter.com/rGIJvsU2Q8 [SoColllddd!] CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather Inthe last week, NOAA reports more than 3,400 records highs have occurredcompared to fewer than 200 record lows. Our summary of the longduration, historic November warm spell from the Midwest to the EastCoast: wapo.st/38oPTjf BidenNames 13 Health Experts To COVID-19 Transition Advisory Board NPR,09 Nov 2020 16:31Z Theteam, which includes former federal health officials, aims to create a blueprintfor the incoming administration's COVID-19 response as the nation battlesa ... TropicalStorm Eta track shifts again as storm strengthens near Cuba al.com,10 Nov 2020 13:30Z Etaforecast to approach northern Gulf Coast this weekend as a tropical depression. Onein five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days: study YahooNews, 09 Nov 2020 23:49Z ManyCOVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mentalillness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20% ofthose ... [Justsayin!] Floridacities mop up after deluge from Tropical Storm Eta TheAssociated Press, 10 Nov 2020 09:47Z FortLauderdale, Fla. Cities in South Florida mopped up after Tropical Storm Etaflooded some urban areas with a deluge that swamped entire ... [Correlation!] ZekeHausfather @hausfath 10 Nov 2020 0:35Z All10 largest and most destructive wildfires in modern California historyoccurred in years that were warmer and dryer than average. 2020,where 4.2 million acres have burned so far, was much dryer the normaland the warmest year on record by a wide margin. Figure via @RARohdepic.twitter.com/pPwRfHPudn [WarmArctic:] ZackLabe @ZLabe 10 Nov 2020 01:40Z October2020 temperature anomalies reached up to nearly 15°C above averageacross portions of the #Arctic! This was a result of record lowsea ice north of Siberia (essentially open water). pic.twitter.com/Jk8ypxQBfF DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 10 Nov 2020 01:35Z TheTrump admin is trying to ruin the critically important National ClimateAssessment Report by putting climate denier David Legates in chargeof it. But they won't be able to do much damage in 2 months beforethey get booted the hell out of office! Science wins, assholes twitter.com/LFFriedman/sta... Peter Gleick º¸ @PeterGleick 10 Nov 2020 01:38Z One of Trump's lame-duck plans involves crippling the core scientific effort to understand & communicate the risks of #climatechange for the American people, economy, & environment, required by a law signed by Pres. Bush in 1992, replacing the director with a #climate denier. Lisa Friedman @LFFriedman 09 Nov 2020 23:36Z SCOOP - with @cflav & @CoralMDavenport: Sources say Trump will name David Legates, a NOAA deputy administrator who has written that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, to lead the agency coordinating the nation's premiere climate science report. BarrHands Prosecutors the Authority to Investigate Voter Fraud Claims TheNew York Times, 10 Nov 2020 03:33Z Theattorney general said that he had authorized "instances" of investigativesteps but that inquiries should not be based on specious claims. Growing Discomfort at Law Firms Representing Trump in Election Lawsuits The New York Times, 10 Nov 2020 02:34Z Some lawyers at Jones Day and Porter Wright, which have filed suits about the 2020 vote, said they were worried about undermining the electoral system. David Gura @davidgura 10 Nov 2020 02:35Z Attorney General Bill Barr's "authorization prompted the Justice Department official who oversees investigations of voter fraud, Richard Pilger, to step down from the post within hours," @ktbenner and @nytmike report. nyti.ms/2U87jbz [Record!] PhilipKlotzbach @philklotzbach 10 Nov 2020 03:38Z TheAtlantic has two named storms simultaneously: #Eta and #Theta.This is the latest in the calendar year that the Atlantic #hurricaneseason has had two named storms simultaneously since November10, 1932. #hurricane pic.twitter.com/id3etdcEHX Souat HotWhopper @Sou_HotWhopper 10 Nov 2020 04:39Z Howrobust is democracy in the USA? It looks as if the world has to waita bit longer to see if America will be able to fix itself or if it'sbroken irreparably. My heart goes out to decent people the world over,but especially my US friends right now. #Election2020 JoshMorgerman @iCyclone 10 Nov 2020 06:36Z We'rein a pattern the last couple of days where the latenight (00Z) GFSis the X-rated run. [THETA!] WeatherNation@WeatherNation 10 Nov 2020 02:55Z Breaking:2020 has now featured the most named storms in a single hurricaneseason. Subtropical Storm #Theta has formed across the AtlanticOcean. "Theta" has never been used before to name a tropical cyclone.This makes 29 named storms this year, beating 28 named storms in2005. pic.twitter.com/8a8TWpA2VY NWS Eastern Region @NWSEastern 10 Nov 2020 02:55Z The record-breaking 29th named storm in the Atlantic basin, Subtropical Storm Theta, has formed this evening over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Both Tropical Storm Eta and Subtropical Storm Theta have max sustained winds of 50 mph. pic.twitter.com/QaEBupUUbb [Presently tracking east toward Africa]. The Weather Channel @weatherchannel 10 Nov 2020 03:55Z We've made history. Subtropical Storm #Theta becomes storm #29 this season, topping 2005's previous record. And we could have #30 later this week. weather.com/storms/hurrica... pic.twitter.com/EDMmapd87f [Trump'sLatest Crazy Conspiracy Theory:] Trumpaccuses FDA, Pfizer of deliberately delaying vaccine news until after vote TheTimes of Israel, 10 Nov 2020 03:31Z USPresident Donald Trump on Monday falsely accused the US Food and Drug Administration,drugmaker Pfizer and the Democrats of apparently conspiring to ... Ascases rise, states say they'll work with Biden on virus TheAssociated Press, 09 Nov 2020 23:30Z Theincoming Biden administration is promising a cohesive national strategy tocombat the worsening coronavirus outbreak, something many public health ... Pelosisays Esper firing shows Trump intent on sowing 'chaos' TheHill, 09 Nov 2020 21:29Z SpeakerNancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday blasted President Trump for firing DefenseSecretary Mark Esper just two days after Joe Biden was projected as the ... GOPelection officials aren't buying Trump's unfounded fraud claims LosAngeles Times, 10 Nov 2020 04:28Z AsBiden leads Trump in Georgia, Republicans in the secretary of state's officerebut accusations of fraud from their political bedfellows. UKto make climate risk reports mandatory for large companies TheGuardian, 09 Nov 2020 22:34Z Largecompanies and financial institutions in the UK will have to come clean abouttheir exposure to climate risks within five years under the terms of a tougher... Masks,testing and tracing: Joe Biden's plans to tackle COVID-19 ABCHealth & Wellbeing, 10 Nov 2020 0:25Z JoeBiden will inherit one of the world's worst coronavirus epidemics. Here'swhat we know about his plan to fix it. 'It'san interesting evolutionary process we're watching': Brolgas and cranes'crossing the dancefloor' in northern Queensland ABCFar North, 10 Nov 2020 0:24Z An"evolutionary dance" is taking place in the Gulf Country of northern Queenslandas two similar, but separate, species of bird are crossbreeding toproduce a new hybrid species. [TypicalBiden Move:] JillBiden may be the first US first lady to keep working outside of the WhiteHouse ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 01:23Z IfJill Biden keeps her job as a teacher next year, she will become the firstUS first lady to work outside the White House. It may not be easy, but MsBiden already has some experience juggling political roles with her career. Conflictin Ethiopia escalates, as neighbouring Sudan prepares for refugees ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 01:23Z SeveralEthiopians, including army soldiers, have already crossed the border, asthe UN warns of a brewing humanitarian disaster. [HydrogenEconomy:] Ammoniaexports the focus for massive outback renewables project ABCKimberley, 10 Nov 2020 03:30Z Acompany planning to build the world's largest wind-and-solar power generatorin the Australian outback sets its sights on exporting ammonia -- andsays it will build a new coastal town to support the massive infrastructureproject. Theperson who bet $1.8 million on a Biden win hasn't been paid yet 9News,10 Nov 2020 01:02Z Thehuge wager was placed October 29 on the Betfair Exchange, the world's largestonline betting exchange, where gamblers find others to match their wagers.The US presidential election was by far the biggest single event in theplatform's history. ... Betswould typically be settled following a result declaration from news networksand a concession speech by the losing presidential candidate, the platformsaid on Friday. But this year is different. President Donald Trump hasnot yet conceded defeat and he's continuing to push his attorneys to pursuelegal challenges that would delay formal certification of the results. USelection live: White House election night party feared as potential superspreaderevent ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 02:02Z Thelong line of people waiting to sue Donald Trump when he's no longerpresident 9News,09 Nov 2020 USelection 2020: Donald Trump digs in: recount rallies being plannedto boost legal claims, reports TheAustralian, 09 Nov 2020 09:04Z JoelFitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench amid growing climate ... SMH,09 Nov 2020 23:25Z Laborfrontbencher Joel Fitzgibbon has quit the opposition shadow cabinet amida growing fight over its future climate change and energy ... [Aftera spirited defence of coal mining in the media in past days, Fitzgibbonhas resigned as shadow Ag & Resources Min. He says Labor is spendingtoo much time on climate policy and not enough on clawing backseats in rural Australia. He holds the only ALP rural seat of Hunterand got 38% of the primary vote in 2019]. BloombergGreen @climate 09 Nov 2020 16:04Z Asolar power boom is underway in the Nordic region, promising to surpassnew installations of wind turbines trib.al/yaneusi [PoorReturns:] icarus62@icarus62 09 Nov 2020 16:59Z "Agricultureis the biggest land user globally, with animal agricultureoccupying the majority (83%) of this in exchange for 18% ofcalories and 37% of protein delivered to the food system" animal.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/upl... 83%vs 18%! Go vegan for climate & other benefits. @Herofthewords NOAANCEI Ocean Geo @NOAANCEIocngeo 09 Nov 2020 18:01Z Thenew solar cycle has definitely begun. A few weeks ago, flare and eruptionactivity was observed by @CIRESNews using @NOAASatellitesinstruments. Read more about #SolarCycle25: weather.gov/news/201509-so...pic.twitter.com/wv9x50LFUF BloombergGreen @climate 09 Nov 2020 19:04Z Africafaces a future of heat waves, droughts and floods and could lose manyof its endemic species, a Greenpeace study shows trib.al/WSHFXNH BloombergGreen @climate 09 Nov 2020 19:04Z Toronto-DominionBank's new climate plan includes rejecting work on Arcticoil and gas projects and moving to net-zero emissions by 2050 trib.al/oiyOHQh [EvenCoal Powered EV Are Better!] AndrewDessler @AndrewDessler 09 Nov 2020 18:56Z Replyingto @DavidSchechter @UCSUSA Also,@UCSUSA has done the calculation about emissions from an electriccar that charges from fossil fuel infrastructure. Even if the electricitycomes from coal, you're still reducing emissions. blog.ucsusa.org/dave-reichmuth... [Whiplash!] NationalWeather Service @NWS 09 Nov 2020 19:01Z Recordhi/low temperatures are falling on both coasts this week. Want tosee what records are in danger of falling in the forecast? Check out thispage from @NWSWPC wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/exper/ndfd/ndf... pic.twitter.com/9TsUNQbwmP JakeTapper @jaketapper 09 Nov 2020 20:58Z LatestDATA AZ-- Biden lead increased to 17,131, roughly 77K ballots left GA-- Biden lead increased to 11,592 PA-- Biden lead shrunk slightly to 45,008, about 52K VBM ballots left, about20K from Philly/Pittsurgh [TrafficJam!] AccuWeather@breakingweather 09 Nov 2020 21:59Z Theprojected path for Eta hinges on how it interacts with a non-tropicalstorm moving through the eastern United States in the comingdays: bit.ly/38tPI66 pic.twitter.com/mZjR2ojEyY Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 09 Nov 2020 20:58Z President Alejandro Giammattei said around 100 people were feared dead in Quejá. Bad weather has hampered rescue efforts while roads are still blocked and large areas remain flooded. Earlier, authorities had confirmed at least 50 deaths across the country. bbc.in/38q36rW [SoColllddd!] NWSWeather Prediction Center @NWSWPC 09 Nov 2020 22:03Z Sprawlinghigh pressure extending from the East Coast to the Midwest hasproduced record breaking high temperatures once again today. As of 400PM EST, 130 stations had temperatures near or above their record highsfor the date! pic.twitter.com/BjsfvGBzxO [Purge!] PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 09 Nov 2020 22:24Z SinceFriday, Trump's fired Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, administrator National NuclearSecurity Administration Bonnie Glick, dep. administrator US AID NeilChatterjee, chairman of FERC Michael Kuperberg, Exec. Dir of the USGCRPMike Esper, Sec. of Defense Whendo we call this a purge? Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather 09 Nov 2020 22:09Z BREAKING: White House removes career official, Michael Kuperberg, who led interagency program responsible for government's definitive climate change reports: wapo.st/2IioAw3 Trump tweets he's 'terminated' Defense Secretary Esper, effective immediately ABC News, 09 Nov 2020 19:23Z United States President Donald Trump tweets he has "terminated" Defense Secretary Mark Esper, with National Counterterrorism Center director Christopher C. Miller taking his place. Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 10 Nov 2020 04:37Z So Trump is suddenly firing a lot of people. This is, of course, just a logical continuation of Trumpian projection.... Loeffler,Perdue call on Georgia's Republican secretary of state to resign POLITICO,09 Nov 2020 21:30Z RepublicanSens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue of Georgia called on the state'sGOP secretary of state to resign on Monday, citing "failures" in the election... Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci 09 Nov 2020 22:23Z The @GOP Senate candidates in Georgia are attacking the Republican Secretary of State for not cheating aggressively enough. The party has fully embraced corruption as its principal electoral strategy. Trump is only the tip of the iceberg. twitter.com/kyledcheney/st... Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981 09 Nov 2020 21:58Z I should add that not only are @sendavidperdue and @SenatorLoeffler clowns, they're also climate deniers, and also incredibly corrupt, having basically engaged in insider trading based on COVID information they received in a closed Senate meeting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Cong... twitter.com/dana1981/statu... BloombergGreen @climate 09 Nov 2020 22:29Z GMsays it will hire 3,000 to workers to accelerate its development of electricvehicles trib.al/9Nw4xGE AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 09 Nov 2020 22:47Z Still10 years away from completion, 1st small modular nuclear project can'tretain financial backers - and is decades behind solar, wind for massproduction We'll be ready to move forward with this nuclear tech whenwe definitely won't need it arstechnica.com/science/2020/1... #wasteful CoronavirusUpdate: U.S. suffers worst week since pandemic began KCTV5News, 09 Nov 2020 19:34Z El Paso to install 10 mobile morgues as COVID-19 body count rises New York Post, 09 Nov 2020 15:34Z Officials in El Paso, Texas have resorted to using mobile morgues for mounting COVID-19 deaths as hospitals there hit 100 percent capacity. [MinkVirus Maybe In Israel:] Israelismay be infected with new coronavirus strain from Denmark minks TheJerusalem Post, 09 Nov 2020 17:39Z ThreeIsraelis who returned from Denmark and were confirmed as infected with thenovel coronavirus may have been infected with the new strain discovered ... [Relapse!] CDC:Thousands of COVID-19 patients returned to hospitals within two months ofinitial release TheBoston Globe, 09 Nov 2020 18:38Z Manypatients admitted to US hospitals for COVID-19 treatment between March andJuly were readmitted to the same facilities within two months of being ... Victoriarecords no new coronavirus cases or deaths ABCNews, 09 Nov 2020 21:47Z Victoriarecords no new cases of COVID-19 or deaths for the eleventh straightday. How many 'doughnut days' does Victoria need to be declared COVID-free? ABC News, 09 Nov 2020 20:21Z It wasn't that long ago that Victorians were dealing with the fear and stress of hundreds of coronavirus cases being diagnosed each day. But now after ten straight days without a case, Victorians are wondering if the virus has been eliminated. So, we've asked the experts. TheHead of NASA Is Quitting After Trump Defeat Futurism,09 Nov 2020 16:37Z NASAAdministrator Jim Bridenstine is planning to step aside once president-electJoe Biden takes over, according to Aviation Week. "The right questionhere is ... Indiaopens antitrust case against Google over its payments app TechCrunch,09 Nov 2020 16:36Z India'santitrust watchdog has opened an investigation into Google for allegedlyabusing the dominant position of its app store to promote its paymentsservice in ... McDonald'sconfirms creation of McPlant plant-based burger, unveils new CrispyChicken Sandwich will debut in 2021 USATODAY, 09 Nov 2020 16:35Z McDonald'sconfirmed its new Crispy Chicken Sandwich would arrive in the U.S.in 2021 and that it has created a plant-based platform dubbed McPlant. TropicalStorm Eta causes dangerous flooding in Florida: "Far worse than we could'veever imagined" CBSNews, 09 Nov 2020 17:31Z Torrentialrain from Tropical Storm Eta caused dangerous flooding across Florida'smost densely populated urban areas on Monday after it made landfallin the ... [Nowforecast to just sit off the coast pissing on everything]. Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather 09 Nov 2020 15:57Z Storm produced 16 inches of rain near Fort Lauderdale. Lots of reports of flooding in South Florida: wapo.st/3kekZw3 Broadcasterscut away from White House press briefing on US election ABCNews, 09 Nov 2020 19:24Z Severalbroadcasters including ABC News cut away from a live White House briefingby press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on the US election process, afterPresident Donald Trump fires off a series of tweets, some of which are flaggedby Twitter. [Et tu!?] The Recount @therecount 09 Nov 2020 21:58Z Replying to @AshleyRParker @PressSec Watch Fox News cut away from Press Sec. McEnany: pic.twitter.com/SwW9cq9bJI Ballotsarriving late in the mail won't save Trump - Business Insider BusinessInsider, 09 Nov 2020 22:19Z PresidentDonald Trump's big legal effort over election results hinges on mail-inballots in Pennsylvania. Here's why the fight is hopeless. Britishcourt throws out $9 billion lawsuit against BHP over 2015 Brazil dam disaster ABCNews, 09 Nov 2020 20:21Z A$9 billion lawsuit against Australian mining giant BHP is struck out in an Britishcourt, in a blow to a claimant group of 200,000 Brazilians seeking damagesover the devastating Samarco dam failure in 2015. GlenPeters @Peters_Glen 09 Nov 2020 07:55Z China'snet-zero emissions in 2060 target is broadly consistent with the@IEA's Sustainable Development Scenario. China is not starting witha blank slate: efforts to expand renewables & energy efficiency providea solid foundation on which to build. iea.org/commentaries/c...pic.twitter.com/DZ0BVCObZm AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 09 Nov 2020 07:49Z Emergencycrews in southern Peru battle wildfires in a forest close to theSacsayhuaman archaeological park [Dataset!] CopernicusECMWF @CopernicusECMWF 09 Nov 2020 09:55Z We'veextended our #C3S #ERA5 dataset further back in time - allthe way to 1950! Whilst it works well, some known issues remain so therelease is preliminary and we welcome feedback. More->bit.ly/3lqwtOJpic.twitter.com/VAJ8kxpWo8 [Chief Scientist:] Ryan Maue @RyanMaue 09 Nov 2020 14:59Z Big day for climate researchers as the flagship "ERA5 reanalysis" dataset from @CopernicusEU extends from 1950-1978 to create a (mostly) consistent 70+ year record of Earth's atmosphere & oceans. Comparing October 1950 with October 2020 shows ~1°C of global warming. pic.twitter.com/o92KjJfHfk DoriSmith @Dori_TalkNation 09 Nov 2020 11:57Z Meteorologistsare telling us to 'enjoy' the 77 degree weather today. TheySTILL don't want to talk about global climate change, or the fact thatextreme changes in temperature are bad for trees, grasses, vital weeds,and animals. Grasses are losing nutritional values. BloombergNew Economy Forum @neweconforum 09 Nov 2020 12:57Z We'reonly a week away forging a new economy from the ground up. Tune inNovember 16-19 and witness change in real time #OurNewEconomy trib.al/XIPcoi9pic.twitter.com/53VaMjBVPA [Theta,Iota?] NationalWeather Service @NWS 09 Nov 2020 15:48Z The2020 hurricane season continues it's record breaking pace. @NHC_Atlanticis currently monitoring 2 systems with >50% chance of development.If one were to be named, it would be "Theta" and be the record-breaking29th named storm of the season. (Currently tied at 28 w/2005) pic.twitter.com/pktRTKd3Gv Philip Klotzbach @philklotzbach 09 Nov 2020 12:55Z National #Hurricane Center monitoring 2 areas for tropical (or subtropical for NE Atlantic system) cyclone formation in next 5 days, with 70% & 50% chance of formation, respectively. 2020 currently tied with 2005 for most Atlantic named storms on record to form in a single season pic.twitter.com/7XcjtjkVwD Marshall Shepherd @DrShepherd2013 09 Nov 2020 12:51Z Theta and Iota forthcoming? Verrrry unchartered territory twitter.com/JackSillin/sta... NOAA Satellites @NOAASatellites 09 Nov 2020 12:54Z Replying to @NOAASatellites We can also see another disturbance over the Atlantic within a long ribbon of clouds that stretches from Greenland to the tropics. If it becomes the next named storm, it will be called "Theta," a record-breaking 29th tropical storm in the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season. pic.twitter.com/IP9oT6XJCF BloombergGreen @climate 09 Nov 2020 13:57Z EVsare going to be driving the auto industry's global growth trib.al/LjBk3hK rachel@rachelmsquirrel 09 Nov 2020 14:55Z @Nigel_Farageshould ask for a refund if he's paying road tax. It wasabolished in 1937. twitter.com/richardabetts/... [Nigelwas complaining how unfair it was that bicyclists don't pay road tax]. JointPolar Satellite System (JPSS) @JPSSProgram 09 Nov 2020 14:54Z Thegreat central plains are covered in tall grasses that, in certain conditions,can spark into roaring grass fires. In #Kansas, this occurredto devastating effect in 2017. JPSS can help with fire monitoring& emergency response. More on JPSS & KS: bit.ly/jiyc-kspic.twitter.com/TqHOmTj28s [Melting!] MauriPelto @realglacier 09 Nov 2020 14:53Z MountCayley Glacier, Coast Range of British Columbia has lost 40% of itslength from 1985-2020 and has spearated. #Landsat images tell thisstory. Downstream is an abundant Chum salmon run and a BC Hydro plant.blogs.agu.org/fromaglaciersp... pic.twitter.com/BUABW7cl1X ZackLabe @ZLabe 09 Nov 2020 14:59Z October2020 ended with the lowest #Arctic sea ice volume (for the date)... [Graphic:sites.uci.edu/zlabe/arctic-s... Data: PIOMAS] pic.twitter.com/brhII8xBM7 [NextLandfall!] ReedTimmer @ReedTimmerAccu 09 Nov 2020 15:32Z LIVEUPDATE on Tropical Storm #Eta landfall last night in the FloridaKeys with field updates from veteran storm chaser @MikeTheissmeasuring a min pressure 991.9 mb in the eye, with startsappearing along with 2-3 foot storm surge. Here is a LIVE CHAT: youtu.be/GSXG4aCpZXs Craig Ceecee @CC_StormWatch 09 Nov 2020 05:51Z #Eta is the 12th tropical cyclone to make landfall in 2020 in the CONUS - extending the record even further. It is also the first since 1998 to do so in the month of November, and we have now had 7 straight months with a US landfall. AccuWeather @breakingweather 09 Nov 2020 12:49Z Rainfall totals have surpassed 10 inches in South Florida as Tropical Storm #Eta continues to drench the state. bit.ly/35aiK8K pic.twitter.com/YYrz5pWOnl Jonathan Petramala @jpetramala 09 Nov 2020 12:49Z This poor passenger just arrived from #Colombia to visit his daughter in #Miami when the taxi stalled out about two blocks from her apartment. Flash flooding is everywhere in South Florida. #TropicalStormEta @breakingweather @accuweather pic.twitter.com/Nt6dC49k7T [She'll Be Back!] NOAA Satellites @NOAASatellites 09 Nov 2020 12:54Z After making landfall in the Florida Keys last night, #GOESEast is watching #TropicalStormEta move toward the west. #Eta will likely remain over the SE Gulf of Mexico, where it may strengthen into a hurricane again over the open water. nhc.noaa.gov pic.twitter.com/RPQO1VfWyv National Weather Service @NWS 09 Nov 2020 13:54Z #Eta has produced over a foot of rain in some areas of south FL with another 1-3 inches likely today. Widespread flooding of roadways is ongoing so let's get this jingle in your head early on a Monday...¶ twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/s... pic.twitter.com/5EvyHHavTC AccuWeather @breakingweather 09 Nov 2020 13:49Z Tropical storm warnings are in effect for South Florida as #Eta continues to produce dangerous flooding. bit.ly/38tPI66 pic.twitter.com/Ud1a5ujkro Bill Wadell @BillWadell 09 Nov 2020 13:49Z Fort Myers is getting soaked by a feeder band from #Eta right now. We'll have live updates on the tropical storm and the wild rain totals across #Florida all morning on AccuWeather º #swfl #flwx accuweather.com/en/hurricane/e... pic.twitter.com/yKCcIVqF2v [Prev Landfall:] Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 09 Nov 2020 14:50Z President Alejandro Giammattei said around 100 people were feared dead in Quejá. Bad weather has hampered rescue efforts while roads are still blocked and large areas remain flooded. Earlier, authorities had confirmed at least 50 deaths across the country. bloom.bg/3kcXC6i BloombergGreen @climate 09 Nov 2020 15:49Z Qatarand Singapore sign the first long-term deal for liquefied natural gasthat details pollution emitted from the fuel trib.al/BeeS2Xx CarbonBrief @CarbonBrief 09 Nov 2020 15:59Z CHARTThe election of Joe Biden as the next US president means more than3/5 of global CO2 emissions will be under net-zero targets, as wellas 3/4 of global GDP. Net-zerotargets will also cover: 73%of coal 58%of oil 49%of gas ...butjust 34% of population. pic.twitter.com/EF99lvGjfM RyanMaue @RyanMaue 09 Nov 2020 15:58Z Apowerful Typhoon is forecast to develop and intensity over the next fewdays. Vamco could reach winds of 105-knots (Category 3 Saffir-Simpson)and threaten Manila, Philippines in under 72 hours. pic.twitter.com/WeYjZdP13I Peoplewho regularly eat chilli peppers live longer, research suggests TheIndependent, 09 Nov 2020 13:46Z Largescale study finds correlation between consumption of spicy capsicums and'significant' reductions in disease mortality. [Shitstorm!] USCoronavirus: Cases are on the rise in more than 40 states msnNOW,09 Nov 2020 13:44Z Inan unprecedented weekend of Covid-19 infections, nearly all of the US is seeingcases rise as the national total teeters near 10 million. A `Terrifying' Coronavirus Surge Will Land in Biden's Lap The New York Times, 09 Nov 2020 15:10Z Total coronavirus cases in the U.S. surpassed 10 million on Sunday. Experts say the virus is spreading out of control and could grow worse before ... Illinois passes 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for fourth day in a row as resurgence continues WGN TV Chicago, 09 Nov 2020 12:45Z Chicago. With the state seeing more than 10000 new cases for the fourth straight day Sunday, public health officials are sounding the alarm about the surge ... Trump'sflurry of 'campaign defense fund' emails have fine print about retiringTrump's campaign debt YahooNews, 09 Nov 2020 10:42Z PresidentTrump's campaign has been sending out dozens of emails and text messagesa day since Wednesday, asking for money for the outgoing president's ... PfizerSays Its COVID-19 Vaccine Is More Than 90 Percent Effective and Has DisplayedNo Side Effects DailyBeast, 09 Nov 2020 12:41Z BeyondRaw LIT's Jolly Rancher flavors have great taste and provide intensity, focus,and energy while you train. [Newtech uses easily-manufactured mRNA that instructs your body to produce theactual vaccine]. Pfizer says early COVID-19 vaccine data suggests its shots may be 90 per cent effective. But that figure could change ABC News, 09 Nov 2020 14:47Z The interim analysis, from an independent data monitoring board, looked at 94 infections recorded so far in a study that has enrolled nearly 44,000 people in the US and five other countries. It does not mean a vaccine is imminent. President-electJoe Biden unveils COVID-19 task force. It includes a Trump whistleblower. USATODAY, 09 Nov 2020 13:37Z President-electJoe Biden unveiled Monday members of his COVID-19 advisory boardand it includes Rick Bright, a former Trump administration whistleblower ... Trump'sdecision not to concede turns on the issue of whether the electionresult is called or declared ABCNews, 09 Nov 2020 05:12Z Trumpis within his rights to delay conceding defeat in the election untilresults are officially declared. But on the results available, refusingto concede at this stage looks like a desperate denial of the result,writes Antony Green. [UntilTrump concedes there will be no money available to pay for the transitionwhich will likely set any covid plans back by 2 months.Anyone or any entity damaged by this please feel free to sue theTrump family]. [Hyperloop!] VirginHyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test TheVerge, 09 Nov 2020 02:14Z Thehyperloop has finally carried human passengers. Virgin Hyperloop conducteda test in the desert outside Las Vegas, with two people traveling ina pod ... ZackLabe @ZLabe 09 Nov 2020 0:26Z Aftera record slow start, #Arctic sea ice is very rapidly growing andfilling in around the Siberian coast! [Data from @NSIDC. The basinis geographically constrained (same maximum sea ice cover = flat line]pic.twitter.com/JltobsUZFL [Sedition!] PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 09 Nov 2020 01:22Z Trumpis pushing for a coup and most republican senators are backing him.This is literally the definition of sedition. pic.twitter.com/a8LmAw13al [Record!] PhilipKlotzbach @philklotzbach 09 Nov 2020 04:18Z TropicalStorm #Eta has made landfall in Lower Matecumbe Key, FL - therecord 12th named storm to make landfall in the continental US this year.Prior to 2020, the most Atlantic named storms to make landfall in continentalUS in a single #hurricane season was 9 set in 1916. pic.twitter.com/lwwJdLBhkc Mike Theiss @MikeTheiss 09 Nov 2020 03:23Z Currently in the eye/center of Tropical Storm #Eta in #Islamorada, Florida with the lowest barometric pressure measured so far of 991.5mb. Bright stars were visible just after the edge of the raged eyewall passed by and the skies cleared out. pic.twitter.com/hp3FaDb2nJ AccuWeather @breakingweather 09 Nov 2020 07:30Z After zig-zagging from Nicaragua to Cuba, #Eta is sending wind-whipped tropical downpours over southern #Florida, serving as a reminder that even during this time in November, hurricane season isn't over: bit.ly/3l70OS5 pic.twitter.com/Vlk0V0mlKR Al Jazeera Weather @AJEWeather 09 Nov 2020 07:56Z Tropical Storm Eta lashes Cuba before hitting southern Florida with strong winds, heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge [Landfall 3:] Tropical storm Eta makes landfall in Florida after leaving dozens dead and missing The Guardian, 09 Nov 2020 05:54Z State officials closed beaches, ports and Covid testing sites ahead of Eta's arrival Sunday night. [Onto Tampa!] Florida Faces One-Two Punch From Tropical Storm Eta NPR, 08 Nov 2020 20:45Z Florida faces a potential one-two punch from Tropical Storm Eta, which could strengthen into a hurricane and drop up to a foot of rain on the southern part of the ... [Latest track suggests Eta will move away from the Fla coast, gather strength, then turn back to hit again N of Tampa]. AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 09 Nov 2020 07:56Z Emergencycrews in southern Peru battle wildfires in a forest close to theSacsayhuaman archaeological park AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 09 Nov 2020 07:56Z TropicalStorm Etau forms in the South China Sea threatening further floodsin Vietnam HereAre All the Lawsuits the Trump Campaign Has Filed Since Election Day-AndWhy Most Are Unlikely to Go Anywhere TIME,08 Nov 2020 22:24Z Butlegal experts say his chances of meaningfully challenging the election aredwindling. Many of his campaign's lawsuits filed this week have been dismissed... Newvirus similar to Covid-19 found in Japan 112International, 08 Nov 2020 Scientistshave discovered a new type of virus, similar to the strain that causesCovid-19, in the dung of cave-dwelling bats in Japan.This was reportedby ... Australia'sNew South Wales wants to lure $23 billion investment in shift towardrenewable energy CNBC,09 Nov 2020 02:56Z Australia'sNew South Wales (NSW) state said on Monday it would shift toward renewableenergy from coal and aimed to lure $32 billion Australian dollars ... Dowfutures rise 300 points after Biden wins presidency as post-election rallycontinues CNBC,09 Nov 2020 00:18Z Allthree major averages notched their best weekly performance since April lastweek. CovidInfections in Animals Prompt Scientific Concern TheNew York Times, 08 Nov 2020 15:54Z Minkin Denmark are not the only animals that could become reservoirs for thecoronavirus to spread new mutations to people. Russiaand China silence speaks volumes as leaders congratulate Biden TheGuardian, 08 Nov 2020 21:53Z VladimirPutin and Xi Jinping stay silent while Iran waits to see how US willcompensate for Trump sanctions. WhyGermany's coronavirus strategy doesn't appear to be working this time around CNBC,06 Nov 2020 PETITION:End Fur Farming Amid Denmark's Horrifying Mink Massacre LadyFreethinker, 06 Nov 2020 Signthis petition to ban cruel mink fur farming in Denmark after a mutated COVID-19virus outbreak infected multiple workers. [Trumpverse:] TopRepublicans Decline to Acknowledge Biden Win as Trump Refuses to Concede TheNew York Times, 08 Nov 2020 21:41Z Washington.More than 24 hours after President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. was declaredthe winner of the election, the nation's Republican leaders and ... Nursinghome COVID-19 cases rise four-fold in surge states TheAssociated Press, 08 Nov 2020 16:51Z Washington.Despite Trump administration efforts to erect a protective shieldaround nursing homes, coronavirus cases are surging within facilities in ... SocialSecurity Benefits Are Already Down by 30%, and It'll Only Get Worse in2021 TheMotley Fool, 08 Nov 2020 12:49Z Themajority of Americans are worried about future Social Security benefits cuts,with close to six in 10 Americans afraid benefits won't be there for them. AnExplanation for Some Covid-19 Deaths May Not Be Holding Up TheNew York Times, 08 Nov 2020 10:47Z Recentstudies have created doubts about an agent in cytokine storms, and suggestthat treatments for it may not help. WhyArctic sea ice has stalled, and what it means for the rest of the world EarthSky,08 Nov 2020 15:47Z Inthe next few decades, scientists expect we'll see an ice-free Arctic Oceanthroughout the summer. That prospect got much closer in 2020, due in partto the ... WhoAre Joe Biden's New Coronavirus Taskforce Co-Chairs? Newsweek,08 Nov 2020 12:44Z President-electJoe Biden is set to announce a coronavirus task-force just daysafter he was declared the winner of the general election, as he preparesto take ... 'Noone imagined it would be this long': How Colombia's four-day lockdown turnedinto a long six months ABCNews, 08 Nov 2020 18:01Z Atfirst, a tough coronavirus lockdown helped control COVID-19 and made Colombiathe envy of Latin America. But that control is now on the brink as economicneed means citizens are no longer willing to comply,. FlorianKrammer @florian_krammer 08 Nov 2020 11:28Z So,can we please now have CDC COVID-19 press briefings back? Maybe everyMonday and Friday? Maybe led by someone we trust, e.g. Dr. Anne Schuchat?CDC is supposed to lead us through this, we'd like to have youback! AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 08 Nov 2020 11:18Z Everyincrease of 1mg of fine-particle air pollutants increases #Covid_19mortality rate by 11% Sources of PM 2.5 pollution: Fossil fuelpower plants, petrol cars, trucks and buses and forest fires Fight foryour clean air! advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/45/e... #BidenHarris2020#climate [Eta:] DeadlyTropical Storm Eta targets Florida, would be state's first landfall ofhistoric hurricane season USATODAY, 08 Nov 2020 16:46Z TropicalStorm Eta pounded Cuba with 60-mph winds, heavy rains and storm surgeSunday as forecasters warned the deadly storm would strengthen en route ... Reed Timmer @ReedTimmerAccu 08 Nov 2020 15:26Z UPDATE: only slight weakening with Tropical Storm #Eta during a quick pass over central Cuba, with inner core mostly intact. Dry air impinging in the west side of the TC should prevent Eta reaching hurricane strength, but it is possible when passing over the Keys tonight! pic.twitter.com/2RnR9SCxGf [Now seems to be headed out into Gulf rather than hugging Fla coast]. NWS Miami @NWSMiami 08 Nov 2020 14:25Z Nov 8 @ 10am - Conditions continue to deteriorate across our area. Please stay weather aware and up to date on the latest forecasts. This video was captured on the Dania Beach Pier Cam a few moments ago. #flwx pic.twitter.com/D115cCl7vS John Morales @JohnMoralesNBC6 08 Nov 2020 14:27Z To highlight the immense flooding threat, this is how much rain has already accumulated from Thursday until 8 AM Sunday morning linked to #Eta's tropical moisture. There's another 10+ inches to come. A Flood Warning now is now in effect for parts of #Broward County via @CoCoRaHS pic.twitter.com/KkXJRLGvxn BBC Weather @bbcweather 08 Nov 2020 16:00Z #TropicalStorm #Eta Now moving out of Cuba, it will strenthen again and pass to the south of Florida over the next 24hrs Far south of Florida (inc Miami) could experience ... ¬Hurricane-force winds 3ft storm surge ¦Major flooding rains bbc.in/35adsKr Matt pic.twitter.com/9KGlCtkeWs [Dusty!] ClimateSignals @ClimateSignals 08 Nov 2020 15:20Z Himalayansnow and ice is diminishing fast. Global heating is certainly playinga significant role, but now a recent study in Nature Climate Changereveals that wind-blown dust is worsening the melting effect. bit.ly/32o3zHs Scientists3D print microscopic Star Trek spaceship that moves on its own WDRB,08 Nov 2020 11:14Z (CNN).A team of physicists at a university in the Netherlands have 3D-printeda microscopic version of the USS Voyager, an Intrepid-class starshipfrom Star ... BREAKING:Eta forecast to become hurricane in Florida Straits, hurricane warningissued for Florida Keys PalmBeach Post, 08 Nov 2020 16:08Z TropicalStorm Eta is on a path into the Florida Keys and then the Gulf of Mexicoand may strengthen in the Florida Straits to a hurricane. USposts fourth consecutive daily Covid record as Joe Biden prepares taskforce TheGuardian, 08 Nov 2020 16:22Z President-electBiden says 'Plan will be to built on bedrock of science' and promised'to spare no effort' to fight pandemic. [TremendusEbidens Ob Frord!] WillSteakin @wsteaks 08 Nov 2020 0:56Z Replyingto @wsteaks Prankcalling the Trump campaign voter fraud hotline is (predictably) becominganother TikTok trend to troll the president's team: vm.tiktok.com/ZMJHURu5T/ [Science!] MatthewHuber @climatedynamics 08 Nov 2020 01:57Z Greatpiece by Ben Santer on what we need to do to rebuild our federal scientificinstitutions An Open Letter to Joe Biden - Scientific Americanscientificamerican.com/article/an-ope... [WarmNovember:] NWSBoston @NWSBoston 08 Nov 2020 03:55Z [ObservedHigh Temps Saturday] #Boston 74, #Providence 76 (record),#Hartford 79 (record) and #Worcester 72. The normal highfor November 7th is around 55! More #record highs possible Sun,Mon & Tue. #MAwx #RIwx #CTwx pic.twitter.com/RMaQ9UVyiy NWSGreat Falls @NWSGreatFalls 08 Nov 2020 03:55Z Seeall those red dashed lines? @mdtroadreport has essentially ratedthe ENTIRE Rocky Mountain Front area as "Severe Driving Conditions",along with increasing stretches of I-15 north of Great Falls.Please, DO NOT travel unless it is an emergency situation! #MTwxpic.twitter.com/ytE8ON3b6X [Jetstream:] AccuWeather@breakingweather 08 Nov 2020 08:55Z Alarge southward dip in the jet stream across the West and a pronouncedbulge northward in the East is creating quite the contrast inweather conditions nationwide. Record-challenging warmth is expected acrossthe Midwest and Northeast once again today: bit.ly/358d7rKpic.twitter.com/wvTyo6GJSJ [Landfall2:] severe-weather.EU@severeweatherEU 08 Nov 2020 11:0Z TropicalStorm #Eta has made a dangerous landfall in Cuba this morning.A Hurricane Watch remains in effect for southern Florida and theFlorida Keys while additional Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect forcentral Cuba and the northern Bahamas: severe-weather.eu/tropical-weath... [Surge!] ShaneBickum @NYStormfella 08 Nov 2020 09:58Z TropicalStorm Eta Probabilistic Storm Surge Graphics dlvr.it/RlDwV8 KaitlanCollins @kaitlancollins 08 Nov 2020 04:22Z Somenews -- Jared Kushner has approached President Trump about concedingthe election, per two sources. Stephanie Kennedy @WordswithSteph 08 Nov 2020 04:22Z Jared Kushner warned to preserve government records, incl. WhatsApp messages with MBS. "Kushner is required to preserve those records under the Presidential Records Act, and the willful destruction or concealment of federal records is a federal crime." citizensforethics.org/legal-action/l... Melbourne'srestrictions are getting eased -- again. So what's changing? ABCNews, 08 Nov 2020 02:31Z The25-kilometre travel limit and the "ring of steel" are getting axed. But someother changes have been brought forward too. scharpling@scharpling 08 Nov 2020 03:17Z BREAKINGNEWS I will be hosting a press conference tomorrow to reveal informationthat proves this election was fixed The press conference willbe held at the Waldorf Astoria Auto Body over by LAX, catty corner fromthe abandoned Jiffy Lube 11:30 AM See you there Aaron Rupar @atrupar 07 Nov 2020 23:58Z The Trump campaign accidentally booking a press conference at something called Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia instead of the Four Seasons hotel they intended is such a perfectly dysfunctional way for this to end. The writers really outdid themselves. pic.twitter.com/ReBGskwOSq [SQUEAK!] DonaldJ. Trump @realDonaldTrump 07 Nov 2020 22:12Z THEOBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTING ROOMS. I WON THE ELECTION,GOT 71,000,000 LEGAL VOTES. BAD THINGS HAPPENED WHICH OUR OBSERVERSWERE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE. NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. MILLIONS OF MAIL-INBALLOTS WERE SENT TO PEOPLE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR THEM! Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1 08 Nov 2020 02:59Z Trump will leave office having never had majority support of any kind from the U.S. public. washingtonpost.com/elections/2020... EviationSet To Deliver First 9-Passenger Electric Airplane In 2022 CleanTechnica,07 Nov 2020 Thedream of commercially viable electric airplanes is getting closer all thetime. Eviation, a startup based in Israel, says it ... [InAmerica evvybody lubs a valiant looser!] 2020Latest: Trump welcomed back to DC with jeers after loss TheAssociated Press, 08 Nov 2020 02:33Z Washington.The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 3:15p.m. President Donald Trump has returned to the White House and a very ... DonaldTrump refuses to concede defeat as recriminations begin DonaldTrump refused to formally concede the US election on Saturday, even assenior Republicans began to distance themselves from him, and as ... TheGuardian, 07 Nov 2020 23:44Z Denial,and Resignation, From Trump and a Handful of Aides TheNew York Times, 08 Nov 2020 02:22Z Aidessaid the president had no plans to immediately deliver the kind of concessionspeech that has become traditional in past elections, and his campaign... TwitterFlags Trump's Allegation that Tens of Thousands of Illegal Votes ArrivedPast 8 PM on Election Day Newsweek,07 Nov 2020 16:38Z OnSaturday, the social media platform flagged multiple unsubstantiated tweetsfrom the president, claiming that tens of thousands of illegal votes arrivedin key ... [EtTu!] FoxNews @FoxNews 07 Nov 2020 16:59Z FoxNews projects Biden to defeat Trump, become 46th president after winningNevada, Pennsylvania fxn.ws/2JLcw7c pic.twitter.com/oFrpHTWTKt MattMcDermott @mattmfm 07 Nov 2020 16:58Z Incredible:Applause breaking out over the Manhattan skyline as networkscall the election for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris. pic.twitter.com/c92EgXP2Qj BloombergGreen @climate 07 Nov 2020 18:12Z JoeBiden will take office with something no U.S. president has had before:intense popular support for climate action, borne out in pollingdata and election results from a hard-fought campaign trib.al/nvSxCCW [WinWin!] MarshallShepherd @DrShepherd2013 07 Nov 2020 18:59Z Imaginea U.S. president actually listening to the @CDCgov on #coronavirusor a getting reports on climate change from @noaa ratherthan suppressing them or embracing guidance from the @WHO ....That'sall within reach again....#sciencerising [TaskForce!] Dr.Lucky Tran @luckytran 07 Nov 2020 18:58Z Breaking:Biden is announcing a COVID task force, which will be chaired by3 scientists: former Surgeon General @vivek_murthy, former FDA Commissioner@DavidAKesslerMD and @Yale epidemiologist Dr. MarcellaNunez-Smith. axios.com/biden-to-annou... AndrewDessler @AndrewDessler 07 Nov 2020 19:56Z Replyingto @ClimateAudit Wow,a low R^2. Quite a burn. Terrible arguments like this explain why youhad zero impact in the climate debate. And, of course, let's not forgetthe misogyny: twitter.com/ClimateAudit/s... [SteveMcIntyre is a retired mining consultant, not a scientist]. [MarginCall:] DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 07 Nov 2020 22:58Z Californiastill has about 3 million more ballots to count. @JoeBidenis currently winning the state by 4.4 million (65-33%). Sohe'll get about 2 million more votes, and his margin over Trump will growby another 1 million, just from California alone. #CaliforniaRocks MichaelE. Mann @MichaelEMann 08 Nov 2020 0:06Z "Bushfireroyal commission signals need for @ZaliSteggall's Climate Act"by @BronteGossling for The @CanberraTimes: canberratimes.com.au/story/7001926/...#Auspol [PostPost Truth:] DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 08 Nov 2020 00:04Z Ouch- @FoxNews field reporter Erik Shawn debunks Trump's false assertionsthat Republican observers were not allowed in ballot-countingfacilities. "That's not true. It's not true. It's just nottrue ... Republicans have been in that room ... it's not true; it isfalse." twitter.com/johnvarian77/s... [WarmNovember:] NWSEastern Region @NWSEastern 08 Nov 2020 0:52Z Saturdaywas unusually warm across the Eastern US with a number of high temperaturerecords for November 7th broken or tied. pic.twitter.com/Xd7CzxWHR5 GregBluestein @bluestein 08 Nov 2020 00:13Z Replyingto @bluestein Bidenhas widened his lead over Trump in Georgia to more than 9,000 voteswith a recent tally of DeKalb County ballots. Only a small number ofballots left to count. #gapol pic.twitter.com/iG4c6KR0Xa [Fraud!] Scott Stedman @ScottMStedman 08 Nov 2020 00:21Z A Trump-endorsed Republican Secretary of State in Georgia has to sit there and supervise votes being scanned that increase Biden's lead. twitter.com/BrendanKeefe/s... [Eta:] ReedTimmer @ReedTimmerAccu 08 Nov 2020 00:44Z BIGTIMEconvective burst near the center of strengthening Tropical Storm#Eta with frequent lightning with a legit run at hurricane on approachto central Cuba! Hurricane watches issued for south Florida forimpacts Monday morning. Stay tuned @RadarOmega_WX pic.twitter.com/bzPxIIv9ps Dr. Rick Knabb @DrRickKnabb 07 Nov 2020 21:09Z Hurricane watch for parts of South Florida, plus storm surge watch, but not exact same locations. Surge risk goes some distance inland, but wind risk much farther inland. Both hazards extend waaaay outside the cone. Top it off, #Eta is another #CategorySlow near Florida all week. pic.twitter.com/gGiDTvRp7m [Putting the float data about 1 hr back through my simple model predicts upto 6 ft of surge along the Fla Gulf coast -- much different from the 2-4ft predicted by the NHC mostly around S Florida & the Keys]. Florida Storms @FloridaStorms 07 Nov 2020 22:09Z #Eta could be close to hurricane strength when it approaches South Florida late Sunday or Monday. This has prompted the NHC to issue a Hurricane Watch and Storm Surge Watch from Miami to Naples, including the Florida Keys. #flwx Latest advisory >> flwx.org/2U40Tdl NewYork Post Shifts Tone on Trump as a Top Editor Plans His Own Exit TheNew York Times, 07 Nov 2020 02:00Z RupertMurdoch's tabloid has turned critical as the president seems headed todefeat. Col Allan, a wizard there, says he plans to retire next year. Trumprefuses to accept Biden victory, promises legal ... TheHill, 07 Nov 2020 18:53Z Trumprefuses to accept Biden victory, promises legal challenges ...he does not plan to concede the race and instead intends to challengethe results in court. [Accordingto wiki Trump has won only around 13% of the ~3500 suits he hasbrought. But the ones challenging the election results on the basisof significant voting fraud and conspiracy are likely to fare muchworse]. Pennsylvania Republicans leaders dismiss Trump fraud claims, but call for audit ABC News, 07 Nov 2020 11:02Z Pennsylvania Republican leaders on Friday did not join President Donald Trump and his close allies in accusing the state's election officials of fraud, but did ... [Sur-prise!] UKand Brussels to resume Brexit talks amid 'significant differences' Metro,07 Nov 2020 16:43Z BorisJohnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have agreedto 'redouble efforts' to reach a trade deal (Picture: ... [Someother FTA is off because election result]. Brussels accuses Britain of stalling Brexit talks to see if Donald Trump loses election The Sun, 06 Nov 2020 BORIS Johnson rejected Brussels taunts that Britain is stalling in Brexit trade talks to see if Donald Trump loses the White House. Downing ... Why everybody's talking about Boris Johnson's battle with ... The Week UK, 24 Oct 2020 Why everybody's talking about Boris Johnson's battle with Brussels, Burnham and business. Bruising 24 hours sees prime minister clash with ... Austriais back in lockdown and Aussie opera singers are among those suffering ABCNews, 07 Nov 2020 19:19Z Austriawas proud of its early COVID-19 interventions, but with coronavirus casenumbers soaring, the country is back in lockdown and two Aussie opera singershave had their time to shine put on hold. Filmmakerreleases new movies capturing surfers conquering fears on world's biggestwaves ABCNews, 07 Nov 2020 19:16Z Australianfilmmaker Tim Bonython spends his days travelling the world capturingbig waves on camera. But stuck at home due to COVID-19 restrictions,he has used the time to edit together a series of new surf movies. PalmerReport @PalmerReport 07 Nov 2020 18:56Z It'sa street party here in New York City. Huge crowds. Everyone is maskedup. Music blasting. People dancing. Someone holding a "you're fired"sign. Chuck Schumer is here. Giant billboard of Sarah Cooper in thebackground. People waving Biden signs and American flags. pic.twitter.com/yIxc5Jnbdo ChuckSchumer @SenSchumer 07 Nov 2020 18:35Z Icalled Joe Biden, and I held up the phone to let him hear Brooklyn cheering.He loved it. pic.twitter.com/PV8PPIDdt4 [ForShow!] JamesHohmann @jameshohmann 07 Nov 2020 18:59Z TheTrump campaign has NOT committed to put up the $3 million required topay for a recount in Wisconsin, per @AmyEGardner. It is an indicationthat they're not super serious about pursuing one and that theirannouncements are mostly for show. [SQUEAK!] DonaldJ. Trump @realDonaldTrump 07 Nov 2020 15:55Z IWON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT! AccuWeather@breakingweather 07 Nov 2020 07:59Z OnFriday, the temperature in Caribou, Maine, reached 66 F, which broke therecord for the date of 63 F set in 1959. Unseasonably warm air will remainin place across the Northeast into next week: bit.ly/3mVFgIspic.twitter.com/TaypnWyylg AccuWeather@breakingweather 07 Nov 2020 08:59Z Whilethe #Philippines avoided a direct impact from #Atsani, twomore tropical threats may bring impacts through next week: bit.ly/3n357OZpic.twitter.com/RBRp56XaQ2 BloombergGreen @climate 07 Nov 2020 13:07Z Africa'swarming climate is impacting agriculture, and the number of undernourishedpeople has increased, according to a new report trib.al/fsIMWAi severe-weather.EU@severeweatherEU 07 Nov 2020 14:05Z Intenseforest fires in northern Algeria, captured yesterday, Nov 6th. Videoby Ãbdø El Nor Habirech. Posted with permission. pic.twitter.com/etLkxQCRzF NationalWeather Service @NWS 07 Nov 2020 16:04Z EtaRegains Tropical Storm Strength. A Tropical Storm Warning has been issuedfor south Florida and the Florida Keys; and a Tropical Storm Watchis in effect along portions of the Florida east and west coast. SeeKey Messages for more info. pic.twitter.com/3CSGriAu32 Philip Klotzbach @philklotzbach 07 Nov 2020 15:04Z Tropical storm warnings have now been issued for south Florida and Florida Keys due to #Eta. The most recent November tropical storm landfall in Florida is Mitch (1998). Most recent November #hurricane landfall in Florida is Kate (1985). pic.twitter.com/f7By1u6Ppe NationalWeather Service @NWS 07 Nov 2020 16:04Z Thereare Elevated Fire Weather conditions in eastern Colorado and neighboringNebraska/Kansas today. twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/... [OtherGood News:] AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 07 Nov 2020 16:58Z Goodclimate news this week 1US voters give Biden mandate for action on change climate 2Spanish utility Iberdrola in EUR75 bln decarbonisation plan 3French utility Engie cancels import of US LNG from fracking 4European DFIs to stop lending money to fossil fuel projects twitter.com/AssaadRazzouk/... BidenWins: 2020 Presidential Election Results NPR,07 Nov 2020 17:24Z Updatedat 12:12 p.m. ET. Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected the46th president of the United States, narrowly emerging victorious from a ... Kamala Harris Makes History as First Woman and Woman of Color as Vice President The New York Times, 07 Nov 2020 17:09Z Ms. Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, has risen higher in the country's leadership than any woman ever before her. Julia Louis-Dreyfus @OfficialJLD 07 Nov 2020 17:11Z "Madam Vice President" is no longer a fictional character. @KamalaHarris pic.twitter.com/rg1fErtHGX Six in White House, Including Trump's Chief of Staff, Have the Coronavirus The New York Times, 07 Nov 2020 16:47Z Six White House aides and a Trump campaign adviser - including Mark Meadows, President Trump's chief of staff - have contracted the coronavirus, officials ... Biden has enough votes to be president. So what will Trump do now? ABC News, 07 Nov 2020 17:10Z Joe Biden has hit the magic number of 270 electoral votes. In normal times, that would see the losing candidate call the winner and concede. But Donald Trump won't be picking up the phone to Biden any time soon, writes David Lipson. With Trump's Loss, Murdoch's Fox News Faces Wrath And Tough Choices NPR, 07 Nov 2020 17:30Z Rupert Murdoch struck an alliance with President Trump early on and Fox News has bolstered his presidency. As Joe Biden nears victory, Fox is stepping warily ... Peter Gillibrand @GillibrandPeter 07 Nov 2020 18:08Z Interesting that Boris mentioned climate change in his congratulatory statement. The US formally withdrew from the Paris Agreement 3 days ago - the aim to keep global temperature rise well below 2°C. #Election2020 twitter.com/borisjohnson/s... Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann 07 Nov 2020 18:01Z Hey @realDonaldTrump, just wanted to make sure you saw this! twitter.com/FoxNews/status... Marshall Shepherd @DrShepherd2013 07 Nov 2020 17:38Z Dear World ......People are literally dancing in the street here. Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders 07 Nov 2020 17:31Z I want to congratulate all those who worked so hard to make this historic day possible. Now, through our continued grassroots organizing, let us create a government that works for ALL and not the few. Let us create a nation built on justice, not greed and bigotry. COVID-19Patient Zero: Data Analysis Identifies the "Mother" of All SARS-CoV-2Genomes SciTechDaily,07 Nov 2020 16:53Z Templeresearchers have identified the first genome to transmit the coronavirus.In the field of molecular epidemiology, the worldwide scientificcommunity has ... Ethiopiangovernment moves to replace leadership of Tigray region TheGuardian, 07 Nov 2020 17:28Z Ethiopiahas further intensified the pressure on the country's restive northernTigray region by moving to replace the local leadership with a new centrally... UAEcriminalises so-called 'honour killings', relaxes restrictions on alcoholand unmarried cohabitation ABCNews, 07 Nov 2020 12:57Z Anaustere interpretation of Islamic sharia law is relaxed in the United ArabEmirates after the country normalised relations with Israel and looks tohost the World Expo. Mysteryof glacial lake floods solved Phys.org,07 Nov 2020 10:48Z Along-standing mystery in the study of glaciers was recently -- and serendipitously-solvedby a team led by University of Hawai'i at M#noa astrobiologistand ... Newsweek@Newsweek 07 Nov 2020 12:12Z Countrieswhere U.S. promoted democracy now mock the "banana republic" amidTrump voter fraud claims newsweek.com/banana-republi... RawStory @RawStory 07 Nov 2020 11:58Z Trumpcampaign lawyers may have violated law in Nevada voter fraud lawsuitrawstory.com/2020/11/trump-... DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 07 Nov 2020 04:02Z Ifind the #COVID19 positive test rate particularly informative, becauseUS testing numbers are setting records (1.5 million each of the past2 days). Bad news: positive test rate is nearing its July peak (7.3%now, 7.9% then) and rising fast, with Thanksgiving approaching ¬ twitter.com/COVID19Trackin...pic.twitter.com/8yyMcV69a1 PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 07 Nov 2020 07:05Z Thisis really bad, and now the pandemic is burning through rural states.#TrumpDeaths nytimes.com/interactive/20... AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 07 Nov 2020 09:00Z DevastatingStorm Eta leaves 150 dead or missing in Guatemala aje.io/hfde8 Kindergartnerreportedly dies of COVID-19 in Texas TODAY,07 Nov 2020 04:55Z Akindergarten student has died of COVID-19 at the Amarillo Independent SchoolDistrict in northern Texas, NBC affiliate KAMR reports. [Shock!] Incendiarytexts traced to outfit run by top Trump aide AssociatedPress, 07 Nov 2020 05:53Z Boston.A texting company run by one of President Donald Trump's top campaignofficials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages ... Covid-19:US Hits New Virus Cases Record for Third Straight Day TheNew York Times, 07 Nov 2020 06:52Z Atleast 129,000 cases were announced across the United States on Friday. Andit reported more than 1,000 deaths for the fourth straight day. This briefinghas ... [Leadership!] MarkMeadows, Trump's Chief of Staff, Has the Coronavirus TheNew York Times, 07 Nov 2020 04:26Z MarkMeadows, the White House chief of staff who abided by President Trump's effortsto play down the coronavirus throughout the summer, has contracted the... [Arecord 120k other Americans also tested positive in the past 24 hrs]. Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs 07 Nov 2020 05:02Z NEWS: Along with Mark Meadows, at least two other White House aides currently have coronavirus, sources tell me. Ron Shillman @shillman1 07 Nov 2020 12:11Z Mark Meadows was maskless all over The White House this week. They're going to have to fumigate the place before the Bidens move in. The Trumps have officially forfeited their security deposit! [After70 years I do not know how US elections work!] DonaldJ. Trump @realDonaldTrump 06 Nov 2020 23:33Z Ihad such a big lead in all of these states late into election night, onlyto see the leads miraculously disappear as the days went by. Perhapsthese leads will return as our legal proceedings move forward! Trumpfundraising push for legal challenges also pays down campaign debt TheHill, 07 Nov 2020 01:57Z TheTrump campaign is requesting donations for an election legal defense fund, butaccording to the fine print, at least half of any contribution will go toward... Theelectric Volvo XC40 Recharge: First-drive impressions ArsTechnica, 06 Nov 2020 17:47Z Arsgot an hour on the road with a pre-production example of this new EV. SammyRoth @Sammy_Roth 06 Nov 2020 16:13Z Coloradois (mostly) banning flaring: coloradosun.com/2020/11/04/col... [Smokey!] ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 06 Nov 2020 16:11Z Newnormal in a changing climate: Widespread air quality alerts in Californiatoday as wildfire smoke continues to pose a health threat. Thisworkshop features experts discussing health impacts: bit.ly/wildfire-healt...#ClimateMatters pic.twitter.com/hvzVlRTs1z [WhoSaid You Cain Quit Da Game:] BloombergGreen @climate 06 Nov 2020 19:18Z Enbridgebecomes the largest company in the North American oil industry toset a goal of eliminating all net emissions from its operations by 2050trib.al/DX2taaO AndrewDessler @AndrewDessler 06 Nov 2020 19:10Z Replyingto @emorwee I'veheard that Ryan Maue will be available soon [TheSwedish Model:] ScottGottlieb, MD @ScottGottliebMD 06 Nov 2020 19:10Z Sweden,with Covid positivity rate approaching 10% and rising deaths percapita, reports 4,697 new cases, biggest one-day rise on record. It'simplementing new measures to limit congregate activities, require employersto have more staff work from home. bloomberg.com/news/articles/... [Surginator!] ReedTimmer @ReedTimmerAccu 06 Nov 2020 20:16Z DANGEROUSdouble storm surge sampled w/ Surginator #4 in Venice, LA from#Hurricane #Zeta! Initial surge over 6 FEET in prelim data,with dramatic drop in surge and false sense of safety, followed byfast storm surge rise! Fresh water surge. INVENTEDby @ChasinSpin @NatGeoChannel pic.twitter.com/M19gZzBfeI [ThinkingAhead:] Secretsand Laws @secretsandlaws 06 Nov 2020 20:14Z Yes,the destruction of records during the transition can be a crime, butthere are things that House Dems and FOIA requesters can do now to helpdeter that destruction, while bolstering a future prosecution if itoccurs anyway. Check out my Lawfare article for an explainer. /1 twitter.com/lawfareblog/st... BobHenson @bhensonweather 06 Nov 2020 21:17Z Notsurprised to see that October was record-warm in California...and oneof the ten coolest Octobers on record for six states in the central U.S.The latter is especially impressive in a warming climate like ours.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-preci... pic.twitter.com/P04MogDHQm [Recordhot and record cold == 1950s averages]. BloombergGreen @climate 07 Nov 2020 0:18Z Trumpdemoted the top U.S. energy regulator as his prospects to secure asecond presidential term dimmed trib.al/mKpLD0d PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 07 Nov 2020 0:15Z Breaking.Photo of proposed location of the Trump Presidential Library. pic.twitter.com/dDKWKv7BDP AaronRupar @atrupar 07 Nov 2020 0:12Z "OnThursday night, advisers warned Mr. Trump to prepare to lose, accordingto a person familiar with the conversation. He expressed littleinterest in that advice." wsj.com/articles/trump... [WarmNovember!] AccuWeather@breakingweather 07 Nov 2020 01:11Z Forecasterssay that even higher temperatures lie ahead in what will amountto a mini November heat wave for the Midwest and Northeast, whichcould result in some record high temperatures to fall: bit.ly/3mY2ZaW NWS Climate Prediction Center @NWSCPC 06 Nov 2020 20:15Z Today's Weeks 3-4 outlook runs from late November through early December, and sees increased chances for relatively warm and dry conditions across much of the nation. cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predi... pic.twitter.com/umEeEI7rtL NationalWeather Service @NWS 07 Nov 2020 01:15Z #Etais currently forecast to approach southern Florida later this weekendas a Tropical Storm. Heavy Rain 5-10 inches with isolated areas upto 15 inches will be possible across southern Florida. pic.twitter.com/laI0cuQAPt EricSteig º¸¨¦ @ericsteig 07 Nov 2020 01:13Z Replyingto @AngelaBelcamino OK.Biden has won 306 electoral votes, a landslide repudiation of Trump andTrumpism. How's that? BloombergGreen @climate 07 Nov 2020 02:18Z JoeBiden is considering creating a special White House climate office ifhe is elected president trib.al/ga9hQbw TrevorBedford @trvrb 07 Nov 2020 02:10Z Iknow that everyone has been (justifiably) distracted by other things, butthe #COVID19 epidemic in the US is looking pretty dire with 125,552confirmed cases reported Friday by @COVID19Tracking. 1/10 twitter.com/COVID19Trackin... The COVID Tracking Project @COVID19Tracking 07 Nov 2020 0:12Z Our daily update is published. States reported 1.5 million tests and a record 126k cases. There are 55k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The death toll was 1,186. pic.twitter.com/dMee7Lp9Cs DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 07 Nov 2020 02:36Z Replyingto @redruby17 @PaulHBeckwith @JoeBiden ActuallyI was wrong about the recount. Arizona has a weird state law wherethey won't do a recount unless the margin is under 200 votes. twitter.com/TomPaineToday/... UNGeneva @UNGeneva 07 Nov 2020 02:45Z #ClimateActionis essential to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°Celsius. These award-winning projects are leading the way & show thatit is possible to shape a better future for all. >> bit.ly/M4C-ANN-EN-20#ParisAgreement #ForPeopleForPlanetpic.twitter.com/JmRVuxSL61 DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 07 Nov 2020 02:50Z Replyingto @redruby17 Haha,oh god yes, and every state thanks goodness it doesn't have the lawsof the other crazy states! NWSMiami @NWSMiami 07 Nov 2020 03:06Z Oct6 @ 1005pm - Tropical Storm Watch issued for our area. Wind and rainimpacts from #Eta likely this weekend into early next week. Keepup with forecast changes. #flwx pic.twitter.com/ZRlEW9XBli [RecordWarm:] CopernicusECMWF @CopernicusECMWF Nov 4 ¢October#temperature highlights from #Copernicus #C3S: ¡In Europe, it was the warmest October in our records. ¡Globally, it was the third warmest October. The6 warmest Octobers have all occurred in the last 6 years. More->bit.ly/3oRYpx3 pic.twitter.com/cMmwZ3BVkF Copernicus EU @CopernicusEU Nov 5 ´¡Europe saw its warmest #October on record, 1.6°C above the 1981-2010 average. Globally, it was the third warmest October - the 6 warmest Octobers all occurred in the last 6 years. More in our #ClimateChange Service @CopernicusECMWF's report: bit.ly/3oRYpx3 pic.twitter.com/zI62fhtcRa Copernicus ECMWF @CopernicusECMWF Nov 5 ¢October #Arctic #SeaIce highlights from #C3S: *#Arctic: Lowest sea ice extent for October since satellite measurements began in 1979 *#Antarctic: Above-average extent for the 2nd month in a row, after 48 months of below-average levels More->bit.ly/3jTKNNT pic.twitter.com/r4kezDDo1O COVID-19could 'die out' in Australia if NSW and Victoria stay on track, expertssay ABCNews, 6 Nov 2020 at 8:28pm Eliminationhas never been Australia's COVID-19 strategy but epidemiologists nowsay it's not outside the bounds of possibility, as long as NSW and Victoriamaintain their current trajectory. Thefirst repatriated Australians leave quarantine to renew life on Aussie soil ABC,6 Nov 2020 at 8:49pm Beforetaking their final steps back into Australian life, repatriated Aussieshave called on the Prime Minister to do more to help stranded Australiansget home. Globalbank will pay farmers to protect Great Barrier Reef ABC/QLDCountry Hour, 6 Nov 2020 at 9:32pm Cana new scheme where farmers are paid for "reef credits" when they improve thequality of their water run-off help to save Australia's iconic reef? Pro-Trumpprotesters gather outside election centres, Biden supporters dance inthe street ABCNews, 07 Nov 2020 0:55Z Electionsofficials in several American states where Democrat Joe Biden is edgingahead say the anger outside counting centre doors is making them fear forthe safety of their employees. Trump'sattacks on mail-in ballots rankle some military vets TheAssociated Press, 06 Nov 2020 23:36Z Washington.President Donald Trump has held himself up as a champion of U.S.troops without rival. Now, with his presidency on the line, he's casting... [Suits,suits, suits!] mo@mo87mo87 Nov 5 Replyingto @mo87mo87 theonly problems with trump's suit, according to the {Michigan} judge, is thatit was based on hearsay, brought the wrong party to court, couldn't give namesof any of the ppl or locations they said broke the law and the reliefsought is unavailable because the counting is over. Complex @Complex Nov 5 JUST IN: Georgia Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit. The suit was suspicious of 53 absentee ballots which "poll observers said were not part of an original batch of ballots." FULL STORY: bit.ly/352QC7I pic.twitter.com/I9yFV72WGk CNBC @CNBC 06 Nov 2020 19:32Z Bush 2000 recount lawyer says Trump election suits are 'entirely without merit' cnb.cx/2U36Wiu [SQUEAK!] DonaldJ. Trump @realDonaldTrump 06 Nov 2020 17:20Z Whereare the missing military ballots in Georgia? What happened to them? [Anotherown goal. Officials just said remaining 4k military ballots willtake "several days" to count because they came by mail and there'sa holdup somewhere for some reason]. Brendan Keefe @BrendanKeefe 06 Nov 2020 18:23Z There are no 'missing' military ballots in Georgia. 8,800 overseas & military ballots requested were not yet returned as of this time yesterday. GA law allows them to arrive as late as today if they were postmarked by election day. Fulton is literally counting theirs right now. pic.twitter.com/dmwWFsSc1f [Trying!] CarbonBrief @CarbonBrief 06 Nov 2020 09:09Z Replyingto @Reuters "Putinorders Russian government to try to meet Paris climate goals" | @Reuterssnip.ly/hzwuyx BloombergGreen @climate 06 Nov 2020 11:17Z Unusuallywarm weather is depressing power prices in the Nordic region trib.al/GP2q0W4via @markets [SmallChange:] RobertRohde @RARohde 06 Nov 2020 11:15Z In2016, Trump got 48.89% of the 2-party vote. So far in 2020, Trump has48.58%. After 4 years of Trump's leadership, apparently less than 1%of Trump's supporters chose to vote for Biden instead. That may ultimatelybe enough for Biden, but I'm amazed the change is so small. BrianStelter @brianstelter 06 Nov 2020 14:09Z Prayersfor @AlRoker: Right now on the @TODAYshow he is announcingthat he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoingsurgery next week. today.com/health/al-roke... [Usuallygood prognosis]. DecisionDesk HQ @DecisionDeskHQ 06 Nov 2020 14:16Z DecisionDesk HQ projects that @JoeBiden has won Pennsylvania and its20 electoral college votes for a total of 273. Joe Biden has been electedthe 46th President of the United States of America. Race called at11-06 08:50 AM EST All Results: results.decisiondeskhq.com/2020/general/p... [WarmFinland:] MikaRantanen @mikarantane 06 Nov 2020 14:10Z Replyingto @mikarantane What'seven more remarkable - the November heat record back in 1999 was only12.0°C. Only during the last few days, this reading has been exceededat more than 60 weather stations in Finland. As if something haschanged in our climate? pic.twitter.com/qNLCdInkAp Ben See @ClimateBen 06 Nov 2020 14:17Z The utter obliteration of temperature records in countries like Finland due to extreme global warming indicates to us all that, despite media reassurances to the contrary, the planet we think we're living on no longer exists. twitter.com/mikarantane/st... BloombergGreen @climate 06 Nov 2020 15:17Z Africa'swarming climate is impacting agriculture, and the number of undernourishedpeople has increased, according to a new report trib.al/7impFaz NationalWeather Service @NWS 06 Nov 2020 15:14Z Thereis an increasing risk of impacts from wind and flash flooding due toheavy rainfall in portions of southern Florida this weekend and earlynext week. Tropical Storm or Hurricane Watches will likely be issuedlater today/tonight parts of this area. hurricanes.gov pic.twitter.com/bF5YM5YCYg St.Nikolas³xmf. @NikolasGlass 06 Nov 2020 16:17Z Whythe fuck is the temperature going back up to the 70s next week? Can weplease stop global warming and get a eco-friendly plan up and runningbefore I melt [TheNOAA forecast for the m was a sea of red and orange]. EzraKlein @ezraklein 06 Nov 2020 16:10Z Whoa.@imillhiser did some rough math and: If Republicans win the GAspecials, the Dem Senate *minority* will represent 20 million more peoplethan the GOP majority. If Dems win, the Senate will be 50-50, andDems will represent 41 million more people. vox.com/2020/11/6/2155... ZekeHausfather @hausfath 06 Nov 2020 17:11Z Replyingto @jtemple Yep,pretty sure you call the winner of the election the president-electno matter how much the old president whines about it. [Etamaybe back to TS after killing ~100:] ReedTimmer @ReedTimmerAccu 06 Nov 2020 17:46Z UPDATE:new burst of convection closer to the low-level center of TropicalDepression #Eta off the coast of Belize could be a sign of organizationover the warm waters of the western Caribbean. Next update atropical storm Eta could be named. Tracking on @RadarOmega_WX app pic.twitter.com/mSv15fveLR AccuWeather @breakingweather 06 Nov 2020 17:12Z Florida and Cuba are on alert for #Eta which is expected to strengthen heading into the weekend: bit.ly/38jU9QL pic.twitter.com/8OSLbCxWmq Climate Nexus @ClimateNexus 06 Nov 2020 14:16Z Dozens of people are dead and hundreds have been evacuated after Tropical Depression Eta slammed into Central America, flooding homes and bringing devastating landslides. The scenes out of the country are heartbreaking. cnn.it/3mYGVxc via @CNN PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 06 Nov 2020 18:02Z Youjust know that, even with the pandemic, more people will turn out forBiden's inauguration than for Trump's. NorthDenmark in lockdown over mutated virus in mink farms TheAssociated Press, 06 Nov 2020 14:58Z Copenhagen,Denmark (AP). More than a quarter million Danes went into lockdownFriday in a northern region of the country where a mutated variationof ... AustraliaQuiet on First Foreign-Meddling Arrest, but Target Is Clear TheNew York Times, 06 Nov 2020 10:56Z Melbourne,Australia. When the Australian authorities announced the first arrestunder the country's new foreign interference laws this week, they saidlittle ... Twomen outside Philly vote count in Hummer with QAnon stickers face weapons charges,police say ThePhiladelphia Inquirer, 06 Nov 2020 17:40Z Asource said the investigation began when police received a tip to be on thelookout for two men and a woman from Virginia Beach traveling to the regionto ... [Putin:] VladimirPutin plans to step down next year amid health concerns, report claims [#unreliablesource] NewYork Post, 06 Nov 2020 02:25Z VladimirPutin is planning to step down next year as speculation swirls in Russiathat the longtime president may have Parkinson's disease, a report said... Vladimir Putin to step down due to rumoured Parkinson's disease, reports say NEWS.com.au, 06 Nov 2020 06:57Z [MostTerrific Landslide Probably In The History Of The World!] DavidPakman @dpakman 06 Nov 2020 14:07Z DecisionDesk HQ has called the race. President-Elect Joe Biden has won thiselection. Trump has no path to winning Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/zhZkxURjSH Adam Kelsey @adamkelsey 06 Nov 2020 13:50Z BREAKING: @JoeBiden has taken the lead in Pennsylvania, based on vote totals just submitted by Philadelphia: results.philadelphiavotes.com/ResultsSW.aspx... Brian Klaas @brianklaas 06 Nov 2020 14:13Z FYI, here's how Trump described his 304 electoral college victory: as a MASSIVE landslide. Biden is on track to win 306 electoral college votes. twitter.com/realDonaldTrum... Denmarkfinds 214 people with mink-related coronavirus Aljazeera.com,06 Nov 2020 10:38Z Denmark'sprime minister wants to cull all minks on farms to minimise the riskof re-transmitting COVID-19 to humans. GuatemalaMudslides Kill More Than 50 TheNew York Times, 06 Nov 2020 02:36Z MexicoCity. More than 50 people have died in mudslides around Guatemala, thecountry's president said Thursday afternoon, adding to the death toll in ... SteveBannon's podcast barred from Twitter after he made beheading comment aboutFauci, FBI Director Wray CNBC,06 Nov 2020 03:58Z Thecomments by former Trump advisor Steve Bannon come as he is free on bond ina criminal case where he is acused of defrauding donors to a non-profit ... [Voting:] NBCNews @NBCNews 06 Nov 2020 10:31Z Voteleads as of 5:30 a.m. ET Friday: oGeorgia (99% in): Biden +917 oNevada (89%): Biden +11,438 oPennsylvania (94%): Trump +18,229 oArizona (90%): Biden +47,052 [Bidenahead in GA!] ChristieDiez @ChristieOnTV 06 Nov 2020 09:24Z BIDENPULLS AHEAD IN GEORGIA With this latest vote count from #ClaytonCountyGA,Biden is now ahead by **917 votes** GA has not beenblue since 1992. pic.twitter.com/lKP3gw8rk1 Justin Stevens @_JustinStevens_ 06 Nov 2020 09:41Z Analyst on @cnn points out if Trump tries to claim Georgia has corruptly managed the vote count to favour Biden - the Secretary of State in Georgia is Republican, and its a Republican Governor. #USElectionResults Paul Danahar @pdanahar 06 Nov 2020 10:33Z Georgia looks like being the nail in the coffin of President Trump's claims of "tremendous corruption and fraud." Georgia has a Republican Governor. Georgia has a Republican Secretary of State. Georgia's election process is being run by a Republican local government. [Eta:] AJ+@ajplus 05 Nov 2020 18:02Z #HurricaneEtahas killed up to 8 people across Nicaragua, Honduras andGuatemala. Volunteers say 3 villages were washed away in Nicaragua and"no longer exist." In Honduras: - At least 2 teenagers killed - 370+homes destroyed by floods - Almost 40 towns cut off by landslides pic.twitter.com/N6IaqIgFST Beth Carpenter | TDS Weather @B_Carp01 06 Nov 2020 05:06Z The #Eta forecast continues to trend westward into the Gulf early next week, with the potential for yet another tropical landfall for, dare I say, #Louisiana? Let's hope not. #LAwx #tropicalwx #FLwx #ALwx #MSwx #TXwx pic.twitter.com/LwVR7HXXYm Spinks Megginson @rzweather 06 Nov 2020 06:07Z Replying to @TheRTOTA Big upper-level low pressure area over Texas/Louisiana will basically "pull" Eta west/northwest in 4-5 days. [RiggingThe Election!] DonaldJ. Trump @realDonaldTrump 06 Nov 2020 07:00Z Ieasily WIN the Presidency of the United States with LEGAL VOTES CAST. TheOBSERVERS were not allowed, in any way, shape, or form, to do their joband therefore, votes accepted during this period must be determined tobe ILLEGAL VOTES. U.S. Supreme Court should decide! [Thedummy that told his followers not to use mail-in ballots probably suppressedhis own vote #stablegenius]. [EtTu?] FoxNews Meets Trump Voter Fraud Claims With Skepticism TheNew York Times, 05 Nov 2020 23:49Z Nearlya decade ago, Donald J. Trump had a regular Monday slot on the Fox Newsmorning show "Fox & Friends," and it has been a reliably friendly venue for... Wisconsinchief health officer quits as COVID-19 rages Channel3000.com- WISC-TV3, 05 Nov 2020 22:48Z Madison,Wis. Wisconsin's chief health officer quit Thursday as COVID-19 continuesto run rampant across the state. State Health Officer and DHS Interim... Trump,on cusp of defeat to Biden, says `they're trying to steal an election' afterson calls for `total war' TheDallas Morning News, 06 Nov 2020 01:46Z Washington.One victory away from ousting Donald Trump, Joe Biden called for calm... JohnHell Roberson @jlr_1969 06 Nov 2020 09:22Z TheTrump people have suggested that those who died of #Covid19 sincetheir votes were cast should not count. No, that only fucking countsif they were ALREADY dead before their vote was cast or sent. Notafter. #TrumpIsAMassMurderer MSNBC@MSNBC 06 Nov 2020 07:13Z "DonaldTrump's lead down to 18,229," @SteveKornacki reports of 1:30 a.m.ET vote count out of Pennsylvania. "With this update now, the numberof ballots we think are left still sits at ... a little under 54,000ballots left still in Philadelphia." #TrackingKornacki pic.twitter.com/gjCxWmJ0wQ [Ifthe break to Biden in mail-in/remaining votes is bigger than (18229/54000+1)/2= 67% then he wins]. KyleGriffin @kylegriffin1 06 Nov 2020 08:13Z !New vote count in Georgia drops Trump's lead in the state to 665 votes.@MSNBC BloombergGreen @climate 05 Nov 2020 21:01Z Bentleywill ax the roaring 12-cylinder combustion engines that shaped muchof the British luxury-car maker's 100-year history trib.al/WXI69r0 [It'sIn The Mink!] Denmarkannounces cull of 15 million mink over Covid mutation fears TheGuardian, 04 Nov 2020 20:04Z Mutatedvirus infects 12 humans, sparking concerns that effectiveness of futurevaccine could be affected. [Thenew covid variant supresses production of antibodies]. 'The worst case scenario is a new pandemic': Denmark to cull 17 million mink over COVID-19 mutation fears ABC News, 05 Nov 2020 05:56Z Denmark will get rid of its entire mink population over reports the animal had infected humans with a mutated strain of COVID-19. [Record!] TheUS just set a staggering new Covid-19 daily case record with more than 120,000infections CNN.com,06 Nov 2020 03:55Z [Prevrecord set only yest]. Coronavirus live news: US breaks new cases record for second straight day as world suffers highest daily deaths The Guardian, 06 Nov 2020 07:24Z Scott Gottlieb, MD @ScottGottliebMD 06 Nov 2020 0:51Z The acceleration in these trends is staggering. Rapidly rising hospitalizations, more than 10,500 in the ICU, rising cases in nursing homes and deaths, rising positivity, diffuse spread across America portends rapid growth everywhere. A national epidemic no longer regionalized. twitter.com/covid19trackin... Scott Gottlieb, MD @ScottGottliebMD 05 Nov 2020 20:51Z Deeply troubling. By my rough estimate, about 1/100 French people are currently infected with coronavirus as the epidemic in Europe continues to expand. twitter.com/BNODesk/status... severe-weather.EU@severeweatherEU 05 Nov 2020 23:59Z Aftera destructive landfall in Nicaragua, #Eta will re-emerge over theCaribbean and turn towards Cuba and the United States in the coming days.It might even become a hurricane again! The hurricane season is nowofficially extremely active (ACE 155): severe-weather.eu/tropical-weath... [PlansFor Biden Win:] SecretService sent to Delaware to ramp up protection of Joe Biden plans to make'big announcement' DailyMail, 06 Nov 2020 07:33Z SecretService is sending reinforcements to Delaware to help protect Joe Bidenwho is slated to make a 'big announcement' on Friday; Dozens ... Biden's security increased by Secret Service ahead of possible election win and acceptance speech, reports say The Independent, 06 Nov 2020 07:34Z Joe Biden will get an increased Secret Service security detail in anticipation for a possible 2020 election win and acceptance speech in ... [Mail-inVotes:] KenCaldeira@KenCaldeira 06 Nov 2020 02:55Z Effortsto hinder mail-in voting by damaging the post office were apparentlysuccessful. Is the @WashingtonPost the only major outlet currentlyreporting on this story? washingtonpost.com/business/2020/... Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew 06 Nov 2020 01:55Z Nearly 7 percent of ballots in U.S. Postal Service sorting facilities on Tuesday were not processed on time for submission to election officials. Unacceptable. washingtonpost.com/business/2020/... DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 06 Nov 2020 02:53Z Tosummarize the current statuses: PA is almost a lock for Biden (Game Over).He's on pace to win it by ~60k votes. NV very likely to go Biden too,but counting & reporting slow. GA will be a recount margin, but looksgood for Biden. AZ also headed toward recount territory twitter.com/dana1981/statu... MichaelE. Mann @MichaelEMann 06 Nov 2020 03:56Z TheGeorgia vote count is a real-life example of Zeno's Paradox DecisionDesk HQ @DecisionDeskHQ 06 Nov 2020 03:53Z DecisionDesk HQ Projects Kelly (D) Has Won Election To The Senate From TheState Of AZ Race Called At 11-05 10:35 PM EST All Results: results.decisiondeskhq.com/2020/general/a... MichaelE. Mann @MichaelEMann 06 Nov 2020 04:56Z Replyingto @takvera BothGA Senate races are headed for runoffs. And the remaining Georgia votesare favorable for Biden. He will overtake Trump sometime tomorrow morning.He'll overtake Trump in Pennsylvania within the next few hours. [ArcticWarming:] RickThoman @AlaskaWx 06 Nov 2020 04:53Z Nerdalert: Circumpolar October 2020 standardized temperature anomalies viaERA5. Vast majority of the Arctic more than one standard deviation above1981-2010 average and a small area in the northernmost Laptev Sea exceeds+4.0. #Arctic #akwx @Climatologist49 @IARC_Alaska@ZLabe pic.twitter.com/G49VMWjwES DavidRoberts @drvox 06 Nov 2020 05:53Z Hegets overshadowed by McConnell these days, but Gingrich has a real claimto having set the GOP on its current path to moral bankruptcy. twitter.com/joshtpm/status... RobertRohde @RARohde 06 Nov 2020 06:58Z Asthe mail-in ballot has been counted in Georgia and Pennsylvania, bothraces have consistently narrowed. Georgia has almost reached the pointof flipping to a narrow Biden lead. twitter.com/jhaurum/status... [Lookslike PA will flip first]. Zeke Hausfather @hausfath 06 Nov 2020 05:53Z If you want something to calm your nerves on what is shaping up to be a long night, this is it. If I found this predictive a fit in my scientific research I'd be jumping for joy. A lot of mail-in ballots left to count in PA, and rock solid margins for Biden. twitter.com/rafalab/status... [Fraud!] PeterFairley @pfairley 06 Nov 2020 06:55Z Purposefulhobbling of @USPS is the election's only credible case ofvote fraud. Postal union officials dispute Trump admin excuses for notperforming court-ordered sweeps to find errant ballots at mail sortingfacilities. wsj.com/articles/posta... DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 06 Nov 2020 06:53Z Lastupdate before I go to sleep. Biden still on pace to win PA by ~67k votes,or 1%. But the count has slowed down. At some point tomorrow the networkswill call PA, and he'll effectively be President-elect Biden. He'salso still on track for a 3k vote, 0.06% win in GA. twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ... AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 06 Nov 2020 07:03Z TropicalDepression Goni makes landfall and renews the floods in centralVietnam AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 06 Nov 2020 07:23Z SouthernTaiwan feels the force of Tropical Storm Atsani AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 06 Nov 2020 07:43Z TropicalStorm watch issued for Cayman Islands as Eta causes widespread floodingin Central America Scientistsbaffled after humpback whale returns to Kakadu river ABCNews, 06 Nov 2020 05:48Z Humpbackwhales are usually on their way to the icy waters of Antarctica at thistime of year, but for the second time in as many months, a humpback thatspent 17 days in a crocodile-inhabited river in Kakadu has returned to thesame tropical waterway. CrownCasino opening shows company culture still 'profit at all costs', formerregulator says ABC/7.30,06 Nov 2020 05:47Z ChrisSidoti says Crown has no alternative but to postpone next month's openingof its new Sydney casino after an inquiry investigating the gambling giantthis week heard it was not fit to hold a casino licence. Judgeorders US Postal Service to do twice-daily sweeps for states still receivingballots ABCNews, 06 Nov 2020 05:47Z Ajudge orders twice daily sweeps at US Postal Service facilities serving stateswith extended ballot receipt deadlines, as votes are still being countedin US election battleground states. [Chinav Australia:] 'Australiawill pay tremendously for its misjudgement', Chinese state media warns ABCNews, 06 Nov 2020 06:46Z Inthe wake of a multi-billion-dollar trade blow, the Chinese Communist Partynewspaper warns Australia's "economy will only suffer further pain". Wecan call out Trump's lies, but I've seen firsthand why they're still dangerous ABCNews Breakfast, 06 Nov 2020 06:46Z Ifthe President's supporters believe him and dismiss everyone else as "fake news",then his baseless claims about the election being stolen could have veryreal consequences, writes Michael Rowland. COVID-19Is Making Tinnitus Worse - Hearing Loss May Be "Long COVID" Symptom SciTechDaily,05 Nov 2020 22:27Z Newresearch reveals that tinnitus, a common condition that causes the perceptionof noise in the ear and head, is being exacerbated by COVID-19 - aswell as ... Republicansrebuke Trump over claims of voter fraud TheHill, 06 Nov 2020 02:24Z TopRepublicans on Thursday blasted President Trump's baseless claims that theelection is being stolen from him through illegal actions by Democrats inswing ... [IncompetenceTheory 101:] TrumpWanted Top Notch Re-Election Lawyers. He Got a MAGA Clown Show. TheDaily Beast, 06 Nov 2020 02:23Z Themain people fighting for the president's campaign right now are an assortmentof MAGA celebrities and Internet personalities. NevadaQuestion 6 results: Voters pass measure to shift to at least 50 percentrenewable energy by 2030 Vox.com,05 Nov 2020 Nevadavoters have approved Question 6, amending the state's constitution to requireelectricity providers to shift to at least 50 percent renewable energyby ... Georgiato conduct 'risk limiting audit' before certifying election winner TheHill, 06 Nov 2020 0:21Z Georgiaelection officials said they would begin Friday conducting a risk-limitingaudit under a new state law before certifying the presidentialelection winner. StephenFlood @DocFloodS 05 Nov 2020 15:52Z #Arctictime capsule from 2018 washes up in #Ireland as #polarice melts "Cylinder left in ice by 50 Years of Victory ship traveled2,300 miles to county Donegal" bit.ly/3oZAhsi pic.twitter.com/Uwr36sVv1u [Record!] BloombergGreen @climate 05 Nov 2020 17:57Z Lastmonth was the warmest October for Europe on record, with Arctic seaice retreating as northern regions in particular felt the effects ofrising air temperatures. trib.al/jijOpL6 [Delusional:] DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 06 Nov 2020 0:50Z Ohgood, kudos, TV networks. I watched most of Trump's comments in a Facebooklive feed, and nearly every sentence out of his mouth was a blatantlie. My favorite was 'PA is counting ballots that arrived 3 dayslate, in some cases many more.' The election was 2 days ago twitter.com/guardian/statu... ScottGottlieb, MD @ScottGottliebMD 06 Nov 2020 0:47Z Theacceleration in these trends is staggering. Rapidly rising hospitalizations,more than 10,500 in the ICU, rising cases in nursing homesand deaths, rising positivity, diffuse spread across America portendsrapid growth everywhere. A national epidemic no longer regionalized.twitter.com/covid19trackin... CaitlinRivers, PhD @cmyeaton 06 Nov 2020 0:47Z Itis very difficult to watch our case counts soar, with few meaningful effortsto turn things around. Rising hospitalizations keeps me up at night.The pandemic will accelerate until we slow it down. pic.twitter.com/1LgX0ILdEM AaronRupar @atrupar 06 Nov 2020 02:11Z Here'sHannity arguing that Pennsylvania should do a "do over" election pic.twitter.com/eZcaD3svee [BlockParty!] JohnHarwood @JohnJHarwood 06 Nov 2020 02:34Z Replyingto @JohnJHarwood under2,000 votes Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981 06 Nov 2020 02:27Z To summarize the current statuses: PA is almost a lock for Biden (Game Over). He's on pace to win it by ~60k votes. NV very likely to go Biden too, but counting & reporting slow. GA will be a recount margin, but looks good for Biden. AZ also headed toward recount territory twitter.com/dana1981/statu... [TellHim He's Dreaming!] Newsweek@Newsweek 06 Nov 2020 00:31Z TitoOrtiz demands recount in California, despite Joe Biden winning by nearlyfour million votes newsweek.com/tito-ortiz-dem... Jeremy Diamond @JDiamond1 06 Nov 2020 00:22Z At last count, Joe Biden trails Donald Trump by just 3,635 votes in Georgia. There are still 18,936 outstanding votes, per the Georgia Secretary of State [18936*(2*.65-1) = 5680 and Biden wins by at least 2045. Should be enough to survive a recount]. [Absenteeballots is all a fraud!] DanielDainwood @Akkristor 06 Nov 2020 00:19Z Replyingto @DarthSabreUK @spooneebard Trumphimself voted via an Absentee ballot in Flordia using his Mar-a-Lagoaddress as his residential address. Even though by Florida lawhe cannot claim that business address as his residential address. [MeltdownOf A Lifetime:] TheIndependent @Independent 05 Nov 2020 23:11Z Trumpto break 36-hour silence and address Americans from White House independent.co.uk/news/world/ame... [Itwas telling that Mike Pence was not present and Trump took no questionsafter his rambling address. Meanwhile, his lead in Georgia hasfallen to 4k with ~1% of the ballots to go]. New York Post @nypost 06 Nov 2020 00:17Z Downcast Trump makes baseless election fraud claims in White House address trib.al/3l8FnQG pic.twitter.com/FqRzUVSGkd [Meanwhile Mike Pence on twitter with a timestamp after Trump's address has "backed up" the Pres saying every "LEGAL" vote must be counted]. Atalandi Dixon @atalandi 06 Nov 2020 00:10Z @jaketapper's deadpan - "what a sad night" - immediately after Trump's address, was GOLD. I want UK news to be like this. FreeATX @FreeATX 06 Nov 2020 00:08Z Replying to @Mike_Pence @realDonaldTrump you going to address any of that other bullshit Trump just said? Mrs. Krassenstein @HKrassenstein 06 Nov 2020 00:03Z BREAKING: Joe Biden is on the brink of taking the lead in both Pennsylvania and Georgia, as Donald Trump is melting down. Biden is behind by just 3000 votes in GA and 64,000 in PA. Travis Akers @travisakers 05 Nov 2020 23:59Z NBC, ABC, and CBS have all cut away from Donald Trump's address following numerous false statements. Robyn Urback @RobynUrback 05 Nov 2020 23:55Z This Trump address feels like every rejected bachelor claiming she wasn't that pretty anyway Josh Campbell @joshscampbell 05 Nov 2020 23:36Z Not normal times: As the U.S. President prepares to address the nation, television news networks are having to condition their audiences to beware of any lies Trump might tell about the state of the election. Travis Akers @travisakers 05 Nov 2020 23:03Z If Donald Trump attempts to claim victory or attempts to discredit the election process, it is the ethical duty and obligation of the media to cut away and stop airing his address. twitter.com/nbcnews/status... Mrs. Krassenstein @HKrassenstein 05 Nov 2020 22:36Z BREAKING: After Biden's speech earlier this afternoon, Trump's aides worry that Trump may want to give a public address as Biden closes in on victory. Yes the President's aides are worried about the President speaking. Says it all. Presidentof Kosovo resigns, arrested over war crime charges ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 22:45Z Awartime hero, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci stands accused of murdering nearly100 civilians during the Kosovo War. Womansheds coronavirus for 70 days without symptoms Livescience.com,05 Nov 2020 19:38Z Awoman with COVID-19 in Washington state shed infectious virus particles for70 days, meaning she was contagious during that entire time, despite never... Trumplawsuits: Judges in Georgia and Michigan toss suits ChicagoTribune, 05 Nov 2020 20:36Z Judgesin Georgia and Michigan quickly dismissed Trump campaign lawsuits Thursday,undercutting a campaign legal strategy to attack the integrity of the... Indonesiaclimate crisis: Extreme weather hurts crops AlJazeera English, 05 Nov 2020 11:35Z RebelIntellect @intellect_rebel 05 Nov 2020 22:42Z Arizona:Biden leads by 70,000 votes (86% counted) Nevada:Biden's lead furthered by 12,000 votes (89% counted - 190,000 awaitingcount) Georgia:Trump leads with 9,000 votes (98% counted) Penn:Trump in the lead by 100,000 votes (370,000 awaiting count) source:@ZaidBenjamin5 [Ifthere are 370000 votes to count and Biden is getting 65% of them then370000*(2*.65-1)-100000 == 11000 and Joe wins]. HarveyG. Cohen @CultrHack 05 Nov 2020 22:44Z Bestelection news of the day With @GOP Senator Perdue now going below50% of vote in Georgia (w/mostly Dem cities left to count), Dem candidateJon @Ossoff will join him in a runoff. Ossoff has been impressiveon the stump & TV. Can only help if more Georgians see him inaction pic.twitter.com/HHFzeADDmA KyleGriffin @kylegriffin1 05 Nov 2020 22:04Z Newvote count in Georgia drops Trump's lead in the state to under 10,000votes. Trump is now ahead by just 9,525. @MSNBC [Modelsstill show Biden winning by 5-10k]. Rod Rodriguez, BSN, RN³µ·º¸ @RodBSNRN 05 Nov 2020 22:40Z We should know 10am PST tomorrow about 50,000 out of roughly 61,000 ballots left to count in Nevada, but I think Biden is going to win its 6 electoral votes, giving him the 270 he needs to become president. But I'm also of Pennsylvania, Georgia, & N. Carolina, that he may win pic.twitter.com/D4HRsyhjHg [TheSwedish Model:] Aussiehealth workers in Sweden speak out as hospitals struggle to keep up ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 19:32Z Atfirst glance, life in Sweden during the pandemic appears to have hardly changed.But those working in the public health sector have had a very differentexperience. World-firstmutated strain of COVID-19 infects crew members of cargo ship offQueensland coast ABCSunshine Coast, 05 Nov 2020 20:31Z Crewmembers of the Sofrana Surville cargo ship, anchored off the Sunshine Coast,contract a mutated strain of COVID-19 that has never been detected anywhereelse in the world, health officials say. Victoria'squarantine inquiry to hand down interim report, paving way for returnof international flights ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 20:31Z Optionsfor a new hotel quarantine program are expected to be laid out in theCOVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry interim report, which is due to be handedto the Government today, paving the way for Victoria to reopen its internationalborders. DoAustralians have a right to freedom of movement? A High Court challenge toVictoria's lockdown says we do ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 20:30Z Governmentlawyers are urging the High Court to abandon a legal challenge to Victoria'scoronavirus lockdown, saying with restrictions easing there's no longerany point. But a businessman pursuing the case says it should go aheadto prevent future lockdowns. Skyhigh prices to fly out of Canberra will likely last 'until the middle of nextyear' ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 20:29Z Canberranshunting for a flight out of town for the summer might be better offtaking a drive to Sydney, as industry experts say high prices will likelystick around for months. Spain'sCOVID-19 death toll climbs to new daily high in second wave ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 21:28Z Spainadds 368 fatalities to its coronavirus death toll in the sharpest dailyincrease for the pandemic's second wave, Health Ministry data shows. []. 'Stopthe Steal' US election Facebook group taken down after adding 365k followersin a day ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 21:28Z Thesocial media group of Trump supporters calling for "boots on the ground toprotect the integrity of the vote" was adding 1,000 new members every 10 secondsbefore being taken down by Facebook due to "worrying calls for violence". Victoriarecords seventh straight day of no new coronavirus cases and no deaths ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 21:44Z Melbourne's14-day rolling average of new cases drops to 1.3, while the averagefor regional Victoria is unchanged at zero. 'Fogof war situation' leaves WA farmers bracing for huge hit as China threatensto shun exports ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 21:47Z WA'sagriculture industry fears it is facing a potentially "devastating" financialblow as trade relations with China continue to deteriorate, amid a loomingban on seven types of Australian exports including wine and coal. Oneof Australia's healthiest reefs bursts back to life after coral bleaching ABCKimberley, 05 Nov 2020 22:07Z Reefsin Western Australia's Rowley Shoals "dodge a bullet" by making a remarkablerecovery from coral bleaching -- but scientists fear the long- termoutlook might not be so pretty. TheUK eyes a 'normal' Christmas as Boris Johnson says lockdown won't last morethan 4 weeks ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 22:09Z Britain'sPrime Minister Boris Johnson says the lockdown in England, which cameinto force on Thursday, will not last more than four weeks. [DiseaseGood!] COVID-19Vaccines To Generate over $10B Annual Revenue, Analyst Say YahooFinance, 05 Nov 2020 10:16Z Asuccessful COVID-19 vaccine could be a bumper revenue opportunity for the pharmaceuticalcompanies, with the market estimated to generate at least $10 ... [Well,du-uhhh!] Clots,Strokes And Rashes. Is COVID-19 A Disease Of The Blood Vessels? NPR,05 Nov 2020 19:14Z Whetherit's strange rashes on the toes or blood clots in the brain, the widespreadravages of COVID-19 have increasingly led researchers to focus on howthe ... 'CountEvery Vote!' Large Postelection Protests Seen In Several U.S. Cities NPR,05 Nov 2020 22:07Z Publicprotests took place in several U.S. cities, including New York, Washington,D.C., and Minneapolis, as demonstrators call for ... Countieswith worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted Trump TheAssociated Press, 05 Nov 2020 22:06Z U.S.voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President DonaldTrump's response to the coronavirus pandemic, with a surprising twist:In places ... Pastclimates inform our future ScienceMagazine, 05 Nov 2020 19:11Z Amajor cause of uncertainties in climate projections is our imprecise knowledgeof how much warming should occur as a result of a given increase inthe ... [ICEBye Bye:] AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 05 Nov 2020 08:35Z Buriedby tsunami of US election news, huuuge announcements about acceleratingshift to electric cars: ->China moves to phase out gas-powered cars by 2035, ---->Nissan follows and will sell only electric and hybrid cars in China by2025 asia.nikkei.com/Business/Autom... [RoundingThe Curve Upward!] CarlQuintanilla @carlquintanilla 05 Nov 2020 10:34Z FUNDSTRAT:Daily COVID cases "are now becoming parabolic. Total USA casessurged past 100,000 for the first time. For the foreseeable future,daily cases will keep rising. .. And 3 of the 4 wave 2 states, FL,CA, TX .. are in the top 10 again." @fundstrat pic.twitter.com/gfTYClcpSm NationalWeather Service @NWS 05 Nov 2020 13:41Z Replyingto @NWS Alleyes are on #Eta as yet another tropical system has its eyes on theGulf and southern FL and could make this years U.S. landfalling tropicalsystem count an even dozen, adding to this year's record tally pic.twitter.com/aP5Frsu1P1 [Ominouslythe latest NHC track shows Eta taking a left into the Gulf andmaybe heading for LA again]! NateSilver @NateSilver538 05 Nov 2020 13:37Z So,AJC is saying 51,000 untallied absentee ballots in Georgia, most "concentratedin highly populated areas, led by Fulton County in Atlantaand Chatham County in Savannah." Biden needs 18,500 to catch up,meaning he'd need to win them 68-32. Very doable. twitter.com/bluestein/stat... [Lastcalculations I saw Biden was running more like 75% of the early votes]. ZackLabe @ZLabe 05 Nov 2020 14:44Z Lastmonth was the *third* warmest October on record globally - @CopernicusECMWFanalysis. Notable warm Arctic, cold continent temperatureanomaly pattern. + Summary of conditions: climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-te... pic.twitter.com/jzAKWSWQj7 PoliticalPolls @PpollingNumbers 05 Nov 2020 14:37Z #BREAKING:Georgia Senator David Perdue (R-Inc) has now fallen belowthe 50% mark. With outstanding ballots to be counted coming from primarilyDemocratic-leaning precincts, it is likely that Georgia will havetwo runoff races for U.S. Senate. [WinterCancelled!] RyanMaue @RyanMaue 05 Nov 2020 15:42Z Wintercancelled? Newly dropped seasonal model shows well-above normal temperaturesacross much of Canada and Lower 48 with notable exception ofAlaska (December-February) pic.twitter.com/YDV2Ua6Rif AccuWeather @breakingweather 05 Nov 2020 15:35Z Temperatures will once again approach record levels across the Southwest on Thursday afternoon, including in Las Vegas and Phoenix: bit.ly/2HYExaY pic.twitter.com/eSO3KvgPff [Goni:] SteveBowen @SteveBowenWx 05 Nov 2020 15:47Z Slowlygetting more details out of the #Philippines regarding Super Typhoon#Goni. As of November 5: 20 dead & 165 injured 44,033 homes damagedDamaged infrastructure: USD180 million Damaged agriculture: USD61million These totals will rise. Worldfirst: Dutch brewery burns iron as a clean, recyclable fuel NewAtlas, 04 Nov 2020 Yes,iron. Fine iron powder can burn at high temperatures, emitting nothing butrust as a by-product. That rust can be reduced back into iron powder using ... TampaBay Times @TB_Times 04 Nov 2020 14:42Z BREAKING:Most of the Florida peninsula including the Tampa Bay area is nowin the forecast cone of Tropical Storm Eta. trib.al/p8xhQMK [TheNHC track now puts Eta taking a sharp left after Cuba and going upthe West coast of Florida. Some mets say there is a reasonable prospectof the storm regaining hurricane strength before a US landfall]. FourItalian regions, including Milan, put under lockdown TheAssociated Press, 05 Nov 2020 07:20Z Rome(AP). Four Italian regions are being put under "red-zone" lockdown, withsevere limits imposed on the circumstances under which people can leave ... Bidenwins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House TheAssociated Press, 05 Nov 2020 05:19Z Washington(AP). Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsinon Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the "blue wall" that slipped... [FromThe Associated Press: 05Nov 2020 09:54Z Candidates Electoral votes Vote % Vote count JoeBiden Democratic Party 264 50.4% 72110951 DonaldTrump Republican Party 214 48% 68643544 Swingstates elec votes reporting Biden Trump Georgia16 98% 49.2% 2407589 49.6% 2430156 Nevada6 75% 49.3% 588252 48.7% 580605 NorthCarolina 15 94% 48.7% 2655383 50.1% 2732084 Pennsylvania20 89% 48.1% 3051565 50.7% 3215983 ]. [ UPDATE:05 Nov 2020 11:48Z Candidates Electoral votes Vote % Vote count JoeBiden Democratic Party 264 50.4% 72136589 DonaldTrump Republican Party 214 48% 68649947 Swingstates elec votes reporting Biden Trump Georgia16 98 49.2 2413999 49.6 2432097 ]. Democrats' Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided The Associated Press, 05 Nov 2020 07:19Z Washington (AP). Democrats faced increasingly long odds as the battle for Senate control hangs in balance, and Republicans brushed back multiple ... ProtestsOver Vote Count Sweep Through Minneapolis, Portland and Other Cities TheNew York Times, 05 Nov 2020 08:18Z Portland,Ore. Calling on election officials to "count every vote," protestersmarched through the streets of several American cities on Wednesdayin ... EricHolthaus @EricHolthaus 04 Nov 2020 20:08Z Aday after Hurricane Eta's Category 4 landfall in Nicaragua, there's stillonly tentative information about the colossal impact it's sure to haveon people, particularly the Miskito people who live near where the stormmade landfall. apnews.com/article/hurric... KenCaldeira@KenCaldeira 04 Nov 2020 22:09Z Gerrymandering,the Senate and the Electoral College are all deeply anti-democratic.A lesson I draw from all of this is that I need to applymore effort helping out with state-level elections, especially in swingstates. Our federal democracy depends on good state governments. [WarmNovemeber!] AccuWeather@breakingweather 04 Nov 2020 23:06Z Itwon't feel like November across the Midwest and Northeast heading intothe weekend as unusual warmth builds over the regions: bit.ly/3jXVL5c [ShrinkingLead!] DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 04 Nov 2020 23:07Z Fascinatingthread here cataloguing how Trump's "lead" in Georgia has steadilyshrunk from 13% to now just over 1% (less than 60k votes) as moreballots have been counted. The final state result looks likely be closeenough to trigger a recount, either way. twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ... Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 04 Nov 2020 22:08Z Replying to @FiveThirtyEight The NYT has called Michigan for Biden. He now has a 99% chance of winning the election, according to @FiveThirtyEight's interactive model. The addition of Nevada, where he currently leads, would give Biden 270 electoral votes, enough to clinch the presidency. pic.twitter.com/LwqQXmiFwu [SillyOld Fraud!] OsmanFaruqi @oz_f 04 Nov 2020 23:13Z JoeHockey (Australia's former Ambassador to the US) claimed this morningthat electoral fraud had "for sure" occurred. He pointed to the factDC voted 93% for Biden, "I find it hard to believe". RecentDC results for Dems: 2016:91% 2012:91% 2008:92% Peter van Onselen @vanOnselenP 04 Nov 2020 23:13Z He lives in DC, worked there, was our representative, had a career in politics before that. Was he never curious enough to look up past voting trends in the city he lived and worked? Before commenting? ¦Mar·Mar twitter.com/oz_f/status/13... Sou at HotWhopper @Sou_HotWhopper 05 Nov 2020 0:13Z Replying to @JoshButler In the past few days (and longer) both Hockey and Downer have shown that pushing politicians out into overseas posts to get rid of them doesn't do Australia's image any good. ScottGottlieb, MD @ScottGottliebMD 04 Nov 2020 23:05Z AsU.S. tops 100K coronavirus infections, rate of growth in hospitalizationsis cause for lot of concern. Infection is spread over muchof U.S., so hospitals are only pressed in some places. At current growthrates, they could get pressed in lots of places washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11... AccuWeather@breakingweather 05 Nov 2020 0:06Z ANational Emergency was declared in Honduras on Wednesday due to the devastatingeffects of Eta: bit.ly/3642yFs pic.twitter.com/Udr2cNwVV1 [Cult!] Businessweek@BW 05 Nov 2020 0:15Z NEWCOVER: As the ballot-counting drags on, Trump's fate is still unsettled.The fate of Trumpism, on the other hand, is clear: It isn't goingaway. And Trump himself may remain in the political spotlight evenif he loses. trib.al/piz3OXQ pic.twitter.com/zHLjHrNE6E [Whiplash!] GeoffCornish @StormOfCorn 05 Nov 2020 01:06Z Fromone end of the spectrum to the other. Fairbanks, Alaska started theday at -29°... 1 shy of the record of -30 for the date. Meanwhile, severalspots from the Deserts to the Plains broke record highs today. Heatwill shift east: accuweather.com/en/weather-for... #cawx#nvwx #kswx pic.twitter.com/zvLMlFxzsT JoeBiden @JoeBiden 05 Nov 2020 01:05Z Today,the Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Agreement.And in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it. twitter.com/ABC/status/132... [Landfall3:] NationalWeather Service @NWS 05 Nov 2020 01:11Z #Etais currently forecast to approach southern Florida as a TropicalStorm this weekend, and to produce several days of heavy rain acrosssouthern and eastern Florida. Be sure to follow your local forecastoffice and @NHC_Atlantic for updates. twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/s... EricHolthaus @EricHolthaus 05 Nov 2020 01:07Z OnBiden's just-launched transition website, climate change gets centeredattention. buildbackbetter.com VictorVenema @VariabilityBlog 05 Nov 2020 02:14Z Replyingto @gordon_struth @eliehonig Bidenis currently 2% points ahead. That is the same as Clinton in 2016.Maybe it will become 3%. That after 4 years of Trump demolishing healthcare, separating families, massacring Americans, trashing democracy,socialism for the rich, ... It should have been a land slide. [Sooty!] MatthewHuber @climatedynamics 05 Nov 2020 03:08Z thispaper on cloud-soot interactions should not be missed. nature.com/articles/s4156... BloombergGreen @climate 05 Nov 2020 04:15Z Teslaproject will install another giant battery in Australia trib.al/EKg5UHI [Victoriais planning a Big Battery 2x the size of SA's to handle powersurges during summer and national bushfire emergencies. I noticedmy own nominal power bill was more in the black over the past 9mwith the price of "imported" power down 40%. The net bill for the 9mincl the $1/d grid connect fee is $20]. Adam Morton @adamlmorton 05 Nov 2020 03:13Z Victoria plans 300MW Tesla battery to help stabilise grid as renewables increase. Twice as big as the Neoen-Tesla battery in SA theguardian.com/australia-news... AccuWeather@breakingweather 05 Nov 2020 05:06Z Near-recordwarmth will envelop the Southwest through the end of the week.However, the weather will be quite different by the weekend: bit.ly/3jLjJjWpic.twitter.com/PeYd4y8yZr [Observers!] PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 05 Nov 2020 06:12Z ¨¥This comment from an independent European election observer: "Baselessallegations of systematic deficiencies, notably by the incumbentPresident, including on election night, harm public trust in democraticinstitutions" apps.npr.org/liveblogs/2020... PeterGleick º¸ @PeterGleick 05 Nov 2020 06:12Z Isee people like this wandering the streets and I think how badly our mentalhealth care system is. Also who's that guy wandering back and forthin the background? twitter.com/RightWingWatch... AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 05 Nov 2020 06:05Z TropicalStorm Atsani strengthens and heads for southern Taiwan AccuWeather@breakingweather 05 Nov 2020 07:06Z Along stretch of abundant sunshine and warmth will be enjoyed by many inthe Midwest and Northeast through the weekend: bit.ly/3jXVL5c pic.twitter.com/xpYUHfzsNq [70mn people are "conspiring" against me!] StefanRahmstorf · @rahmstorf 05 Nov 2020 07:12Z Trumpand his allies boost bogus conspiracy theories in a bid to underminevote count. Just incredible. washingtonpost.com/technology/202... AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 05 Nov 2020 07:05Z Publictransport in the floods in Villahermosa, Mexico. [Jaime Avalos/EPA-EFE]pic.twitter.com/VwN2wne3dY [Glug,glug, glug...] AdaniMining changes name to Bravus in Australia ABCCapricornia, 05 Nov 2020 05:04Z TheIndian-owned mining giant says its rebrand to Bravus is not because of externalfactors but because the company is marking its 10-year anniversary inAustralia. Melbourneman becomes first charged under foreign interference laws ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 05:02Z The65-year-old man who has become the first person charged in Australia underforeign interference laws is a prominent member of Victoria's South- EastAsian Chinese community and belongs to groups connected to China's overseasinfluence efforts. [Waitingis the hardest part:] Protesterstake to the streets after US election, National Guard activated inPortland ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 06:01Z Rivalgroups of protesters hit the streets across the US to vent their anger overthe undecided US presidential election, with some demanding that all votesbe counted as others call for counting to stop. Police `Kettle' and Arrest Nearly 60 Protesters in Manhattan The New York Times, 05 Nov 2020 07:27Z In a reprise of the violent street altercations that erupted at times in New York over the summer, a day of peaceful demonstrations in Manhattan on Wednesday ... Thousands Protest in NYC, Demanding Every Vote Count NBC New York, 05 Nov 2020 01:43Z Trump'won't leave graciously' if he loses, former security aide warns ABC/7.30,05 Nov 2020 05:56Z DonaldTrump's former security adviser John Bolton calls the President's claimsof election fraud "disgraceful" and warns people need to be on the lookoutfor abuses of power and an effort from the incumbent to stay in the WhiteHouse. [Treatmentfor silicosis!] 'Likethe rinse cycle': Queensland doctors claim potential cure for deadly silicosisdisease ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 05:55Z Researchersat Brisbane's Prince Charles Hospital say by drowning a patient'slungs in saline, they can effectively treat silicosis disease with noharsh after-effects. [Blacklung?] Whymarkets have cheered the prospect of a divided US Congress ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 07:0Z ABiden victory but a Republican-controlled Senate could see a roadblock placedon sweeping legislative changes, including corporate tax hikes and a furthercrackdown on big tech companies -- a prospect welcomed by investors. IsraelBulldozes Palestinian Hamlet In The West Bank NPR,04 Nov 2020 21:03Z Israellaunched a large operation to bulldoze Palestinian dwellings in a remotesettlement. Such moves usually draw international criticism. Israeli forces leave 41 children homeless after razing Palestinian village, UN says The Guardian, 05 Nov 2020 05:43Z Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank have razed a Palestinian village, leaving 73 people - including 41 children - homeless, in the largest forced ... TightBiden-Trump election shows the cult of Trump is strong, and America isn'tthe place many think it is ChicagoTribune, 04 Nov 2020 22:41Z Inthe days before the election, I wrote two columns. The first warned that Trumpismis akin to a cult and cult members tend to show up. The second said wemust ... 'Wehereby claim': Twitter users claim things they don't own to mock Trump's electiondemands USATODAY, 04 Nov 2020 23:40Z PresidentDonald Trump prematurely said his campaign has "claimed" several battlegroundstates' electoral votes. Twitter users mocked that idea. Sea-levelrise will have complex consequences: study Phys.org,04 Nov 2020 19:45Z Risingsea levels will affect coasts and human societies in complex and unpredictableways, according to a new study that examined 12000 years in whicha ... [SoSensitive!] ZekeHausfather @hausfath 04 Nov 2020 20:04Z Replyingto @hausfath Finally,here are the equilibrium climate sensitivities of the CMIP6 models;those in yellow are higher than the IPCC AR5 "likely" range of 1.5Cto 4.5C per doubling CO2: 8/8 pic.twitter.com/JoPyeHTuw5 [GiantHail!] CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 04 Nov 2020 15:49Z Nowfor something totally different... Hail this big in Libya is almost entirelyunheard of, and ranks right up there with the biggest ever observedon the planet: wapo.st/36aeANI CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 04 Nov 2020 23:11Z SCOOP:Trump administration picks scientist Betsy Weatherhead to lead nextNational Climate Assessment. She is a mainstream climate scientist unlikerecent contrarian selections at NOAA: wapo.st/3ezeNha Victoriarecords no coronavirus cases and no deaths for sixth straight day ABCNews, 04 Nov 2020 21:42Z Melbourne's14-day rolling average of new cases has dropped to 1.4, while theaverage for regional Victoria is unchanged at zero. AustralianForeign Minister responds to Trump legal challenge, saying everyvote must be counted ABCNews, 04 Nov 2020 22:41Z AsDonald Trump's campaign seeks to halt counting in the US election presidentialelection, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne says it is importantevery vote is tallied. [Another6 elec votes to go:] 8News NOW @8NewsNow 04 Nov 2020 21:18Z JUSTIN: Instead of delaying releasing results until tomorrow, Nevada officialswill release more results later today due to the high interestin how Nevada voted. #8NN #Election2020 #NVElection#YLHE bit.ly/2TU34QG ¯ @IntelDoge 04 Nov 2020 22:15Z A man has interrupted a press conference in Nevada, making claims that the Democrats are trying to steal the election. pic.twitter.com/IEapzmvIQV The Economist @TheEconomist 04 Nov 2020 22:01Z Michigan has been called for Joe Biden. If Mr Biden wins Nevada he reaches the threshold of 270 electoral college votes The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln 04 Nov 2020 21:18Z NEVADA: Make sure your vote is counted. If you voted by mail or early, track your ballot and contact your local election official TODAY to fix any issues: nevada.ballottrax.net/voter/ Any problems call, 866.OUR.VOTE Indianacollege student with COVID-19 dies in her dorm room CBSNews, 04 Nov 2020 20:07Z Thefamily of a 20-year-old college student who died after experiencing COVID-19symptoms is now pleading for others to take the virus seriously. Bethany... [Matriarchy!] 9,000-Year-OldBurial of Female Hunter Upends Beliefs About Prehistoric GenderRoles Gizmodo,04 Nov 2020 19:06Z Conventionalthinking in anthropology has it that prehistoric hunting was an activityreserved for males, while females did the gathering. Turns out this ... PostalService data shows poor mail-in ballot delivery rate in key swing states,judge suggests Postmaster General DeJoy might have to testify CNBC,04 Nov 2020 21:22Z ThePostal Service on Election Day failed to deliver a significant percentageof mail-in ballots to several states that could determine who winsthe presidential ... BREAKING:Officials Ban Surfing at Nazaré Surfline.comSurf News, 04 Nov 2020 19:01Z Freesurfingand tow-surfing outlawed at Praia do Norte amid large crowds and COVID-19concerns. Election2020 Live Updates: Biden Takes Wisconsin and Michigan and Declares ` WeWill Be the Winners' as Nation's Counting Continues TheNew York Times, 04 Nov 2020 21:34Z JoeBiden has flipped Michigan, along with Wisconsin. Wins in Arizona and Nevadawould get him to 270 electoral votes. Or, Pennsylvania would put him over... Trumpcampaign says it is suing to stop Michigan and Pennsylvania ballot counts CNBC,04 Nov 2020 21:39Z PresidentDonald Trump's campaign said Wednesday that it had filed suits to haltthe counting of ballots in Michigan and Pennsylvania, as the campaign ... BREAKING(5 Nov): In a sidewalk press conf Rudy Giuliani has cast doubtson all mail-in votes saying Rep observers have not been able to inspecta single vote. He said 100k votes had "suddenly appeared" in PAand could be all from one person for all he knew. He said the judgethat rejected a challenge to the process from the Rep party was a"political hack". Internationalobservers rebuke Trump over fraud claims . Politico.eu,04 Nov 2020 21:26Z Internationalobservers said the U.S. election was generally well-managed despitethe coronavirus pandemic, but they slammed Donald Trump and his ... International election observers in US hope to calm voters ... WSGW, 04 Nov 2020 18:57Z London. In the lead-up to Election Day, international observers have been on the ground in the U.S. monitoring electoral procedures to report on how - and ... BREAKING(5 Nov): CNN is declaring MI for Biden & Harris. Theyonly need 6 more electorial votes to get over the 270 line. [Ina great speech just deliver from DE Biden said noone can assertor steal power in the US because it comes from the people. Witha record 150 mn Americans voting he said he expects to be thenext President of the US. I'mlooking forward to a lot more sane presidential speeches]. scottbudman @scottbudman 04 Nov 2020 21:03Z #Update:Twitter has just put a warning label on an ¦@EricTrump© tweet, claimingvictory in Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/3xpvfwgSnH [ApparentlyEric has taken over rage tweeting duty]. Twitterwarns Donald Trump tweet about 'surprise ballot dumps' possibly misleading ABCNews, 04 Nov 2020 19:53Z TheUS President has taken to social media to say "surprise ballot dumps" arebeing found in states which are being hotly contested during the presidentialelection -- but Twitter has flagged his post with a warning, sayingthe allegation is "contested" and "might be misleading". [FireWeather!] Heatspike, strong winds to create severe fire danger in southern and centralQueensland ABCNews, 04 Nov 2020 19:52Z Temperaturesare set to climb up to 7C above average today in parts of southernand central Queensland which, together with strong dry winds, will bringa very high to severe fire risk. BrazilianPresident's son charged with laundering money ABCNews, 04 Nov 2020 20:22Z Prosecutorscharge Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro, whose father was electedPresident on a promise to stamp out crime, with commanding a criminalorganisation and laundering money during his time as an elected politician. Italysent back into lockdown, as nation divided into red zones ABCNews, 04 Nov 2020 20:29Z Thefinancial capital of Milan is sent into a partial lockdown, as the ItalianGovernment toughens up nationwide restrictions and divides the countryinto three zones. [Pivot!] AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 04 Nov 2020 07:36Z Inthe North Sea, massive pivot underway from declining oil and gas to risingoffshore wind to create 40,000 new net jobs and £20bn to UK economy"In 2009, 27.2% of Scotland's electricity came from renewables. Tenyears later it was 90.1%" heraldscotland.com/news/18841718....#climate UnitedStates formally exits Paris Agreement on climate change ABCNews, 04 Nov 2020 13:26Z TheUnited States formally leaves the Paris Agreement, a global pact forged fiveyears ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change. Robert Rohde @RARohde 04 Nov 2020 09:43Z Replying to @jasonandrade @simonahac Rejoining only requires a one month notice, so it could happen as early as February if Biden is elected. [OldA68:] DamianCarrington @dpcarrington 04 Nov 2020 10:44Z GiantAntarctic iceberg on collision course with British territory of SouthGeorgia theguardian.com/environment/20... JacobBogage @jacobbogage 04 Nov 2020 16:38Z JudgeEmmet G. Sullivan comes out swinging at USPS to open his hearing, andUSPS's failure to comply with his order. "Someone might have a priceto pay for that," he said. [ScaryTime!] KenRice @theresphysics 04 Nov 2020 17:44Z TrumpSays It's a Very Scary Time for Men Because Women Can Vote Them Outof Office newyorker.com/humor/borowitz... via@NewYorker PhilipKlotzbach @philklotzbach 04 Nov 2020 17:42Z The2020 Atlantic #hurricane season has now produced 102 named stormdays. Only 4 other Atlantic hurricane seasons since 1900 have producedmore named storm days: 1933, 1950, 1995 and 2005. #Eta pic.twitter.com/h5Roog1AYe snopes.com@snopes 04 Nov 2020 17:39Z No,Wisconsin did not count more votes than 2020 registered voters. The viraltweet compared the vote count from 2020 with the number of registeredvoters from 2018. #Election2020 bit.ly/2TUr860pic.twitter.com/m6KX7rgXg2 CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 04 Nov 2020 18:36Z TropicalStorm #Eta, which is unloading devastating rains on Nicaragua,could next be a problem for Cuba, Florida and/or Gulf Coast: wapo.st/3kXiVKh BloombergGreen @climate 04 Nov 2020 18:45Z IfBiden is elected, he says he'll block the Keystone XL pipeline again--andthe pandemic may help him kill the project for good trib.al/9rAxHnU DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 04 Nov 2020 19:12Z Replyingto @MichaelEMann @MSNBC and 4 others I'mwatching @MSNBC right now and they just said (paraphrasing) 'Bidenleads by 20,000 but there are 300 left to count, so it will be difficultfor Trump to make up that deficit.' ¨ #Math #BidenWonWisconsin ChristopherFlavelle @cflav 04 Nov 2020 19:16Z "Nearly7 percent of ballots in U.S. Postal Service sorting facilities onTuesday were not processed on time for submission to election officials."washingtonpost.com/business/2020/... BloombergGreen @climate 04 Nov 2020 19:31Z Adrive to shift South Africa's electricity production to renewable energyis threatening as many as 120,000 jobs, a research consultancy saystrib.al/EaoMb14 [Invasive!] Wildwallabies are on the run across Britain. So why is nobody paying the anyattention? ABC/TheConversation, 04 Nov 2020 18:25Z Whenyou think of kangaroos and wallabies, you probably don't think of the temperateclimate, unsettled weather and agricultural lands of England. Yet onsuch pastures, the red-necked wallaby has found a home. Melbournetook three months to control its second wave, so how will Europe's month-longlockdowns fare? ABCNews, 04 Nov 2020 19:0Z Itlook Victoria three months to quell its second wave. So what might be possiblewith case numbers much higher and a shorter timeframe for lockdowns inEurope's biggest economies? Twitterwarns Donald Trump tweet about 'surprise ballot dumps' possibly misleading ABCNews, 04 Nov 2020 19:16Z TheUS President has taken to social media to say "surprise ballot dumps" arebeing found in states which are being hotly contested during the presidentialelection -- but Twitter has flagged his post with a warning, sayingthe allegation is "contested" and "might be misleading". 'Hospitalsare near breaking point': El Paso shatters record with 3,100 new viruscases; hospitalizations top 1,000 KVIAEl Paso, 04 Nov 2020 14:48Z ElPaso, Texas (KVIA). The El Paso Health Department reported 3,100 newcases in the county on Wednesday morning, shattering a previous dailyrecord by ... EthiopiaEdges Toward Civil War As Federal Government Orders Attack On TigrayRegion NPR,04 Nov 2020 12:44Z PrimeMinister Abiy Ahmed said forces of the Tigray People's LiberationFront, which controls Ethiopia's north, had attacked a federalmilitary base, requiring a ... Estimateshows record voter turnout in 2020 presidential election Vox.com,04 Nov 2020 14:43Z Theearly voter turnout rate for the 2020 election reached a record high,and it looks like total turnout may set a record as well - at leastfor the past 120 years. [Bidenlooks to become president with 238 elec votes declared and marginallyahead in NV +.6%, WI +.7% and MI +.9%. With Biden running ahead5 to 4 in early votes he should only pull away almost another +1 pctpoints from here and take 270 votes for the win. The Trump team hasdemanded a recount in WI]. Trump'selection fraud claim is corrupt. Count the votes LosAngeles Times, 04 Nov 2020 17:49Z PresidentTrump's declaration in the early hours Wednesday that the electionwas being stolen from him and his demand for Supreme Court interventionwere, ... [Neverseems to have taken a civics class in his life]. Investing.com@Investingcom 04 Nov 2020 12:51Z *BETTINGMARKETS NOW REFLECT 76.9% CHANCE OF BIDEN WINNING ELECTION, VS TRUMPAT 22.2% *TRUMP'SCHANCE WAS AS HIGH AS 76% AND BIDEN AT 24% AROUND 11:00PM ET TUESDAYNIGHT #Elections2020pic.twitter.com/bfJ7f3aOeq USPolitics Polls @USPoliticsPoll 04 Nov 2020 11:18Z NationalPopular Vote so far: Biden 69.3 million (50%) Trump 66.9 million(48%) [ImportantWH announcement at 2am local time!] USElection LIVE: Vote counting 'a fraud on the American public', Trump claims YahooNews Australia, 04 Nov 2020 Withthe election hanging in the balance, both candidates are claiming they areon track for victory. Biden has addressed supporters showing confidence whileTrump has vowed to go to the Supreme Court to stop the counting of postalvotes and challenge any potential win by Biden. Biden'scampaign says it will fight any efforts by President Donald Trump's campaignto go to the US Supreme Court to prevent ballots from being tabulated.Earlier, Trump had claimed that the election has been fraudulent. [Meanwhile,WI officials counted early ballots upto 4am local time and atlast report Biden was 0.4% ahead]. Howard Mortman @HowardMortman 04 Nov 2020 11:18Z Audience for Pres. Trump remarks at White House on election. 2:30amET pic.twitter.com/Dehj4MmnOn SkyNews @SkyNews 04 Nov 2020 11:17Z Former National Security Adviser to President Trump, John Bolton says Donald Trump's comments that he had won the election whilst votes were still being counted were 'the most irresponsible comments a president has ever made' and adds "it's a disgrace". trib.al/zCA3tvE pic.twitter.com/Ogf1PVYCPA A68iceberg on collision path with South Georgia BBCNews, 04 Nov 2020 0:50Z Ifthe world's biggest iceberg grounds at South Georgia island, it could devastatelocal wildlife. [OpenWater:] RobertRohde @RARohde 03 Nov 2020 22:26Z Finally!The northeast passage through the Arctic Ocean, along the Siberiancoast, has finally frozen shut after a record 112 days. Open seawaysin the Arctic Ocean used to be rare, with some years never openingat all, and now open water lasts for months. pic.twitter.com/edcb4ZOEBb BloombergGreen @climate 04 Nov 2020 01:30Z Investorstrying to pick winners in a carbon-constrained world need betteremissions data, according to Research Affiliates trib.al/3DWLj2z RyanMaue @RyanMaue 04 Nov 2020 02:56Z Replyingto @RyanMaue HopefullyEta remains a tropical storm as it makes a turn to the NE and acceleratestoward South Florida by late Sunday. 10 pm EST update shows thetrack but probably higher than normal intensity uncertainty. USelection live updates: ABC election analyst Antony Green ... ABCNews, 04 Nov 2020 0:30Z ABCelection analyst Antony Green starts calling state results in the US election.He has Joe Biden leading Donald Trump 190 to 77, with 270 ... [Etato tour Florida:] HurricaneEta could impact South Florida this weekend WPTV.com,03 Nov 2020 20:29Z SouthFlorida could be impacted by Hurricane Eta this weekend. Eta is makinglandfall today in Nicaragua with 140 mph maximum sustained winds. [NHCtrack now shows TS Eta moving over Cuba and maybe grinding along the FlaE coast]. Anthony Duarte @AnthonyDuarte03 03 Nov 2020 22:32Z Our models are showing #Eta as a moderate to strong tropical storm approaching south Florida late this weekend or early next week. The NAVGEM is the only outlier showing a hurricane. pic.twitter.com/LDX1ragZO7 Australiafaces 'a dystopian future' in a new world dominated by China ABCNews, 03 Nov 2020 18:52Z FormerChina ambassador Geoff Raby calls on the Federal Government to rethinkits relationship with Beijing amid what he calls "the greatest power shiftthat has occurred in modern history". Canthe world's once 'most liveable city' recover from the pandemic and regainits title? ABCNews, 03 Nov 2020 18:52Z WillMelbourne bounce back once it has conquered the coronavirus pandemic, orwill COVID-19 leave lasting scars on the city, just as the virus appears todo on many of the people who survive it? Opinions are mixed. SriLankans rescue over 100 whales stranded in waters near Colombo ABCNews, 03 Nov 2020 21:56Z Residentsof a village on Sri Lanka's south-west coast defy a coronavirus curfewto help rescue more than 100 stricken whales, wading into breaking surfand pushing them back into the sea. 'Themost whales we've ever had': Bumper season for Tasmania as humpback numbersrecover ABCNews, 03 Nov 2020 21:50Z Touroperators and experts say it is an "unbelievable" whale watching season inTasmania as humpback whales return in strong numbers after a ban on whalingwas introduced in the 1960s. Victoriarecords no new coronavirus cases for the fifth straight day ABCNews, 03 Nov 2020 21:49Z Melbourne's14-day rolling average of new cases drops to 1.7, while the averagefor regional Victoria is unchanged at zero. The number of cases with anunknown source of infection in Melbourne in the past two weeks remains at two. Virushospitalizations surge as pandemic shadows US election TheAssociated Press, 03 Nov 2020 22:06Z Americanswent to the polls Tuesday under the shadow of a resurging pandemic, withan alarming increase in cases nationwide and the number of people ... Trumpbrings campaign to a close in Grand Rapids, predicting dire consequencesif he loses DetroitFree Press, 03 Nov 2020 18:26Z Justas he did four years ago before an unexpected victory propelled him to theWhite House, President Donald Trump ended his reelection campaign with an... OU812@werriskneebone 03 Nov 2020 12:32Z Comedygroup The Chaser suspended by Twitter after impersonating DonaldTrump theshot.net.au/politics/the-c... DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 03 Nov 2020 17:26Z Regardlessof the election outcome, it's utterly insane that >44% of Americansapprove of the job Donald Trump has done as we're in the midstof a #COVID 3rd wave and there's a new scandal every day. He's floodedthe zone with shit and close to half of Americans are eating itup. POPapers@geomatlab 03 Nov 2020 15:06Z #OceanographyAGU_J: Decadal Strengthening of Interior Flow of North AtlanticDeep Water Observed by GRACE Satellites agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.102... [3+sd == 1 in 1000 event:] juliennestroeve @JulienneStroeve 03 Nov 2020 08:02Z Octobersea ice extent was 3.69 standard deviations below the 1981-2010mean, the largest anomaly yet in the sea ice record @ES_UCL @CeosUofm@NSIDC @Arctic_Office pic.twitter.com/uZdc1ffkIc AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 03 Nov 2020 13:57Z Melbournein Australia's State of Victoria records warmest "Melbourne Cup"day in at least 15 years [32C]. ScottGottlieb, MD @ScottGottliebMD 03 Nov 2020 15:54Z FromCanadian health officials, analysis of how wide coronavirus can spreadfrom single introduction. One infected person at an indoor sportsevent spread to 60 others (to date) over 18-day period, creating7 identified outbreaks, directly impacting 170 people. h/t @BogochIsaactwitter.com/ottawahealth/s... Squawk Box @SquawkCNBC 03 Nov 2020 12:54Z "The sheer fact that we're going to be infecting so many people right now is probably going to mean that the death tolls get well of 1,000 for a sustained period of time. It's a very grim couple of months," says @ScottGottliebMD on the winter months ahead. [Cat4Eta:] HurricaneEta Pounds Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast NPR,03 Nov 2020 16:27Z Thecenter of the Category 4 storm, packing winds of 145 mph, is movingtoward the coast Tuesday morning. It's expected to dump torrentialrains in the country's ... [TheNHC is indicating after touring Nicaragua Eta will head for Cuba andmake a 2nd landfall as a TS. The modeling days ago predicted the targetafter that would be Florida]. National Hurricane Center @NHC_Atlantic 03 Nov 2020 17:47Z Hurricane #Eta Advisory 12A: Eyewall of Extremely Dangerous Hurricane Eta Moving Onshore Along the Coast of Northeastern Nicaragua. go.usa.gov/W3H Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 03 Nov 2020 15:36Z I know it's Election Day, but there's a Category 4 hurricane making landfall in Nicaragua right now. Hurricane Eta has sustained winds of 145mph and will bring about a meter (35-40 inches) of rainfall to Nicaragua & Honduras over the next 3 days. We are in a climate emergency. pic.twitter.com/2zWmcpUKWf JCMS @jcmeteorology 03 Nov 2020 17:33Z Eta never reached category 5 status, but making landfall in Nicaragua as a catastrophic storm regardless with 145 mph winds. #HurricaneEta pic.twitter.com/FlQtoKiFZy Stephanie Walker @StephWVTM13 03 Nov 2020 17:19Z Not really what we wanted to see with the latest run of the GFS #HurricaneEta pic.twitter.com/8FH7UFqXcJ Whyis the U.S. seeing a spike in pediatric COVID-19 cases? Doctor explains CBSNews, 03 Nov 2020 15:35Z Dowup more than 640 points on hopes for clear US election winner Aljazeera.com,03 Nov 2020 16:32Z Themajor US stock indexes are rallying on hopes that a contested US presidentialelection will be avoided and a clear winner will be decided.Wall Street's ... IndonesianPresident Quietly Signs Divisive Bill Into Law Overnight TheNew York Times, 03 Nov 2020 12:32Z Bangkok.Late on Monday night, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia quietlysigned into law a divisive stimulus bill that has sent hundredsof thousands of ... Controlof Senate at stake as Trump's allies face Democrats AssociatedPress, 03 Nov 2020 14:30Z Washington.Control of the Senate is a razor-close proposition in Tuesday'selection, as Republicans fight to retain their majority againsta surge of ... [DumpingTrump:] Exclusive:Tired of Trump, Deutsche Bank wants out but sees no good options- sources Yahoo!Voices, 03 Nov 2020 07:15Z DeutscheBank AG is looking for ways to end its relationship with PresidentDonald Trump after the U.S. elections, as it tires of the negativepublicity stemming ... WinOr Lose, The President Has Majorly Damaged ExxonMobil CleanTechnica,02 Nov 2020 17:13Z [Pigs!] BloombergGreen @climate 03 Nov 2020 03:44Z Ahog herd boom in China has driven up corn prices, which in turn has sentbiofuel costs flying, and caused the nation's biggest oil refiner torethink its sales strategy trib.al/IUBXkdI EricHolthaus @EricHolthaus 03 Nov 2020 04:40Z Replyingto @EricHolthaus Hurricanehunter mission is over. Regardless of Eta's strength at landfall,it will be the days of torrential rain that will be the biggestthreat to people in Nicaragua and Honduras. Up to 35+ inches (900+mm) of rain expected. This is a humanitarian catastrophe in the making. Reed Timmer @ReedTimmerAccu 03 Nov 2020 04:43Z HURRICANE #ETA forecast to be a category 5 with 160 mph max sustained winds while making landfall near or just south of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua in the next 6 hours. The recent southward wobbles have placed this town in the most powerful part of this catastrophic hurricane pic.twitter.com/tjZANNRgcV T-cellCovid immunity 'present in adults six months after first infection' TheGuardian, 03 Nov 2020 04:41Z Cellular(T-cell) immunity against the virus that causes Covid-19 is likelyto be present within most adults six months after primary infection,with levels ... ["Likely"?] NeanderthalsAnd Humans Were at War For Over 100,000 Years, Evidence Shows ScienceAlert,03 Nov 2020 02:40Z Around600000 years ago, humanity split in two. One group stayed in Africa,evolving into us. The other struck out overland, into Asia, thenEurope, becoming ... AbsurdIdea of the Day: US Could Split Into More Than One Country TheStreet,03 Nov 2020 05:39Z SheerLunacy. I typically do not comment on sheer lunacy but do so thistime because the person who said it, Jeffrey Gundlach, is DoubleLineCapital CEO. `Somethingmust be done': Trump lashes Supreme Court for ruling on Pennsylvaniaballots POLITICO,03 Nov 2020 03:37Z PresidentDonald Trump railed against the Supreme Court on Monday for itsdecision to allow an extended count of Pennsylvania mail-in ballotspostmarked by ... Morethan 97 million Americans have already voted. How will this affect the result? ABCNews, 2 Nov 2020 at 11:34pm You'vebeen hearing more than normal about mail-in ballots this US election campaign.What happens to them once they are posted? [Soundslike Dem landslide]. Residentsof 10 Sydney suburbs urged to get tested for coronavirus ABCNews, 03 Nov 2020 0:31Z NSWHealth urges people in 10 suburbs in Sydney's south-west to come forward fortesting. It comes as NSW recorded one new locally acquired coronavirus infection. Victoria records fourth straight day of no new cases as 'vigilance' urged at busy beaches ABC News, 2 Nov 2020 at 9:14pm Victoria has recorded another day without any new coronavirus cases or deaths, as Melburnians head to beaches, parks and picnics to enjoy a warm and sunny Melbourne Cup Day. About300 lawsuits have already been filed over the US election. Here's what isbeing contested ABCNews, 03 Nov 2020 03:29Z Democraticand Republican lawyers are battling in court over signature matches,late-arriving absentee votes, drop boxes and secrecy envelopes in therun-up to this week's American presidential election. Don't expect that toend after polls close. Questions raised over future of US-Australia alliance if Trump moves to stop vote counting ABC News, 03 Nov 2020 04:28Z Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese delivers a thinly veiled message to the Trump Administration, warning that any attempt to subvert the presidential election could threaten Labor's support for the US-Australia alliance. Topbureaucrat used stolen money to buy lavish $3m home, corruption watchdog alleges ABCNews, 03 Nov 2020 04:28Z FormerHousing Department executive Paul Whyte -- who has already admitted tofraud totalling more than $20 million -- used public money to buy a $2.9 millionhome, a Corruption and Crime Commission hearing is told. [SoilCarbon!] SveinT veitdal @tveitdal 02 Nov 2020 17:45Z Globaltemperature rise of 2C `would release billions of tonnes of soil carbon'independent.co.uk/environment/so... Soils could release equivalentof four times China's emissions over past century, scientistswarn @UniofExeter @rebecca_varney_ pic.twitter.com/p5m8Q83Ghc [Feedback!] RichardBetts @richardabetts 02 Nov 2020 18:43Z Importantnew paper led by @rebecca_varney_ helps narrow the uncertaintiesin the strength of carbon cycle feedbacks on a warming climatetwitter.com/rebecca_varney... [ThePR worth more than the work!] RobinsonMeyer @yayitsrob 02 Nov 2020 18:40Z Whata great story. Exxon talks up its sustainable algae research to everyone--consumers,investors, lawmakers. You've probably seen the ads.Turns out that it spends 4x more promoting itself than it does on thissupposedly breakthrough research. twitter.com/bstorrow/statu... [NotNormal!] MarshallShepherd @DrShepherd2013 02 Nov 2020 18:39Z Nothingat all normal about 28 named storms, one named Eta, and last severalGreek letter storms this year undergoing rapid intensification, orjust having to use Greek letter names at all and being 7 deep into thelist by Nov 3rd [Goni!] BloombergGreen @climate 02 Nov 2020 19:45Z ThePhilippines' 18th storm this year is "the strongest landfalling tropicalcyclone" in history trib.al/2MELRz2 [SuccessfulClimate Suit!] Historymade as millennial wins lawsuit against superannuation fund for not doingenough on climate change ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 05:58Z Markwanted to know if his super is protected from climate change. His super funddidn't give him the answer, so he sued, and won. It's the first time in Australianhistory a super fund has been forced to consider the impacts of climatechange. [Settled!] Bloomberg Green @climate 02 Nov 2020 19:45Z A $41 billion pension fund being sued in Australia for failing to properly account for climate change in its investments has settled the lawsuit ahead of a three-day hearing Monday trib.al/5I8RoRD Bloomberg Green @climate 02 Nov 2020 17:20Z A surge in global lawsuits are seeking to slow the pace of natural disasters including wildfires, floods, typhoons and droughts trib.al/1aBHaiW StefanRahmstorf · @rahmstorf 02 Nov 2020 19:43Z Replyingto @rahmstorf Theshare of major hurricanes out of all hurricanes has increased since the1970s, fuelled by rising sea surface temperatures. pic.twitter.com/21FRLsi6xx [Top102020:] PhilipKlotzbach @philklotzbach 02 Nov 2020 19:43Z Here'show 2020 Atlantic #hurricane season ranks so far with other seasonsin satellite era (since 1966) and with long-term average. Alreadytop 5 year for named storms, named storm days, hurricanes & majorhurricanes. Slightly to somewhat above-average for other metrics. #Etapic.twitter.com/eZPlGyCf0b [Windmillies!] KenCaldeira@KenCaldeira 02 Nov 2020 19:40Z Replyingto @ricredman @carnegiescience Thequestion is: Why are regional scale wind farms limited to power densitiesof a few watts per sq meter? Relevant to understanding regional-scalelimits to wind energy expansion. It has almost no relevanceto real wind farm siting decisions at current scales of deployment. KenCaldeira @KenCaldeira 02 Nov 2020 19:40Z Replying to @ricredman @carnegiescience We did super extreme simulations about a decade ago, and even at hundreds of TW globally, climate effects are modest. At a crazily high 400 TW, zonal mean temp changes were on the order of 1 C, so at < 20 TW, large scale effects are likely to be minor. nature.com/articles/nclim... pic.twitter.com/0NfO6lkzgw BloombergGreen @climate 02 Nov 2020 20:45Z U.K.regulators will investigate whether companies selling everything fromclothes to cars could be breaking the law by misleading the public onthe environmental impact of their products trib.al/vxevdvX [TheNew Chief Scientist:] RyanMaue @RyanMaue 02 Nov 2020 20:43Z Globalhurricanes chart thru October 2020. The number of global hurricaneshas remained steady for the past 40-years+ with the number ofmajor hurricanes (n=19) over the past 12-months near comparable La Niñalows. pic.twitter.com/DYezNEZ7xP [Thisis a long-standing Maue meme. Elsewhere even today he acks that thePacific and Atlantic tend to be "out of phase" with each other.When there are more in one there are less in the other. Adding thesethings together is a guarantee of getting a noisy result that showsnothing]. [Record!] EricHolthaus @EricHolthaus 02 Nov 2020 20:40Z Thetwo most rapidly-intensifying hurricanes in Atlantic basin history havebeen in the past four weeks. Delta and now Eta both strengthened fromtropical storm to Cat 4 in 36 hours. twitter.com/splillo/status... [WrongAt Any Scale:] VictorVenema @VariabilityBlog 02 Nov 2020 21:44Z TILabout Fractal Wrongness. rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fractal_w... Itis the recursive version of the Gish Gallop. No matter how often you zoomin, that part is just as wrong as the first claim. TheFuture Landscape Of U.S. Oil OilPrice.com,02 Nov 2020 20:09Z Energypolicy, automation and COVID-19 are very strong factors that influencethe U.S. energy landscape of the future, and 2020 is increasingly lookinglike a ... Jamie Henn @jamieclimate 02 Nov 2020 21:40Z Wow. Only 4% of voters "strongly disagreed" with the statement that "the primary goal of U.S. energy policy should be achieving 100% clean energy." There is no constituency for fossil fuels. bit.ly/3ei4OwB [Goni#1:] ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral 02 Nov 2020 21:38Z SuperTyphoon Goni claimed its #1 spot of the top 10 strongest tropical cyclonesat landfall in world history, with winds gusting up to 195 mph anda storm surge of up to 20ft after landing at the Catanduanes Island ofthe Philippines bit.ly/2020stronghurr...#climatematters pic.twitter.com/HwMEVPsDs0 [TheIBTRACS database shows max windspeed over the decades lookslike: 1850107.8 186096 1870102 1880108.5 1890106.5 190097 1910105.5 1920116.5 1930127.5 1940117 1950137.5 1960129.5 1970130 1980134.5 1990140.2 2000143.5 2010140.8 TSModel (but no auto corr detected): y = 0.285809*x + -430.69 beta in 0.285809 +- 0.0507996 90% CI alpha in -430.69 +- 98.1712 P(beta>0.000000) = 1.000000 r2 = 0.875221 calculated Spearman corr = 0.929412 Critical Spearman = 0.601000 2-sided at 1%; reject H0:no_trend ]. AccuWeather@breakingweather 02 Nov 2020 22:38Z Over1 foot of rain may fall in parts of Nicaragua, Honduras and Belize asHurricane #Eta unloads tropical downpours over the region: bit.ly/325deT3pic.twitter.com/5hw34WyJHp AndrewDessler @AndrewDessler 02 Nov 2020 22:37Z Ifyou were approaching Earth in a spaceship and saw that, you would notwant to land. twitter.com/weatherdak/sta... [UAPare more scared of tornadoes and windstorms...]. JoshMorgerman @iCyclone 02 Nov 2020 22:40Z 12ZEuro ensemble run is full of mischief in the 10-12-day range. This isthe Year of the Gulf #Hurricane. It's typical for cyclone activityto cluster in a specific location--like Gulf, Florida, or East Coast--overthe course of a season, but 2020 has been an extreme example.pic.twitter.com/WxYBBaqsTn GlobalChange Biology @GlobalChangeBio 02 Nov 2020 23:45Z |EARLYVIEW| Increasing temperature and productivity change biomass, trophicpyramids and community-level omega-3 fatty acid content in subarcticlake food webs @ossi_keva buff.ly/3oRAQnJ pic.twitter.com/A9FUoNMQCV MichaelE. Mann @MichaelEMann 02 Nov 2020 23:41Z I'mliking the sound of "Supreme Court Justice Obama" But that requires botha President Biden and a Democratic Senate. #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica [OutOf Control:] ScottGottlieb, MD @ScottGottliebMD 02 Nov 2020 23:37Z Covidcases in the U.S. vs. Asia-Pacific Region vs E.U. show an epidemicthat is widespread in Europe, while cases in the U.S. are startingto accelerate. In the Asia-Pacific region, the infection is mostlyunder control. pic.twitter.com/yw69HyBV3G BloombergGreen @climate 03 Nov 2020 00:21Z Chinaproposes a tiny $4,500 fine for carbon market cheaters trib.al/vgfRslq [EtaClosing In:] AccuWeather@breakingweather 03 Nov 2020 00:24Z Frequentlightning is being detected in the eye of #HurricaneEta, a signalthat the storm may still be strengthening. Landfall is expected injust a few hours along the coast of Nicaragua: bit.ly/325deT3pic.twitter.com/EFfPeaF5Vv Marshall Shepherd @DrShepherd2013 03 Nov 2020 00:15Z I suppose it is human nature and inertia that people ooh and ahh at #HurricaneEta 150 mph winds but I am far more concerned about slow motion after landfall and 2 to 3 Feet of rainfall in Central America...My discussion and reminder of Mitch killing 10000+ forbes.com/sites/marshall... [Record!] Philip Klotzbach @philklotzbach 02 Nov 2020 23:55Z #Eta now has maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Eta has now surpassed Delta (2020, 145 mph max winds) for the strongest Greek alphabet-named Atlantic #hurricane on record. pic.twitter.com/8hsTLWcJ2v National Hurricane Center @NHC_Atlantic 02 Nov 2020 23:51Z Hurricane #Eta Advisory 9A: Eta Continues to Rapidly Intensify as it Approaches the Coast of Northeastern Nicaragua. Life-Threatening Storm Surge, Catastrophic Winds, Flash Flooding, And Landslides Expected Across Portions of Central America. go.usa.gov/W3H Ryan Maue @RyanMaue 02 Nov 2020 23:52Z Hurricane Eta now up to 150-mph -- nearly Category 5 just east of the Nicaraguan coast. Waiting on aircraft recon to see if we have a Cat 5 pic.twitter.com/iEenGXQ1Qi Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus 02 Nov 2020 23:40Z Hurricane Eta sure looks like a Category 4+ right now. Hurricane hunters on their way to see if it's strengthened even more. At 115kt sustained winds, it's already one of the strongest hurricanes in history to ever threaten Nicaragua. pic.twitter.com/M8muje4kr8 [Informally, tied 2nd place with Joan '88]. [TerrorAttack in Vienna:] Viennaterrorist attack: several dead after shooting near synagogue in Austria TheGuardian, 03 Nov 2020 00:34Z [Apparently"several gunman" opened fire in a restaurant district 2 hrsbefore the city was to start a covid lock-down]. Howmany alien civilizations are out there? A new galactic survey holds a clue. NationalGeographic, 02 Nov 2020 20:10Z Here'sa good sign for alien hunters: More than 300 million worlds with similarconditions to Earth are scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy. A newanalysis ... [BettingOn Biden:] Stockszoom higher as Wall Street predicts Joe Biden will win msnNOW,02 Nov 2020 15:09Z USstocks were sharply higher Monday morning, one day before Election Day, whenWall Street expects Joe Biden will win the presidency and Democrats will... Trumpcreates 1776 Commission to promote 'patriotic education' POLITICO,02 Nov 2020 23:07Z PresidentDonald Trump on Monday created a "1776 Commission" to promote " patrioticeducation" and counter lessons that he says divide Americans on race... Dana Nuccitelli @dana1981 02 Nov 2020 19:39Z Replying to @realDonaldTrump You're going to stop 'radical indoctrination' of students by engaging in 'patriotic' indoctrination of students? MiniNovember heat wave will send temps soaring AccuWeather,02 Nov 2020 18:06Z Theweather is about to change in dramatic fashion. How high will temperaturesgo? High enough to challenge a record in one city - which has alreadyseen ... FewerEarly Ballots Being Rejected Than Expected TheNew York Times, 02 Nov 2020 23:58Z Manyelection experts feared a tide of rejected mail ballots. So far, the rateof rejections appears to be lower than in years past. BusinessesStart Boarding Up For Election Unrest CBSNew York, 02 Nov 2020 18:05Z TexasCurbside Ballots To Be Counted After Federal Court's Ruling NPR,02 Nov 2020 22:05Z Thedecision means about 127000 ballots cast by curbside voting in the Houstonarea will be counted. It follows a similar ruling by the Texas SupremeCourt on ... [ICYMI:] Convalescentplasma did not reduce Covid-19 deaths or keep patients from severeillness in new study CNN,26 Oct 2020 Convalescentplasma is the antibody-rich serum taken from the blood of peoplewho recovered from Covid-19. The idea is that the plasma can ... [Justthe presence of antibodies in the bloodstream apparently is not enoughto fight off the virus. This has implications for vaccine developmentand the concept of covid immunity]. [RakeDa Leabs!] MickFoley @micksfoley 02 Nov 2020 08:19Z Controlledburning to reduce fuel loads "may have no appreciable effect underextreme conditions" smh.com.au/politics/feder... PhilipKlotzbach @philklotzbach 02 Nov 2020 09:17Z #Etais now a #hurricane - the 12th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantichurricane season to date. Only 3 other full Atlantic hurricane seasonson record have had 12+ hurricanes: 1969 (12 hurricanes), 2005 (15hurricanes) and 2010 (12 hurricanes). pic.twitter.com/vlALX2ZzH4 BloombergGreen @climate 02 Nov 2020 10:20Z SouthAfrica needs $11 billion to help it transition away from coal and tosoften the blow for communities dependent on its mining and use, a studysays trib.al/QQCgIh6 BloombergGreen @climate 02 Nov 2020 11:20Z Brazil'sPantanal wetlands, a fragile cradle of endangered species, burnedat the fastest rate for the month of October since record keepingstarted in 1998, further damaging the country's environmental credentialstrib.al/UzMcHFJ [VictimsOf CC:] AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 02 Nov 2020 11:12Z Climateturned these 5 American places into ghost towns Burrwood,LA. Cause: Erosion/subsidence HollandIsland, MD. Cause: Erosion/sea-level riseValmeyer, Il. Cause: Flood Cumberland,GA. Cause: Sea-level rise Shastaand Helena, CA. Cause: Wildfire scientificamerican.com/article/climat... XRCambridge @xr_cambridge 02 Nov 2020 13:20Z Partsof the Yorkshire Dales are currently flooded and people have been rescuedfrom their cars because with every degree increase in global averagetemperature the atmosphere holds 7% more moisture and we're at ~1.3Cpic.twitter.com/U1CRLKeXaz RobbieAndrew @robbie_andrew 02 Nov 2020 13:17Z Norwayrepeats September's high sales of EVs again in October, with 61% again.So far in 2020, 51% of new passenger cars registered in Norway areelectric. Total registrations were down 17% on last month, but still24% higher than October last year. pic.twitter.com/7LABnb6Sss ZackLabe @ZLabe 02 Nov 2020 14:20Z Oceanand air temperatures have finally cooled enough for sea ice formationin the Siberian #Arctic. A rapid expansion of sea ice extentis currently ongoing [Daily data from 3-km AMSR2 satellite since October1] pic.twitter.com/OvjuVTQRFH CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 02 Nov 2020 15:13Z "Avillage buried in mud and rock. An island of 260,000 people cut off fromthe outside world. Tens of thousands huddled in evacuation centers duringa pandemic." Sobering reporting from @RegineCabato: wapo.st/34O8djj#Goni #RollyPH Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 02 Nov 2020 14:13Z Super Typhoon Goni's leap in strength occurred over waters around 86 to 88 degrees, about 2 to 3 degrees warmer than normal. Such rapid intensification is made more likely by human-caused #climatechange, which has raised ocean temperatures globally. wapo.st/2Jjsmpd [Wettest/driest:] BrianBrettschneider @Climatologist49 02 Nov 2020 15:13Z Wheredoes November fall on the list of wettest/driest months? For areasin dark blue, November is the wettest month of the year. For areasin dark red, November is the driest month of the year. For most ofthe Lower 48, November is somewhere in the middle of the pack. pic.twitter.com/5CEMb4OlEy AssaadRazzouk @AssaadRazzouk 02 Nov 2020 16:12Z Daggerat heart of natural gas: Commercial silicon PV efficiency increasedfrom 3% to 25% over 50 years. But deployment could massively scaleup with discovery by @ORNL of novel hot-carrier perovskite solarcells that target 66% efficiency oilprice.com/Alternative-En...#climate #tech MetOffice HadOBS @metofficeHadOBS 02 Nov 2020 17:16Z Forthose who use HadISST1, updates to September 2020 are now available metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadisst^JK DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 02 Nov 2020 17:24Z Noteven a little bit surprised that the Trump @EPA used biased scientistJohn Christy's flawed analysis to justify freezing vehicle fuelefficiency standards, or that they wanted to make him @NOAA chiefscientist. The climate denier science bench is extremely thin. twitter.com/EnvProtectioNe... [Ryan,Ryan, Ryan:] JeffNesbit @jeffnesbit 02 Nov 2020 17:36Z NOAA'snew top scientist deletes evidence of his climate views - HEATED heated.world/p/noaas-new-to... Arielle Duhaime-Ross @adrs 02 Nov 2020 17:39Z Listen, there is A LOT going on right now so I get if you haven't been super interested in the goings on at NOAA -- but this is essential pretty darn important: NOAA's new top scientist deletes evidence of his climate views by @emorwee heated.world/p/noaas-new-to... Emily Atkin @emorwee 02 Nov 2020 16:39Z NOAA's last chief scientist says he's concerned about now-deleted tweets from NOAA's new chief scientist. "They're not reflective of what I would expect a mature experienced scientist to say or do ... It's what you might expect from a pre-pubescent teen" heated.world/p/noaas-new-to... Ketan Joshi @KetanJ0 02 Nov 2020 12:18Z So, Trump appointee @RyanMaue went through and deleted a whole bunch of tweets before being made @NOAA's chief scientist. Out of respect for that, definitely do not read and share @emorwee's collation of pre-deletion screenshots, and do not subscribe heated.world/p/noaas-new-to... pic.twitter.com/nuYNKOy0sd [Eta:] CapitalWeather Gang @capitalweather 02 Nov 2020 18:05Z Justin: Hurricane Eta is now the 5th major hurricane of the 2020 Atlanticseason, and is forecast to strike Nicaragua and Honduras with "catastrophic"storm surge, winds and flooding rains. washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/1... AccuWeather @breakingweather 02 Nov 2020 17:59Z BREAKING: #Eta has rapidly intensified into a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. Eta is now the fifth major hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season: bit.ly/2I0Vrp2 pic.twitter.com/odIFBjtvlO Philip Klotzbach @philklotzbach 02 Nov 2020 17:55Z #Eta is the 3rd major #hurricane to form in the Atlantic since 1 October, along with Delta and Epsilon. This is the first time on record that the Atlantic has had 3 major hurricane formations (e.g., storm first reached major hurricane strength) in October-November. pic.twitter.com/gWoMr7rePk Philip Klotzbach @philklotzbach 02 Nov 2020 17:51Z #Eta is now a major, Category 3 #hurricane with max winds of 120 mph. Eta is now the strongest November Atlantic hurricane since Paloma in 2008. pic.twitter.com/UL4iL9Bo8H Josh Morgerman @iCyclone 02 Nov 2020 17:27Z #Hurricane #ETA is quite a specimen. The core of the storm is likely to come ashore tomorrow in #Nicaragua near the main town up there, Puerto Cabezas (pop. ~66K)--possibly as a Cat 4. pic.twitter.com/oOWXdpfDqH Ryan Maue @RyanMaue 02 Nov 2020 15:18Z Replying to @RyanMaue Satellite algorithm already touched off a 6.9 raw value -- definitely a signal to Category 5 if the current organization / intensification continues apace. tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/adt/... pic.twitter.com/mej7J3ETTw Ryan Maue @RyanMaue 02 Nov 2020 13:18Z Not that anyone wants to contemplate this outcome today but Hurricane Eta may be around for a long time e.g. 1-2 weeks or longer as it does not spin down / decay over Central America. Global models e.g. ECMWF indicate a re-birth into monster storm in the Caribbean next week. pic.twitter.com/flUg9d3jLN analysis:One South American country has had fewer than 100 deaths, while itsneighbours have reached 100,000s ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 18:01Z Uruguayhas a rolling number of just over 3,000 confirmed cases and 59 total recordeddeaths -- the lowest mortality rate in Latin America. So how did thenation defy the odds? Hayley Henderson explains. T-cellstudy adds to debate over duration of COVID-19 immunity YahooNews, 02 Nov 2020 13:56Z Asmall but key UK study has found that "cellular immunity" to the pandemic SARS-CoV-2virus is present after six months in people who had mild or ... IfYou Have COVID-19, US Study Shows 50% of Your Household Will Get Sick WithinDays ScienceAlert,02 Nov 2020 0:55Z Peoplewho develop COVID-19 infect around half of their household members, withadults only slightly more likely than children to spread the virus, a US... Tropicswatch: Eta expected to be Category 4 hurricane before landfall in CentralAmerica DaytonaBeach News-Journal, 02 Nov 2020 15:51Z TheNational Hurricane Center is tracking one system in the Atlantic basin,Hurricane Eta. Hurricane Eta has been strengthening rapidly Mondayand is forecast ... [NHCtracks now show Eta returning to sea after flattening Nicaragua andtouring Honduras. It's then expected to spark Theta which will makeits way to Florida as a low-grade hurricane]. [Bunkering!] 'Non-scalable'fence to go up around White House before election: report TheHill, 02 Nov 2020 12:52Z A"non-scalable" fence will reportedly be installed around the White House oneday before ballots are cast on Tuesday as concerns mount over potential unrest... An$11 trillion global hydrogen energy boom is coming. Here's what could triggerit CNBC,01 Nov 2020 23:50Z Storingfuel in salt caverns isn't a new, but hydrogen's growing role in decarbonizationhas revitalized interest in the concept. TexasSupreme Court rejects Republican-led effort to throw out nearly 127, 000Harris County votes KPRCClick2Houston, 01 Nov 2020 23:27Z Alegal cloud hanging over nearly 127,000 votes already cast in Harris Countywas at least temporarily lifted Sunday when the Texas Supreme Court rejecteda ... Manwith rocket fuel, dozens of IEDs had an 'unhealthy hobby' making explosives,court hears ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 05:59Z AnAdelaide man who was arrested after suffering third-degree burns in an explosionhad five homemade rockets, 27 improvised explosive devices, and almost1.5 kilograms of rocket fuel at his home, a court hears. Integritycommission at least six months away as Government seeks private hearingsfor politicians ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 05:00Z TheGovernment's long-anticipated integrity commission will not be in place forat least six months due to the need for public consultation, Attorney-GeneralChristian Porter confirms. [Afteryears of calls for a national authority to investigate improper govtactions the AUS Fed govt is slowly moving in that direction. But commentatorssay the current plan seeks to isolate politicians and 80% ofpublic servants from the authority and only allow it to investigate criminalrather than immoral conduct. The authority would also only be allowedto investigate crimes for which it had reasonable evidence to startwith and can only start investigations on matters referred to it bythe govt anyway. Investigations into politicians would not be transparentand have no public hearings. Meanwhile, the govt has also movedto limit the powers of the Auditor General to look into suspiciousfinancial dealings like no-tender govt contracts or the purchaseof a plot of land for 10x the market price after only a drive-byinspection of the site that sits at the end of runway for a proposedairport that won't be constructed for a decade yet]. Greensto get three ministers in new ACT Government that pledges to prioritiseaction on climate change ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 06:57Z Adoptingan "ambitious" target to phase out new petrol cars in Canberra and pledgingto build 400 new public housing dwellings are among the goals of a newACT Labor-Greens governing agreement. [Miniflu!] 'We'renot guinea pigs': Brazilians protest against plan for mandatory coronavirusimmunisations ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 08:16Z StateGovernor Joao Doria wants to force Brazilians to take a vaccine once itis developed, putting him at odds with President Jair Bolsonaro. [Gradient!] KenCaldeira@KenCaldeira 02 Nov 2020 0:26Z Replyingto @SolarInMASS @psud12 and 4 others Thework of @Enrico_Antonini explains the results obtained by @AnnaPossner.In open ocean environments, ocean heat transport can producelarge horizontal temperature gradients which can induce large pressuregradients and therefore substantial winds. pnas.org/content/114/43...pic.twitter.com/lrDqmrng9L EricSteig º¸¨¦ @ericsteig 02 Nov 2020 01:26Z "Today,we are far closer to a breakdown than most democracy experts... wouldhave dared anticipate just a few years ago." There is nothing suprisinghere. Why are "experts" suprised? I really don't get it. @sarahkendziorhelp us out here! nytimes.com/2020/11/01/opi... EricSteig º¸¨¦ @ericsteig 02 Nov 2020 03:26Z Betweenthe year I was born and 2020, CO2 has gone up by about 90 ppm. That'sthe same as from the last ice age until the start about the industrialrevoluation. DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 02 Nov 2020 05:24Z Thisis what worries me. Trump supporters are already terrorizing Biden buses,shutting down roads and bridges, etc. What are they going to do whenTrump loses, especially if it's after he's illegitimately declared victoryand claims Biden's win is fraudulent? twitter.com/TimAlberta/sta... [IlDuce!] YamicheAlcindor @Yamiche 02 Nov 2020 05:24Z ¨PresTrump in Florida hints he will fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after the election.The crowd in Miami started chanting "Fire Fauci" Trump in responsesaid: "Don't tell anybody but let me wait til little bit after theelection. I appreciate the advice...He's been wrong on a lot." David Rothkopf @djrothkopf 02 Nov 2020 04:28Z This is yet another chilling and, at its core, very sad development for America. Our leader is building a fortress to protect himself from the will of the people and perhaps from the consequences our laws demand. twitter.com/Tom_Winter/sta... Aaron Rupar @atrupar 02 Nov 2020 01:24Z Aspiring fascist leader encourages brownshirt violence twitter.com/realDonaldTrum... DanaNuccitelli @dana1981 02 Nov 2020 05:24Z Whatthe US #COVID19 wave looked like on the day Trump suggested he plansto fire Dr. Fauci after the election. twitter.com/ddale8/status/... pic.twitter.com/R0QS2ADCXl BloombergGreen @climate 02 Nov 2020 06:31Z Japan'slargest airline has signed up for jet fuel made from renewable materialsin Singapore in a small step toward more environmentally friendlytravel trib.al/KjA07lP [Battrup!] AlJazeera Weather @AJEWeather 02 Nov 2020 07:03Z TropicalDepression Atsani moves into the Philippine Sea AccuWeather@breakingweather 02 Nov 2020 07:09Z Bandsof lake-effect #snow are streaming off of lakes Huron, Erie andOntario tonight. Be cautious on the roadways as visibility will be drasticallyreduced and there can be a slick covering of snow: bit.ly/3hb3wofpic.twitter.com/9luC7GapU4 [DemCrazy Models!] MaxLittle @MaxLittle92 02 Nov 2020 02:54Z Insaneprediction: #Eta makes landfall in northern Nicaragua as a Category4 hurricane, then stalls inland and devolves into a central Americangyre. This gyre then spawns #Theta which tracks northward a hundredmiles east of Cancun, making landfall in Cuba as a hurricane. [CurrentNHC warning shows Eta hitting C Am as a major cat3+ storm, up fromcat1 just 24 hrs ago]. MPdefends spending taxpayers' money on family newspaper business ABCNews, 1 Nov 2020 at 11:50pm SAGovernment backbencher Fraser Ellis says he is entitled to spend thousandsof taxpayer dollars on advertising in his family's newspaper. Mr Ellisis a beneficiary, but denies making money from the business. Scrambleto trace mystery diners at Sydney restaurant that 'did not do the rightthing' when COVID case visited ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 0:36Z NSWhealth authorities are scrambling to find patrons connected with a restaurantoutbreak as continuing alerts go out for south-west Sydney suburbs. Courtdismisses legal challenge to Melbourne's coronavirus curfew ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 02:33Z TheSupreme Court dismisses an action from a Melbourne cafe owner and LiberalParty member who claimed the city's coronavirus curfew was unlawful. [Stormdamage:] 'We'regetting 100 claims an hour': Catastrophic Queensland storms leave homesunliveable as damage bill exceeds $110m ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 02:33Z Thousandsof insurance claims continue to pour in as south-east Queensland countsthe cost of a "catastrophic" supercell that smashed the region on Saturday. Cabbage turned to coleslaw, avos smashed as hail wreaks $60m worth of havoc in Queensland ABC Rural, 02 Nov 2020 02:34Z Thousands of insurance claims have already been made after monstrous hailstorms tore through the state's south-east on the weekend, pounding crops to mush and scaring the daylights out of farmers caught in the open. OneNation's future in question after dismal poll results ABCSouthern Qld, 02 Nov 2020 02:32Z OneNation has played an influential role in Australian politics for more thantwo decades, but its dismal result in the Queensland election has raiseduncertainty about its future. AustraliaPost chief executive Christine Holgate resigns ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 03:41Z AustraliaPost chief executive Christine Holgate hands in her resignation "withimmediate effect" as an investigation continues into the purchase of fourluxury watches for senior employees. Largeasteroid discovered between Mars and Jupiter with an estimated value of$10 quintillion KTRK-TV,02 Nov 2020 02:17Z NASAscientists discovered a large asteroid with value larger than our world'seconomy that they intend to study. [Goni:] 'Ourfears are doubled': Ten dead as 2020's strongest typhoon slams Philippines,country records new COVID cases ABCNews, 01 Nov 2020 21:02Z Hundredsof homes buried as 2020's strongest storm Typhoon Goni batters the Philippines.Tropical storm Atsani threatens more damage to a country ravagedby previous storms and the coronavirus pandemic. At least 16 dead in Philippines after typhoon hits, fears of rising toll as remote towns cut off ABC News, 02 Nov 2020 07:56Z There are fears the death toll from Typhoon Goni will continue to climb, as rescuers in the Philippines battle to find those missing after the strongest storm of 2020 struck the country. [MassTesting!] MaxRoser @MaxCRoser 01 Nov 2020 20:22Z 2.58million Slovaks were tested with antigen tests yesterday - that's halfof Slovakia's entire population 25,850of people tested (1%) learned that they were in fact infectious It'llbe interesting what the results of this new approach will be. theguardian.com/world/2020/nov... [Projection101:] DanielDale @ddale8 01 Nov 2020 20:18Z Trumpon Biden: "He is the most unhappy warrior I've ever - did you eversee? He's agitated, you know? He's just angry and agitated. And he doesn'twant to be there." NationalHurricane Center @NHC_Atlantic 01 Nov 2020 23:57Z TropicalStorm #Eta Advisory 5A: Eta Expected to Strengthen Into a HurricaneLater Tonight. Will Bring Life-Threatening Storm Surge, DamagingWinds, And Flash Flooding and Landslides to Portions of CentralAmerica. go.usa.gov/W3H Philippe Papin @pppapin 01 Nov 2020 21:19Z Unfortunately #Eta will likely be a dual threat storm. Forecast to intensify to 95kt in 36h resulting in a significant surge & wind threat. Once inland, the broader circulation will stay intact, w/ heavy rain & flash-flooding likely to continue over Central America this week. twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/s... DoctorsBegin to Crack Covid's Mysterious Long-Term Effects msnNOW,01 Nov 2020 20:07Z Nearlya year into the global coronavirus pandemic, scientists, doctors and patientsare beginning to unlock a puzzling phenomenon: For many patients, ... TrumpSupporters Spend Weekend Clogging America's Highways DailyBeast, 01 Nov 2020 22:02Z Carsand trucks carrying Trump 2020 flags swamped freeways from New Jersey toTexas on Sunday as supporters posted #TrumpTrain videos on Twitter. TestsShow Genetic Signature of Coronavirus That Likely Infected Trump TheNew York Times, 01 Nov 2020 22:02Z TheWhite House did not take basic steps to investigate its outbreak. We workedwith geneticists to sequence the virus that infected two journalists exposed... Scoop:Trump's plan to declare premature victory ampAxios,01 Nov 2020 23:17Z PresidentTrump has told confidants he'll declare victory on Tuesday night ifit looks like he's "ahead," according to three sources familiar with his private... I'mtaking a break from medicine. But it's not because I don't love my job ABCNews, 01 Nov 2020 18:26Z Aftereight years as a doctor, I'm taking a break from the profession I love. Aninsidious culture of bullying and harassment within our hospitals has leftme too emotionally exhausted to continue my training, writes Kate Johnson. Coronavirusinfections double in Sydney's quarantine hotels as cases explode overseas ABCNews, 01 Nov 2020 18:25Z Ascoronavirus infections ramp up overseas, so too have the case numbers amongpeople returning to Australia, NSW Health data shows. [NewsFrom The Clown Kingdom:] BorisJohnson's backdown didn't go as planned ABCNews, 01 Nov 2020 19:25Z Bythe time UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered news of a new national lockdown,he had already presided over a day of complete political chaos, andfor the United Kingdom the new measures may have come too late, writes SamHawley. Multi-million-dollarcontract dispute hits Australia's submarine fleet ABCNews, 01 Nov 2020 19:23Z TheDefence Department may be forced to pay out tens of millions of dollars toa US company over a contract dispute involving crucial new escape and rescueequipment for Australian submarines. Indiawas expected to have the worst outbreak in the world by now. Something strangeis happening ABCNews, 01 Nov 2020 19:22Z Eversince India was plunged into a nationwide lockdown in March, the countryexperienced an unrelenting increase in coronavirus cases. But with theinfection tally falling, authorities are quietly confident the peak has passed-- for now. TourDown Under cancelled because of coronavirus pandemic ABCNews, 01 Nov 2020 20:21Z Organiserscancel the event that was to be held in South Australia in January, blamingthe uncertainty around international border conditions and quarantinerequirements. Australiarisks losing more than $3 trillion by 2070 unless it acts on climatechange, new report shows SBS,01 Nov 2020 20:05Z Australiarisks losing more than $3 trillion by 2070 unless it acts on climatechange, new report shows. ... That would be a $3.4 trillion loss in presentvalue terms, it said. Deloitte Australia chief economist Chris Richardsonsays the COVID pandemic showed the cost of overlooking catastrophicrisks. 'Paradigmshift': Australia's military is gearing up for climate emergency onhome soil ABCInvestigations, 02 Nov 2020 14:34Z Thousandsof Australian Defence Force personnel will be deployed to more frequentnatural disasters and COVID-style crises on home soil, in what a seniorADF official describes as a "paradigm shift" focused on the impacts ofclimate change. Fearsof trade bans to come as China bans more Aussie imports ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 14:35Z Australianfood, wine and resources exporters fear they may soon be hit by a waveof further Chinese sanctions after Beijing bans Queensland timber importsand suspends trade with another Australian grain exporter. Oilprices slip 3% as Europe widens lockdowns Investing.com,02 Nov 2020 05:53Z Singapore(Reuters). Oil prices fell more than 3% on Monday on worries a swatheof coronavirus lockdowns across Europe will weaken fuel demand, while ... 'Quiteremarkable': House prices rise nationally after COVID-19 decline ABCNews, 1 Nov 2020 at 11:47pm Houseprices across Australia have risen overall for the first time since thestart of the coronavirus pandemic. ASXfalls come off lows after China data and ahead of US presidential election ABCNews, 02 Nov 2020 0:36Z TheAustralian share market comes off its lows after positive Chinese economicnumbers but investors cautious ahead of the US presidential electionand expected interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank. China'smanufacturing sector expands for sixth straight month as pandemic falloutfades, private survey shows CNBC,02 Nov 2020 03:15Z TheCaixin/Markit Purchasing Managers' Index for Chinese manufacturing came inat 53.6 for October, better than the 53.0 forecast by analysts in a Reuterspoll. AirFrance-KLM Records Over #440mn Loss In The Third Quarter SimpleFlying, 31 Oct 2020 15:29Z AirFrance-KLM announced its third-quarter results on Friday, revealing lossesof more than #440 million. Having seen an increase in demand from Julyto ... 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NASDAQ:AMD- 2 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 74.62-0.59 (0.78%) down Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 2 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 3,000.06-31.67 (1.04%) *** down 1% *** TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 2 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 51.55-0.89 (1.70%) *** down 1.7% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 2 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 17.45-0.37 (2.08%) *** down 2.1% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 2 Nov, 2:47 pm AEDT 1.03-0.04 (3.29%) *** down 3.3% *** [Conman'sProgress:] It'sshowdown time for Clive Palmer and his WA border challenge ABCNews, 2 Nov 2020 at 10:22pm Aftermonths of legal twists and turns, Clive Palmer will front the High Courtin Canberra today in his controversial battle over COVID-19 rules that shutWestern Australia's border. Whatthe US election means for global climate action AkshatRathi, Bloomberg WithAmericans heading to the polls today in what many commentators aredescribing as the most consequential election in living memory, thereis continuing coverage about what the outcome could mean for effortsto tackle climate change. Bloomberg's Akshat Rathi writes: "If Trumpis re-elected, he's likely to stay the course and keep the US, whichaccounts for 15% of global emissions, out of the Paris framework forat least four more years. That will embolden fossil-fuel giants likeSaudi Arabia and Australia or populist leaders in countries like Brazilthat have been blocking progress on financing the energy transition...IfBiden wins, he'll be primed to ride a wave of changing sentimentboth at home and abroad." ABC News notes that, whatever the outcomeof the vote, the US is still set to formally exit the Paris Agreementtomorrow: "Trump said he withdrew from the Paris Agreement becauseit imposed an unfair burden on the US and has done little to slowdown emissions from other countries. However, if the US found the goalsit set for itself in 2015 to be too ambitious, it could have simplychanged them, rather than withdraw from the Paris accord altogether,according to the rules of the agreement...[However] the rest ofthe world is continuing to set ambitious goals to mitigate the rate ofglobal warming without the US being on board." Karl Mathiesen in Politicolooks at what it would take for the US to re-enter the Paris Agreement:"[Joe Biden] could do that through a brief executive order acceptingthe accord on behalf of the US - just as Barack Obama did in 2016.But a signature alone might not cut it. The US would also need tosubmit a formal plan for cutting emissions, known as a nationally determinedcontribution or NDC. The rules aren't clear about whether thisis a prerequisite for joining or would have to follow shortly afterward.Biden would have the Obama Administration's NDC, which aimedto cut 26-28% of emissions between 2005 and 2025, sitting on the shelf.But he wants to raise the ambition of that pledge, along with muchof the rest of the world, ahead of the COP26 UN talks in November 2021.To do that, the administration would need a plan and policies - and,to implement it, the support of the US Congress." Amy Harder in Axiossays that "even if Democrats control both chambers of Congress andeven if they use the legislative rules, major climate policy changesare far from guaranteed" She adds: "Congress is likely to prioritiseseveral pressing issues ahead of standalone climate policy, includingeconomic stimulus. Funding for clean energy is likely to featureprominently there, though...Smaller policy changes can still occurthat can have a big impact, including removing long-standing subsidiesoil and gas companies receive and creating new and expanded clean-energysubsidies." TheHill reports on why the stakes are "high" for climate action sayingthat "the Trump administration is prepared to step up its effortsto change how science and climate benefits are calculated in rulemakingif the president is reelected". It adds: "Another major pieceof Trump's agenda that hasn't yet been finalised and could fall toa second term is a plan for offshore drilling." [Carbon Brief is trackingwhere the two presidential candidates stand on climate change andenergy.] Meanwhile, the Guardian says that the election "has only sharpened"that fact that the "climate crisis [has broken] open generationalrifts in US families". It continues: "In a scenario playingout in many American families, a sense of despair and outrage amongyoung people over global heating is being met with indifference andeven dismissal among some of their older relatives." Finally,Bloomberg reports that "Jeremy Grantham, the money manager who'sdevoting his fortune to fight climate change, [has] called on thenext US administration to start a major public works programme akinto the Marshall Plan to revive economic growth amid the pandemic andthreats caused by global warming". ScottMorrison pressured by Britain, France and Italy to announce 'bold'climate action AdamMorton, The Guardian TheUK and France are leading a group of countries calling on the Australiangovernment to make ambitious new climate change commitments bynext month if Australian prime minister Scott Morrison is to speak ata global summit on the issue, reports the Guardian: "A letter sent toMorrison and other national leaders on 22 October called on countriesto rebuild economies after the coronavirus `in a way that chartsa greener, more resilient, sustainable path' that puts the worldon track to limit global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels...Speakingslots will be given only to leaders who set stronger targetsto cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, announce along-term strategy to reach net-zero emissions, commit new finance fordeveloping countries or have ambitious plans and policies to adapt tolocked-in climate change impacts." The letter - signed by Boris Johnson,Emmanuel Macron, Chilean president Sebastián Piñera, Italian primeminister Giuseppe Conte and the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres- says "we hope to see you in December with a bold new commitment...Therewill be no space for general statements", the paper adds. TwoIndia billionaires win in landmark government coal auctions RajeshKumar Singh, Bloomberg Bloombergreports that the billionaire owners of India's leading producersof aluminium and copper - Vedanta and Hindalco Industries, respectively- are among the top bidders on the first day of Indian coalmine auctions for private companies, which "spell[s] the end of decadesof government control". Bloomberg adds: "Winners will be allowedto mine and sell coal from their blocks, so far a preserve of statecompanies. The auctions have been touted by prime minister NarendraModi's government as a flagship reform and have been showcasedamong measures to revive the economy from the shock of the pandemic.India sees coal as a domestically available, affordable sourceof energy and a significant part of its energy mix even as it promotesrenewable energy in a bid to meet its climate goals. Yet, the timingof the auction couldn't be more stark. The country is pushing forexpansion of the dirtiest fossil fuel as a deadly winter smog, partlycaused by coal burning, envelops its northern plains." It continues:"Coal-fired electricity generation plunged 13% from a year earlierin the first half of the fiscal year that started in April.The share of the fuel in power generation narrowed to 64% duringthe period, from 67% a year earlier. While its share gradually declines,the fuel is expected to dominate the country's energy mix forseveral years to come." Meanwhile,the Independent - picking up on a Guardian story published overthe weekend - reports that "Russia [is] planning [a] major increasein gas exports, despite [its] customers' net-zero ambitions". Globaltemperature rise of 2C `would release billions of tonnes of soil carbon' HarryCockburn, The Independent Anew study estimates that an average global temperature increase of 2Cwould lead to around 230bn tonnes of carbon being released from the world'ssoil, reports the Independent. The news outlet continues: "Thisis the equivalent of more than four times the total admissions fromChina over the last 100 years, and more than double the emissions ofthe US over the same timeframe. The new international research study,led by the University of Exeter, reveals the sensitivity of soilcarbon `turnover' to global warming and subsequently halves uncertaintyabout this in future climate change projections." It quotesone of study's co-authors, Dr Sarah Chadburn: "Our study rules outthe most extreme projections - but nonetheless suggests substantialsoil carbon losses due to climate change at only 2C warming.This doesn't even include losses of deeper permafrost carbon." Meanwhile,Bloomberg reports that Airbus has won a contract to help builda European Space Agency satellite that will contribute to more accurateprojections of the pace of climate change. The outlet says: "Themission will enlarge the constellation of satellites being launchedto track the impact of global warming on the Earth's economies.The Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial and Helio Studies,or TRUTHS satellite, will increase the certainty of climate andweather models...Airbus will engineer novel instruments to collect absolutemeasurements of the light reflected off the Earth's surface." Separately,the Guardian covers new research from Canada's University ofSaskatchewan showing that the smoke cloud from Australia's recent bushfireswas "three times larger than anything previously recorded globally". China'scoal addiction clashes with Xi's bold promise ChristianShepherd, Emma Zhou and Katrina Manson, Financial Times Thelatest "big read" in the Financial Times focuses on China's new pledgeto be "carbon neutral" by 2060. The feature begins with a quote fromYang Yingxia, a senior fellow at the Boston University Institute forSustainable Energy: "Coal is just so important in China from an energysupply and security point of view, and local governments don't believeit is possible to get rid of coal immediately. I don't think theChinese government has a crystal clear sense of how to get to carbonneutrality by 2060." The feature continues: "China has embraced cleantechnologies in recent years. It leads the world in annual electricvehicle sales and installations of wind turbines and solar panels,although uptake has slowed as the state has curbed previously generoussubsidies. But in industrial hubs, sustainable energy sectors remaindwarfed by polluting competitors." It concludes: "Adding to the uncertaintyover whether China can reach its targets in 2060 - and evenpeak emissions before 2030 - are the policy shifts for greening theeconomy. Instead of pouring subsidies into establishing wind and solarmanufacturers - the dominant approach for the past decade - the stateis shifting towards the use of new market-driven mechanisms, suchas an emissions trading scheme, green finance and electricity spotmarket reforms...Yet, none of these initiatives alone will provide thenecessary heft to push rapid climate reductions, analysts say." Separatelyin the Financial Times's "energy transition" section, CharlotteMiddlehurst speaks to several experts about how China can achieveits net-zero pledge. (Carbon Brief recently published an articleon the academics who are influencing China's "carbon neutrality"goal.) Whydo we look at high warming levels when assessing UK climate risk? KathrynBrown, Climate Change Committee Writingin a post on the new-look website of the UK's Climate Change Committee(CCC), its head of adaptation Kathryn Brown explains why the CCCstill examines "higher levels" of global warming when assessing risk:"We don't necessarily expect measures to be put in place wholesalefor a 4C world now. But thinking still needs to be done todayabout what is possible in terms of adaptation in that world, and whendifficult decisions would need to be taken to start putting measuresin place. Our latest report to parliament shows that we are notyet even prepared for what is; the 2C scenario, let alone what couldbe; the 4C scenario." Futureimpacts of climate change on inland Ramsar wetlands NatureClimate Change Anew study estimates the impacts of climate change on 1,250 inland Ramsarwetland conservation sites across the world. Using hydrological modellingand soil moisture estimates, the researchers estimate that "netglobal wetland area expanded during 1980-2014, but 47% of sites experiencedwetland loss". By 2100, the study projects a net area loss ofaround 6,000 square kilometres, equivalent to 1% of all sites.Sites most vulnerable to shrinkage are found in the Mediterranean,Mexico, Central America and South Africa, the study notes,which are "all seasonal waterbird migration hotspots". Aspatial emergent constraint on the sensitivity of soil carbon turnoverto global warming NatureCommunications Carbonlosses from the top one metre of global soils could reach 230bn tonnesunder 2C of warming, a new study suggests. Future changes in soilcarbon "depend on changes in litter and root inputs from plants andespecially on reductions in the turnover time of soil carbon with warming",the authors explain. Using observed data on regional variabilityand respiration by soil microorganisms, the researchers constrainmodel simulations of soil carbon turnover time. This allows themto halve the uncertainty around soil carbon storage under 2C from 117to 52bn tonnes. Multifaceteddrivers for onshore wind energy repowering and their implicationsfor energy transition NatureEnergy Newresearch explores the factors involved in replacing ("repowering") ageingonshore wind turbines. Using the case study of Denmark, the researchersdemonstrate that "only 67% of the capacity removed in repoweringprojects was related to the physical space needed for a new turbine".Other factors that drive repowering include "regulation (for example,noise-related, 8-17%), development principles (for example, aesthetics,7-20%) and political bargaining (4-13%", the authors add. Oiland gas giant Equinor pledges to become 'net-zero energy company' JamesS Murray, BusinessGreen Exxon'sclimate fix is algae. Experts say it won't work BenjaminStorrow, E&E News Howthe UK risks missing out on a #120bn hydrogen opportunity CeciliaKeating, BusinessGreen Statkraftto snap up Solarcentury in £117m deal JamesS Murray, BusinessGreen Investorselectrify South African banks' sustainability push JosephCotterill, Financial Times CBI:Two thirds of businesses expect to increase support for net-zero transition JamesS Murray, BusinessGreen Comment:The EU has put plant-based burgers back on the menu AliciaKennedy, The Guardian Oxford:The soggy view from UK's oldest rain record JonathanAmos, BBC News Weatherwatch:conditions ripe in US for more dust bowl years JeremyPlester, The Guardian DowJones Jumps 600 Points In Election Day Rally As Biden Leads Trump Investor'sBusiness Daily, 03 Nov 2020 17:32Z Keymarket indexes extended their gains midday Tuesday, with the Dow Jones IndustrialAverage roaring 600 points higher on Election Day. ReserveBank cuts interest rates to record low of 0.1 per cent ABCNews, 03 Nov 2020 04:29Z TheReserve Bank of Australia cuts interest rates to a record low and saysthe rate is not expected to increase for another three years as thecountry navigates its way out of recession. NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 35.62+2.30 (6.89%) *** up 6.9% *** WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 3 Nov, 3:33 pm AEDT 18.44+1.03 (5.92%) *** up 5.9% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 3 Nov, 3:34 pm AEDT 1.08+0.06 (5.88%) *** up 5.9% *** MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 2 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 201.00+11.00 (5.79%) *** up 5.8% *** TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 423.28+22.77 (5.69%) *** up 5.7% *** MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 2 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 573.00+27.00 (4.95%) *** up 5% *** NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 3 Nov, 5:45 pm GMT+3 374.90+15.70 (4.37%) *** up 4.4% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 154.03+5.43 (3.65%) *** up 3.7% *** AirbusSE EPA:AIRSTOCK - 3 Nov, 3:31 pm GMT+1 65.02+1.93 (3.06%) *** up 3.1% *** BayerischeMotoren Werke AG ETR:BWM- 3 Nov, 3:31 pm GMT+1 61.50+1.82 (3.05%) *** up 3.1% *** BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 3 Nov, 3:34 pm AEDT 34.83+1.02 (3.02%) *** up 3% *** VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 3 Nov, 3:31 pm GMT+1 131.42+3.64 (2.85%) *** up 2.9% *** GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 35.40+0.85 (2.46%) *** up 2.5% *** FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 3 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 7.89+0.18 (2.40%) *** up 2.4% *** AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. 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ASX:NAB- 3 Nov, 3:34 pm AEDT 19.11+0.28 (1.51%) *** up 1.5% *** SiemensAG ETR:SIE- 3 Nov, 3:31 pm GMT+1 104.94+1.54 (1.49%) *** up 1.5% *** Nikkei225 TYO:NIKKEI- 2 Nov, 3:15 pm GMT+9 <== Nikkei 23,295.48+318.35 (1.39%) *** up 1.4% *** Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 3 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 3,043.18+38.71 (1.29%) *** up 1.3% *** NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 18.82+0.24 (1.29%) *** up 1.3% *** AppleInc. NASDAQ:Apple- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 110.15+1.38 (1.27%) *** up 1.3% *** KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 12.03+0.14 (1.18%) *** up 1.2% *** SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 2 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 8,768.00+94.00 (1.08%) *** up 1.1% *** SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 3 Nov, 2:48 pm GMT-5 15.66+0.11 (0.71%) up BPplc NYSE:BP- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 16.18+0.08 (0.53%) up PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 3 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 1.31+0.01 (0.38%) up ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 71.70-0.45 (0.62%) down HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 3 Nov, 1:34 pm GMT+9 170,500.00+0.00 (0.00%) even KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 3 Nov, 1:34 pm GMT+9 51,200.00-300.00 (0.58%) down AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 3 Nov, 3:33 pm AEDT 1.67-0.01 (0.77%) down ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 33.48-0.51 (1.50%) *** down 1.5% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 16.93-0.49 (2.81%) *** down 2.8% *** ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 3 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 29.30-0.93 (3.08%) *** down 3.1% *** USformally exits global climate pact amid election uncertainty ValerieVolcovici, Reuters Withthe results in the US election still uncertain, many outlets reportthe news that the country has formally withdrawn from the Paris Agreementtoday, with Reuters noting the move "fulfill[s] a years-long promiseby president Donald Trump to withdraw the world's second-largestgreenhouse gas emitter from the global pact to fight climatechange". The newswire adds that Democratic challenger Joe Bidenhas "promised to rejoin the agreement if elected". Reuters quotesUN climate chief Patricia Espinosa saying: "The US withdrawal willleave a gap in our regime, and the global efforts to achieve the goalsand ambitions of the Paris Agreement." It says the US is the onlyone of 197 signatories to the Paris deal to have withdrawn. The Guardianreports the news under the headline: "Fate of climate crisis hangson election as US exits Paris agreement." The paper notes: "Pete Betts,the former lead climate negotiator for the EU and the UK, said globalaction will continue, albeit at a slower pace without the US... Are-engaged US, however, could pressure allies like Japan, Canada and Australiato step up, Betts said." The Hill, the Independent, Vox, the inewspaper, BusinessGreen and Axios all report the US formally leavingthe Paris Agreement today. The Hill quotes Kelley Kizzier of theNGO EDF Action saying another Trump term would be "essentially statusquo" for US climate action. Reuters reports a call from investorswith a collective $30tn in assets "urg[ing] the US to quicklyrejoin" Paris. Nature has a "news explainer" on what the US exitfrom Paris means for the world. The New York Times has a look at "howit happened, what it means and what might happen next". BBC News hasa Q&A on the Paris withdrawal. Accordingto E&E News, the election will "test [the] climate movement'sdurability", while Bloomberg says "climate change is on the ballot",given the candidates' "starkly different plans for the future ofenergy and the planet". InsideClimate News also says climate change was"on Americans' minds" heading into the election. Axios looks back on"Trump's energy era", noting: "Natural gas and renewables have kept squeezingcoal out of power markets, despite Trump's pro-coal push, anddon't look for that to change." Axios also notes how Trump "ramp[ed]up fossil fuel tweets ahead of election day". E&E News via ScientificAmerican looks back at how "climate change - and research - racedforward as Trump turned his back" over the past four years.Meanwhile, Reuters reports comments from Brazil's vice president,saying his country's rainforest policy will not change if Bidenwins the election. Category4 Hurricane Eta expected to dump catastrophic rains in Central America JeffMasters, Yale Climate Connections Severaloutlets report on the category 4 Hurricane Eta, which has made landfallin Nicaragua, bringing what Yale Climate Connections describesas "catastrophic rains of up to 35 inches [89cm]". The piece notesthat prior to Eta, only four category 4 or 5 hurricanes had ever beenseen in November, including three since 1999. The Hill quotes the USNational Hurricane Centre saying Eta is bringing "life-threatening stormsurges, catastrophic winds and flash flooding" to parts of centralAmerica. Reuters reports that it has already caused "deadly mudslides"in Nicaragua. For the Independent, its new climate correspondentDaisy Dunne talks to a climate activist about Typhoon Goni,which hit the Philippines on Sunday and was "the world's most powerfulstorm this year, according to some estimates". The article quotesthe activist saying Goni is "proof to our world leaders that climatechange is real". NewVietnam law threatens to delay major coal projects - thinktank KhanhVu, Reuters Fourlarge coal-fired power stations worth a combined $9bn could be delayedby a new law in Vietnam, Reuters reports, citing a report by a US-basedthinktank. Reuters adds: "The law, which comes into effect fromJanuary next year, will put particular pressure on Japanese and SouthKorean investors who are already pushing hard to close deals, as theirgovernments and global financial institutions signal an acceleratedexit from fossil fuel investments, the report said." In othercoal news, Reuters reports that the Philippines "has stopped acceptingnew proposals for coal-based power projects to encourage investmentin other energy sources like natural gas and renewables, thegovernment's energy chief said on Wednesday". Reuters also reports thatmillions have been left without power in Punjab after protestors blockedcoal shipments "in protest at new farm laws passed by prime ministerNarendra Modi's government". In South Africa, the country's humanrights commission has condemned the killing of an activist who opposeda coal mine, Reuters reports. Shell'sclimate poll on Twitter backfires spectacularly DamianCarrington, The Guardian Apoll posted on Twitter by oil giant Shell has "backfired spectacularly",reports the Guardian, adding that the firm stands "accusedof gaslighting the public". The poll asked users "what are youwilling to change to help reduce emissions?", the paper explains, drawingincredulous responses from climate scientists, activists, journalistsand politicians. MailOnline also reports the story, saying Shellfaces a "backlash on social media" after "seem[ing] to suggest thatother people's behaviour was to blame" for emissions. Wecan avert irreversible climate change MartinWolf, Financial Times Ina comment for the Financial Times, columnist Martin Wolf writes that"[climate] action is both essential and affordable - but it demandsinternational leaders' co-operation". As a result, Wolf says thata win for Donald Trump in the US election would be "nowhere more consequentialthan for climate change". When it comes to successfully avoidingdangerous warming, he says: "Without active US engagement, successseems inconceivable. Even with it, it would be unlikely. But, crucially,it would be conceivable." Wolf points to recent analysis fromthe International Monetary Fund (IMF), which he summarises as: "Inbrief, the IMF insists that humanity can have its cake and eat it: bothhigher incomes and a safe climate." He says the IMF finds reachingnet-zero would have only a "modest short-term cost" set against"far greater long-term costs of failure", which makes the case foracting "overwhelming". Wolf concludes: "If we want to prevent a dangerousshift in the planet's climate, we need to act far more decisivelythan hitherto. We are drinking fossil fuels in the earth's last-chancesaloon. The time has come for humanity to sober up." Morecapital needs to flow to greener activities Editorial,Financial Times Aneditorial in the Financial Times reflects on the "important shift" ofrecent net-zero pledges from the "big east Asian economies" and says:"More private capital needs to flow to greener activities. Asset managersmust play their part." The piece adds: "The good news is therehas been a surge in investment behind environmental, social and governancegoals." But it notes that a lack of consistent standards on whatis an is not green "has opened the door to greenwashing", raising theimportance of "find[ing] ways to hold [companies] to account".(The i newspaper says the UK's competition regulator is to investigateconsumer product "greenwashing".) The FT editorial concludes:"[T]he EU has created a useful road map for the newer membersof the 2050 net-zero club. Setting a 2050 target is an importantfirst step but it must be backed up with more immediate goalsfor 2030, and policies that nudge financial flows in the right direction.Other countries are looking at following this path, which cannothappen too soon. There is still time to act but the window is closingfast." Writing for Nikkei, former Australian prime minister KevinRudd says the net-zero pledges from China, Japan and South Korea are"good news for the planet" regardless of the outcome of the US election.Rudd writes: "Beyond the symbolism of these political commitments,they are first and foremost massive market signals. This isespecially the case for China, Japan and Korea's major trading partners,including their largest import markets for coal." In the SydneyMorning Herald, economics editor Ross Gittins says: "The big questionfor Scott Morrison and his colleagues is whether they want to bea backward-looking or forward-looking government. Do they want to enshrineAustralia as the last giant of the disappearing world of fossilfuels, and pay the price of declining relevance to the changing needsof our trading partners, with all the loss of jobs and growth thatwould entail?" Forthe Times Red Box, former Conservative leader Lord Michael Howard writesunder the headline: "China raises the diplomatic stakes on climatechange." He says that despite China recently "not be[ing] a goodactor on the international stage", there are "areas of common intereston which ways can be found to work together", including climatechange. Howard says in order to secure a successful COP26 in Glasgownext year, the UK's Boris Johnson "must also have constructive engagementwith China as a central plank". He adds: "The government shouldwaste no time in engaging seriously with China on climate change,not least because the European Union is already doing so." Separately,a piece from Financial Times city editor Jonathan Ford looksat an example of "questionable" green investments. He argues: "Theconfusion surrounding ethical investment is unlikely to be solved bymore auditors and standards. Such steps will just drown investors inpaper, while not getting the world much further along the desired ethicalpath. There is a only one way to achieve moral imperatives suchas decarbonisation and diversity: establish laws and rules that deliverthe outcomes you wish to achieve." Thiselection isn't about the next four years. It's about the next fourmillennia BillMcKibben, The Guardian Writingin the Guardian, veteran environmentalist Bill McKibben says thata second Trump term "would be catastrophic" for efforts to tackle warming.He says that despite lasting only four years, a second term "maydetermine the flavour of the next four millennia - maybe the next 40".McKibben explains: "If the world's largest economy is acting as a brakeon climate progress, rather than accelerator, progress will be lurchingat best. There will be no way to put any kind of pressure on leaderslike Russia's Putin or Brazil's Bolsonaro. The effective chanceto halt the rise in temperature at anything like the targets envisionedin the Paris Accords will slip by forever. And the job of futurepresidents will increasingly involve responding to disasters thatit's no longer possible to prevent." Alsowriting in the Guardian, Richie Merzian of thinktank the AustraliaInstitute says that Biden as president "will pursue countriesseen as `cheating' [in the words of his election platform] onclimate action". Merzian says "Australia may be a target of that pursuit".Meanwhile, BusinessGreen editor James Murray writes: "The worldstands at a crossroad: one path keeps the global 2C goal and net zerohopes within reach, the other could deal a perhaps mortal blow to globalclimate efforts." For the Sydney Morning Herald, senior businesscolumnist Stephen Bartholomeusz says a Biden victory could bringforward the moment of peak oi. 30years of free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE): What have we learnedabout future crop productivity and its potential for adaptation? GlobalChange Biology Anew "invited research review" summarises 30 years of free-air carbon dioxideenrichment (FACE) experiments, which involve releasing CO2 intothe air around an area of ecosystem or crop to study the impact ofhigh atmospheric CO2. The researchers cover the results of almost 250observations, spanning 14 sites and five continents. The authors addthat "future FACE experiments have the potential to develop cultivarsand management strategies for co-promoting sustainability andproductivity under future elevated CO2". Carbon Brief has previouslypublished a guest post about FACE experiments and CO2 fertilisationby Prof Richard Betts of the Met Office Hadley Centre andUniversity of Exeter. NationalGrid issues second warning on stretched electricity supplies NathalieThomas, Financial Times GiantAntarctic iceberg on collision course with British territory of SouthGeorgia GrahamReadfearn, The Guardian Howa 1940s treaty set airlines on a path to high emissions and low regulation RogerTyers, The Conversation Sharpiegate:Trump's grudge may have cost NOAA's acting chief scientist his job UmairIrfan, Vox Cornrally sparks green fuel rethink by Chinese energy giant AlfredCang, Bloomberg 'Buildback greener': Government announces £180m wave of green businessfunding awards JamesMurray, BusinessGreen Environmentalistsurge UN to condemn Brazil's spying at climate talks JoeLo, Climate Home News Airbusmoves into climate 'superforecasting' with government space contract CeciliaKeating, BusinessGreen Spainaims to hold clean energy auction by year-end under new system IslaBinnie, Reuters Emissionsdata isn't good enough for investors, quant study shows AkshatRathi, Bloomberg Comment:We need to talk to our kids about the climate crisis. But couragefails me when I look at my son TimFlannery, The Guardian BakerHughes to buy Compact Carbon Capture to advance energy transition plan Reuters Climatecrisis: Cities made of wood could store huge amounts of carbon andcut construction emissions, study suggests HarryCockburn, The Independent DowJones Surges 600 Points, While Tech Stocks Soar Despite Unclear ElectionResults Investor'sBusiness Daily, 04 Nov 2020 17:45Z TheDow Jones Industrial Average jumped 600 points, while tech stocks soareddespite unclear election results. Apple and Tesla rival Nio racedhigher. Elections2020: Stock futures whipsawed as election outcome hangs in balance YahooFinance, 04 Nov 2020 10:03Z Stockfutures fluctuated between gains and losses early Wednesday morningas investors took in the flow of results for the 2020 election,which has so far ... AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ:AMD- 4 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 81.60+5.02 (6.56%) *** up 6.6% *** Amazon.com,Inc. 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TSE:SU- 4 Nov, 2:46 pm GMT-5 15.81+0.16 (1.02%) *** up 1% *** TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 4 Nov, 2:46 pm GMT-5 52.95+0.44 (0.84%) up VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 4 Nov, 2:57 pm GMT+1 132.84+1.10 (0.83%) up WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 4 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 18.45+0.08 (0.44%) up ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 4 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 6,976.00+27.00 (0.39%) up AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 4 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 1.67+0.00 (0.30%) up HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 4 Nov, 3:15 pm GMT+9 171,000.00+500.00 (0.29%) up GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 4 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 35.43+0.08 (0.23%) up ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 4 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 33.47+0.06 (0.18%) up KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 4 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 12.00+0.01 (0.08%) even AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 4 Nov, 4:53 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,265.00+2.20 (0.04%) even BPplc NYSE:BP- 4 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 16.18+0.00 (0.00%) even PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 4 Nov, 12:35 pm GMT-5 1.47+0.00 (0.00%) even TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 4 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 423.20-0.70 (0.17%) down RoyalDutch Shell Plc ETR:R6C- 4 Nov, 2:57 pm GMT+1 11.57-0.05 (0.45%) down BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 4 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 152.38-1.27 (0.83%) down NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 4 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 18.70-0.20 (1.06%) *** down 1.1% *** BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 4 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 34.28-0.42 (1.21%) *** down 1.2% *** NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 4 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 18.57-0.27 (1.46%) *** down 1.5% *** FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 4 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 7.70-0.18 (2.28%) *** down 2.3% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 4 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 1.03-0.04 (3.74%) *** down 3.7% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 4 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 16.11-0.69 (4.11%) *** down 4.1% *** PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 4 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT-5 1.22-0.09 (6.87%) *** down 6.9% *** Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 4 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 15.74-1.83 (10.44%) *** down 10% *** CarpenterCraig Johnson has less than $100,000 in super. He wonders how that happened ABC/7.30,04 Nov 2020 19:54Z Changesannounced by the Federal Government intended to punish underperformingsuper funds may have unintended negative consequences that couldleave members worse off. CMIP6:the next generation of climate models explained ZekeHausfather, Carbon Brief Thisin-depth explainer, first published in late 2019, has been updatedto reflect many additional "runs" of the CMIP6 climate models thatare now available from the ScenarioMIP project. Initially, the analysiswas based on 14 runs, but it now contains 42 historical runs andup to 35 runs in some future emission scenarios. Globalwind energy set for five years of record growth: research NinaChestney, Reuters TheGlobal Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has announced that wind energy willachieve record growth globally over the next five years, accordingto Reuters. It notes that, according to a new outlook report fromthe trade association, the impact of Covid-19 has only been to delayand not cancel projects. In total, the council expects cumulativewind power capacity to reach almost 1,000GW by 2024, driven largelyby growth in China and the US. Separately,BusinessGreen reports on the latest figures from the nationaltrade association RenewableUK, which predicts onshore wind capacitywill hit 30GW by end of decade. It notes that government-backedauctions for onshore renewables contracts are set to resumeafter a four-year hiatus next spring. Meanwhile, the i newspaperreports that installations of solar panels by both homes and powercompanies have "virtually ground to a halt" after a series of subsidycuts by the government in recent years, including the scrappingof home panel subsidies last year. The article notes that, basedon government figures, the UK's solar power capacity increased byjust 1.5% in the past year, compared to solar power installations increasingby 85% in 2014, 78% in 2015 and 36% in 2016 "when financial supportwas strong". TheGuardian reports that wind and solar power displacing fossil-fuel generationhas cut Australia's emissions more than the Covid-19 pandemic,according to a new analysis conducted by energy consultant HughSaddler. Another Guardian article says the Australian state of Victoriais planning to construct a 300MW Tesla battery, which would beone of the biggest in the world to help stabilise the grid as renewablesmake up an increasing part of the energy system. UKcampaigners set out plan to meet Paris agreement and beat Covid recession FionaHarvey, The Guardian TheGuardian reports on a call from the Climate Coalition, made up of 70charities and campaigning groups representing about 22 million supportersaround the UK, for a decade-long rollout of home insulation andheat pumps to replace gas boilers. The strategy is "urgently neededto enable the UK to meet its climate obligations and recover fromthe Covid-19 recession", according to the campaigners, quoted in thenewspaper. They say expanding the government's existing scheme to along-term programme would be "one of the biggest ways to ensure carbontargets are met". (More information on the UK's "green recovery"proposals can be found in this interactive Carbon Brief article.) Separately,the Guardian reports on a call from health professions in theUK Health Alliance on Climate Change for climate tax on meat and otherfood with a "heavy environmental impact" by 2025. Evenif he loses the election, Trump has won NicholasGoldberg, Los Angeles Times Ina column focusing largely on climate change, Los Angeles Times columnistNicholas Goldberg looks at the "chaos and confusion" that hasbeen the hallmark of this presidential election and concludes that whileit is likely Biden will take the White House, "on one level, DonaldTrump has already won". Reflecting on the impact of Trump's presidency,he pulls out "one simple policy issue" to illustrate his case:"The most heinous crime of Donald Trump's first term - worse thanUkraine, worse than Charlottesville, worse even than separating childrenfrom their parents at the border - is how he has handled the issueof climate change". He notes the president's climate scepticism, hissupport for fossil fuels and dismantling of emissions regulations, andsays it is a "fitting capper" on Trump's first term that on Wednesdaythe US formally left the Paris Agreement. "If you need one exampleof lasting damage Trump has done, that's it. His determination toreject the science of climate change is a crime against humanity.He's made his point and made his mark, to our detriment.It's time for him to go," Goldberg concludes. Othercolumnists reflect on what the current state of affairs will meanfor a Biden presidency if the Democrat does indeed triumph over hisRepublican rival. In a column titled, "If Biden wins, he'll inherita mission impossible", Washington Post deputy editorial page editorRuth Marcus lists the challenges ahead: "an electorate divided; alikely Republican Senate disinclined to compromise; and a Trump-enhancedSupreme Court poised to frustrate him at every turn".She goes on to list "taking on the longer-term challenges of climatechange" as one of Biden's future struggles. Another column by thenewspaper's Paul Waldman concludes that the lack of a Senate majoritymeans "no aggressive legislation to address climate change". Inhis "election hot take", BusinessGreen editor James S Murray writes thatthe "battle for the future of the climate is reaching boiling point"as uncertainty reigns during the US election. "The obvious lessonis the one that was being wisely preached by climate diplomats andanalysts ahead of the election: we should put more faith in economicsand technology than in politics," he writes, noting that the worldcannot rely on consistent policy support and US engagement. Finally,a column in the Times by Simon Nixon looks at how the US electionand a potential Biden victory could impact the UK government'spreparations for the COP26 climate summit. "COP26 is Mr Johnson'sopportunity to show to Mr Biden, who in the past has been criticalof the prime minister, that he can be an effective partner," hewrites. "A virtual meeting will take place on December 12, hosted byBritain, when governments are supposed to set out their own nationalcarbon reduction plans. That will be a first test of the government'scredibility. If it wants to impress a possible President-electBiden, it had better not flunk it." GetAfrica's Great Green Wall back on track Editorial,Nature ANature editorial states that the plan to green 7,000km of Africa's drylandsis "struggling to take off", with less than one-fifth of the designatedland area restored or rehabilitated since it was proposed 13years ago. The African Union does not see the "green wall" as a priorityand donors are reluctant to commit further funding, the editorialsays. "Researchers, governments and international agencies mustwork together better to rehabilitate this crucial scheme," it states.The editorial makes the point that the wall is even more importantnow than when it was proposed, "given the threat from climatechange" in the region. Nonlinearlandscape and cultural response to sea level rise ScienceAdvances Inhabitantsof the Isles of Scilly in northwest Europe during the BronzeAge adapted to rising sea levels rather than abandoning their homes,a new study suggests. The researchers use "reconstructions of prehistoricsea-level rise, palaeogeographies, terrestrial landscape change,and human population dynamics" to show how the gradual inundationof the islands 4-5,000 years ago resulted in "decidedly nonlinearlandscape and cultural responses to rising sea levels". The findingssuggest that shifting coastlines coincided with a flurry of buildingactivity, including construction of a richer array of monumentsduring the Bronze Age than in any other period. Amazonforest fires continue to cause emissions years after burning out DaisyDunne, The Independent Climatechange turns up the heat for property owners OliverRalph, Financial Times Electriccars help grid stave off supply crunch RachelMillard, The Daily Telegraph Blackoutsfear forces power alarm at National Grid EmilyGosden, The Times XiJinping can combat the world's single greatest threat - if he walks thetalk on carbon neutrality JeanettBergan, South China Morning Post Severeforest fires have increased eightfold in western US since 1985, studyfinds DaisyDunne, The Independent Voterspass measure to shift to at least 50% renewable energy by 2030 DavidRoberts, Vox Climatecrisis: Lancashire fracking site `leaked emissions equivalent to142 transatlantic flights' HarryCockburn, The Independent Thefuture of nuclear: power stations could make hydrogen, heat homes anddecarbonise industry BillLee and Michael Rushton, The Conversation Developerscould be making hydrogen fuel for Glasgow `in time for COP26' KristyDorsey, The Herald Schoolsare being asked to go Zero Carbon - but how realistic is that aim? DailyTelegraph Prehistoriccommunities off the coast of Britain embraced rising seas - whatthis means for today's island nations SophieWard and Robert Barnett, The Conversation [BidenGood/Gridlock Better!] StocksRose On 'Blue Wave' Hopes, But Split Government Is Also A Reason To Rally NPR,05 Nov 2020 22:03Z Stockshave traditionally done well with a Democrat in the White House and Congressunder Republican control. JeffBezos Sells Another $3B Worth Of Amazon Shares Benzinga,05 Nov 2020 05:45Z AmazonInc (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos has offloaded $3 billion worthof the e-commerce company's shares this week, according to filingswith the U.S. ... Dowfutures drift higher as tight US election signals more gridlock in Washington USATODAY, 05 Nov 2020 01:44Z Stockfutures extended their post-election gains Wednesday evening, as investorsembraced the prospect of more gridlock in Washington. NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 41.52+3.81 (10.09%) *** up 10% *** NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 20.02+1.56 (8.45%) *** up 8.5% *** Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 16.68+1.19 (7.65%) *** up 7.7% *** PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 5 Nov, 2:01 pm GMT-5 1.54+0.08 (5.48%) *** up 5.5% *** GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 37.00+1.79 (5.08%) *** up 5.1% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 16.70+0.69 (4.31%) *** up 4.3% *** FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 7.96+0.33 (4.25%) *** up 4.3% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 157.23+5.60 (3.69%) *** up 3.7% *** SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 5 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 9,229.00+326.00 (3.66%) *** up 3.7% *** AppleInc NASDAQ:Apple- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 119.03+4.08 (3.55%) *** up 3.6% *** Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 3,349.00+107.84 (3.33%) *** up 3.3% *** TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 434.86+13.88 (3.30%) *** up 3.3% *** NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 5 Nov, 4:11 pm AEDT 19.31+0.61 (3.26%) *** up 3.3% *** PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 5 Nov, 3:22 pm GMT-5 1.24+0.03 (2.92%) *** up 2.9% *** NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 5 Nov, 3:22 pm GMT+3 384.35+10.35 (2.77%) *** up 2.8% *** HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 5 Nov, 3:30 pm GMT+9 175,000.00+3,500.00 (2.04%) *** up 2% *** DowJones Industrial Average NYSE:DJIA- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 <== DJIA 28,408.46+560.80 (2.01%) *** up 2% *** BayerischeMotoren Werke AG ETR:BWM- 5 Nov, 2:50 pm GMT+1 63.75+1.23 (1.97%) *** up 2% *** SiemensAG ETR:SIE- 5 Nov, 2:50 pm GMT+1 109.54+2.08 (1.94%) *** up 1.9% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 5 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 1.05+0.02 (1.94%) *** up 1.9% *** AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ:AMD- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 82.79+1.44 (1.77%) *** up 1.8% *** Nikkei225 TYO:NIKKEI- 5 Nov, 3:15 pm GMT+9 <== Nikkei 24,105.28+410.05 (1.73%) *** up 1.7% *** DaimlerAG ETR:DAIMLER- 5 Nov, 2:50 pm GMT+1 48.80+0.78 (1.63%) *** up 1.6% *** VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 5 Nov, 2:50 pm GMT+1 134.16+2.08 (1.57%) *** up 1.6% *** KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 12.02+0.19 (1.56%) *** up 1.6% *** DAXPERFORMANCE-INDEX INDEXDB:DAX - 5 Nov, 2:50 pm GMT+1 <== DAX 12,513.99+189.77 (1.54%) *** up 1.5% *** GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 5 Nov, 3:22 pm GMT+3 163.45+2.36 (1.47%) *** up 1.5% *** AirFrance KLM SA EPA:AF- 5 Nov, 2:50 pm GMT+1 3.16+0.04 (1.41%) *** up 1.4% *** KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 5 Nov, 3:30 pm GMT+9 52,200.00+700.00 (1.36%) *** up 1.4% *** AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 5 Nov, 4:57 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,344.00+79.00 (1.26%) *** up 1.3% *** ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 72.57+0.80 (1.11%) *** up 1.1% *** AirbusSE EPA:AIRSTOCK - 5 Nov, 2:50 pm GMT+1 69.22+0.64 (0.93%) up AmericanOutdoor Brands Inc NASDAQ:AOBC- 5 Nov, 3:17 pm GMT-5 15.46+0.12 (0.78%) up IntelCorporation NASDAQ:INTEL- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 45.70+0.33 (0.72%) up ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 33.47+0.23 (0.69%) up PanasonicCorporation TYO:6752- 5 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 999.00+5.60 (0.56%) up AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 5 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 1.67+0.00 (0.30%) up BPplc NYSE:BP- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 15.86+0.04 (0.25%) up ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 5 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT-5 30.45+0.07 (0.23%) up ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 5 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 6,984.00+8.00 (0.11%) up BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 5 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 34.24-0.04 (0.12%) down SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 5 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 15.53-0.09 (0.58%) down WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 5 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 18.33-0.12 (0.65%) down TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 5 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 52.32-0.34 (0.65%) down MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 5 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 584.00-4.00 (0.68%) down RoyalDutch Shell Plc ETR:R6C- 5 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT+1 11.42-0.16 (1.35%) *** down 1.4% *** MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 5 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 195.00-11.00 (5.34%) *** down 5.3% *** [Conman'sProgress:] ClivePalmer loses High Court challenge to WA border closures ABCNews, 05 Nov 2020 23:03Z TheHigh Court finds Western Australia's coronavirus border closures did not breachthe Constitution, dismissing billionaire miner Clive Palmer's fight againstthem and ordering him to pay costs. Theorder for Clive Palmer to pay everyone's court costs says a lot about hisfailed border challenge ABCNews, 06 Nov 2020 03:49Z TheHigh Court has knocked back billionaire miner Clive Palmer's challenge againstWA's COVID-19 border closure. So what does it mean for our ever-changingstate and territory boundaries? SAnow has more active coronavirus cases than Victoria ABCNews, 06 Nov 2020 07:13Z Anew COVID-19 case in a child today and five new cases yesterday -- all in hotelquarantine -- mean South Australia has overtaken Victoria for active cases. FormerWallaby drowns at Gold Coast beach after being caught in a rip ABCGold Coast, 06 Nov 2020 02:50Z Respectedsurgeon and former Wallaby Mick Barry drowns at Currumbin Beach afterhe and a group of five friends were caught in a rip. JoeBiden vows to rejoin the Paris climate deal on first day of office ifelected ChristopherBrito, CBS News Democraticpresidential nominee Joe Biden has confirmed his intent to havethe US rejoin the Paris Agreement if he wins the White House, reportsCBS News. The Trump administration officially dropped out of theaccord on Wednesday, the outlet explains. In response, Biden tweeted:"Today, the Trump administration officially left the Paris ClimateAgreement. And in exactly 77 days, a Biden administration will rejoinit." Biden had previously criticised Trump's decision to withdraw,but had not set an explicit date for an American return underhis leadership, says the Associated Press. Pete Betts, the formerlead climate negotiator for the UK and EU, tells the Independentthat the US rejoining the agreement would send "a very significantsignal" to the rest of world. Betts said: "Clearly there willbe a boost to momentum on tackling climate change over the next yearin particular, but also the next four years...First of all, you've gotthe world's biggest economy and second biggest emitter, who were previouslyout of the game, needing to put forward an ambitious [climateplan]...The second thing is we'll have the diplomatic weight addingmajor heft to raise ambition from other countries." According toAl Jazeera, Andrew Light - a climate adviser to former President BarackObama - said a notification to rejoin the Paris Agreement would be"the easy part". He added that the US would still be "outside the conversation"when the UK and the UN host a climate summit on 12 December,the fifth anniversary of the COP21 conference in Paris that resultedin the agreement. The i newspaper also has the story, while ClimateHome News has "five ways climate issues played out in the US election". Putinorders Russian government to try to meet Paris climate goals AndrewOsborn, Reuters Russianpresident Vladimir Putin has signed a decree ordering the country'sgovernment to try to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement to fight climatechange, reports Reuters, but "stressed that any action must be balancedwith the need to ensure strong economic development". The newswirecontinues: "Russia, the world's fourth largest emitter of greenhousegases, has previously signalled its acceptance of the accordeven as environmentalists have criticised Moscow for shunning compulsoryemissions targets for companies backed with fines. In a decreepublished on Wednesday, a public holiday in Russia, Putin formallyordered the government to work towards a cut in greenhouse gasemissions of up to 70% against 1990 levels by 2030." This would alsomean harnessing the capability of forests and other ecosystems to absorbsuch gases, Putin said. The decree came with a "big caveat", notesReuters: "[Putin] said any action to cut emissions must take accountof the need to ensure steady and balanced socioeconomic development,and ordered the government to draw up and ratify a socioeconomicstrategy up to 2050 that factored in lower emissions." Worldcannot meet toughest climate targets without eating less meat, studysays DaisyDunne, The Independent Anew study warns that the world cannot meet its most ambitious climatetargets without reducing its reliance on meat, the Independent reports.The findings show that, even if fossil fuel emissions were immediatelyhalted, some degree of dietary change will be necessary to keepglobal warming to below 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, the paperexplains. The study's lead author tells the Independent that "withoutchanging food systems, we'll likely miss the 1.5C target in 30to 45 years and the 2C target within 100, even if we immediately stopall other sources of emissions". He adds: "No single change is adequate.If we are serious about meeting the 1.5C target, we're at thepoint that we need to do everything possible." Farming and food accountfor about a third of global greenhouse gas production at present,the Guardian notes, adding that "the world's food systems producedabout 16bn tonnes a year of CO2 from 2012 to 2017". The AssociatedPress adds that the world needs to "change how we grow, eat andthrow away our food, but we don't need to all go vegan". The study waspublished in the journal Science, which notes in a comment entitled"thought for food" that "major changes in how food is producedare needed if we want to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement".The New York Times and New Scientist also cover the study, whileone of the co-authors has written a piece for the Conversation.As part of a recent week-long "food and climate" series, CarbonBrief recently published an in-depth interactive article on the climateimpact of eating meat and dairy. Dozensdead as Eta wreaks waterlogged havoc on Central America GustavoPalencia and Sofia Menchu, Reuters Theremnants of Hurricane Eta "unleashed torrential rains and catastrophicflooding on Central America", reports Reuters, with more than70 deaths reported across the region. The deaths were "mostly becauseof mudslides as streets turned into rivers and bridges came tumblingdown", the newswire says. It continues: "One of the fiercest stormsto hit Central America in years, Eta struck Nicaragua as a category4 hurricane on Tuesday with winds of 150 miles per hour beforeweakening to a tropical depression as it moved inland and into neighbouringHonduras." Overall, eight fatalities were confirmed in Honduras,the newswire says, "as more than 5,000 people were holed up inshelters while 63 communities were cut off from communications, accordingto the government. Officials said 20 bridges there had been destroyed".The Guardian reports that "footage posted on social media showedcanoes navigating through the flooded streets of the Honduran cityof San Pedro Sula, where scores of people perched on roofs, pleadingto be rescued". The paper adds that "in southern Costa Rica, alandslide onto a house killed two residents". Guatemalan president AlejandroGiammattei said yesterday that at least 50 people have died asa result of the storm, reports a second Reuters piece, while a thirdsays "dozens of people are possibly buried in their homes in centralGuatemala". Giammattei said a month's worth of rain had fallen inless than half a day, reports BBC News. Central America remains on highalert, reports the Associated Press, as "forecasters said the now-tropicaldepression was expected to regather and head toward Cuba andpossibly the Gulf of Mexico by early next week". Yale Climate Connectionsadds that "there is plenty of warm water on hand for Eta, withsea surface temperatures of 29C (84F) running 0.5-1.0C above averagefor this time of year and oceanic heat content very supportive ofstrengthening". But the outlet notes that conditions "do not favour anythinglike a repeat of Eta's breakneck intensification to category 4strength before it reached Nicaragua". Bentleyto stop making petrol cars by 2030 and go fully electric JasperJolly, The Guardian Luxurycarmaker Bentley will stop making fossil fuel cars by 2030 and aimsto be completely carbon neutral at the same time, reports the Guardian,which describes the move as "one of the most ambitious plans ofany UK car manufacturer in the transition towards electric vehicles".The company will stop building cars with traditional internalcombustion engines within six years, the paper explains, and willinstead make hybrids and then its first battery electric cars in 2025.It adds: "By 2030 it will sell only pure battery electric vehicles,with zero-carbon exhaust emissions." Bentley's chief executiveAdrian Hallmark tells the paper that Bentley was going through"a paradigm shift throughout our business". As part of the "Beyond100"strategy, the company will launch two plug-in hybrids next year,adds Reuters. The Times notes that "Bentley, like its Anglo-Germanrival Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, has previously resisted the moveto building electric vehicles, saying that there was no demand fromits rich and super-rich customers". BBC News, Autocar and Auto Expressalso have the story. Meanwhile,Reuters reports that Volvo Trucks - the main truck brand of Swedishmanufacturer Volvo - will sell a complete range of electric, heavy-dutytrucks in Europe starting in 2021. And the Financial Times businesscolumnist John Gapper explains why "the days of the fossil-fuelFerrari are numbered". Inother oil-related news, Reuters reports that Malaysian state-owned energygiant Petronas says it aims to become a net-zero emitter of greenhousegases by 2050 and also plans to increase its investments in renewableenergy. The company "provided few details about whether the newnet-zero target will cover all emissions through its value chain, includingfrom the use of its products, nor how the new goal would impactits investment plans", says BusinessGreen. However, Petronas insistedthat it would "continue to intensify its efforts toward reducingScope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions from its assets bydelivering continuous improvements in operational excellence, and bydeploying innovative operations and technologies", the outlet adds. Elsewhere,Reuters reports that the clean-up of a huge oil spill in Augustoff the coast of Mauritius is expected to be completed by January,the New York Times reports that the Norwegian Supreme Court willhear a challenge by environmental groups to invalidate licenses fornew oil exploration in the Arctic on constitutional grounds, and Reutersalso reports that Saudi Arabia's state oil producer Aramco has loweredits December selling price for crude oil to Asia. Finally, Reutersmarket analyst John Kemp writes in his regular column on how thepath for oil prices will depend heavily on Covid-related controls onair travel. Iberdrolapledges #75bn to capitalise on energy transition NathalieThomas and Daniel Dombey, Financial Times Iberdrola,the world's third-biggest utility company, has promised to invest #75bn (£67.7bn) over the next five years to double its renewableenergy capacity, reports the Financial Times. The paper continues:"The commitment by the Spanish group enlarges its previous plansto invest around #10bn in 2020 and succeeding years. Iberdrola andother companies, including Denmark's Orsted and Italy's Enel, are emergingas the `new energy majors' that are aiming to boost and benefitfrom the shift towards cleaner energy." Iberdrola will focus itsinvestments on solar and offshore wind, says Bloomberg: "It wants solarcapacity to quadruple within the next decade, making up almost two-thirdsof its additional installed capacity. Offshore wind is expectedto grow seven-fold, while onshore wind is set to triple. The goalis to reach 60 gigawatts of renewable capacity by 2025, up from 32gigawatts last year." Iberdrola CEO Ignacio Galan said: "The only wayto supply all the world's energy requirement and reach emission reductiontargets is a very significant increase in the share of electricityas a percentage of total energy...Iberdrola has been gettingready for this opportunity over the last two decades," the outletadds. Iberdrola owns Scottish Power in the UK, notes the Times, wherethe company "plans to spend £10bn by 2025. That includes more than£3.7bn on developing 2.1 gigawatts of renewable capacity or enoughto power over 1.5m homes". Reuters And BusinessGreen also have thestory. Bidenvictory is a mixed blessing for Britain JamesForsyth, The Times Writingin the Times, James Forsyth - political editor of the Spectator- writes that "perhaps Britain's biggest win from a Biden presidencywill be greater co-operation over climate change". He says: "Thisis a growing interest of the Johnson government, ahead of the COP26climate change summit in Glasgow next year. The prime minister is,in the words of one Downing Street, `obsessed' with it, regarding itas the perfect coming out party for post-Brexit Britain. One ministerinvolved in the preparations for it says 'climate change will bethe single biggest change in their foreign policy and how they engagewith the world'." Forsyth adds that for the US to rejoin the ParisAgreement "under British auspices this year, would be a significantdiplomatic achievement". He continues: "Given that the Trumpadministration even objected to the use of the word 'sustainable'in summit communiques, Glasgow would have had next to no chanceof a result with Trump in the White House. But, this minister predicts,it 'is now much more likely to be a success'." However, cautionsForsyth, a Republican-controlled Senate could "limit what Bidencan sign up to in Glasgow". Inother comment around the US election, the Financial Times "Energy Source"column looks at what a Biden win would mean for energy. It says:"The short answer: at worst, congressional logjam hindering all thebig imperatives around climate change. At best, incremental, not radicalchange; bipartisan climate policy; an all-of-the-above energy strategy;and a more significant role for federal institutions." The authorsnote that "without a Senate majority and without the sweeping popularendorsement across the country, the radical clean-energy programmesome Democrats hoped to see from a Biden administration is nolonger on the cards". They continue: "Progressive Democrats will seekto direct energy policy, but a green new deal of the kind espousedby Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (which would havestruggled even with a slight Democratic advantage in the Senate) isnow politically impossible - it simply wouldn't get through Congress."Biden's $2tn climate plan "is also probably dead on arrival"the authors say, adding: "Bipartisan Joe will be the order of theday. Progressives in his own party will hate this. But energy legislationwill see Mr Biden mustering the cross-aisle skills he's knownfor." Inthe Daily Telegraph, business columnist Garry White writes that the "USelection has handed a significant reprieve to Big Oil, as Republicancontrol of the Senate is likely to insert a hefty spanner inJoe Biden's plans for a radical 'green' revolution". He continues: "Itseems unlikely that the Democrats will win a clean sweep - the presidency,the House and the Senate. If this had happened, as many predicted,nothing would have been able to stand in the way of Biden's radicalUS energy revolution, where an American government would actuallyturn its back on the oil industry." However, Axios says that theoil industry doesn't have reason "to completely freak out" about a potentialBiden win because, although Biden plans to end new oil drillingpermits on federal lands and waters, "a large majority of US outputis on private lands". Ecologicalinsights from three decades of animal movement tracking acrossa changing Arctic Science Newresearch presents the "Arctic Animal Movement Archive" (AAMA) dataset,a "growing collection of more than 200 standardised terrestrialand marine animal tracking studies from 1991 to the present".The aim of the public archive is to bring together "animal trackingdata from the Arctic and subarctic" to offer a window into theArctic as it enters a "new ecological state", the authors say. Usingthe data, the paper documents "climatic influences on the migrationphenology of eagles, geographic differences in the adaptive responseof caribou reproductive phenology to climate change, and species-specificchanges in terrestrial mammal movement rates in responseto increasing temperature". Pastclimates inform our future Science Anew review paper summarises the "fundamental role" that palaeoclimatedata plays in making climate change projections. Past climates"provide the only opportunity to observe how the Earth system respondsto high carbon dioxide", the authors say, and the paper discusses"the prospects for emerging methodologies to further insightsgained from past climates". The authors conclude: "Advances inproxy methods and interpretations pave the way for the use of past climatesfor model evaluation - a practice that we argue should be widelyadopted." Climatecrisis: `Biggest ever' initiative to restore natural world launchedamid warning it needs more cash HarryCockburn, The Independent Crookednot courageous: Adani renames Australian group Bravus, mistakingit for 'brave' NaamanZhou, The Guardian Electrictrains back on track in push to cut carbon emissions GraemePaton, The Times Climatecrisis: Europe experiences hottest October on record DaisyDunne, The Independent Britain'sbiggest battery storage project to date goes live CeciliaKeating, BusinessGreen Exclusive:European Development Finance group to exit fossil fuel investmentsby 2030 NinaChestney, Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop, Reuters China'schallenging path to become 'carbon neutral' by 2060 BenGeman, Axios Arctictime capsule from 2018 washes up in Ireland as polar ice melts RoryCarroll, The Guardian Thefoul-smelling fuel that could power big ships AdrienneMurray, BBC News Californiabars insurers from dropping policies in wildfire areas ChristopherFlavelle, The New York Times Top$5tn investor group pushes firms to cut out thermal coal SimonJessop, Reuters Thetortoise and the hare - how to hybridise batteries and supercapacitors TheEconomist Trumpabruptly replaces chairman of key energy commission BenGeman, Axios Comment:Debt-for-climate swaps can help developing countries make a greenrecovery RominaPicolotti and Alan Miller, Climate Home News Antarcticcommission rejects proposed marine sanctuaries ChelseaHarvey, E&E News via Scientific American SiemensGamesa shares up as wind power firm sees rising margins IslaBinnie, Reuters Oilstorage firm Vopak accelerates investments in 2020 CharlesRegnier, Reuters CanadianNatural Resources posts surprise profit on cost savings YajushGupta, Reuters Oregonallows a controversial fracked gas power plant to begin construction IlanaCohen, InsideClimate News NewUnemployment Claims Show Little Sign of Economic Rebound TheNew York Times, 05 Nov 2020 21:26Z Weremain in a very stressful time," one economist said, as initial filingsfor state jobless benefits again exceeded 700000 in a week. 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USelection tracker 2020: Democrats and Republicans on energy and climate JoshGabbatiss, Carbon Brief WithJoe Biden's victory now confirmed, remind yourself what climate pledges he made when campaigning to be the next US president with Carbon Brief's interactive tracker. JoeBiden wins the White House, in pivotal moment for global climate action ChloéFarand and Isabelle Gerretsen, Climate Home News Thereis extensive global media coverage of Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential election, which was finally confirmed on Saturday. Many outlets focus on what the president-elect's win means for action on climate change. Climate Home News says that "Biden is heading to the White House with a promise to overturn four years of US retreat on climate action". It adds: "It marks the end of a four-year assault on environmental protections from the White House under Donald Trump. Elected on the most ambitious climate platform ever presented by a presidential candidate, Biden promised a $2tn clean energy revolution. He will govern with Kamala Harris as vice president, who has a track record of suing oil companies as former attorney general of California. But their ability to deliver emissions cuts will be hampered by a disappointing performance for the Democrats in the senate race. Control of the upper house is expected to come down to two run-offs in Georgia in January." The Guardian reports on new analysis by Climate Action Tracker showing that "The election of Joe Biden...could reduce global heating by about 0.1C, bringing the goals of the Paris Agreement `within striking distance', if his plans are fulfilled". Nature says that "scientists the world over are breathing a collective sigh of relief". It adds: "The new president has the opportunity to reverse four years of anti-science policies -but he has a hard road ahead as he inherits a nation divided." The Financial Times says that "president-elect Joe Biden will take office with a plan to adopt tough new climate targets for the US and reverse many of the environmental actions of the Trump administration in a stance that was welcomed by world leaders over the weekend". Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, is quoted by Associated Press (AP) as saying: "I think now with President Biden in the White House in Washington, we have the real prospect of American global leadership in tackling climate change." AP describes Johnson's remarks as "an implicit criticism of Trump". The Independent rounds up how world leaders have reacted, many of whom have stressed the need for climate action. EurActiv says that "European Commission and senior EU lawmakers said they stood ready to intensify dialogue with the US on climate change, listing car CO2 limits and green finance among areas where 'real transatlantic cooperation' is again possible after the four-year 'Trump parenthesis'." But Vox notes that several key countries have yet to react to Biden's victory, including China and Russia. BusinessGreen quotes various climate experts including Dr Andrew Steer, president and CEO of US environmental group the World Resources Institute (WRI), who says there is "not a minute to lose" for Biden to begin work on trying to build "an economy for the 21st century" characterised by "low-carbon solutions will simultaneously improve health, drive economic growth, and reduce dangerous emissions". Climate Home News says "the international climate community was jubilant on Saturday" and lists a range of reactions including video of Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of UN Climate Change, jumping in the air with joy. Bloomberg says that Biden will now take a "clear climate mandate" into the White House: "Joe Biden will take office with something no US president has had before: robust popular support for climate action, borne out in polling data and election results from a hard-fought campaign". TheWashington Post says that Biden's win "positions America for a 180-degree turn on climate change", but it also cautions that "some of Biden's most sweeping programs will encounter stiff resistance from senate Republicans and conservative attorneys general". It adds: "In a victory speech Saturday night, Biden identified climate change as one of his top priorities as president, saying Americans must marshal the 'forces of science' in the 'battle to save our planet'...Biden has vowed to eliminate carbon emissions from the electric sector by 2035 and spend $2tn on investments ranging from weatherising homes to developing a nationwide network of charging stations for electric vehicles. That massive investment plan stands a chance only if his party wins two senate runoff races in Georgia in January; otherwise, he would have to rely on a combination of executive actions and more-modest congressional deals to advance his agenda." The New York Times lists "nine things the Biden administration could do quickly on the environment", including: "Make climate part of coronavirus relief. The Biden administration will very likely push to include clean energy provisions in any new economic stimulus measures congress considers. That could include things like research and development funding for clean energy, money for states to continue their renewable energy expansion, and an extension of tax credits for renewable energy industries." Politico warns that Biden's "climate promises will crash into regulatory bureaucracy". It says: "The promises would require a years-long process to repeal existing rules before imposing new ones with stronger emissions controls. Given that is the likeliest way to drive deep carbon emissions reductions and perennial uncertainty about whether congress will adopt legislation in this area, climate activists will have to play the long game, as nothing happens overnight on regulation." MIT Technology Review runs through "what Biden will and won't be able to achieve on climate change". It says: "A Biden administration would also be likely to quickly remove the roster of climate deniers, fossil-fuel lobbyists, and oil executives that Trump placed in positions of power throughout federal agencies; end the suppression of scientific reports; and restore the federal government's reliance on scientists and other experts to make critical decisions on climate change (and other crucial issues like the Covid-19 pandemic). But there could still be opportunities to make some longer-lasting progress on climate by passing new laws, observers say." BuzzFeed warns that "even if the Democrats win the two remaining seats in Georgia's runoff in January, congress is deeply divided - making it extremely unlikely he'll be able to achieve all that he wants...there's little chance of new, rigorous climate laws being passed under Republican senate majority leader Mitch McConnell's watch, and the Republican senate could also drag its feet on confirming key Biden administration officials, including cabinet members and the administrator of the EPA [Environmental Protection Agency]." Bloomberg says that "Trump nemesis" Mary Nichols - "a clean air champion from California" - is on short list to run Biden's EPA. InsideClimate News says that US climate activists are already vowing to "push the new president for aggressive action on climate and strategising for a Biden administration", adding: "With time running out for avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, every possible action - from local green ballot initiatives to a new federal position of 'climate czar' to financial regulatory reforms - is on the advocacy agenda." Outsideof the US, the implications of Biden's win are already been discussed. The Guardian reports that in the UK "Labour is urging the government to seize on Joe Biden's presidency to redouble Britain's efforts to tackle the climate crisis by bringing forward a multibillion pound 'green recovery' plan in the run-up to next year's COP26 summit in Glasgow". It quotes Ed Miliband, Labour's shadow business secretary: "You can't overstate the impact a Biden presidency will have on the climate issue. There are so many issues on which this is going to make such a big difference. Internationally, climate is top of the list." AFP notes that Boris Johnson is viewed with disdain by some in Joe Biden's camp [due to disparaging comments he once made about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton]: "But Britain hopes climate action could be a trump card to salvage its 'special relationship' with the United States". In Australia, there is speculation about how the Scott Morrison government will now deal with Biden's climate plans. The Australian Financial Review says: "Scott Morrison says he will hold his ground on climate change policy in the wake of Joe Biden's victory, while views differ within Labor over the significance it played in the US election. The prime minister came under immediate pressure on Sunday to adopt more ambitious emissions targets for 2030, as well as to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050 after Mr Biden claimed victory in the US presidential election." (TheBiden-Harris transition team has already published its climate plan on its new website.") BorisJohnson to chair nuclear summit SimonJack, BBC News BorisJohnson, the UK prime minister, is to meet his chancellor and business secretary today to discuss the role of nuclear power in the UK's net-zero target, reports BBC News. The meeting "comes ahead of a new 10-point plan" on hitting net-zero and expected next week, the broadcaster says. It adds: "The government is not expected to explicitly single out which [new nuclear] project will get the go-ahead, but officials told the BBC that [the proposed] Sizewell [C] in Suffolk is the only project ready to go if the government is to hit a target of starting construction of new nuclear within this parliament." The article lists several other areas expected to feature in Johnson's plan, including an earlier phaseout of petrol and diesel cars between 2030-2034, research on hydrogen and investment in carbon capture and storage. The Times also reports on the 10-point plan, under the headline: "Petrol and diesel cars face 2030 sales ban." It says: "While other pledges, which include boosting hydrogen energy production and tree-planting, are relatively uncontroversial, the ban on combustion engine sales in less than ten years is raising concerns among some in Downing Street." The Observer has news of the 10-point plan under the headline: "Global experts question UK's commitment to tackle climate crisis." It leads on a report from left-leaning thinktank IPPR that says the UK is only investing a tenth of the amount needed each year to reach net-zero by 2050. BBC News has a second article on the 10-point plan towards net-zero, exploring the need for what it describes as "action right across society and the economy - with a host of new incentives, laws, rules, bans, appliance standards, taxes and institutional innovations". It looks at areas including the need to manage the electricity grid in new ways to accommodate large shares of wind energy. The Times has a feature on recent "electricity margin notices" issued by the GB electricity system operator National Grid, due to outages at gas and nuclear plants combined with periods of low wind. It quotes former government adviser Guy Newey saying: "There is absolutely no reason that a windier grid cannot be as reliable as our current grid has been, but it is going to be a different system." The Daily Telegraph reports that National Grid "faces the looming prospect of a break-up as politicians and regulators reshape the energy industry to help reach its goal of net zero carbon emissions". The company owns - and operates - the electricity transmission system across the island of Great Britain. Separately,the Times reports that longer lorries could be allowed on UK roads "under government plans to cut overall vehicle emissions". The Daily Telegraph reports calls for the government to scrap air passenger duty on flights for a year, to help the aviation industry, in an article that does not mention the UK's climate goals. And the Sunday Times reports that Johnson is to make Andrew Griffith MP the government's "net-zero business tsar". It says the move will "woo business" amid what it calls "intense anxiety in the business community over the government's handling of Covid-19 and Brexit". The paper adds: "[Griffith] will focus on encouraging investment in Britain's green energy, fintech and transport industries." Revealed:Covid recovery plans threaten global climate hopes FionaHarvey, The Guardian TheGuardian has published analysis showing that "the prospect of a globalgreen recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is hanging in the balance,as countries pour money into the fossil fuel economy to stave offa devastating recession". It adds: "Meanwhile, promises of a low-carbonboost are failing to materialise. Only a handful of major countriesare pumping rescue funds into low-carbon efforts such as renewablepower, electric vehicles and energy efficiency." The Guardiansays the Vivid Economics analysis shows that "the EU is a frontrunner,devoting 30% of its #750bn (£677bn) Next Generation RecoveryFund to green ends". However, in contrast, "China is faring theworst of the major economies, with only 0.3% of its package - about£1.1bn - slated for green projects". It concludes that "only fourcountries - France, Spain, the UK and Germany - and the EU have packagesthat will produce a net environmental benefit". In another article,the Guardian says experts have warned that "world leaders are runningout of time to forge a green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis,with only a year to go before a crunch UN summit that will decidethe future of the global climate". The newspaper quotes Ban Ki-moon,former UN secretary-general: "It is important to build back theeconomy but if we do not keep global temperature rises below 1.5C thiswill create a huge, huge problem." (Carbon Brief has a tracker of major"green recovery" measures around the world.) NewSouth Wales's ambitious plan to become renewable superpower AlexandraSmith, The Sydney Morning Herald TheSydney Morning Herald reports that the New South Wales government inAustralia will "drive the transition to renewable energy by attractingAU$32bn of private investment in infrastructure, delivering thousandsof jobs and among the cheapest and most reliable electricity inthe world". The newspaper says it is "the most ambitious energy planin the country". It adds: "Despite simmering tensions between the Liberalsand the Nationals over previous energy policies, the Coalitionis united over the plan and significantly it also has bipartisansupport from Labor. The plan will create 6,300 construction jobsand 2,800 ongoing jobs, mostly in regional NSW, and deliver 12 gigawattsof renewable energy and 2 gigawatts of storage, largely pumpedhydro. It will also see AU$1.5bn in lease payments go to landownersfor hosting new infrastructure on their properties and put NSWin the top 10 for the lowest industrial electricity prices in the OECD."The Guardian also covers the story, saying that "conservationistsand farming groups welcomed the NSW announcement". Bidenhas a climate mandate DrLeah C Stokes, The Boston Globe Manyoutlets around the world have published comment about what Joe Biden'svictory could mean for action on climate change. The Boston Globehas a comment piece by Dr Leah Stokes from the University of California,Santa Barbara, who says: "With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris runningthe executive branch, we can ensure that government spending isgreened across the board. From procurement to the postal service, investmentsin our clean energy future can be made. We must also rememberthat continuing to delay costs money - and American lives.The fires that raged up and down the West Coast and the hurricaneswhose names have run into the Greek alphabet are a warning ofwhat is to come. Climate disasters are already costing billions everyyear." The veteran US climate scientist Ben Santer has written anopen letter to Biden in Scientific American: "An...important challengeis to restore public trust in science and scientists. You mustrebuild public trust in the scientific impartiality of the EnvironmentalProtection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,the Department of Energy, the Centers for Disease Controland many other federal agencies with scientific remits." Writingfor Vox, David Roberts laments the likely lack of control Bidenwill have in the senate: "Biden's power to effect the kind of radicalchange called for by the Green New Deal will be substantially curtailed.But he will not be powerless - there are expansive parts of hisclimate agenda that he can drive through executive power alone." Inthe Los Angeles Times, Anna M Phillips says there are still importantthings Biden can push through including: "Make America drive likeCalifornia, again. One of the most significant steps Biden could taketo reduce greenhouse gas emissions would to be reinstate tough nationwiderules for auto emissions and mileage standards that were putin place under the Obama administration and that essentially mirroredregulations already in effect in California." Jason Bordoff, writingfor Foreign Policy, says: "Rejoining the Paris Agreement is necessary,but far from sufficient. There is much else that a Biden administrationcould pursue, such as promoting collaboration on clean energytrade and innovation; spearheading a multilateral agreement to curbmethane emissions and finalising another to phase down hydrofluorocarbons;pursuing agreements covering carbon-intensive industriessuch as steel and cement; and working with allies to redoubleefforts to phase out emissions from existing coal plants." BenGeman in Axios looks at the need for the US to update its climate pledgewhen it rejoins the Paris Agreement: "Given the long odds of movinga big climate bill through congress, Biden's diplomatic leveragewill depend on showing other policies will breathe life into thenew pledge...Options include stimulus provisions; tariffs on carbon-intensivegoods." Gernot Wagner in Bloomberg says: "The first testwill likely be any kind of economic stimulus package. That's not acertainty with a Republican-controlled senate, which didn't vote on asecond stimulus bill before the election. But there's at least some hope,whereas the chance of climate legislation is close to zero. That makesit particularly important for a Biden administration to use a climatelens for any measures aimed at stimulating the economy, since otherspending measures will likely be limited." David Wallace-Wells inNew York magazine lists some of the hurdles facing Biden: "They are structural(the Supreme Court, the filibuster, the disproportionate powerof rural states in the senate and the electoral college, though thatlast one can shift a bit); temperamental (the new president swearinghe can persuade Republicans who didn't cooperate on anything whenhe was vice president and the country was less intensely polarisedthan it is today); political (Mitch McConnell still in chargeof the senate and Joe Manchin still a key Democratic vote); media-driven(Fox News and OANN, not to mention Facebook's outrage algorithms);and social (a Republican electorate that is distressingly militia-likein parts, featuring both QAnon truthers and suburban moms chantingoutside county clerk offices to stop the vote)." BusinessGreeneditor James Murray writes: "And just like that, a modicumof sanity was restored. The world's most powerful office is setto be held by a dignified man who accepts climate change is the gravestlong term threat faced by human civilisation and a canny politiciandetermined to do something about it...The Biden presidency couldyet founder on the rocks of Republican-intransigence and pandemic-induceddisaster. But it could also mark the start of a new erawhen the combination of clean technologies, economic forces, and evermore terrifying climate impacts make the net zero transition the corecomponent of winning electoral coalitions everywhere." An editorialin the Times looks at what Biden's win might mean for Boris Johnson:"Mr Johnson has an opportunity to deepen the transatlantic allianceby working with Mr Biden to achieve one of his top priorities.The president-elect is committed to rejoining the Paris climateaccords and helping to secure a new global climate deal. As thehost of next year's COP26 summit in Glasgow, Britain has a crucial roleto play in delivering that deal. But that will require Mr Johnson toprovide global leadership too. A first test will come this week whenhe is due to give a speech outlining how Britain intends to meet itsown climate targets. It is vital that this goes beyond talk of technologicalmoonshots and sets out the hard choices that lie ahead.What is more, a global climate deal will not negotiate itself.If Mr Johnson is to make the most of his diplomatic opportunityhe should waste no further time in allocating all the diplomaticresources necessary to ensure that COP26 is a triumph." In theGuardian, Labour leader Keir Starmer says: "It is crucial that the Britishgovernment seizes this moment...It means leading the global responseto tackling climate breakdown, starting with next year's COP26climate summit." Also in the Guardian, Australian climate scientistBill Hare says that "the election of Joe Biden to the White Houseis likely to see Australia increasingly isolated as the world headsto net zero emissions, with quite fundamental implications for oureconomy". And, finally, in the Daily Telegraph, Garry White argues that"you could almost hear the champagne corks popping all over Houston"because "Big Oil" is rejoicing that the "Green Revolution has beendelayed" due to Biden not taking control of the senate. Supporta science oath for the climate Letters,The Guardian Ina letter published in the Guardian, Professors Chris Rapley, Sarah Bracking,Bill McGuire, Simon Lewis and Jonathan Bamber are inviting peopleacross the scientific community to join their pledge to prevent "catastrophicclimate disruption". They write: "We are launching a new scienceoath for the climate. It is a pledge of scrutiny, integrity andengagement, and we invite our fellow scientists and researchers to joinus...We pledge to act in whatever ways we are able, in our lives andwork, to prevent catastrophic climate disruption. To translate thispledge into a force for real change, we will: explain honestly, clearlyand without compromise, what scientific evidence tells us aboutthe seriousness of the climate emergency; Not second guess what mightseem politically or economically pragmatic when describing the scaleand timeframe of action needed to deliver the 1.5C and 2C commitments,specified in the Paris climate agreement. And to speak outabout what is not compatible with the commitments, or is likely to underminethem; To the best of our abilities, and mindful of the urgentneed for systemic change, seek to align our own behaviour with theclimate targets, and reduce our own personal carbon emissions to demonstratethe possibilities for change." Heatstress risk and vulnerability under climate change in Durban metropolitan,South Africa - identifying urban planning priorities for adaptation ClimaticChange Newresearch assesses the current and projected future heat stress riskin Durban - one of South Africa's largest cities. Using high-resolutiondownscaled climate change projections under the very highemissions RCP8.5 emissions scenario, the study finds that "while heatstress is not a current concern, it is projected to increase and becomea future concern". This would be "mainly as a function of socialvulnerability due to household demographic and infrastructural characteristics,and will be experienced in both the rural and inner-cityareas" of the wider metropolitan area, the authors say. The studyalso puts forward a heat risk framework to "identify locations forspecific research and adaptation activities on heat stress risk andfor urban planning in sub-Saharan African cities". Climateand land use changes have caused almost fifth of habitat loss worldwide ITVNews EUeyes huge increase in offshore wind energy to meet climate goals - draft KateAbnett, Reuters Covidset back attitudes to public transport by two decades, says RAC GwynTopham, The Guardian Farmingfaces 'historic' shift to cut greenhouse gas emissions BBCScotland EUseeks to wipe out planet-warming refrigerants RaquelGuerra, EurActiv Meltingof Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf at 40-year record high, study says DaisyDunne, The Independent UKclimate champion: Oil majors can join the 'race to zero' - if they alignwith 1.5C ChloéFarand, Climate Home News BHPagrees low-carbon steel push with China's biggest producer NeilHume, Financial Times UKenergy plant to use liquid air RogerHarrabin, BBC News Trumpreplaces Republican head of energy regulatory panel who supports carbonmarkets Reuters Comment:EU should support efforts in Denmark and Netherlands to stop wood-burning AnnikaLund Gade and Peter de Jong, EurActiv Hydrogen:The energy source industrialists hope will fuel the economy RachelMillard, The Daily Telegraph Campaignersprotest against tidal energy plans near Wales' Holy Island MadeleineCuff, The i newspaper Parisexit creates climate change liability for US businesses NathanielBullard, Bloomberg Russianscientists discover huge walrus haulout in Arctic circle MariaVasilyeva, Reuters Bentleyis leading the charge to batteries. British carmakers must join it Editorial,The Observer Greattits face extinction threat due to climate change impacting food source RyanMorrison, MailOnline Comment:Big Oil must make seismic changes to survive MuqsitAshraf, Financial Times Companiesdefy investor demands on climate change AttractaMooney, Financial Times SouthAfrica sees Eskom at zero carbon emissions only by 2050 FelixNjini, Bloomberg Motorhomedealer found responsible for customer losses after retirees sparkinvestigation ABC/7.30,09 Nov 2020 19:24Z Hundredsof thousands of dollars in compensation will be paid to a group of greynomads and retirees after a Queensland motorhome dealer was found responsiblefor causing them financial loss. Majorfuneral provider and retailer denounced in 2020 Shonky awards ABCNews, 09 Nov 2020 18:25Z Choicenames and shames brands -- including InvoCare, the company behindWhite Lady Funerals and Simplicity Funerals -- which it alleges havefailed to give Australian consumers a fair deal. World'slargest coal producer warns of bankruptcy risk FinancialTimes, 09 Nov 2020 19:33Z PeabodyEnergy, the world's largest private sector coal producer, said therewas a risk it could go bankrupt for the second time in five years,as it raced to ... USstocks hit record high on coronavirus vaccine hopes ABCNews, 09 Nov 2020 21:20Z WallStreet soars to new record highs after pharmaceutical firm Pfizer saysits coronavirus vaccine could be more than 90 per cent effective, andinvestors cheer Joe Biden's win in the US presidential election. BloombergGreen @climate 09 Nov 2020 15:16Z Sharesin the Chinese companies that dominate production of solar panelsrise after Joe Biden's victory trib.al/S6gZT1m [DingDong The Witch Is Dayd!] Stockssurge on Wall Street on vaccine news, US election MinneapolisStar Tribune, 09 Nov 2020 13:40Z NewYork. Stock markets rocketed higher Monday after Pfizer said early datashow its coronavirus vaccine is effective and investors breathed asigh of relief ... CoalConsumption In U.S. Electricity Sector Plunges 30% OilPrice.com,07 Nov 2020 Competitionfrom record-low natural gas prices and reduced power demandin the lockdown in the spring sent coal consumption in the U.S.power sector down ... Turkeyreplaces central bank head as lira sees record lows CNBC,07 Nov 2020 07:51Z FormerFinance Minister Naci Agbal was brought in to replace Murat Uysal,according to a presidential decree announced in the Official Gazette. WalterHickey @WaltHickey 09 Nov 2020 18:59Z jeezthis headline is something Gunstocks tumble after upbeat vaccine news, lack of civil unrest reuters.com/article/us-usa... AirFrance KLM SA EPA:AF- 9 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 4.04+0.96 (31.28%) *** up 31% *** SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 9 Nov, 2:53 pm GMT-5 19.06+3.78 (24.74%) *** up 25% *** AirbusSE EPA:AIRSTOCK - 9 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 84.29+14.29 (20.41%) *** up 20% *** BPplc NYSE:BP- 9 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 18.27+2.63 (16.86%) *** up 17% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 9 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 183.56+25.78 (16.34%) *** up 16% *** ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 9 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 33.84+4.65 (15.93%) *** up 16% *** ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 9 Nov, 3:09 pm GMT-5 37.16+4.38 (13.36%) *** up 13% *** RoyalDutch Shell Plc ETR:R6C- 9 Nov, 2:51 pm GMT+1 12.73+1.40 (12.38%) *** up 12% *** ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 9 Nov, 3:09 pm GMT-5 79.90+8.77 (12.33%) *** up 12% *** VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 9 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 143.94+10.78 (8.10%) *** up 8.1% *** KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 9 Nov, 3:09 pm GMT-5 12.38+0.90 (7.84%) *** up 7.8% *** SiemensAG ETR:SIE- 9 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 116.98+8.34 (7.68%) *** up 7.7% *** BayerischeMotoren Werke AG ETR:BWM- 9 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 68.38+4.80 (7.55%) *** up 7.6% *** NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 9 Nov, 3:09 pm GMT-5 44.65+3.01 (7.22%) *** up 7.2% *** DaimlerAG ETR:DAIMLER- 9 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 51.56+3.39 (7.03%) *** up 7% *** PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 9 Nov, 1:57 pm GMT-5 1.68+0.11 (7.01%) *** up 7% *** FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 9 Nov, 3:09 pm GMT-5 8.30+0.52 (6.68%) *** up 6.7% *** DAXPERFORMANCE-INDEX INDEXDB:DAX - 9 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 <== DAX 13,251.65+771.63 (6.18%) *** up 6.2% *** TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 9 Nov, 2:53 pm GMT-5 53.51+2.90 (5.73%) *** up 5.7% *** GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 9 Nov, 3:09 pm GMT-5 39.48+2.02 (5.39%) *** up 5.4% *** DowJones Industrial Average NYSE:DJIA- 9 Nov, 3:09 pm GMT-5 29,577.83+1,254.43 (4.43%) *** up 4.4% *** BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 9 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 35.88+1.21 (3.49%) *** up 3.5% *** NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 9 Nov, 3:55 pm GMT+3 394.95+12.60 (3.30%) *** up 3.3% *** GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 9 Nov, 3:55 pm GMT+3 169.84+4.92 (2.98%) *** up 3% *** Nikkei225 TYO:NIKKEI- 9 Nov, 2:19 pm GMT+9 <== Nikkei 24,919.05+593.82 (2.44%) *** up 2.4% *** ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 9 Nov, 2:19 pm GMT+9 7,169.00+150.00 (2.14%) *** up 2.1% *** IntelCorporation NASDAQ:INTEL- 9 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 46.29+0.90 (1.98%) *** up 2% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 9 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 16.75+0.31 (1.92%) *** up 1.9% *** AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 9 Nov, 4:17 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,515.70+120.70 (1.89%) *** up 1.9% *** KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 9 Nov, 2:19 pm GMT+9 52,300.00+700.00 (1.36%) *** up 1.4% *** PanasonicCorporation TYO:6752- 9 Nov, 2:19 pm GMT+9 1,017.50+12.50 (1.24%) *** up 1.2% *** HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 9 Nov, 2:19 pm GMT+9 172,500.00+2,000.00 (1.17%) *** up 1.2% *** SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 9 Nov, 2:19 pm GMT+9 9,236.00+91.00 (1.00%) *** up 1% *** NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 9 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 19.76+0.19 (0.97%) up WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 9 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 18.33+0.14 (0.77%) up AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 9 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 1.71+0.01 (0.59%) up TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 9 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 430.82+0.87 (0.20%) up AppleInc NASDAQ:Apple- 9 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 118.69+0.00 (0.00%) even WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 9 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 1.08-0.01 (0.92%) down AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ:AMD- 9 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 84.92-0.96 (1.12%) *** down 1.1% *** PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 9 Nov, 3:07 pm GMT-5 1.16-0.02 (1.70%) *** down 1.7% *** MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 9 Nov, 2:19 pm GMT+9 584.00-12.00 (2.01%) *** down 2% *** MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 9 Nov, 2:19 pm GMT+9 190.00-5.00 (2.56%) *** down 2.6% *** Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 9 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 3,216.76-94.61 (2.86%) *** down 2.9% *** AmericanOutdoor Brands Inc NASDAQ:AOBC- 9 Nov, 3:07 pm GMT-5 14.43-0.45 (3.02%) *** down 3% *** NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 9 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 18.77-0.81 (4.14%) *** down 4.1% *** Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 9 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 16.04-1.48 (8.45%) *** down 8.5% *** JobSeekersupplement payment extended until March, but at a reduced rate ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 01:22Z TheFederal Government will extend the coronavirus supplement payment on the JobSeekerunemployment benefit -- at a lower rate -- until the end of March 2021. IEA:Wind and solar capacity will overtake both gas and coal globally by 2024 JoshGabbatiss, Carbon Brief Windand solar capacity will double over the next five years globally and exceed that of both gas and coal, according to a new International Energy Agency report. It concludes that while other fuels have struggled due to Covid-19 this year, the market for renewables has proved "more resilient than previously thought". USelection: Climate experts react to Joe Biden's victory JoshGabbatiss, Carbon Brief CarbonBrief asks a diverse range of climate experts across the world to react to the news that Joe Biden has defeated Donald Trump to become the next US president. World'slargest coal producer warns of bankruptcy risk GregoryMeyer and Joe Rennison, Financial Times PeabodyEnergy, the world's largest private sector coal producer, has said there is a risk it could go bankrupt for the second time in five years, reports the Financial Times. It adds: "[Peabody has] raced to renegotiate debts in the wake of tumbling demand for the fossil fuel. The New York-listed miner is at the centre of upheaval in energy markets as natural gas and renewables replace coal on the North American power grid. The economic fallout of coronavirus has also sapped demand for coal used in steelmaking, an important market for Peabody's Australian operations." Meanwhile,Reuters reports: "South African investors have pulled out of a local multi-billion dollar coal-fired power plant project, putting its construction at risk as opposition to the use of fossil-fuels in the country grows despite crippling power shortages. Across the world, investors are coming under increasing pressure to ditch coal, the most polluting of fossil fuels, and switch to greener energy." It adds: "The latest exits from the 630 megawatt (MW) Thabametsi coal-based power plant project in the water-scarce northern Limpopo province follow the withdrawal last month of South Korea's state-run Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO), and South Africa's big four banks last year after they were targeted by environmental activists." In Japan, Reuters reports that "Marubeni Corp...said on Monday it is increasingly difficult to sell stakes in coal-fired power plants due to growing criticism of the power stations which emit high levels of CO2". In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post says that "state-owned coal miner PT Bukit Asam booked a decline in net profits for the third consecutive quarter as weak coal demand, impacted by the Covid-19 health crisis, continued to take its toll on the company's finances". In India, Reuters reports that "real estate, infrastructure and pharmaceutical companies were among the winners of India's first coal mine auctions open to the private sector without restrictions on end-use". It adds: "Coal production in India has largely been restricted to state-run Coal India Ltd and another smaller government-controlled company, but prime minister Narendra Modi opened up the industry to the private sector this year." Another Reuters article says that "India's fuel demand has almost recovered to pre-Covid-19 levels and the nation will experience the fastest growth in energy consumption among all large economies in the coming decades". Finally,Reuters says that "oil [prices] surged about 8% on Monday, its biggest daily gain in more five months, after Pfizer announced promising results for its Covid-19 vaccine". It adds: "Brent crude settled at $42.40 a barrel, up $2.95, or 7.48%, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude settled at $40.29 a barrel, rising $3.15, or 8.48%." The Times says that oil prices surged yesterday "as traders bet that a vaccine could revive global travel and lead to a recovery in fuel demand". The Guardian carries the results of a global poll showing that "people are planning to drive and fly more in future than they did before the coronavirus pandemic...even though the overwhelming majority accept human responsibility for the climate crisis". The newspaper adds: "The apparent disconnect between beliefs and actions raises fears that without strong political intervention, these actions could undermine efforts to meet the targets set in the Paris Agreement and hopes of a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis." Britishwatchdog calls for global climate disclosures rules HuwJones, Reuters TheUK's accounting and corporate governance regulator, the Financial ConductAuthority (FCA), has called for global rules to improve how companiesinform investors about how their activities relate to climatechange and cutting carbon emissions, reports Reuters, adding: "TheFinancial Reporting Council published a review of how companies andtheir auditors consider climate-change in their activities. While minimumlegal reporting requirements are often met, investors are callingfor additional disclosure to inform their decision making, it found."BusinessGreen says that "the government plans to cement the UK'sposition as a global centre for green finance received a significantboost today, with the chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiling proposalsto issue the country's first sovereign green bond next year andmake climate risk disclosure mandatory for major companies from 2025".It adds: "Moreover, the chancellor confirmed plans set out earliertoday by the FCA to introduce stricter rules on climate risk disclosurefor large companies and investors, in line with the guidelinesdeveloped by the global Taskforce on Climate-related FinancialDisclosures (TCFDs)." The Guardian says that "in an attempt todemonstrate the government's commitment to tackling global heating, Sunaksaid the UK would go further than an international taskforce had recommendedand make disclosure by large businesses mandatory". The FinancialTimes explains: "The British government, which will host the delayedCOP 26 international climate talks in Glasgow next year, is keento position itself as a world-leading green finance hub. Green gilts- or "green sovereign bonds" - are a form of borrowing by governmentsto fund low-carbon infrastructure projects and are already usedin 16 countries including Germany and Sweden." Another Financial Timesstory says: "Rishi Sunak has set out his post-Brexit vision for theCity of London, hailing a `new chapter for financial services' witha heavy emphasis on green initiatives...Nicholas Stern, chair of theGrantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London School ofEconomics, said the plans to issue green gilts sent 'a tremendous signal'."Bloomberg also covers the story. Separately, the Times reportsthe comments of former Bank of England governor Mark Carney: "[He]yesterday suggested that allowing shareholders a say on businesses'climate plans might be better than drawing up rules to forcecompanies to address the issue." Carney suggested allowing shareholdersan annual vote on corporate climate plans would establish a"critical link" on the issue, the paper reports. Meanwhile,in other UK news, the Financial Times reports that "a US consortiumis in talks with the British government about reviving a recently-abandonedproject to build a nuclear power plant at Wylfa in northWales". It adds: "Led by the US engineering group Bechtel, the consortiumincludes Southern Company, an electricity utility, and Westinghouse,a nuclear engineering company whose AP1000 reactors wouldbe installed at the site on Anglesey. A deal would see a rapid resumptionof activity at Wylfa, which has lain dormant since its owner,Japan's Hitachi, froze its proposal to build a nuclear power plantthere in 2019 and then pulled the plug on the project in September."The i newspaper reports that Labour's shadow business secretaryEd Miliband has said that "Labour is open to the constructionof new nuclear power plants, such as Sizewell C in Suffolk,in a bid to hit the country's net-zero targets if it is economicallysound". Separately,the Guardian covers a new study showing that "the UK is increasinglyreliant on fruit and vegetables imported from countries mostvulnerable to the effects of the climate crisis, which could lead tosupply problems". It adds: "A study published in Nature Food on Mondayfound that the proportion of fruit and vegetables supplies in theUK that was grown domestically dropped from 42% in 1987 to 22% in 2013.At the same time, the proportion imported from 'climate-vulnerable'countries - those worst hit by climate breakdown -increased from 20% to 32%." The Independent also covers the new study.And the Independent also has a comment piece by Dr Richard Smith,chair of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change, under the headline:"The food industry isn't sustainable for our health or the climate.That's why we need a carbon tax." [Unlikefossils:] Renewableenergy defies Covid-19 to hit record growth in 2020 DamianCarrington, The Guardian Severalpublications cover the latest report from the International EnergyAgency (IEA). The Guardian says that the IEA's annual renewablesreport shows that global renewable electricity installation willhit a record level in 2020, "in sharp contrast with the declines causedby the coronavirus pandemic in the fossil fuel sectors". The newspaperadds: "[The IEA] says almost 90% of new electricity generationin 2020 will be renewable, with just 10% powered by gas and coal.The trend puts green electricity on track to become the largest powersource in 2025, displacing coal, which has dominated for the past50 years." Reuters notes that "the IEA [says] new additions of renewablescapacity worldwide [will] increase by 4% from last year to arecord 198 gigawatts (GW) this year". Carbon Brief has covered the reportin detail, highlighting that the IEA's "main case" scenario now showsthat "wind and solar capacity will double over the next five yearsglobally and exceed that of both gas and coal". Whatwill Trump's most profound legacy be? Possibly climate damage CoralDavenport, The New York Times Thereis continuing reaction to Joe Biden's US election victory with manyoutlets speculating what his win could mean for action on climate change.The New York Times has a feature looking back at the Trump yearsand assessing whether Biden can reverse the damage done: "The Bidenadministration can legally reinstate environmental protections onsome public lands that Mr. Trump opened to oil and gas drilling, butusing executive authority to write wide-reaching regulations on smokestackand tailpipe emissions may be more problematic with a 6-3 conservativeSupreme Court." Bloomberg says: "Climate activists countingon president-elect Joe Biden to rapidly fulfill ambitious clean-energypromises may be in for disappointment. Other priorities, includingstimulating the coronavirus-ravaged US economy, expanding healthcareand adjusting tax rates are likely to take precedence over sweepinglegislative action to curtail greenhouse gas emissions and combatclimate change. Biden also would face long odds in advancing anybig climate bills through the senate if Republicans maintain control."Adam Vaughan in New Scientist looks at what Biden could mean forclimate change: "Although the Democratic party's lack of control ofthe US senate may limit how bold the new administration can be on carbonemissions, there is plenty that it could deliver. In debates, Bidensaid that he would `transition from the oil industry' and promisedto end new drill leases for public land and water, which wouldhave a big impact offshore." Writing for Forbes, Michael Lynch says:"On the big questions that affect the petroleum industry - fracking,pipeline construction, carbon taxes - the Administration seemsunlikely to act to their detriment, at least initially. There willno doubt be pressure on Biden from the progressive/left wing of theDemocratic Party, but all indications are that he won't attempt radicalprograms, such as banning fracking or gas in buildings." In YaleClimate Connections, Bud Ward writes: "There is little doubt that theincoming Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration will usher back in astanding respect for quality scientists and high-quality climate science.That's a given, as is the point that such allegiance to sciencewill clearly distinguish the new administration from its immediatepredecessor. That itself is critically important." InsideClimateNews argues that "[Biden] and the divided congress may findcommon ground on one action to fight global warming for which proponentssay the right government incentives could change the game: carboncapture and storage". On the BBC News website, Matt McGrath says:"More radical Democrats such as congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortezhave put forward a proposal called the green new deal, which wouldeliminate carbon emissions from most sources over a decade. The Bidenclimate plan is more moderate. However, if enacted, it would stillbe the most progressive climate strategy the US has ever attempted."He adds: "US leadership is absolutely critical for [the UN]process. With China, Japan and South Korea having set long-term goalsto cut carbon, expectations are rising that the UN's COP26 climatesummit, which convenes in Glasgow in November 2021, may turn outto be a success." Axios's Amy Harder looks at how the Democrats performedin the election when running on a pro-climate ticket: "Environmentalistspoint to Biden's triumph over Trump as their biggestvictory. The League of Conservation Voters' political affiliatesput more than $40m of its unprecedented $115m electoral investmenttoward the White House race. But otherwise, their return on investmentis not looking good. Out of 21 races across the Senate and HouseLCV invested in, it looks likely they will have won six and lost 15(five races were still not officially called, but clear winners wereemerging)." In the Guardian, Emily Holden explains "why Republicancontrol of US senate would kneecap climate action". Lisa Holland,Sky News's climate correspondent, argues that "voters can now expectMr Biden to sign a series of executive orders putting the US on thepath to net-zero - getting there, he says, 'no later' than 2050...Butthe new president faces a fresh rivalry from China which has alsosignalled its ambition to become the global leader on the climate."Climate Home News notes that Biden promised to expose the "climateoutlaws" and the publication then lists "a number of nations couldsoon be feeling the heat", including Australia, Brazil, China andIndonesia. Meanwhile,some UK publications focus on what a Biden presidency might meanfor Boris Johnson's own efforts to ramp up action on climate change.Daisy Dunne, the Independent's climate correspondent, quotes NickMabey, the founder of climate thinktank E3G. He says: "Obviously theUK has the problem of the legacy with the relationship with Trump.[No 10] know they aren't going to get any change on trade and they'renot really a global superpower around issues like Russia and China,so the main area where the US needs the UK and the UK has got agencyis on climate change and COP26." Emma Gatten, the Daily Telegraph'senvironment editor, also writes on the same theme: "Climatechange could prove the government's best in-road to the new Bidenadministration and help dispel the incoming president's impressionthat Boris Johnson is a Trump 'clone'...The UK will be hoping topull off a diplomatic victory by securing new commitments at the summiton meeting the Paris climate aims...Mr Johnson's challenge will bepersuading the US that the UK is still a leader in this arena. But whenit comes to building trust with a wary Biden administration, climatechange offers the best opportunity." Finally,Carbon Brief has gathered together a wide range of climate expertsreacting to Biden's victory. UK'sfruit and vegetable supply is increasingly dependent on imports fromclimate-vulnerable producing countries NatureFood Thesupply of fruit and vegetables to the UK is increasingly coming from"climate vulnerable" countries, a new study suggests. Analysing 27years of trade data, the authors find that UK tastes have become morevaried, with a larger demand for tropical fruits and less for traditionalvegetables, such as cabbages and carrots. The proportion ofimports from climate-vulnerable countries increased from 20% in 1987to 32% in 2013, the study says. This increased reliance could negativelyaffect the availability, price and consumption of fruit and vegetablesin the UK, the authors conclude, potentially "affecting dietaryintake and health, particularly of older people and low-income households". Theimpact of policies and business models on income equity in rooftop solaradoption NatureEnergy Anew study looks into the effectiveness of policies that address why low-and middle-income (LMI) households in the US are less likely to adoptrooftop solar photovoltaics (PV). They find that "LMI-specific financialincentives, PV leasing and property-assessed financing have increasedthe diffusion of PV adoption among LMI households in existingmarkets and have driven more installations into previously underservedlow-income communities". The authors conclude that these policies"could catalyse peer effects to increase PV adoption in low-incomecommunities even among households that do not directly benefitfrom the interventions". Climatechange risk to global port operations NatureClimate Change Newresearch identifies the ports around the world that are most at riskfrom the impacts of severe climate change. Assessing 2,013 ports underthe "high-end" RCP8.5 emissions scenario, the study finds that portsin the Pacific Islands, Caribbean Sea and Indian Ocean could be at"extremely high risk" by 2100, while those in the African Mediterraneanand the Arabian Peninsula could be at "very high risk" by2100. The researchers note that the main contributors to amplified riskare "increased coastal flooding and overtopping due to sea level rise,as well as the heat stress impacts of higher temperatures". `Hypocritesand greenwash': Greta Thunberg blasts leaders over climate crisis DamianCarrington, The Guardian NewSouth Wales roadmap offers a way out of energy uncertainty Editorial,The Sydney Morning Herald 'Immense'potential of renewable energy could propel Australia to net-zero2050 target GrahamReadfearn, The Guardian Murdoch'sNews Corp defends climate coverage in escalating Turnbull stoush ZoeSamios, The Melbourne Age Q&A:Malcolm Turnbull clashes with News Corp's Paul Kelly over climate coverage LisaCox, The Guardian Thetaforms as season's 29th named storm, breaking a record MariaCramer, The New York Times Trumpremoves head of climate science report ZackColman and Alex Guillén, Politico Scientistswatch as China remote glaciers melt at 'shocking' pace MartinQuin Pollard, Reuters 'Wewant real action': young activists aim to fill void on climate with mock COP26 JessicaMurray, The Guardian AsCape Town races to save water, risk of 'Day Zero' drought seen rising KimHarrisberg, Reuters EUhoney harvests feel the sting of climate change with record losses NatashaFoote, EurActiv UKand US groups partner on small modular nuclear reactors RebeccaCambell, Engineering News Taxpayersbet $9.6m on 'revolutionary' Chinese solar company Sunman ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 13:17Z TheGovernment has invested $9.6 million in Shanghai-based solar company,Sunman, run by a former billionaire who is considered to be oneof Australia's leading solar scientists. Anti-frackingprotestors who drilled into lawns near NT Parliament foundnot guilty of criminal damage ABCNews, 10 Nov 2020 07:21Z Twoanti-fracking protestors who drilled holes into the lawns in front ofNT Parliament House have been found not guilty of causing criminal damage,with a judge saying the prosecution failed to establish the lawnwas the property of the NT government. ChinaVaccine Trial Halted in Brazil After Serious Adverse Event Bloomberg,10 Nov 2020 09:33Z Thefinal-stage trial of a Chinese frontrunner vaccine candidate has beenhalted in Brazil due to a serious adverse event, the first time thatany of the Asian ... EUsays Amazon breached antitrust rules, opens second investigation intoits e-commerce business CNBC,10 Nov 2020 14:33Z TheEuropean Commission has concluded that Amazon breached European antitrustrules by using independent sellers' data for its own benefit. MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 10 Nov, 1:08 pm GMT+9 629.00+50.00 (8.64%) *** up 8.6% *** NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 10 Nov, 3:07 pm AEDT 21.32+1.56 (7.87%) *** up 7.9% *** WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 10 Nov, 3:07 pm AEDT 19.54+1.20 (6.57%) *** up 6.6% *** MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 10 Nov, 1:08 pm GMT+9 199.00+11.00 (5.85%) *** up 5.9% *** GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 41.19+2.23 (5.72%) *** up 5.7% *** BPplc NYSE:BP- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 19.07+1.00 (5.50%) *** up 5.5% *** ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 35.17+1.79 (5.36%) *** up 5.4% *** AirFrance KLM SA EPA:AirFrance - 10 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT+1 4.11+0.19 (4.90%) *** up 4.9% *** AirbusSE EPA:AIRSTOCK - 10 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT+1 87.04+4.04 (4.87%) *** up 4.9% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 187.89+8.53 (4.76%) *** up 4.8% *** PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 10 Nov, 2:28 pm GMT-5 1.76+0.08 (4.76%) *** up 4.8% *** RoyalDutch Shell Plc ETR:R6C- 10 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT+1 13.32+0.53 (4.11%) *** up 4.1% *** KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 12.78+0.48 (3.90%) *** up 3.9% *** KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 10 Nov, 1:08 pm GMT+9 54,300.00+2,000.00 (3.82%) *** up 3.8% *** TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 10 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT-5 55.42+2.03 (3.80%) *** up 3.8% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 10 Nov, 3:07 pm AEDT 1.12+0.04 (3.70%) *** up 3.7% *** ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 82.24+2.84 (3.58%) *** up 3.6% *** VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 10 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT+1 147.36+5.04 (3.54%) *** up 3.5% *** DaimlerAG ETR:DAIMLER- 10 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT+1 52.38+1.68 (3.31%) *** up 3.3% *** FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 8.43+0.23 (2.80%) *** up 2.8% *** PanasonicCorporation TYO:6752- 10 Nov, 1:08 pm GMT+9 1,042.00+24.00 (2.36%) *** up 2.4% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 16.91+0.36 (2.18%) *** up 2.2% *** NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT+3 403.25+7.85 (1.99%) *** up 2% *** BayerischeMotoren Werke AG ETR:BWM- 10 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT+1 68.73+1.10 (1.63%) *** up 1.6% *** ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 36.56+0.50 (1.39%) *** up 1.4% *** Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 16.02+0.21 (1.36%) *** up 1.4% *** ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 10 Nov, 1:08 pm GMT+9 7,254.00+81.00 (1.13%) *** up 1.1% *** DowJones Industrial Average NYSE:DJIA- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 <== DJIA 29,393.83+235.86 (0.81%) up Nikkei225 TYO:NIKKEI- 10 Nov, 1:08 pm GMT+9 <== Nikkei 24,954.55+114.71 (0.46%) up GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT+3 170.85+0.72 (0.42%) up BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 10 Nov, 3:07 pm AEDT 36.03+0.15 (0.42%) up AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 10 Nov, 3:27 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,536.80+21.10 (0.32%) up DAXPERFORMANCE-INDEX INDEXDB:DAX - 10 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT+1 <== DAX 13,136.58+40.61 (0.31%) up HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 10 Nov, 1:08 pm GMT+9 173,000.00+500.00 (0.29%) up SiemensAG ETR:SIE- 10 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT+1 116.74+0.26 (0.22%) up AppleInc NASDAQ:Apple- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 116.45+0.14 (0.12%) up SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 10 Nov, 2:49 pm GMT-5 19.02-0.03 (0.16%) down IntelCorporation NASDAQ:INTEL- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 45.32-0.28 (0.61%) down NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 18.51-0.12 (0.64%) down AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 10 Nov, 3:07 pm AEDT 1.68-0.04 (2.05%) *** down 2.1% *** SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 10 Nov, 1:08 pm GMT+9 8,992.00-228.00 (2.47%) *** down 2.5% *** TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 408.48-12.78 (3.03%) *** down 3% *** Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 10 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 3,035.08-108.66 (3.46%) *** down 3.5% *** NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 41.52-2.51 (5.69%) *** down 6% *** AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ:AMD- 10 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT-5 78.14-4.98 (5.99%) *** down 6% *** PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 10 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 0.82-0.27 (24.42%) *** down 24% *** Boeingloses more 737 MAX orders, eyes jet's US return but Europe tariffs loom FoxBusiness, 11 Nov 2020 06:00Z TheEuropean Union's decision to impose tariffs of 15% on Boeing planes this weekcould hobble its jet deliveries in Europe. DowJones Jumps 150 Points, As Tech Stocks Snap Back; Datadog Plunges 13% On Earnings Investor'sBusiness Daily, 11 Nov 2020 17:25Z TheDow Jones Industrial Average rallied more than 150 points Wednesday, as techstocks snapped back. But Datadog plunged 13% on earnings. NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 20.08+2.05 (11.37%) *** up 11% *** PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 0.91+0.08 (9.79%) *** up 9.8% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 11 Nov, 2:50 pm AEDT 1.22+0.09 (8.18%) *** up 8.2% *** WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 11 Nov, 2:50 pm AEDT 20.82+1.16 (5.90%) *** up 5.9% *** KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 11 Nov, 12:50 pm GMT+9 57,500.00+3,000.00 (5.50%) *** up 5.5% *** AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ:AMD- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 81.29+3.30 (4.23%) *** up 4.2% *** Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 16.55+0.49 (3.05%) *** up 3.1% *** NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 42.78+1.23 (2.96%) *** up 3% *** RoyalDutch Shell Plc ETR:R6C- 11 Nov, 3:21 pm GMT+1 13.66+0.39 (2.95%) *** up 3% *** Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 3,118.74+83.73 (2.76%) *** up 2.8% *** NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 11 Nov, 2:50 pm AEDT 21.82+0.56 (2.63%) *** up 2.6% *** AppleInc NASDAQ:Apple- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 119.00+3.03 (2.62%) *** up 2.6% *** PanasonicCorporation TYO:6752- 11 Nov, 12:51 pm GMT+9 1,062.50+27.00 (2.61%) *** up 2.6% *** NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT+3 424.55+10.00 (2.41%) *** up 2.4% *** ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 11 Nov, 12:51 pm GMT+9 7,434.00+167.00 (2.30%) *** up 2.3% *** IntelCorporation NASDAQ:INTEL- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 46.39+0.95 (2.09%) *** up 2.1% *** BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 11 Nov, 2:50 pm AEDT 36.77+0.74 (2.05%) *** up 2.1% *** Nikkei225 TYO:NIKKEI- 11 Nov, 12:50 pm GMT+9 <== Nikkei 25,319.74+414.15 (1.66%) *** up 1.7% *** AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 11 Nov, 2:49 pm AEDT 1.72+0.03 (1.59%) *** up 1.6% *** AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 11 Nov, 3:10 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,647.70+103.70 (1.58%) *** up 1.6% *** BayerischeMotoren Werke AG ETR:BWM- 11 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT+1 70.46+0.96 (1.38%) *** up 1.4% *** TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 415.75+5.39 (1.31%) *** up 1.3% *** MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 11 Nov, 12:50 pm GMT+9 643.00+8.00 (1.26%) *** up 1.3% *** SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 11 Nov, 12:51 pm GMT+9 9,005.00+85.00 (0.95%) up DAXPERFORMANCE-INDEX INDEXDB:DAX - 11 Nov, 3:22 pm GMT+1 <== DAX 13,232.33+69.22 (0.53%) up KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 11 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 12.96+0.06 (0.50%) up DaimlerAG ETR:DAIMLER- 11 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT+1 53.22+0.22 (0.42%) up GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 11 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT+3 173.44+0.52 (0.30%) up HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 11 Nov, 12:50 pm GMT+9 174,000.00+500.00 (0.29%) up SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 11 Nov, 2:48 pm GMT-5 19.10+0.03 (0.16%) up PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 11 Nov, 2:05 pm GMT-5 1.70+0.00 (0.00%) even VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 11 Nov, 3:23 pm GMT+1 149.94+0.12 (0.08%) even ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 35.51-0.02 (0.06%) even TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 11 Nov, 2:48 pm GMT-5 55.65-0.06 (0.11%) down CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 17.16-0.03 (0.20%) down DowJones Industrial Average NYSE:DJIA- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 <== DJIA 29,329.29-91.63 (0.31%) down AirbusSE EPA:AIRSTOCK - 11 Nov, 3:22 pm GMT+1 87.61-0.31 (0.35%) down AirFrance KLM SA EPA:AirFrance - 11 Nov, 3:22 pm GMT+1 4.02-0.02 (0.45%) down SiemensAG ETR:SIE- 11 Nov, 3:22 pm GMT+1 117.74-0.66 (0.56%) down FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 11 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 8.33-0.05 (0.60%) down ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 82.11-0.96 (1.16%) *** down 1.2% *** ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 36.37-0.49 (1.33%) *** down 1.3% *** BPplc NYSE:BP- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 18.84-0.27 (1.39%) *** down 1.4% *** GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 40.34-0.74 (1.80%) *** down 1.8% *** MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 11 Nov, 12:50 pm GMT+9 199.00-4.00 (1.97%) *** down 2% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 11 Nov, 3:03 pm GMT-5 180.84-7.85 (4.16%) *** down 4.2% *** Mediareaction: What Joe Biden's US election victory means for climate change JoshGabbatiss, Carbon Brief Therehas been extensive media coverage in the US and around the world examininghow the incoming Biden-Harris administration will tackle climatechange. Carbon Brief has a summary of how the media has coveredthe implications for US climate action, the end of the Trump era,what could stand in Biden's way and what the result might mean internationally,including for the UK as COP26 hosts. Bidentalks climate in calls with foreign leaders BenGeman, Axios USpresident-elect Joe Biden has discussed climate change in his first callswith world leaders, Axios reports, saying this is "an early sign ofBiden's intent to stitch climate into his foreign policy posture".It reports that calls with the leaders of the UK, France and Germanyall "touched on climate" and that Canadian prime minister JustinTrudeau said after speaking to Biden that they were ready to "tacklethe challenges and opportunities facing our two countries - includingclimate change and Covid-19". Reuters reports that French presidentEmmanuel Macron told Biden he was ready to work together on climatechange, among other issues, according to a readout from the ElyseePalace. Reuters also reports that UK prime minister Boris Johnsonused his first conversation with Biden to invite the president-electto next year's COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.The Independent picks out mentions of climate change from the DowningStreet statement on the Biden-Johnson call, which it says notedthe US and UK's "shared priorities" around "tackling climate change,promoting democracy and building back better from the coronaviruspandemic". Climate Home News says the UK government "is likelyto try and use the COP26 climate talks to rebuild its rocky relationshipwith US president-elect Joe Biden and his party, analysts havesaid". Many other outlets, including the Financial Times, the Timesand Sky News, report the readouts on climate from the first Biden-Johnsoncall. Politico reports the comments of European Commissionpresident Ursula von der Leyen in a speech, where, the outletsays, she "advocated a new transatlantic partnership on a range ofissues where Europe and America have often been at odds under the currentUS administration". It adds that she said the response to climatechange needed EU-US leadership and "hailed Biden's commitment forthe US to reenter the Paris climate agreement". Biden'selection victory "boosts preparations" for COP26, reports the Guardian,in a piece quoting Obama-era climate envoy Todd Stern saying:"The difference [between the US under Biden and under Trump] willbe night and day." Thomson Reuters Foundation says Biden's win "puts[the] 1.5C global warming limit back within reach". Bloomberg hasa backgrounder on Biden rejoining the Paris Agreement. The Guardianhas an interview with UK COP26 envoy John Murton. Meanwhile,there is a continued coverage of what a Biden presidency willmean for climate change in the US and internationally. The New YorkTimes has highlights of the Biden transition team, which says the president-elect"signalled on Tuesday that addressing environmental disparitiesin poor communities and embedding climate change throughoutthe government would be priorities". It adds: "Mr Biden alsoappears to be embedding climate change experts throughout other agencieswhere the issue is not a core part of the mission. The DefenseDepartment team includes Sharon Burke, an expert on climate andnational security who served as an assistant secretary of defense inthe Obama administration. Helping manage the transition at the StateDepartment is Susan Biniaz, who spent two decades at the agency asa climate change negotiator." Bloomberg reports that former Iowa governorChet Culver, a supporter of wind energy and biofuels, could beappointed to a senior Biden administration role in energy. A commentfor the New York Times picks out "9 ways Biden could change Americain January", one of which is on climate change, where the piecesays the next president will be able to rescind Trump administrationexecutive orders as well as pursuing executive action ofhis own. The Hill says Biden is "expected to issue swift reversals onclimate", ending Trump's environmental rollbacks as a way to "lay[] thegroundwork for an administration that has vowed to sharply curb emissions".Bloomberg has an article listing "the 39 things Biden shoulddo first on climate change". Writing in the Nation, 350.org co-founderJamie Henn says that Biden could "use his presidential bullypulpit" to make climate action even more popular. Henn argues thatBiden should "keep climate change and the clean-energy revolution inthe spotlight". In his "weekly planet" column for the Atlantic, RobinsonMeyer offers "five ways to think about Biden and climate", concluding:"He could have the best chance to fight carbon pollution ofany American leader in a decade." Bloomberg carries a lengthy interviewwith John Podesta, White House lead on climate during Obama'ssecond term, carried out before the election but published yesterday.Podesta argues that there is "we just don't have enough time"for the incoming president to wait for Republicans to "go to scienceseminars", meaning Biden will have to attempt to act on climatewithout their support. The Guardian looks at "five post-Trump obstaclesto a global green recovery," including "US political division".The Wall Street Journal lays out the "headwinds" facing Biden'senergy plans. The Financial Times continues coverage of the InternationalEnergy Agency renewables report, published yesterday, underthe headline: "Biden presidency to hasten global switch from coalto renewables." CBC News has an analysis piece saying that Biden'spresidency "could change the terms of the climate debate in Canada"and "will ramp up the pressure on Canada to do more". CarbonBrief has an in-depth round-up of the media reaction to Biden's win,as well as a separate article with a range of climate experts reactingto the prospect of a pro-climate action US president. Hurricaneseason: Record number of named Atlantic storms BBCNews Severaloutlets cover the news that this year's Atlantic hurricane seasonhas broken the record for the number of named storms, according tothe US National Hurricane Center. BBC News reports: "Subtropical stormTheta in the north-east Atlantic is the 29th, breaking the previousrecord of 28 set in 2005." It says that there is "conflicting evidence"over whether hurricanes are becoming more frequent due to climatechange but adds: "However, scientists expect climate change to makethese storms stronger." The Independent quotes climate scientist ProfMichael Mann saying: "As we continue to warm the planet and the tropicalAtlantic, there is more energy to fuel more and stronger tropicalstorms and hurricanes." The article also notes research suggestingthat a 1.5C warming limit "could halve the risk of severe hurricanesfor the Caribbean, when compared to a world where warming reaches2C". The Guardian quote Kerry Emanuel saying the science is "quiteclear that we should expect more high intensity hurricanes and muchmore rain from them". The Hill also has the story. Associated Pressand Yale Climate Connections say there is a 70% chance that a weathersystem currently forming in the Atlantic will become this year's30th named hurricane. The New York Times has a story on "five thingswe know about climate change and hurricanes". SiemensEnergy drops most coal business following spin-off ChristophSteitz, Reuters Germanfirm Siemens Energy will no longer build steam turbines for coal-firedpower stations, Reuters reports, though it will honour existingcontracts. The move "mak[es] it the latest firm to scale back fossilfuel-related operations", with coal turbines representing "a lowsingle-digit percentage of the company's sales". Power Engineering Internationalalso has the news. In related news, Nikkei Asia reports thatToshiba has stopped taking orders for coal power plants and plans afivefold increase in renewable investment, in a move the publication linksto Japan's new net-zero target. Global Construction Review has thestory and notes the move comes "[t]hree months after [Toshiba] beganwork on the $2.7bn Van Phong 1 thermal power plant in Vietnam". Meanwhile,in other coal news, Reuters columnist Clyde Russell writes thatChina's coal imports in October fell to their lowest level this year"with supplies from Australia particularly hard hit". Climate HomeNews reports that Asian development banks are "resist[ing]" moves torestrict finance for coal. The outlet says the Asian Development Bank(ADB) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) are not expectedto sign a joint statement that would commit signatories to "worktowards" ending coal finance. The Financial Times says Barclays is"under fire" over its financing of fossil fuel companies, which increasedthis year. A comment piece for Climate Home News says a new Japanese-financedcoal plant in Indonesia "threatens our health and livelihoods". Greengilts can help to build a low-carbon future Editorial,Financial Times TheUK's plan to sell its first "green gilts" will "have a mostly symboliceffect on the nascent green finance market, but is still worthdoing", says an editorial in the Financial Times. It says: "Greenbonds must finance projects that contribute to reducing carbon emissions...Towork they must create a `green spread', so low-carbon projectspay a lower cost of capital than so-called brown ones." Inother green finance news, Reuters reports that the UK has backed thecreation of a global standards board to set mandatory company disclosurerequirements on risks from climate change, a move backed by thehead of asset manager BlackRock according to a second Reuters report.The Financial Times says UK firms have so far fallen short on climatereporting, according to the regulatory Financial Reporting Council,while Bloomberg reflects on the news from earlier this week thatsuch reporting will become mandatory from 2025. The Independent reportsthat the US Federal Reserve "has identified climate change as arisk to financial stability for the first time ever". Reuters also reportsthat Prince Charles has called on companies to prioritise climateaction. The Financial Times reports that the University of Oxfordhas "partnered with BlackRock in the development of a sustainableinvestment tracker fund". Why`waste not, want not' is an unattainable energy goal EdCrooks, Financial Times Writingfor a Financial Times special report on energy efficiency, the paper'sformer US energy and industry editor Ed Crooks looks at the thermodynamiclimits on converting energy into useful work. Crooks writes:"In a sense, waste is the inescapable price we pay for organisingenergy into useful forms." He cites figures showing that two-thirdsof the energy put into the US economy is wasted, mostly as wasteheat during the burning of fossil fuels. Crooks adds: "[T]here aretwo reasons why it is still worth thinking about all the energy we wastein our system. The first is because it gets us used to the idea thatsome losses are unavoidable...Second, although we cannot end energywaste, we can reduce it." Other features in the FT special reportinclude looks at efforts to "green" the production of steel, a piecesaying the cement industry is "moving too slowly" to cut its CO2 emissionsand a comment from Nick Butler warning that the reduction in costsas a result of the pandemic shock to the energy system "risks underminingefficiency gains". Increasingrisk of another Cape Town "Day Zero" drought in the 21st century Proceedingsof the National Academy of Sciences Human-causedclimate change made Cape Town's recent "Day Zero" drought aroundfive or six times more likely, a new study suggests. Using high-resolutionclimate model simulations, the researchers assess the contributionof anthropogenic climate change to the probability of multiyearrainfall deficits in southwestern South Africa in past and futuredecades. The study estimates that the probability of another similardrought event will increase from 0.7 to 25% by the year 2100 underan "intermediate-emission scenario" (SSP2-4.5) and to 80% under a"high emission scenario" (SSP5-8.5). Thequest for improved air quality may push China to continue its CO2 reductionbeyond the Paris Commitment Proceedingsof the National Academy of Sciences Apush to achieve air quality targets in China could lead to more reductionin CO2 emissions than set out in its existing pledge under theParis Agreement, a new study says. Using an integrated assessment modeland an air quality model, the researchers find that some Chinese citieswill not be able to meet their "Beautiful China" air quality targetswithout taking steps that would see larger cuts to CO2 emissions.The study says: "Achieving the air quality target would requirefurther reduction in emissions of multiple air pollutants by 6 to32%, driving additional 22% reduction in CO2 emissions relative to the[Nationally Determined Contribution] scenario." Potentialfor sustainable irrigation expansion in a 3C warmer climate Proceedingsof the National Academy of Sciences Newresearch investigates how sustainable irrigation could be rolled outaround the world even under 1.5C or 3C of warming. Using projectionsof renewable water availability and irrigation water demandunder warming scenarios, the study finds that "in up to 35% of currentlyrain-fed croplands, irrigation could be expanded as an adaptationstrategy to climate change without negative environmental externalitieson freshwater resources". The authors conclude that irrigationexpansion could "reduce vulnerability to water stress and improvecrop productivity to feed up to 300 million additional people usingsmall-scale water storage and up to 1.4 billion additional peopleusing large-scale water storage". Globalvoluntary carbon market must grow 15 fold to meet Paris goals: report SusannaTwidale, Reuters Rolls-Roycevows to create 6,000 UK jobs with nuclear power station plans JasperJolly, The Guardian Angleseyhas 'best site in UK for nuclear plant' BrianMeechan, BBC News MarkCarney oversees blueprint for scaling up carbon market as offset demandsoars ChloéFarand, Climate Home News G20countries still backing fossil fuels through Covid-19 response ThinLei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation UKinfrastructure plans 'unfit for net zero', green groups warn MichaelHolder, BusinessGreen NewUK law will stop firms using products linked to illegal deforestation DaisyDunne, The Independent Revealed:Boris Johnson's climate change champion called fracking 'good for UK' RachelWearmouth, HuffPost UK Laboururges government to avoid austerity and beat coronavirus recessionby creating 400,000 jobs with vast green new deal stimulus JonStone, The Independent BP,Orsted launch green hydrogen project at German oil refinery RonBousso, Reuters Unipersays Germany's emerging hydrogen market needs demand boost Reuters Comment:The pandemic cannot derail airlines' push for a greener future JohanLundgren, The Daily Telegraph Seeingclouds clearly: Are they cooling us down or heating us up? BobBerwyn, InsideClimate News GreshamHouse powering up to fund ten battery projects PatrickHosking, The Times USpower use to drop over 3% in 2020 due coronavirus: EIA Reuters Australiashould cut emissions quickly and lead world in renewable energy,incoming chief scientist says GrahamReadfearn, The Guardian Australianiron ore miner Fortescue plans global green energy push MelanieBurton, Reuters NSWUpper House votes to send Premier back to ICAC over Maguire relationship ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 05:25Z TheNSW Upper House votes to refer Premier Gladys Berejiklian to a corruptioninquiry over her secret relationship with disgraced former MP DarylMaguire and a community grants program. [No3:] Victoria'stop health bureaucrat resigns following coronavirus hotel quarantineinquiry ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 06:19Z Thehead of Victoria's health department, Kym Peake, resigns "to pursue otheropportunities", less than two months after facing the state's hotel quarantineinquiry. Bidenlaunches transition teams of Obama alum, tech execs and activiststo tackle environmental rollbacks - but Trump team refuses towork with them LouiseBoyle, The Independent Thereis continued coverage of Joe Biden's election victory and its repercussionsfor climate and energy policy in the US. While Biden has announcedhis transition teams, including the people overseeing transferof power at federal environmental and energy agencies, the Trumpadministration is refusing to cooperate, the Independent reports.The piece notes that the transition "may be a bumpy one", as someteam members have histories of publicly condemning and even launchinglawsuits against the current administration over its rollbacksof environmental regulations. The agency review team addressingthe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being led by PatriceSimms, a vice president at environmental law organisation Earthjustice,which has "launched more than a hundred lawsuits to defendenvironmental and health protections during the Trump term".The Daily Telegraph says "Joe Biden [is] expected to appoint JohnKerry as special envoy on climate change". Meanwhile,a Washington Post article reports that David Legates, a meteorologist"who questions global warming" has been announced to run theUS Global Change Research Program "as early as Thursday", putting him"in position at least to influence" the authors chosen to craft theupcoming National Climate Assessment. The article quotes a scientistwho says, although the Biden administration "could reverse anychanges implemented" by Legates, he could create "messes that the Bidenpeople are going to have to clean up". The Hill reports that youthactivist group the Sunrise Movement has criticised the Biden transitionteam for its inclusion of Neil MacBride, a former US attorneyfor the Eastern District of Virginia who has represented the oilcompany ExxonMobil. A BuzzFeed article says that while climate activists"put aside their differences" with Biden during the election,"now they want results". A Sunrise Movement co-founder tells thenews website that the group will not rule out "aggressive and adversarialorganising" when Biden is in power to get their point across.Another Independent article reports that climate activist GretaThunberg has launched "thinly-veiled criticism" of Trump's failureto concede the election to Biden. TheFinancial Times reports that the first year of Biden's presidency willlikely see an increase in the burning of coal and a "record increase"in CO2 emissions, according to the US Energy Information Administration.The FT notes that, while this contrasts with the president'sclean energy agenda, it "reflects the vagaries of commoditiesmarkets and anticipated recovery from the severe coronavirusdownturn, not energy policy", owing to high prices for gas comparedto coal. Followingreports yesterday that Biden had discussed climate change withvarious world leaders in his first official phone calls as president-elect,the Guardian says that Australian prime minister ScottMorrison told reporters that the "specific matter" of a net-zero emissionstarget was not discussed in his phone call. However, Morrisonsaid "he had raised the similarity of their policies on emissionsreduction technology", the newspaper notes. UKdelays energy policy paper, leaving questions on green goal JessShankleman, Alex Morales and Tim Ross, Bloomberg TheUK government is delaying publication of its long-awaited energy whitepaper yet again, according to two government officials cited by Bloomberg.The policy document outlining the government's approach to energyhas been in the works for some time and was pegged for release inspring, but now is "unlikely to be published until after the Treasury'sspending review on November 25", the website reports. The documentwill lay out a strategy for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050and could include finance plans for nuclear, hydrogen and carbon captureand storage (CCS), and its absence leaves industry "uncertain abouthow ministers will shape markets to meet their green goals", Bloombergsays. Meanwhile,Sky News reports that the UK prime minister Boris Johnson, speakingto mark a year until the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, has describedclimate change as the most "enduring threat" to future generationsif action is not taken. He called on world leaders to put forwardmore ambitious climate pledges, "but pressure is mounting on theUK government to show real leadership with its own climate commitments",the piece says. The Daily Mail reports on the proposed governmentban on petrol and diesel car sales beyond 2035, noting that "insidersbelieve he will pledge to bring forward the deadline to 2030".And the Independent reports that "Boris Johnson picks pro-frackingTory MP who has campaigned against wind farms as `climate changechampion'". Finally,the Guardian has an "exclusive" interview with Chris Stark, thechief executive of the Climate Change Committee (CCC), who says thecost of achieving the UK's net-zero target is "surprisingly low - it'scheaper than even we thought last year when we made our assessments".Another "exclusive" interview with CCC chair Lord Deben inInfrastructure Intelligence quotes him saying the US has has now "rejoinedthe world" in the fight to achieve net zero. Climatechange: Hurricanes get stronger on land as world warms MattMcGrath, BBC News Variouspublications have covered a new scientific paper in Nature analysinghow global warming is impacting hurricane strength as the stormsmake landfall. BBC News notes it was previously assumed that hurricanesdied down quickly once they hit the land, as they are poweredby moisture coming from warm, tropical oceans. However, the newswebsite reports that, according to the new study, this is no longerthe case, quoting one of the authors who says hurricanes appear to"decay at a slower rate in a warmer climate" and that for North Atlantichurricanes hitting the land, "the timescale of decay has almostdoubled over the past 50 years". The Independent describes the effectas hurricanes "remaining at their most destructive level for longer",noting that the study suggests this is due to warming sea-surfacetemperatures, which provide hurricanes with a larger "stockof moisture". The New York Times also has the story, noting thatthe findings could have implications for "how emergency-managementagencies prepare for storms post-landfall". Inseparate news, the Independent reports that the storm dubbed Eta hasregained strength and "become a hurricane again" off the southwest coastof Florida. Gasdenied `transition' fuel status in draft EU green finance rules FrédéricSimon, EurActiv Europeangas power plants will not be classed as "sustainable" or "transition"investments unless they meet emission limits "so low that noneare currently able to comply", depriving them of of billions of eurosin funding, according EurActiv. The new standards, laid out in draftEU rules seen by the news website, will be tabled in the coming weeksunder the bloc's sustainable finance taxonomy. The rules, which stateplants must not emit more than 100g of CO2 equivalent per kilowatthour, were welcomed by environmentalists, according to EurActiv.However, the article also notes opposition from the industry,which says this action would "hamper Poland's efforts to replaceits ageing fleet of polluting coal power stations with cleaner gasplants". In a separate story, EuraActiv reports that, according to theleaked draft of the green finance rules it has seen, from the startof 2026 all cars sold in Europe will need to emit no CO2 at all inorder to be considered "sustainable". Meanwhile,Reuters reported that EU governments have approved a #1tn (£890bn)green "roadmap" for the European Investment Bank's (EIB) "ClimateBank", which is the bloc's lending arm. The piece states that theprogramme will see the bank ending financing for fossil fuel projectsand airport expansions, but adds that the deadline to stop fundingoil and gas projects had "slipped back a year" and activities likeroad-building will still be supported. "In practice, it means thatthe EIB will not become Paris-Aligned by the end of 2020," Xavier Solof NGO coalition Counter Balance is quoted as saying. Developmentbanks make landmark climate pledge, but no fossil fuel phase out KateAbnett, Simon Jessop, Matthew Green, Reuters Reutersreports that the world's public development banks have pledged toalign their "financial firepower" with the Paris Agreement, but have"avoided a firm commitment to phase out fossil fuel financing".At a green finance summit organised by the French government,450 public development banks, which currently invest around£1.7tn each year, said they would "increase the pace and coverage"of clean infrastructure investment. The Guardian notes that thebanks "did not set out firm targets for how much funding they woulddevote to a green recovery. The newspaper notes that green campaignerswere calling on the institutions to do much more to addressthe shortfall in finance to poor countries for emissions reductionsand to help them "cope with the ravages of climate breakdown". Rolls-Roycevows to create 6,000 UK jobs with nuclear power station plans JasperJolly, The Guardian Theengineering company Rolls Royce is part of a consortium pushing theUK government to provide billions in funding to support the constructionof 16 small nuclear plants. According to the newspaper thesmall modular reactors (SMRs), each of which would provide up to 440MWof electricity, have had interest from the government already andare thought to be part of an upcoming "10-point plan for the environment".However, it notes that "to be cost-effective...the power generatedby the reactors has to compete with renewable sources", whichare increasingly cheap. BBC News states that government says "newnuclear is essential" for the UK's net-zero target and that prime ministerBoris Johnson's "powerful adviser, Dominic Cummings, is known tobe taken with the modular nuclear idea". Thereis analysis of the plans by the Independent's climate correspondentDaisy Dunne, as well as an opinion piece in the Times by AlistairOsborne calling them "too good to be true". Nils Pratley in theGuardian says they may be "worth exploring". He adds: "A 30-year energypolicy needs to be able to adapt to ever-changing financial calculations.SMRs have the advantage of speedier construction times thanHinkley-style mega-plants." Bidenneeds a bold approach to climate MichaelR Bloomberg, Bloomberg Ina comment piece, Bloomberg founder and former Democratic presidentialcandidate Michael Bloomberg considers what president-electJoe Biden will feasibly be able to do to tackle climatechange when he takes office. He emphasises the importance of actionstaken independently of Congress, noting that even after the Democratswon both houses in 2008 they "spent nearly two years developingand debating a cap-and-trade bill that ultimately failed".Many of the actions Biden can take "have nothing to do with theEnvironmental Protection Agency," he says. Bloomberg proposes empoweringcities, states and business, in part by ensuring that any stimulusfunding provided to help with the nation's economic recovery supportsgreen industries and drives emissions cuts. He also says Bidenshould convene a group of financial representatives from around theworld to adopt a set of climate-disclosure standards for businesses."If Biden seizes the opportunity, it may prove to be one ofthe most important turning points in the global fight against climatechange," he writes. Bloomberg also emphasises the importance ofa climate focus that runs throughout government, in key agencies anddepartments. "The president-elect should expect each member of the cabinetto prioritise climate action and integrate it throughout the agency'soperations," he says. Alengthy feature in the Washington Post suggests that this is indeed theapproach that Biden will take. It quotes Stef Feldman, Biden's campaignpolicy director, who says the president-elect "sees [climate] asan all-of-government agenda, domestic, economic, foreign policy".The piece cites a "300-page blueprint" put together by former Obamaadministration officials and experts which lays out what the presidentneeds to do "beyond just reversing the slew of Trump administrationpolicies", while "avoiding some of the pitfalls that hamperedpresident Barack Obama". Among the proposed measures are creatinga White House National Climate Council, establishing a "carbonbank" that could pay farmers and foresters to store carbon in theirland, pushing vehicle electrification through the transport departmentand developing a Treasury Department climate policy that promotesemissions cuts through tax, budget and regulatory policies.The piece notes that Biden's team plans to move fast on its climateagenda. "The federal rulemaking and budgeting process takes timeand the United States needs to show it's taking action to cut greenhousegas emissions to persuade other countries to ratchet up theircommitments in advance of next year's U.N. climate talks in Glasgow."An article by Chelsea Harvey in E&E News considers how Biden mightreverse Trump's attack on climate research, including amending theadministrations reduction of the social cost of carbon and removing officials"known to undermine or deny the science of climate change". Finally,a comment piece by the former Democratic presidential candidateElizabeth Warren for the Washington Post says "what a Biden-Harrisadministration should prioritise on its first day", listing"tackl[ing] climate change" as a key concern. Slowerdecay of landfalling hurricanes in a warming world Nature Landfallinghurricanes are now taking longer to weaken as they move inlandthan they were 50 years ago, a new study suggests. The researchersanalyse intensity data for North Atlantic landfalling hurricanesover the past 50 years. They find that "whereas in the late 1960sa typical hurricane lost about 75% of its intensity in the first daypast landfall, now the corresponding decay is only about 50%".This slowdown in decay is "in direct proportion to a contemporaneousrise in the sea surface temperature", the authors note.They conclude: "Our findings suggest that as the world continues towarm, the destructive power of hurricanes will extend progressively fartherinland." Almosthalf of thermal coal firms set to defy climate pledge - report JillianAmbrose, The Guardian Toshibato stop taking new orders for coal-fired power stations KanaInagaki, Financial Times Californiais trying to jump-start the hydrogen economy IvanPenn and Clifford Krauss, The New York Times 'Buddhawould be green': Dalai Lama calls for urgent climate action KrishnanGuru-Murthy, The Guardian Coulda small fusion power reactor in Berkshire hold the answer to the energycrisis? StevenCutts, The Independent Australiashows reality of renewables beating the hopes of gas ClydeRussell, Reuters Plansunveiled to deliver water supplies with net zero emissions by 2030 EmilyBeament, Press Association via Express and Star BiodiversityCOP15: The road to Kunming CatherineEarly, China Dialogue SanFrancisco bans natural gas use in new buildings MarkChediak, Bloomberg HowFTI Drove Influence Campaigns Nationwide for Big Oil HirokoTabuchi, The New York Times Timeto launch carbon plan for shipping is now, industry says JonathanSaul, Reuters 'Publicmoney for public goods': Agriculture Bill becomes law JamesS Murray, BusinessGreen Newtechnology claims to pinpoint even small methane leaks from space PaulTullis, The New York Times Weeklyjobless claims fall again in another sign of labor market improvement CNBC,12 Nov 2020 15:13Z Joblessclaims totaled 709000 last week, below the 740000 Wall Street forecast. JohnEnglart EAM ¦ @takvera 12 Nov 2020 04:59Z AustralianSuperdumps Whitehaven Coal, commits to net zero by 2050. Greatwork @AustralianSuper to #actonclimate and align to net zeroby 2050 smh.com.au/business/banki... Telstraannounces plans to split into three, fuelling speculation about move forNBN ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 07:18Z Telstraannounces plans to split itself into three separate legal entities, amidspeculation it is still preparing to buy NBN Co when it's privatised. NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 12 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 48.10+5.03 (11.68%) *** up 11.7% *** PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 12 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 0.98+0.09 (9.74%) *** up 9.7% *** PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 12 Nov, 1:59 pm GMT-5 1.66+0.05 (3.11%) *** up 3.1% *** KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 12 Nov, 1:07 pm GMT+9 59,400.00+1,300.00 (2.24%) *** up 2.2% *** GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 12 Nov, 3:42 pm GMT+3 173.01+2.48 (1.45%) *** up 1.5% *** SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 12 Nov, 1:08 pm GMT+9 9,104.00+64.00 (0.71%) up AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 12 Nov, 3:07 pm AEDT 1.72+0.00 (0.12%) up Nikkei225 TYO:NIKKEI- 12 Nov, 1:07 pm GMT+9 <== Nikkei 25,372.05+22.45 (0.09%) even AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ:AMD- 12 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 81.48+0.20 (0.24%) up HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 12 Nov, 1:07 pm GMT+9 175,000.00-500.00 (0.28%) down AppleInc NASDAQ:Apple- 12 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 118.97-0.51 (0.43%) down AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 12 Nov, 3:27 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,621.80-29.30 (0.44%) down NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 12 Nov, 3:07 pm AEDT 21.32-0.19 (0.91%) down MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 12 Nov, 1:07 pm GMT+9 198.00-2.00 (1.00%) *** down 1% *** WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 12 Nov, 3:07 pm AEDT 20.68-0.22 (1.03%) *** down 1% *** Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 12 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 3,105.05-32.34 (1.03%) *** down 1% *** NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 12 Nov, 3:42 pm GMT+3 414.30-5.05 (1.20%) *** down 1.2% *** BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 12 Nov, 3:07 pm AEDT 36.36-0.49 (1.33%) *** down 1.3% *** TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 12 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 411.05-6.08 (1.46%) *** down 1.5% *** DowJones Industrial Average NYSE:DJIA- 12 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 28,961.74-435.89 (1.48%) *** down 1.5% *** PanasonicCorporation TYO:6752- 12 Nov, 1:08 pm GMT+9 1,047.50-16.00 (1.50%) *** down 1.5% *** ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 12 Nov, 1:08 pm GMT+9 7,388.00-115.00 (1.53%) *** down 1.5% *** Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 12 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 16.32-0.26 (1.55%) *** down 1.6% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 12 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 177.10-4.43 (2.44%) *** down 2.4% *** FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 12 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 8.12-0.22 (2.58%) *** down 2.6% *** ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 12 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 80.26-2.22 (2.69%) *** down 2.7% *** TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 12 Nov, 2:46 pm GMT-5 53.87-1.63 (2.94%) *** down 2.9% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 12 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 16.77-0.51 (2.95%) *** down 3% *** KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 12 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 12.63-0.39 (3.03%) *** down 3% *** BPplc NYSE:BP- 12 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 18.26-0.62 (3.28%) *** down 3.3% *** IntelCorporation NASDAQ:INTEL- 12 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 44.67-1.68 (3.62%) *** down 3.6% *** MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 12 Nov, 1:07 pm GMT+9 621.00-24.00 (3.72%) *** down 3.7% *** NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 12 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 19.42-0.76 (3.77%) *** down 3.8% *** GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 12 Nov, 3:01 pm GMT-5 38.98-1.59 (3.91%) *** down 3.9% *** ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 12 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 35.02-1.45 (3.98%) *** down 4% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 12 Nov, 3:07 pm AEDT 1.17-0.06 (4.49%) *** down 4.5% *** ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 12 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT-5 33.68-1.60 (4.54%) *** down 4.5% *** SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 12 Nov, 2:46 pm GMT-5 17.92-1.23 (6.42%) *** down 6.4% *** Formersenior managers at Murray Goulburn broke the law: Federal Court ABCRural, 13 Nov 2020 05:43Z GaryHelou and Brandley Hingle led dairy processor Murray Goulburn to its demise.Now the Federal Court has found they broke the law doing it. Asix-year-old Chinese electric vehicle startup is now more valuable than GM Fortune,13 Nov 2020 10:14Z NioStock Surge Tops 1,000% as Tesla's China Nemesis Gains Speed Bloomberg,13 Nov 2020 01:39Z Ayear ago, Nio Inc.'s dwindling cash and sputtering sales had the electric- carupstart on the brink of doom. Fast forward, and the stock's 11-fold gain in2020 has ... ASXto fall as Wall Street 'sugar high' over COVID-19 vaccine wears off ABCNews, 12 Nov 2020 20:54Z Australianshares are set to fall with the initial excitement over Pfizer andBioNTech's vaccine subsiding as investors cash out after a strong post-electionrally. NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 21.17+1.60 (8.18%) *** up 8.2% *** PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 1.06+0.07 (7.55%) *** up 7.6% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 185.26+8.64 (4.89%) *** up 4.9% *** GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 13 Nov, 3:27 pm GMT-5 41.05+1.73 (4.41%) *** up 4.4% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 17.60+0.69 (4.08%) *** up 4.1% *** ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 35.30+1.28 (3.76%) *** up 3.8% *** FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 8.51+0.31 (3.72%) *** up 3.7% *** KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 13 Nov, 3:27 pm GMT-5 13.12+0.39 (3.11%) *** up 3.1% *** ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 82.87+2.21 (2.74%) *** up 2.7% *** BPplc NYSE:BP- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 18.79+0.50 (2.73%) *** up 2.7% *** KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 13 Nov, 12:56 pm GMT+9 60,400.00+1,400.00 (2.37%) *** up 2.4% *** ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 13 Nov, 3:27 pm GMT-5 36.05+0.83 (2.36%) *** up 2.4% *** TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 13 Nov, 3:11 pm GMT-5 54.83+1.17 (2.18%) *** up 2.2% *** HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 13 Nov, 12:56 pm GMT+9 177,500.00+3,500.00 (2.01%) *** up 2% *** SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 13 Nov, 3:11 pm GMT-5 18.23+0.27 (1.48%) *** up 1.5% *** DowJones Industrial Average NYSE:DJIA- 13 Nov, 3:27 pm GMT-5 <== DJIA 29,442.36+362.19 (1.25%) *** up 1.3% *** SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 13 Nov, 12:56 pm GMT+9 9,252.00+92.00 (1.00%) *** up 1% *** IntelCorporation NASDAQ:INTEL- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 45.34+0.38 (0.86%) up Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 3,133.23+22.95 (0.74%) up AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 13 Nov, 2:54 pm AEDT 1.73+0.00 (0.12%) up AppleInc NASDAQ:Apple- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 119.21+0.00 (0.00%) even AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 13 Nov, 3:15 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,598.50-20.90 (0.32%) down PanasonicCorporation TYO:6752- 13 Nov, 12:56 pm GMT+9 1,045.00-7.00 (0.67%) down NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 13 Nov, 2:55 pm AEDT 21.15-0.15 (0.70%) down WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 13 Nov, 2:55 pm AEDT 20.62-0.15 (0.72%) down AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ:AMD- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 81.20-0.64 (0.78%) down Nikkei225 TYO:NIKKEI- 13 Nov, 12:56 pm GMT+9 <== Nikkei 25,301.28-219.60 (0.86%) down Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 16.16-0.18 (1.10%) *** down 1.1% *** PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 13 Nov, 3:06 pm GMT-5 1.63-0.02 (1.21%) *** down 1.2% *** TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 13 Nov, 3:26 pm GMT-5 406.65-5.11 (1.24%) *** down 1.2% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 13 Nov, 2:55 pm AEDT 1.15-0.02 (1.54%) *** down 1.5% *** MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 13 Nov, 12:56 pm GMT+9 612.00-10.00 (1.61%) *** down 1.6% *** ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 13 Nov, 12:56 pm GMT+9 7,308.00-127.00 (1.71%) *** down 1.7% *** BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 13 Nov, 2:56 pm AEDT 35.78-0.67 (1.82%) *** down 1.8% *** MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 13 Nov, 12:56 pm GMT+9 196.00-4.00 (2.00%) *** down 2% *** NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 13 Nov, 3:27 pm GMT-5 44.34-3.97 (8.22%) *** down 8.2% *** Macronhails chance to 'make our planet great again' after Biden win MatthewGreen and Kate Abnett, Reuters Frenchpresident Emmanuel Macron has welcomed US president-elect Joe Biden'spledge to rejoin the Paris climate deal on taking office by sayingcountries now have the chance to "make our planet great again", Reutersreports. It quotes Macron saying: "[The US rejoining Paris] is proofthat we had to stand firm against all the headwinds...`Make our planetgreat again' is a possibility, not just in words but also in deed."It adds: "Biden has pledged to convene world leaders for climatetalks within his first 100 days in office." The newswire notes that"Make America Great Again" was a Trump election slogan. The Independentand the Hill also have the story. Analysis and reporting continueson the climate impact of Biden's election victory. The Times reportscomments from former prime minister Tony Blair saying the COP26climate conference next year is a "`huge opportunity' for Joe Bidento rebuild the international coalition to cut emissions". Axios presentsthe "bull case for Biden's climate agenda". It points to extensivepreparations on how to address climate change ahead of the election,the more favourable economics of clean energy as costs continueto fall and the moves by some companies to start adopting strongerclimate action. InsideClimate News reports that two US oil firms,ConocoPhillips and Occidental Petroleum, have "join[ed] their Europeancounterparts in making net-zero pledges". Another InsideClimateNews piece lists "four things Biden can do for clean energywithout Congress", including energy efficiency standards and makingprogress on offshore wind permits. (Reuters reports that the federalagency responsible for these permits has delayed them again.) Bloombergreports that the Biden transition team is stocked with "policyexperts, academics and former Obama administration officials, acontrast with the industry-friendly figures president Donald Trump sentinto the government". Reuters reports that a contender to run the USEnvironmental Protection Agency under Biden "says [the] agency shouldfocus on environmental justice". The Guardian reports that Tucson,Arizona, is making climate justice a centrepiece of its local plans.Another Reuters article says the future of the Dakota Access pipelineis "uncertain" after Biden's win. Aneditorial in the Economist says: "In place of Donald Trump's wreckingball, Mr Biden will offer an outstretched hand, working co-operativelyon global crises, from coronavirus to climate change." Aneditorial in the Guardian says: "A US president who recognises the threat[of climate change] will make a huge difference, but environmentalistsmust push hard." Writing in Yale Environment360, BillMcKibben sets out his views on "what climate activists must do in theBiden era". Scientific American has an article on "how scientists wantBiden to take on climate change", including by promoting electric vehiclesand incorporating environmental justice. Governmenttargets two million new UK green jobs by 2030 MichaelHolder, BusinessGreen TheUK government has launched a "green jobs taskforce" as part of an ambitionto deliver 2m green jobs by 2030, BusinessGreen reports. It addsthat the announcement comes "as the prime minister gears up to shortlyannounce his hotly anticipated 10-point green recovery plan, whichis expected to feature support for offshore wind, nuclear power, hydrogen,and carbon capture and storage (CCS), among other areas".Bloomberg reports on how climate change is "Boris Johnson's chanceto woo Joe Biden", given their shared commitment to tackling theproblem. It says: "The first real test of the UK's influence will comeon 12 December, when Johnson will co-host a conference with the UNthat asks other world leaders to set their net-zero goals." Meanwhile,BBC News reports that No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings is set toleave Downing Street "by Christmas", with an earlier version of its articleincluding analysis from Newsnight political editor Nicholas Wattsaying: "We can expect a less abrasive Downing Street and a strongfocus on climate change." In a comment for the Daily Telegraph, Spectatoreditor Fraser Nelson writes: "A lot of people have been thinkingabout this new post-Brexit era - and this is where [Boris Johnson'spartner] Ms Symonds comes in. As a former Tory spin chief shehas her own views on a good communications strategy and a formidablecontacts book. She's also a keen environmentalist and No 10 officialssuspect this explains why the prime minister has a sudden interestin building zero-emission jumbo jets and hydrogen-fuelled cars.Rumours started to circulate around Whitehall that she regarded Cummingsand the Brexit boys as too abrasive and ideological and she wantedregime change." Press Association reports on the latest governmentpublic attitudes survey, which it says shows that: "Concern overclimate change has remained high and even grown slightly even as theUK has been gripped by the coronavirus pandemic...[M]ore than four-fifthsof people (82%) are either very or fairly concerned about currentclimate change." Separately,according to Reuters via the Economic Times, the UK has yetto choose between a carbon tax or a national emissions trading schemeafter it leaves the EU's system on 31 December. It quotes businessand energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng saying, with just seven weeksto go until 2021, that neither option has been taken off the tableand that the final decision depends on the outcome of talks with theEU over any Brexit deal with the bloc. Reuters adds: "He did not saywhen a decision was expected but said a long-awaited energy white paperwould be published at the end of November or beginning of December."An article in the Economist reflects on the "do-or-die moment"for the UK nuclear industry as "Boris Johnson weighs up whetherto throw his support behind a new power station". The article says:"Even if Boris Johnson announces his support for Sizewell C, additionalbarriers remain. EDF won't complete the government's planningprocess until 2022 at the earliest. Its approval will also taketime. A method of financing the plant's construction must still beworked out and private investors found." It concludes: "The risk of overrunsis considerable, but the risks of failing to decarbonise are muchgreater...Wind power is cheap and getting cheaper; nuclear power is yetto start moving in the right direction. But it may; and given the dangerof global warming, there is an argument for keeping the nuclear optionopen." In the Daily Telegraph, senior business reporter Julia Bradshawsays: "Nuclear power can help the UK hit its net-zero emissionstarget by 2050, but there are plenty of challenges to overcome." Finally,there is a range of comment on the UK's climate plans, with anarticle in the Independent by Donnachadh McCarthy saying: "The publicis being misled about the prime minister's commitment to tacklingthe climate crisis." He notes that the UK is falling short on mostindicators of climate progress and concludes: "It is time Johnson'sTrumpian bluster on climate inaction was exposed. The public deservesthe actual truth so they can pressure him to take the depth ofaction necessary. " BusinessGreen editor James Murray asks whether "thegovernment [can] deliver on its green recovery rhetoric" and concludes:"The [prime minister's upcoming] 10-point plan could be transformationaland there is a lot riding on it, but if it is to deliveron its considerable promise then it is vital that offers a lot morethan warm words about the importance of offshore wind or the potentialof green hydrogen." Unhaltableglobal warming claim withdrawn by Scientific Reports journal BenWebster, The Times Thereis widespread coverage of a new paper, published in the journal ScientificReports, which according to the Times: "claimed that global warmingmay already be unstoppable". The Times continues that the journal"has been forced to issue a clarification [to its initial pressrelease] after being accused of potentially causing `unnecessary despair'".The piece quotes climatologist Sir Brian Hoskins saying: "Thisis the sort of investigation with a toy model that should be doneand is fun, but should not be given this sort of publicity until theprocesses involved have been investigated using more complex modelsand representations." An Independent factcheck of the findings, byclimate correspondent Daisy Dunne, is trailed on the paper's digitalfrontpage. She explains: "A new study claims we may have alreadyreached a hypothetical `point of no return', but other researcherssay this is `at odds' with what we know about climate science."Dunne adds that the new study uses a "simplistic mathematicalmodel" and that "leading climate scientists from across theUK and beyond have urged people to take the results of the new studywith extreme caution". The website stuff.co.nz also factchecks thepaper under the headline: "Don't panic: runaway global warming study'very implausible'." MailOnline also has the story and, like the Times,has topped its coverage with the news that Scientific Reports issueda clarification to its initial press release. [MailOnline incorrectlyclaims "the journal revised its study's findings".] AFP viaFrance24 reports the study results and interviews the lead author "JorgenRanders, a professor emeritus of climate strategy at the BI NorwegianBusiness School". The article quotes climate scientists sayingthe research is a "thought experiment" that is "directly contradictedby more established and extensively evaluated climate models".USA Today also reports the results. Samsungfinancial units pledge to halt coal investments SongJung-a, Financial Times SouthKorean conglomerate Samsung has pledged that its financial units willstop lending to coal investments, the Financial Times reports "bowingto growing pressure to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels".An article for BusinessGreen looks at how "investors' retreat fromcoal is gathering pace". Reuters reports that UN secretary generalAntonio Guterres has said he is "encouraged" by a joint declarationon sustainable finance from the world's development banks, butadds that they need to go further. It quotes him saying: "I ask alldevelopment banks to commit to exit from coal, domestic and abroad,and urgently phase out fossil fuel finance. And call on governmentsto phase out fossil fuel subsidies, with clear timebound targetsand plans." Politico has a feature on how "[b]reaking up is hardto do for Poland and coal", while Fitch Ratings has a report on howPolish utilities are "reduc[ing] reliance on coal". Elsewhere, DeSmogreports that some US politicians are "[t]ry[ing] to rally supportfor coal despite economics and Biden". In Germany, Clean EnergyWire reports that gas demand is expected to rise as the country exitscoal and nuclear, according to consultancy Rystad Energy. Risinglevels of CO2 increasing extreme weather events in Australia, reportfinds GrahamReadfearn, The Guardian Australiahas already entered a new era "a new era of sustained extremeweather events, such as dangerous bushfires and heatwaves, courtesyof rising average temperatures", the Guardian reports, accordingto a report by two government climate science agencies. The paperadds: "Among the key findings, the report said Australia's climatehad warmed by 1.44C since 1910 with bushfire seasons getting longerand more dangerous. Australia's oceans had warmed by 1C and wereacidifying." The Sydney Morning Herald also has the story, under theheadline: "Climate change is already here: major scientific report."Reuters also covers the new report. Separately, Reuters columnistClyde Russell writes that "Australia is turning into an exampleof what happens when the market leaves policymakers behind, withrenewable energy attracting the investment dollars even as the conservativegovernment clings to its vision of a natural gas future". Whenwill electricity companies finally {quit} natural gas? JustinGillis and Michael O'Boyle, The New York Times Writingin the New York Times, contributing opinion writer Justin Gillisand Michael O'Boyle of research firm Energy Innovation argue thatelectricity firms in the US should stop investing in gas-fired powerstations. Some 235 such plants are being planned, they note, a "foolhardy"potential investment of more than $100bn. They add: "If theplants are built, along with the pipelines to support them, they arelikely to run for 30 or 40 years - long past the point that emissionsfrom the electrical grid need to approach zero if we are to havea reasonable climate future." Instead, they argue: "To the extent newpower is needed, wind and solar plants, coupled with large batteries,are generally cheaper options." Adaptingto the challenges of warming ProfSteven C Sherwood, Science Aspart of a special issue on "cooling in a warming world", Prof StevenSherwood has a perspective in the journal Science. He reflects onthe way that "[r]ising heat is creating new challenges for humanity thatwill require new adaptation and protection measures". Despite the complexityof predicting factors including the duration and humidity ofheat extremes, Sherwood concludes: "Past studies do point to a coupleof robust conclusions. One is that impacts will increase nonlinearlywith mean warming, as extreme thresholds are crossed with rapidlyincreasing frequency. This highlights the need for strong emissionsmitigation to keep warming to a level that we can cope with.The other is that although no one will be spared, the world's poorwill be hit particularly hard. This highlights the need for low-costadaptations and technologies as we seek suitable countermeasuresto rising heat." Other items in the special issue includelooking at how to cool data centres and the development of new refrigerants. Hittingnet zero is not enough - we must restore the climate RowanWilliams, James Hansen, Bella Lack and others, The Guardian Aletter to the Guardian from former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams,youth climate activists, climate scientists and others arguesthat reaching net-zero emissions will not be enough, given the "terribleimpacts of the climate crisis" that we are already facing.The letter says: "This is why we believe the ideal solution to theclimate crisis would be to go beyond net zero, and start to restorethe climate. This would be done by, on top of reducing emissionsto zero, removing huge amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) fromthe atmosphere. As such, we aim to restore the climate to as closeto a safe climate as possible." They add: "Restoration is not aboutpromoting one specific [carbon] removal technique, but supportingthe basic aim of trying to restore the climate. " The Guardianalso carries a news story on the letter, which at the time of writingwas on the frontpage of the paper's website. MaJun: China has started to 'walk the walk' on climate crisis PatrickGreenfield, The Guardian TheGuardian has an interview with environmental campaigner Ma Jun, in whichhe says the last four years of Trump's presidency has been "frustrating"and that Biden's victory means the US and China can work togetheragain on climate. Ma is quoted saying: "China has started changingits course. We have seen a lot more `walk the walk' action.China has adopted some tough measures to try to deal with the pollutionand environmental damage problem. And we have seen some progressmade because of that." Ma also says of the US and China: "I hopethere's healthy competition between the two countries...Hopefully theycan see the opportunities, not just costs and risks, but also hugepotential for a green recovery and green growth." BBC Reality Checkhas a piece "[f]act-checking the US and China on climate and environment." Howaerosols and greenhouse gases influence the diurnal temperature range AtmosphericChemistry and Physics Thediurnal temperature range (DTR) - the difference between the maximumand minimum temperature within a day - is a climate indicator thataffects health, agriculture and society. Understanding how DTR evolvesunder global warming is therefore crucial. Physically differentdrivers of climate change, such as greenhouse gases and aerosols,have distinct influences on global and regional climate.This study uses global climate models to assess future changesin DTR, and finds broad geographical patterns of annual change thatare similar between climate drivers, pointing to a generalized responseto global warming which is not defined by the individual forcingagents. Seasonal and regional differences, however, are substantial,which highlights the potential importance of local backgroundconditions. For example, there are distinctly different DTR responsesto aerosols and greenhouse gas perturbations over India and China,where present aerosol emissions are particularly high. Japanplans tax breaks, fund to support zero-carbon goal: Nikkei Reuters Covid:Car use down as second lockdown takes effect JustinParkinson, BBC News `Thisbeautiful blue planet is our only home': Dalai Lama makes a `climateappeal' to the world DaisyDunne, The Independent BlackFriday emissions boom predicted RogerHarrabin, BBC News NationalGrid can cope with more wind power, says boss RachelMillard, The Daily Telegraph NationalGrid `open' to relinquishing electricity system role NathalieThomas, Financial Times Labourcalls for UK pension funds to be carbon neutral by 2050 JosephineCumbo, Financial Times `Modi'sRockefeller': Gautam Adani and the concentration of power in India StephanieFindlay and Hudson Lockett, Financial Times USforecaster sees 95% chance of La Niña through winter Reuters UKwatchdog says accounts don't meet investor needs on climate risk Reuters Greenbusiness reporting rules at risk of pale response LeslieHook and Matthew Vincent, Financial Times EIBapproves #1tn green investment plan to become 'climate bank' ChloéFarand, Climate Home News Endingfossil fuel investments is 'good economics', EU's lending arm says Reuters Globaloil demand unlikely to get vaccine boost until later in 2021, says IEA NoahBrowning, Reuters Tescofast tracks emissions target with solar push JamesDavey, Reuters Councilefforts to tackle climate crisis 'hampered by UK government' MatthewTaylor, The Guardian Industry-backedtaskforce recommendations on carbon markets could be `dangerousdistraction' PhoebeCook, DeSmog UK BMWboss dismisses Boris Johnson's bid to bring forward ban on internalcombustion engines to 2030 AndrewEnglish, The Daily Telegraph Boostfor Vattenfall as Germany told to revise nuclear compensation plan VeraEckert, Reuters NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 13 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 21.08+1.61 (8.23%) *** up 8.2% *** PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 13 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 1.02+0.06 (6.53%) *** up 6.5% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 13 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 187.60+10.49 (5.94%) *** up 5.9% *** GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 13 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 41.24+1.87 (4.76%) *** up 4.8% *** GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 13 Nov, 11:49 pm GMT+3 180.30+7.39 (4.27%) *** up 4.3% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 13 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 17.60+0.71 (4.20%) *** up 4.2% *** FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 13 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 8.52+0.33 (4.02%) *** up 4% *** ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 13 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 35.15+1.35 (3.97%) *** up 4% *** KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 13 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 13.13+0.42 (3.30%) *** up 3.3% *** ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 13 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 83.05+2.36 (2.93%) *** up 2.9% *** BPplc NYSE:BP- 13 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 18.85+0.51 (2.82%) *** up 2.8% *** ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 13 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 36.10+0.85 (2.41%) *** up 2.4% *** HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 13 Nov, 3:30 pm GMT+9 177,500.00+3,500.00 (2.01%) *** up 2% *** TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 13 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 54.73+1.07 (1.99%) *** up 2% *** SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 13 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 9,326.00+166.00 (1.81%) *** up 1.8% *** SuncorEnergy Inc. 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ABCNews, 16 Nov 2020 06:57Z TheGovernment's $1.2 billion compensation deal is a major milestone in the Robodebtstory, but the saga may not be over yet. UKset to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 JimPickard and Peter Campbell, Financial Times Thereis extensive coverage across the UK media about the UK government'splans to decarbonise the economy. The Financial Times is amongseveral outlets to preview a much-anticipated (and delayed) speechby prime minister Boris Johnson this week in which he is expectedto says that the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be bannedwithin a decade. The FT says: "In February the prime minister saidhe was bringing forward a ban on the sale of new petrol and dieselcars from 2040 to 2035. Now Mr Johnson is expected to move the dateto 2030 in an attempt to jump-start the market for electric cars inthe UK and propel the country towards its goal of net-zero emissionsby 2050, according to government and industry insiders.However, ministers are expected to keep the less stringent dateof 2035 for an end to the sale of hybrid cars that are powered by electricbatteries as well as traditional motors." The Guardian says: "Thegovernment hopes the policy will energise the market for electric carsin the UK and help the country achieve its climate targets, includingreducing emissions of greenhouse gases to net-zero by 2050.Scientists, academics and campaigners have urged governments and businessesto be more ambitious, calling on them to work to `restore theclimate' to as safe a level as possible." Justin Rowlatt, BBC News'schief environment correspondent, has a video report on the news,asking: "Would UK be ready for a new petrol car ban in 2030?" A frontpagestory in today's Times says that "[chancellor] Rishi Sunak isconsidering plans to charge motorists for using Britain's roads amidconcerns over a £40bn tax shortfall created by the switch to electriccars". It adds: "Mr Sunak is said to be 'very interested' in theidea of a national road pricing scheme despite concerns in the Treasuryabout the cost of the green agenda, including that revenues fromfuel duty, one of the government's largest revenue earners, are setto vanish. A government source said that the issue was 'increasinglypressing', adding that the Treasury had drawn up an analysisoutlining potential options for a national road pricing scheme.The source said that a scheme was not 'imminent' but that planswere being developed as the government considered how to hit its targetof reducing emissions to net zero by 2050." The Sun also followsup on the Times's scoop. The Times has also published a supportiveeditorial, which says: "Charging motorists according to theirroad use would ease congestion, benefit the environment and help toplug a long-term gap in the public finances...Charging road use is sound,market-based economics. It uses the price mechanism to ration roaduse. It would give an incentive to drivers who do not need to travelat peak times to use the roads at other times, and thereby ease congestion.By making commuting easier it would enable workers to travelmore freely to where jobs are. And it would plug the gap in the publicfinances left by declining fuel duties." Incontrast, a frontpage story in the Observer reveals that "Boris Johnson'splans to relaunch his premiership with a blitz of announcementson combating climate change and the creation of tens of thousandsof new green jobs are meeting stiff resistance from the cash-strappedTreasury". It adds: "Senior figures in Whitehall and advisersto the government on environmental issues say negotiations on thecontent of a major environmental speech by the prime minister are stillongoing between No 10, the Treasury and the Department for Business,Energy and Industrial Strategy with just days to go before Johnsondelivers the keynote address. The speech, containing a 10-pointplan, has already been repeatedly delayed as government attentionhas been focused on the fight against Covid-19 and multibillion-poundmeasures by the Treasury to keep the economy and businessafloat during the resulting economic crisis." Bloomberg says thespeech is "currently scheduled for 18 November, people familiar withthe matter said". The i newspaper says "Johnson is set to announcefresh backing for electric vehicles, hydrogen, and nuclear poweras part of a 10-point plan to put the country on course for net-zeroemissions by 2050". It adds: "He is expected to commit to buildinga new nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk, and bring forwarda ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 to 2030.Fresh support for hydrogen, which could provide a low-carbon replacementfor fossil fuels in industries such as steel manufacturing,is also expected." A separate i newspaper article reportsthat "the public would prefer the government to plant millions oftrees to suck carbon out of the atmosphere rather than plough huge sumsof cash into carbon capture and storage technology, in a blow to theprime minister's plans to kickstart a green industrial revolution".It continues: "YouGov polling conducted on behalf of the energycompany Ovo reveals strong public support for renewable energy andtree planting to tackle climate change. But Britons are decidedly lukewarmabout the prospect of government focusing investment on emergingtechnologies like carbon capture and storage, or green hydrogenproduction, the survey reveals." Afrontpage story in the Independent quotes Lord Deben, the chair of theClimate Change Committee, who says Johnson must immediately commit toa raft of fully-funded environmental policies if he hopes to be seenas "credible" on tackling climate change. The former Conservative environmentminister Lord Deben said: "It seems to me what characterisesthe government at the moment is having the right ideas anddetermination to do the right things, but so far we haven't had a programmeand a plan of those things actually being put into action." BBCNews reports that, as part of the 10-point plan, "a further £40m isto be ploughed into green spaces in England as part of a plan to restorespecies and combat climate change". It adds: "The plan has beenwidely leaked and it is thought to include a commitment to: energyefficiency and heat for homes and business; offshore wind; the powersystem; nuclear - including small modular reactors; carbon capture/storage;hydrogen; innovation funding for net-zero; transport; greenfinancing; and natural environment investment." Meanwhile,in other UK news, the Guardian says "the government's plan toinsulate England's draughty homes is faltering because builders and installersare failing to sign up, leaving thousands of households unableto access the £3bn green home grants". It adds: "According to governmentdata, only 1,174 installers have signed up to the scheme, whichstarted on 30 September, while more than 36,000 householders haveapplied for the grants, which will be available until March.Green campaigners are growing increasingly concerned about the scheme,which is so far the UK's only policy measure aimed at a green recovery,despite Boris Johnson's pledge to 'build back better'." The DailyTelegraph reports that "the Forestry Commission has admitted it madean error in allowing trees to be planted on valuable peatland in Cumbria...whichplays a vital role in sequestering carbon and protecting communitiesfrom flooding". In a related story, the Guardian also says that"world heritage status for Scottish peat bogs could help UK hit net-zerogoals". Another Guardian article says that a group of 18 leadingenvironmental organisations, including the RSPB, Friends of theEarth and the Wildlife Trusts, have written to the prime minister towarn that "offshore windfarms risk harming delicate landscapes and vulnerablewildlife habitats if the government fails to coordinate the planningsystem in its push for a big expansion of clean energy". TheTimes reports on a new report by the Bennett Institute for Public Policyat Cambridge University which suggests that "the government shouldset up a National Conservation Corps to help meet its target of planting30,000 hectares of woodland each year". The Sunday Times says that"car ownership over the past decade has fallen in areas that accountfor 31.5% of the population of England, according to official registrationfigures from the DVLA, released under freedom of informationrules", adding: "The latest figures on vehicle ownership reveala stark divide between cycle-loving wealthy areas and motoring-madpoor ones." The Times reports that "how a solar power stationin space could help Britain to meet its carbon emissions pledgeis to be the subject of a government review". It adds: "The projectwould involve a mile-wide solar power satellite (SPS) weighing severalthousand tonnes being assembled in orbit by robots. Engineers believethat it could supply as much electricity as a nuclear power station."Finally, the Financial Times says that "large investors are pilingpressure on the UK government to take bolder action in the fightagainst climate change, despite the green finance measures unveiledby the chancellor last week". It adds: "The Investment Association,a trade body representing investors with £8.5tn in assets,called for 'further action to consolidate the world-leading policysignalling that we have seen from the UK government'. In a paperset to be submitted to the Treasury, it called for the introductionof 'pathway' policies for different sectors of the economyto facilitate their transition to net-zero." USshould back words with actions if rejoins climate pact: Indian minister NehaArora, Reuters Reutersreports that India's environment minister Prakash Javadekar hassaid that the US should quickly back its words with actions when itrejoins the Paris Agreement under Joe Biden. He tells Reuters: "We wantall countries to join but...they should...not bring in new issues intothe discourse. We want action to start immediately." Meanwhile,the Hill reports that "several former Obama-era energy officialsare seen as top contenders to lead the energy department in theincoming administration". It continues: "Ernest Moniz, who held therole in the final years of the Obama administration, is seen as a primecontender for the post, while his former deputy, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall,has also been floated. Another name that's been circulatedfor the position is Arun Majumdar, the founding director of anenergy research agency during the Obama years who is now on the Biden-Harristransition team." E&E News reports that "president-elect JoeBiden has embedded climate-minded officials throughout his sprawlingtransition team". It adds: "Climate experts, former Obama administrationofficials and green activists abound among the teams managingthe transition for EPA; the Energy, Interior and Agriculture departments;and the White House Council on Environmental Quality.Unlike past transitions, officials with significant climate orclean energy experience also pop up in departments like State, Defense,Treasury and Justice." Revealed:The social media campaign spending thousands to promote climatedenial online set up by chair of pro-Brexit thinktank DaisyDunne, The Independent TheIndependent, in a joint investigation with DeSmog UK, reveals that "ananonymous `news and media' organisation using sophisticated advertsto promote climate science denial on Facebook was set up by thechair of a pro-Brexit thinktank". It continues: "The group, called EcoCentral, features a doctored image of Greta Thunberg as its Facebookbanner and has called Sir David Attenborough an 'eco-hypocrite'.It has spent thousands of pounds on adverts on Facebook,including one that claims 'climate change is a hoax perpetratedby politicians, the media, and celebrities' and another thatclaims that climate change is 'fake news' that 'harms our children'.In one of its most recent posts, Eco Central said: 'Climate alarmism:Causes psychological damage. Destroys childhoods. Enough is enough.'A joint investigation by the Independent and environmental investigationsoutlet DeSmog UK can reveal that the organisation was setup by Matthew MacKinnon, who is director of the Centre for Welsh Studies,a pro-Brexit think tank based in Cardiff." Climatediplomacy is winning its fight against a zero-sum mindset CamillaCavendish, Financial Times Inthe Financial Times, contributing editor and columnist Camilla Cavendishsays: "Until now, climate diplomacy has battled a zero-sum mindset.Many countries have liked to sound green at summits, while delayingaction and freeriding on others' efforts. But there is a growingrealisation that climate action is an investment not a cost - avital insurance policy against wildfires, floods and other natural disasters."But she adds: "Even so, politicians will need to be brave.It is in this decade that tough actions must be taken that will disruptdaily life. Restructuring economies away from fossil fuels willmean ripping out boilers, insulating homes, phasing out the combustionengine and changing the way we farm to improve carbon capturein soil. Not all of that will be popular - and leaders will seeksafety in numbers, justifying their actions on climate by what othersare doing, just as they did with Covid-19 lockdowns." Alsoin the FT, Gavyn Davies - chairman of Fulcrum Asset Management - saysthat "democracies that failed the Covid test will struggle on climatechange". He continues: "America's promised return to the Paris accordis the first and necessary step on a very long road. No one has thoughtof a magic bullet for global warming, equivalent to a vaccine againstCovid-19. This problem will have to be solved the hard way." Bidenwants to be the climate president. He'll need some help from Xi Jinping SominiSengupta, The New York Times Inthe New York Times, international climate reporter Somini Sengupta saysthat "If Joseph R. Biden Jr. wants to be known as the first climatepresident of the United States, he will have to engage his biggestrival on the world stage: President Xi Jinping of China".Sengupta previews new research from the Asia Society Policy Instituteand Climate Analytics which concludes that "China would have topeak its carbon emissions by 2025, five years earlier than the countryhas promised, and phase out coal by 2040 in order to keep globaltemperatures close to the upper limits laid out in the Paris Agreement".Sengupta adds: "Analysts of United States-China relations saidMr. Biden would have to make big moves, fast. He would need to one-upMr. Xi with a more ambitious net-zero target." Elsewherein the New York Times, senior writer David Leonhardt says that,even if the Republicans control the Senate, "Biden may also be ableto win over a few Republican senators - which is all he would need- for an economic recovery bill that included billions of dollars ofclean-energy spending". He adds: "The fact that Mr. Biden seems inclinedto make the climate a top priority does not stem from a longtimepersonal obsession. He is not Al Gore. But he has spent his careertrying to understand where the centre of the Democratic Party ismoving and then moving with it. And both the Democratic Party and thecountry have moved on climate." In the Sunday Times, columnist Ian Cowielooks at how green-energy investors could benefit from a "Biden bounce".He writes: "Whether or not he persuades the Senate to approve allthis stimulus, the direction of travel is clear...I expect we will heara great deal more about green energy before Britain hosts the 26thUnited Nations climate change conference." Reducedglobal warming from CMIP6 projections when weighting models by performanceand independence EarthSystem Dynamics Anew study attempts to constrain climate model projections of global temperaturechange from the sixth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project(CMIP6). The researchers use a model weighting approach, which "accountsfor the models' historical performance based on several diagnosticsas well as model interdependence within the CMIP6 ensemble",to constrain projections under "weak" (SSP1-2.6) and "strong"(SSP5-8.5) climate change scenarios. The results show a "reductionin the projected mean warming for both scenarios because someCMIP6 models with high future warming receive systematically lowerperformance weights", the study says. This includes an average end-of-centurywarming, relative to 1995-2014, of 3.7C under SSP5-8.5, comparedwith 4.1 C without weighting, and of 1.0C under SSP1-2.6, comparedto 1.1C in the unweighted case. For more on CMIP6, see Carbon Brief'srecently updated explainer. Mountaintreelines climb slowly despite rapid climate warming GlobalEcology and Biogeography Acombination of temperature and rainfall factors is driving shifts in mountaintreelines across the northern hemisphere, a new study says.In this meta-analysis, researchers assessed annual treeline shiftrates at 143 sites from 38 published studies. Treelines ascended at88.8% of the sites, remained stable at 10.5% and descended at 0.7% ofthe sites, the study finds, adding that "the mean hemispheric shift rate(0.354 m/year) was half of what would be expected from climate warmingalone". The study finds that rainfall "was more important than temperaturefor predicting treeline shift rate". For example, in the subarctic- where treeline shifts were faster than in temperature regions- "autumn precipitation mostly determined treeline shift rates",the researchers say. Canada:Trudeau government close to unveiling plan to hit net-zero emissionsby 2050 ChrisHall and Salimah Shivji, CBC News Scientistslink record-breaking hurricane season to climate crisis JeffErnst, The Guardian Investorstell European firms to reveal 'missing' climate costs in theiraccounts MatthewGreen and Simon Jessop, Reuters Super-richfortify against climate change and health risks HannahKuchler, Financial Times UKregions compete to host 'gigafactory' for electric car batteries JasperJolly, The Guardian Fordlaunches electric cargo van priced under $45,000 BenGerman, Axios Oiland gas face adapt or decline moment RosDavidson, Foresight Climate & Energy Raceand the politics of energy transitions PeterNewell, Energy Research and Social Science Australia:Benefits of Coalition's `gas-led recovery' overstated and decliningusage inevitable, report finds AdamMorton, The Guardian Scotland:Aviva's new solar energy carport set to power 500 homes GreigCameron, The Times Greengiants: the massive projects that could make Australia a clean energysuperpower AdamMorton, The Guardian Stateof the climate: five big issues from the report that will affect everyAustralian GrahamReadfearn, The Guardian Climatecrisis could be causing bats to migrate earlier, study says DaisyDunne, The Independent Whereare the jobs? NSW coal towns cling to the past until a better futureemerges EliasVisontay, The Guardian Leak:EU aims for 250% growth in offshore wind by 2050 KiraTaylor, EurActiv UKburns more carbon dioxide per head than 18 Commonwealth countries CaitlinTilley, DeSmog UK Frenchgraduates launch alumni network to fight climate change LucieDuboua-Lorsch, EurActiv Tesla,Nio, Nikola, Zoom - Stocks The Largest US Pension Fund Is Betting On YahooFinance, 16 Nov 2020 10:09Z CaliforniaPublic Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest publicpension fund in the United States by assets, has increased its exposureto stocks ... WhyPfizer, BioNTech, and Novavax Stocks Are Sinking Today MotleyFool, 16 Nov 2020 17:08Z Investorsare worried that Moderna's good news could be bad news for thesecoronavirus vaccine leaders. Dowsoars 450 points to new record as Moderna's vaccine update boosts investoroptimism BusinessInsider, 16 Nov 2020 18:01Z (BrendanMcDermid/Reuters). US equities soared on Monday after Moderna'sencouraging vaccine update lifted hopes for a complete economicrecovery... Eldersposts 80 per cent profit increase in 12 months to September ABCRural, 16 Nov 2020 07:54Z Despitedrought, fires and COVID-19, Australian agribusiness Elders reportsa $123 million statutory profit in the 12 months to September. FearsChina has cut off imports of Australian wine amid worsening trade war ABCRural, 16 Nov 2020 04:59Z Thereare signs that Australia's billion-dollar wine trade with China haseffectively ground to a halt, as winemakers continue to grapple withdisruptions. Japan'seconomy rebounds by 21.4% in 3rd quarter as pandemic pain eases JapanToday, 16 Nov 2020 03:28Z Japan'seconomy grew at the fastest pace on record in the third quarter,rebounding sharply from its biggest postwar slump, as improvedexports and ... 'Turnit off and on again?': Frustration as ASX trading shut down due to' data issues' ABCNews, 16 Nov 2020 01:03Z TheAustralian Securities Exchange halts trading as it investigates technicalproblems while Nine shares drop after CEO Hugh Marks resigns becauseof a relationship with a subordinate. [Atlast report the ASX had been down for more than 2hrs with a "marketdata" problem. Reps for the exchange would not be more specific]. Onein five consumers using buy now, pay later miss payments, ASIC says ABCNews, 15 Nov 2020 at 11:09pm Australia'scorporate watchdog says some consumers are suffering harm fromusing buy now, pay later, warning one in five consumers are missingpayments, allowing six companies it examined to rack up more than$43 million in late payment revenue over one year. PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 1.19+0.14 (13.40%) *** up 13% *** AirFrance KLM SA EPA:AF- 16 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 4.31+0.41 (10.55%) *** up 11% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 200.49+13.34 (7.13%) *** up 7.1% *** ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 88.79+5.75 (6.93%) *** up 6.9% *** MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 16 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 658.00+42.00 (6.82%) *** up 6.8% *** SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 16 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT-5 19.49+1.22 (6.68%) *** up 6.7% *** ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 37.72+2.35 (6.64%) *** up 6.6% *** RoyalDutch Shell Plc ETR:R6C- 16 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 13.91+0.77 (5.83%) *** up 5.8% *** ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 37.96+1.88 (5.21%) *** up 5.2% *** BPplc NYSE:BP- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 19.74+0.93 (4.94%) *** up 4.9% *** PanasonicCorporation TYO:6752- 16 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 1,100.00+51.50 (4.91%) *** up 4.9% *** AirbusSE EPA:AIRSTOCK - 16 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 89.50+3.94 (4.60%) *** up 4.6% *** KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 13.65+0.51 (3.92%) *** up 3.9% *** NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 16 Nov, 5:07 pm GMT+3 432.90+13.55 (3.23%) *** up 3.2% *** TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 16 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT-5 56.35+1.62 (2.96%) *** up 3% *** FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 8.78+0.23 (2.69%) *** up 2.7% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 16 Nov, 10:23 am AEDT 1.18+0.03 (2.61%) *** up 2.6% *** BayerischeMotoren Werke AG ETR:BWM- 16 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 72.59+1.85 (2.62%) *** up 2.6% *** MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 16 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 202.00+5.00 (2.54%) *** up 2.5% *** GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 16 Nov, 5:07 pm GMT+3 184.72+4.42 (2.45%) *** up 2.5% *** ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 16 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 7,474.00+158.00 (2.16%) *** up 2.2% *** DaimlerAG ETR:DAIMLER- 16 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 53.62+1.12 (2.13%) *** up 2.1% *** VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 16 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 153.34+3.16 (2.10%) *** up 2.1% *** NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 21.62+0.44 (2.08%) *** up 2.1% *** Nikkei225 TYO:NIKKEI- 16 Nov, 3:15 pm GMT+9 <== Nikkei 25,906.93+521.06 (2.05%) *** up 2.1% *** BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 16 Nov, 10:23 am AEDT 36.49+0.72 (2.01%) *** up 2% *** AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ:AMD- 16 Nov, 3:07 pm GMT-5 82.93+1.50 (1.84%) *** up 1.8% *** NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 16 Nov, 10:24 am AEDT 21.59+0.39 (1.84%) *** up 1.8% *** SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 16 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 9,491.00+165.00 (1.77%) *** up 1.8% *** GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 16 Nov, 4:29 pm GMT+3 183.35+3.05 (1.69%) *** up 1.7% *** GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 41.75+0.54 (1.31%) *** up 1.3% *** NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 45.07+0.56 (1.26%) *** up 1.3% *** AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 16 Nov, 5:29 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,687.00+77.70 (1.18%) *** up 1.2% *** DAXPERFORMANCE-INDEX INDEXDB:DAX - 16 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 <== DAX 13,225.69+148.97 (1.14%) *** up 1.1% *** WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 16 Nov, 10:23 am AEDT 20.84+0.23 (1.12%) *** up 1.1% *** DowJones Industrial Average NYSE:DJIA- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 <== DJIA 29,779.97+300.16 (1.02%) *** up 1% *** IntelCorporation NASDAQ:INTEL- 16 Nov, 3:08 pm GMT-5 45.91+0.45 (0.99%) *** up 1% *** NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 16 Nov, 4:29 pm GMT+3 423.15+3.80 (0.91%) up HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 16 Nov, 3:30 pm GMT+9 179,000.00+1,500.00 (0.85%) up KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 16 Nov, 3:30 pm GMT+9 59,700.00+500.00 (0.84%) up AppleInc NASDAQ:Apple- 16 Nov, 3:07 pm GMT-5 119.72+0.46 (0.39%) up AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 16 Nov, 10:23 am AEDT 1.75+0.00 (0.29%) up SiemensAG ETR:SIE- 16 Nov, 2:52 pm GMT+1 113.32+0.28 (0.25%) up TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 16 Nov, 3:07 pm GMT-5 408.44-0.06 (0.01%) even Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 16 Nov, 3:07 pm GMT-5 3,114.31-14.50 (0.46%) down Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 16 Nov, 3:06 pm GMT-5 15.99-0.08 (0.50%) down PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 16 Nov, 2:45 pm GMT-5 1.62-0.02 (1.22%) *** down 1.2% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 16 Nov, 3:07 pm GMT-5 17.04-0.60 (3.40%) *** down 3.4% *** $2million worth of cattle reported stolen from NT station ABCRural, 17 Nov 2020 07:38Z Morethan 1,400 head of branded cattle reported stolen from Top End station, withowners offering $250,000 reward for information. 'Anextraordinary journey': Sale of Virgin Australia to Bain Capital duringpandemic was unique, says administrator ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 07:37Z BainCapital takes custody of the Virgin Australia airline after one of the mostchallenging administrations in Australia's corporate history. ASICand investors want answers after ASX shutdown ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 06:12Z Amajor software upgrade on the Australian share market saw the ASX closed formost of the day -- now ASIC and investors want answers. Teslashares up 12 percent as automaker zooms to join S&P 500 Aljazeera.com,17 Nov 2020 0:32Z TeslaInc is set to join the S&P 500 in December, a major win for Chief ExecutiveElon Musk and his shareholders, triggering a massive $51bn trade asindex ... Tesla(TSLA) surges on finally getting greenlight to join S&P500 Electrek.co,16 Nov 2020 22:48Z Tesla(TSLA) is officially going to join the S&P500 and it is sending the stockprice on a wild ride in after-hour trading. After lining up profits in now5 quarters in a ... WhyExxonMobil, Chevron, Kinder Morgan, and Other Energy Stocks Jumped Today MotleyFool, 16 Nov 2020 23:45Z Promisingcoronavirus vaccine developments bode well for the oil and gas industry. WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 17 Nov, 3:59 pm AEDT 1.28+0.10 (8.47%) *** up 8.5% *** TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 439.18+33.52 (8.21%) *** up 8.2% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 17 Nov, 4:01 pm GMT-5 210.15+7.62 (3.76%) *** up 3.8% *** WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 17 Nov, 3:59 pm AEDT 21.47+0.63 (3.02%) *** up 3% *** KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 14.03+0.36 (2.63%) *** up 2.6% *** HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 17 Nov, 1:59 pm GMT+9 183,000.00+4,000.00 (2.23%) *** up 2.2% *** NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 17 Nov, 4:04 pm GMT-5 45.45+0.99 (2.17%) *** up 2.2% *** NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 17 Nov, 7:15 pm GMT+3 439.65+8.70 (2.02%) *** up 2% *** ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 38.56+0.74 (1.94%) *** up 1.9% *** BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 17 Nov, 3:59 pm AEDT 37.13+0.64 (1.75%) *** up 1.8% *** SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 19.97+0.34 (1.73%) *** up 1.7% *** BPplc NYSE:BP- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 20.00+0.29 (1.47%) *** up 1.5% *** Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 16.06+0.22 (1.37%) *** up 1.4% *** ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 17 Nov, 4:03 pm GMT-5 38.57+0.51 (1.34%) *** up 1.3% *** DaimlerAG ETR:DAIMLER- 17 Nov, 5:00 pm GMT+1 54.47+0.69 (1.28%) *** up 1.3% *** NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 17 Nov, 3:59 pm AEDT 21.84+0.25 (1.16%) *** up 1.2% *** MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 17 Nov, 1:59 pm GMT+9 204.00+2.00 (0.99%) *** up 1% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 17 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 17.18+0.13 (0.76%) up PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 17 Nov, 3:59 pm GMT-5 1.68+0.01 (0.60%) up NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 21.99+0.13 (0.59%) up Nikkei225 TYO:NIKKEI- 17 Nov, 2:00 pm GMT+9 <== Nikkei 26,020.84+113.91 (0.44%) up AirFrance KLM SA EPA:AirFrance - 17 Nov, 5:00 pm GMT+1 4.37+0.02 (0.41%) up RoyalDutch Shell Plc ETR:R6C- 17 Nov, 5:00 pm GMT+1 14.04+0.06 (0.40%) up BayerischeMotoren Werke AG ETR:BWM- 17 Nov, 5:00 pm GMT+1 73.03+0.24 (0.33%) up VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 17 Nov, 5:00 pm GMT+1 153.98+0.44 (0.29%) up AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 17 Nov, 4:17 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,697.80+10.80 (0.16%) up Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 3,134.01+4.60 (0.15%) up TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 56.30+0.05 (0.09%) even PanasonicCorporation TYO:6752- 17 Nov, 2:00 pm GMT+9 1,099.50-0.50 (0.05%) even DAXPERFORMANCE-INDEX INDEXDB:DAX - 17 Nov, 5:00 pm GMT+1 <== DAX 13,126.54-12.07 (0.09%) even AirbusSE EPA:AIRSTOCK - 17 Nov, 5:00 pm GMT+1 89.77-0.23 (0.26%) down GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 42.18-0.15 (0.36%) down ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 17 Nov, 2:00 pm GMT+9 7,442.00-32.00 (0.43%) down AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ:AMD- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 83.47-0.37 (0.44%) down DowJones Industrial Average NYSE:DJIA- 17 Nov, 5:29 pm GMT-5 <== DJIA 29,783.35-167.09 (0.56%) down SiemensAG ETR:SIE- 17 Nov, 5:00 pm GMT+1 111.66-0.64 (0.57%) down FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 17 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 8.73-0.05 (0.57%) down AppleInc NASDAQ:Apple- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 119.45-0.91 (0.76%) down SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 17 Nov, 2:00 pm GMT+9 9,410.00-81.00 (0.85%) down AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 17 Nov, 3:59 pm AEDT 1.73-0.01 (0.86%) down KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 17 Nov, 1:59 pm GMT+9 59,000.00-700.00 (1.17%) *** down 1.2% *** GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 17 Nov, 7:15 pm GMT+3 183.08-2.24 (1.21%) *** down 1.2% *** IntelCorporation NASDAQ:INTEL- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 45.56-0.66 (1.43%) *** down 1.4% *** MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 17 Nov, 1:59 pm GMT+9 648.00-10.00 (1.52%) *** down 1.5% *** ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 17 Nov, 4:03 pm GMT-5 86.86-1.95 (2.19%) *** down 2.2% *** PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 17 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 1.10-0.05 (4.20%) *** down 4.2% *** Roadcharges could win backing if not exploitative, ministers told GraemePaton, The Times Thereis extensive continuing coverage in the UK press of the news thatthe UK government is "considering" a new national road-charging systemas an alternative to the levy on petrol and diesel. The Times, whichbroke the story on its frontpage yesterday, says that "drivers wouldsupport a national road-charging system providing that it was notsimply used as a `cash cow' by the treasury, ministers have been told".It adds: "Research shows broad backing among drivers for a 'pay permile' road-pricing system, with many insisting that it would be fairerthan the present fuel duty. A study by the RAC found that 44% ofdrivers supported the move as an alternative to the levy on petrol anddiesel, almost twice as many as opposed it. The UK's fuel taxes arethe highest in Europe." But the Times also points out the history ofsuch ideas: "Road charging has long been regarded as politically toxic.The Labour government ditched similar plans for road charges 13 yearsago after a petition attracted 1.8m signatures. Today motoring groupswarned that any proposals drawn up by Boris Johnson's governmentwould provoke the same backlash if drivers had to pay more thanthey do now." Indeed, several newspapers report on a "backlash" tothe fresh proposal. The Daily Telegraph says: "Officials were urged notto use a new road pricing system as a 'post-Covid cash cow' as the governmentmulls plans to replace £40bn in lost tax revenue from fossilfuel cars as Britain switches to electric vehicles. Experts saidany motoring tax hike will be met with widespread opposition from driversand would be borne by poorer households unable to buy electric cars,as well as families living outside big cities." The Daily Mirror quotesAA president Edmund King, who says: "The government can't affordto lose £40bn from fuel duty and car tax when the electric revolutionarrives. It is always assumed that road pricing would be thesolution, but that has been raised every five years since 1964 and isstill perceived by most as a 'poll tax on wheels'." The Guardian saysthat "after a dramatic drop in road usage due to Covid-19, fuel dutyreceipts are expected to plunge by almost £5bn this year, accordingto the Office for Budget Responsibility, the government's economicsforecaster", adding: "However, [chancellor Rishi] Sunak couldlook at other ways to raise taxes to repair the public finances -particularly as spending on UK roads is funded by general taxation, ratherthan levies such as fuel duty and VED [vehicle excise duty, oftenreferred to as road tax]...The rate of capital gains tax - levied onprofits from asset sales - could be increased after a major review orderedby the chancellor said it could raise £14bn for the exchequer."Meanwhile, MailOnline reports that "hundreds of councils arefailing to install electric car charge points in residential areas ina blow to plans to ban sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030".A piece in the Daily Telegraph reports on: "Why Britain's plans tobuild an electric car 'gigafactory' are struggling." Onthe comment pages, the reaction to the road charging proposal is largelynegative. An editorial in the Sun says it is a "fuellish idea",adding: "It would be insane to slap a brand new tax on drivers.We get that the Government will have a £40bn fuel duty shortfallif everyone eventually buys an electric vehicle. A 'pay as youdrive' scheme may even be a fairer alternative if tracking technologycan be made to work nationwide and allows for, say, traffic conditionsand the time of day. But it cannot be added to what are alreadyEurope's highest taxes on motorists. Not without a revolt." In theDaily Mail, columnist Ross Clark says: "The PM's [expected]_announcementof a complete ban on the sale of new petrol anddiesel vehicles by 2030 is premature and potentially very damaging tothe economy. As he prepares to `reset' his government, he needs to rethinkthis policy." An editorial in the Daily Mirror says: "Charging driversto use roads, whether per mile or with vast extension of tolls,would hit those on lower and middle incomes hardest...Any chancellorraising taxes fairly would put them up for the highest earners,not drivers already watching decent living standards vanish intheir rear view mirrors." A feature in the Daily Telegraph looks at why"from charging points to the recycling of batteries, the UK must rapidlyoverhaul its transport infrastructure to meet the goal" of banningnew sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2030. Governmentto help fund four carbon capture and storage hubs in the UK JoelHills, ITV News Aheadof Boris Johnson's expected speech this week setting out the UK government's "10-point plan" for decarbonising the economy, ITV News reports that "the government is set to invest several hundred million pounds in carbon capture and storage technology". It adds: "ITV News understands that on Wednesday the prime minister will pledge to help fund four carbon capture and storage `hubs' in the UK - in Scotland, Wales, the Humber and Teesside - and to have them up and running 'by the mid-2020s'. Net Zero Teesside is one of the projects set to receive financial support from the taxpayer. The project is being developed by BP, ENI, Equinor, Shell and Total, with BP leading as operator. The plan is to capture CO2 emissions from a range of heavy industries, including a gas-fired power station and chemical plants." Separately,Sky News carries an interview with climate minister Lord (Zac) Goldsmith in which he says that nature has been "utterly neglected" as a way to tackle climate change. The news channel adds: "Ahead of the government revealing a new 10-point plan on the climate, Lord Goldsmith also told Sky News that he supported a ban on the controversial practice of peat burning used by gamekeepers...Lord Goldsmith said: 'I want us to phase out peat burning. I don't pretend to be an expert but I've reviewed the science and it seems to me pretty clear that it's a practice that needs to be phased out.'" The Daily Telegraph reports that damaged peatlands are emitting as much greenhouse gases as the UK's road freight traffic, according to the RSPB. The Financial Times has a feature on how the UK is preparing to make a "big bet" on hydrogen: "Boris Johnson, prime minister, this week will lay out his plans for a 'green industrial revolution', and has pledged to make a 'big bet' on technologies such as hydrogen, which is emerging as an area of global interest as countries adopt targets to halt carbon emissions." Inother UK news, the Guardian reports that "three of Britain's biggest energy companies have agreed to build giant underwater power cables to bring Scotland's vast reserves of renewable energy to millions of homes in England" It adds: "The multibillion-pound energy 'superhighway', to be built by Scottish Power, National Grid and SSE, could help to unlock the potential of the prime minister's plan to build enough offshore wind farms to power every home in the country by 2030." The news comes on the same day as those same three companies have been revealed to be the first sponsors of next year's COP26 in Glasgow. Climate Home News says SSE, Scottish Power and National Grid have been named as "primary energy sector sponsors" of the UN climate summit. The Press Association quotes the reaction of Mel Evans, senior climate campaigner for Greenpeace UK, who says: "It is...encouraging that the first COP26 sponsors are companies that are heavily invested in the renewables transition, and that, so far, fossil fuel companies such as BP, Shell and Equinor are not on the list." TheGuardian reports that a group of leading academics have said that "urgent reforms of the Bank of England are needed to help decarbonise the financial system and boost green investment as Britain recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic". The Times says that "Boris Johnson is considering a temporary cut to Britain's aid spending to help repair the nation's Covid-ravaged public finances". It adds: "Ministers have drawn up plans to reduce the proportion of Britain's gross national income spent on aid from 0.7% to 0.5%, saving billions, the Times has learnt. Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, is pressing for the move to be announced in next week's comprehensive spending review. His allies have insisted that cutting the aid budget is a political necessity at a time when spending on domestic areas will be limited as a result of the pandemic...Whitehall sources have highlighted research into climate change and green energy as the kind of initiatives into which the aid budget could be channelled in future." The Daily Mirror covers a "major new Red Cross report on climate change [which] says Britain is in danger of facing more floods like those which hit South Yorkshire 12 months ago". The Times says an island off northwest Wales is turning to tidal power. Finally, BusinessGreen reports on a new research by IPPR which concludes that "delivering green upgrades to homes across the North of England could create almost 190,000 new jobs both in the region and beyond". Climate'bomb' Iota weakens slightly off Central America GustavoPalencia and Ismael Lopez, Reuters HurricaneIota was due to strike northeastern Nicaragua's Miskito region overnight, reaching maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, reports Reuters. As the hurricane was downgraded slightly from a category 5 to 4 storm, Reuters says "the region's leaders blamed climate change for destructive weather pushing millions closer to hunger". The newswire adds: "Central America and southern Mexico are still reeling from Hurricane Eta, which devastated crops and washed away hillsides after landing near Puerto Cabezas two weeks ago, killing dozens. Many towns are still partially flooded, and the land is waterlogged from the earlier storm." Speaking alongside Guatemalan president Alejandro Giammattei, Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez told a news conference: "What's drawing closer is a bomb." Reuters says this is the first time two major hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic basin in November since records began in 1851. Iota is also the first category 5 storm of the hurricane season. The Daily Telegraph says the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has seen the most named storms on record, with 30 named storms and 13 hurricanes. The New York Times has a feature looking back at this season's record-breaking number of storms. It adds: "Scientists have found that climate change affects how hurricanes form and strengthen; rising ocean temperatures linked to global warming can cause storms to weaken more slowly after they move onto land and remain destructive for longer." Meanwhile,the Independent reports that, in the Arctic, "two months after the normal point at which the sea ice begins to refreeze into the huge sheets which cap the top of our planet, enormous areas of open water remain". It adds: "The record-breaking delay comes after the average ice extent for October was the lowest in the satellite record, and means current ice coverage is roughly the same as it was during the height of the summer, when melting after the previous winter was well underway. The lack of ice means the Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest for this time of year, for at least a thousand years, scientists have said, though refreezing has now begun." A separate article in the Independent reports on a new study which concludes that "artificially cooling the Earth through technologies that reduce incoming sunlight would not be sufficient at preventing extreme warming over long timescales, if not coupled with cuts to greenhouse gases". JeffBezos donates nearly $800m to groups fighting climate crisis LouiseBoyle, The Independent Severaloutlets cover the news that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos - who is said to be worth more than $200bn - has revealed the first recipients of his new $10bn Bezos Earth Fund. Announcing the news via an Instagram post, Bezos named the US-based organisations set to receive nearly $800m to tackle climate change, reports the Independent: "The first beneficiaries are: The Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund, ClimateWorks Foundation, Dream Corps Green For All, Eden Reforestation Projects, Energy Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, NDN Collective, Rocky Mountain Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, The Solutions Project, Union of Concerned Scientists, World Resources Institute, and World Wildlife Fund." CNBC says Bezos remarked that grants are "just the beginning", adding: "The World Wildlife Fund said it will use the $100m award to protect and restore mangroves from `climate-accelerated weather events' and to develop new markets for seaweed as an alternative to fossil fuel-based products." Meanwhile,in other US news, the Hill reports that "a coalition of more than 70 groups, including progressive and environmental organisations, is urging president-elect Joe Biden not to include a former energy secretary who served with him under former President Obama in his incoming administration". It adds: "The groups' opposition to Ernest Moniz, who is seen as a leading contender to reprise his role as the nation's top energy official, stems from connections to the fossil fuel industry and his positions on fossil fuels." The Guardian has a feature on the Sunrise Movement, a youth group that "helped Biden to win" and who now "want him to fix the climate crisis". Separately,the Hill reports that the Trump administration "is advancing oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in a move critics see as an attempt to lock in drilling before president-elect Joe Biden takes office in January". Another Hill article covers the news that a "scientist who has questioned the link between climate change and extreme weather events has reportedly been detailed to the White House to oversee a program that's in charge of compiling a major climate change report". EUplans to increase offshore windfarm capacity by 250% DanielBoffey, The Guardian TheGuardian reports that, under a draft plan drawn up by the European Commission, the capacity of the EU's offshore windfarms in the North Sea, the Baltic, the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea would be increased by 250%. It adds: "The total energy generating capacity in Europe's seas stands at 23 gigawatts (GW)...from 5,047 grid-connected wind turbines across 12 countries, including the UK. Under a European Commission strategy, the 27 EU member states alone would achieve a capacity of 60GW by 2030 and 300GW by 2050, with Germany set to hugely increase its investment in the sector. According to the leaked paper, the commission `estimates that an installed capacity of 300GW of offshore wind [and around 60GW of ocean energies] by 2050 would be needed in the integrated, greener and climate neutral energy system of 2050'." Whythe 2020 election makes it hard to be optimistic about the future PaulKrugman, The New York Times Inhis New York Times column, Paul Krugman begins by arguing that "the big winners [of the US election] were the coronavirus and, quite possibly, catastrophic climate change". He continues: "Awful as the pandemic outlook is, however, what worries me more is what our failed response says about prospects for dealing with a much bigger issue, one that poses an existential threat to civilisation: climate change. As many people have noted, climate change is an inherently difficult problem to tackle - not economically, but politically. Right-wingers always claim that taking climate seriously would doom the economy, but the truth is that at this point the economics of climate action look remarkably benign. Spectacular progress in renewable energy technology makes it fairly easy to see how the economy can wean itself from fossil fuels...But climate action remains very difficult politically given (a) the power of special interests and (b) the indirect link between costs and benefits." He concludes: "This is, by the way, possibly the biggest reason to hope that Democrats win those Georgia runoffs. Climate policy really needs to be sold as part of a package that also includes broader investment in infrastructure and job creation - and that just won't happen if Mitch McConnell is still able to blockade legislation." Meanwhile,in her weekly Axios column, Amy Harder says that "president-elect Joe Biden will face constraints of both politics and time when it comes to pursuing his aggressive climate-change agenda". She adds: "Biden is poised to leverage every inch of the federal government to act on climate change. There are likely to be new financial rules, new environmental regulations and unprecedented limits on fossil-fuel leasing on federal lands and waters, to name just a few of the dozens of probable actions. [But] he's still unlikely to achieve his biggest goals without major new laws passed by congress." ThePM must cull white elephants in his 10-point green plan TomBurke, BusinessGreen Writingfor BusinessGreen, E3G's Tom Burke looks ahead to Boris Johnson "much heralded action plan to reach Britain's goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050", which is due this week. He writes: "It is a plan. It will have ten points. But to find out how many of them will actually turn into decisions, we will have to wait until the even longer-heralded energy white paper appears - hopefully - later this month...The real problem with the prime minister's action plan is that for all the compelling headlines it may attract, it is not matched by an equally compelling case for investors. This matters a lot, because much of the investment to get to net-zero will have to come from the private sector...What they will fear most of all is that an energy policy without a very robust analytic foundation will not deliver. On past experience, this will trigger abrupt and arbitrary changes in policy driven as much by unfavourable headlines as by unforeseen problems. It will not take them very long to work out that becoming the `Saudi Arabia of wind' is not compatible with building both Sizewell and small modular reactors and possibly other big nuclear generators. They will recall the prime minister's affection for white elephants." Heattolerance in ectotherms scales predictably with body size NatureClimate Change Newresearch explores the reasons why animals are decreasing in size asa general response to global warming. The authors analyse "death timecurves" for cold-blooded animals ("ectotherms"), finding that "heattolerance varies predictably with size". They explain: "Smaller animalscan maintain higher body temperatures than larger ones during shortperiods, but cannot maintain higher body temperatures over long periodsas their endurance declines more rapidly with time." An accompanyingNews & Views article adds that the study shows "how body sizeinteracts with the duration of exposure to determine both stressfullyhot temperatures and their ecological implications". Climatechange extremes and photovoltaic power output NatureSustainability Anincreasing frequency of very warm and cloudy days could affect the outputof photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, a new study suggests. The findingssuggest that "summer days with very low PV power outputs are expectedto double in the Arabian Peninsula by mid-century but could bereduced by half in southern Europe over the same period, even under amoderate-emission scenario". Changes for winter - either enhancing ormitigating the impacts on PV output - "are projected to be less striking,at least in low- and mid-latitude regions", the authors add. Recentrecovery of Antarctic Bottom Water formation in the Ross Sea drivenby climate anomalies NatureGeoscience Theformation of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) in the Ross Sea saw a "recovery"in 2018-19, a new study suggests. The salinity, density and volumeof AABW have decreased over the last 50 years, the authors explain,with the most marked changes observed in the Ross Sea. Using in-situobservations, the researchers "document a recovery in the salinity,density and thickness" of AABW formed in the region. The recoverywas caused by increased sea ice formation on the continental shelf,the study finds, which was triggered - in turn - by "anomalous windforcing associated with the unusual combination of positive SouthernAnnular Mode and extreme El Niño conditions between 2015 and 2018". Russiaresists tougher climate targets in dash for Arctic gas ChloéFarand, Climate Home News Summitaims for clean-up of shipping industry MalcolmSenior, BBC News Italydrafts guidelines for national hydrogen strategy, document shows StephenJewkes, Reuters Studyfinds ticks choose humans over dogs when temperature rises PatrickBarkham, The Guardian Volkswagenaccelerates shift to electric, autonomous era Reuters Teslato join S&P 500, spark epic index fund trade NoelRandewich, Reuters EUcountries urged to support `green recovery' across the globe KiraTaylor, EurActiv Comment:We can put people power into pensions - and tackle climate change JonathanReynolds, LabourList OxfordNet Zero: University unveils climate policy research initiative MichaelHolder, BusinessGreen Climatechange solutions: The Earth could provide renewable energy for buildings DavidRoberts, Vox Launchingthe search for the Gretas of the future HelenBriggs, BBC News Sixfuture-thinking technologies that could help the EU cut back on emissions AitorHernández-Morales and Melissa Heikkilä, Politico Weakenedevidence for mid-latitude impacts of Arctic warming RussellBlackport & James A Screen, Nature Climate Change Zoomin on Net Zero - with environment correspondent Geoffrey Lean JamesS Murray, BusinessGreen Comment:If McDonald's can take climate change seriously, why can't thegovernment? MarcColoma, Politics.co.uk Londonersput tackling climate change at top of Christmas lists - as 7 outof 10 want greener city LiamColeman, The Sun Widespreadpower outages in NT hit Darwin and stretch to Katherine ABCNews, 18 Nov 2020 09:21Z Largeparts of the Top End have lost power because of a problem with the majorgenerator on Channel Island, with traffic lights off across Darwin and Katherineand both major hospitals switching to generators. Driversto be given grants to buy electric cars as Boris Johnson announces 10-point 'build back greener' plan JaneMerrick, The i newspaper Thereis blanket coverage across UK newspapers of prime minister Boris Johnson's long-awaited "10-point plan" for a "green industrial revolution" intended to help the country achieve its target of net-zero emissions by 2050. The story appears on the frontpages of the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, the Times and the Independent. Much of the coverage leads on the government bringing forward the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars to 2030, with more than one headline describing it as the "end of the road" for the vehicles. The i newspaper reports that drivers will be offered grants "worth thousands of pounds" to buy low-emission or electric cars in a bid to encourage the transition away from high-polluting models (the release pledges £582m in grants for "zero or ultra-low emission vehicles"). Reuters notes that the new date is five years earlier than the 2035 pledge made by Johnson in February. The prime minister's plans will cost a total of £12bn and he says they will create 250,000 jobs across the UK, according to the newswire. The Guardian notes that, despite the headline figure, the opposition Labour party pointed out that "at best" £4bn from the new announcement is new money. The newspaper also reports that some of the policies, including the 2030 car sales target and another to quadruple offshore wind capacity to 40 gigawatts, have been extensively reported already. BBC News's environment analyst Roger Harrabin says that the "total amount of new money announced in the package is a 25th of the projected £100bn cost of high-speed rail, HS2". The Times says the 2030 petrol and diesel ban, which will also see hybrid vehicles "outlawed" five years later, was a key demand of its "clean air for all" campaign and goes on to outline the rest of the policies. These include £1bn to make homes and businesses more efficient, £525m to develop new large and small-scale nuclear power stations and "up to £500m" to test hydrogen cooking and heating in homes as an alternative to gas, the newspaper reports. A BBC News article that emerged just ahead of the announcement notes "substantial investment" for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Otherpledges, reported in the i newspaper which has published the list in full, include support for research projects for zero-emission planes and ships, tree planting, public transport infrastructure and helping to "make the City of London the global centre of green finance". The Times also has another article with more detail of each policy. According to the Financial Times, the package is "intended as a signal of intent as Britain prepares to host next year's UN COP26 climate change summit". The newspaper states that the 10-point plan is a key component of the Johnson government's "reset", as he tries to lay out a future beyond Covid-19 crisis and to "move on after the chaotic infighting in Downing Street in recent days". It notes that allies of Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings, who quit last week, have argued that a shift towards green policies would "lose the party votes in former industrial areas". The newspaper points to an op-ed it has published by the prime minister himself (see below) that "attempts to counter that argument", emphasising the importance of green hubs in Teesside, Port Talbot, Merseyside and Mansfield. A Daily Telegraph article published before the announcement yesterday has details of a survey that found 70% of new Tory `blue wall' voters in the north feel a ban on diesel and petrol cars "would be unfair, despite sharing overwhelming concern over climate change". BusinessGreen has a roundup of all the reaction from across the green economy, ranging from shadow business secretary Ed Miliband to acting Confederation of British Industry director-general Josh Hardie. It quotes Lord Deben, chair of the Climate Change Committee, who says he is "delighted to see the breadth of the prime minister's commitment", but it must now "be turned into a detailed road map". CarbonBrief's policy editor Simon Evans has written a Twitter thread outlining what is included in the announcement and says that, despite their significance, the policies will not by themselves be enough to close the gap to reaching net-zero emissions in the UK. TheDaily Telegraph reports that hydrogen "could be heating homes in three years" following the government's announcement. It quotes industry figures at the Energy Networks Association (ENA) who it says have been lobbying for "hydrogen-ready" boilers. (The UK already has some homes being heated with 20% hydrogen blends in a trial project.) Another Daily Telegraph piece carries a warning from the Suffolk Wildlife Trust that the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power plant would be "catastrophic for British nature". Angeras UN body approves deal that allows ship emissions to rise to 2030 ChloéFarand, Climate Home News Apackage of fuel efficiency measures agreed for shipping at the InternationalMaritime Organisation (IMO) will allow emissions to continuerising until 2030, Climate Home News reports. The proposals, whichNGOs said gave shipping "a free pass to pollute", were approved byall the member nations present expect Tuvalu, the Solomon Islands andthe Marshall Islands, the news website says. It notes that, accordingto a study by the International Council on Clean Transportation(ICCT), under business as usual, annual shipping emissionsare forecast to grow 15% by 2030. The new measures will "onlyshave off" 1%, resulting in 14% growth, it says. Campaigners quotedin the article state that the decision puts the IMO's own climatetarget, which they say would require a 15% emissions cut by 2030,out of reach, as well as the broader goals of the Paris Agreement.(Carbon Brief has an article outlining the IMO's journey towardsits goal of cutting emissions by "at least" 50% by 2050 comparedto 2008 levels.) Despite this, Reuters quotes IMO secretary generalKitack Lim who said at the start of this week's meeting of nationsthat the agency's shipping emissions strategy must be delivered"by means of concrete measures". BusinessGreen reports that supportersof the plan say it "will subject polluting ships to the powerof the market and help accelerate already growing demand greener vesselsover the decade to come". Meanwhile,in aviation news, the Guardian reports on an "exclusive" storybased on newly published research that shows 1% of people caused halfof global emissions from flying in 2018. Greengroups sue over Arctic drilling plans RebeccaBeitsch, The Hill Inthe US, a coalition of six environmental groups is suing the Trump administration to stop its "brazen rush to drill anywhere it can in the Arctic", the Hill reports. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalised plans last month to expand drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA), which is next to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the news website says. The New York Times reports that the current administration on Monday announced that it would begin selling leases to oil companies in "a last-minute push to achieve its long-sought goal of allowing oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge". It notes that lease sales could begin just before Inauguration Day, leaving the new president Joe Biden "to try to reverse them after the fact". Meanwhile,Politico reports that the US will be missing from a global climate summit organised by the UK next month "to press ahead with a new and more onerous stage of the Paris climate agreement". The article notes that other nations are "desperate" to work with the new Biden administration on climate and that his absence from the upcoming event "couldn't be more inconvenient for other world leaders". Another Politico piece looks at the president-elect's transition teams for federal agencies, which it says include veterans from the Obama administration and others with "significant" experience of climate policy battles. The Hindu reports that Indian prime minister Narendra Modi discussed various global challenges on his first phone call with Biden as president-elect, including "tackling the threat of climate change". Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem has said he sees a "a more integrated and more rational North American approach to climate change" under the new administration, according to Reuters AnotherReuters article notes that environmental activists are "heaping pressure" on Biden to avoid cabinet appointees with fossil fuel ties, after it emerged one of his picks received donations from the oil and gas industry. Separately, Reuters reports that the US solar industry has called on Biden to make an executive order to lift tariffs on on imported panels and increase subsidies when he comes into power. Finally,Climate Home News looks ahead to the upcoming "critical US Senate runoffs" in the state of Georgia, which it says are being targeted by climate campaigners. It notes that for Biden to pass tax and spending plans such as his $2tn green investment pledge, he will need support from a majority in the Senate, which Georgia could provide. Nowis the time to plan our green recovery BorisJohnson, Financial Times TheUK prime minister Boris Johnson has written a comment piece in the Financial Times to coincide with the launch of his "10-point plan" to make the nation "net zero" by 2050. He asks readers to image a "Britain when a Green Industrial Revolution has helped to level up the country", writing that now is the time for a green recovery with high-skilled jobs to help the nation recover from the impact of Covid-19. Johnson says "my 10-point plan" will mobilise billions in government and private funding, and "turn the UK into the world's number one centre for green technology and finance". He says he will meet UK businesses today to discuss their contribution, noting he plans to provide "clear timetables" for clean energy, details of changing regulations and carbon prices placed on emissions. Johnson concludes by saying he will launch as establish a "task force net zero" committed to achieving the government's net-zero goal and push other nations to aim for the same ahead of COP26. Thereis extensive analysis of the strategy and what it means for the UK's climate commitments. The Independent's climate correspondent Daisy Dunne notes that "key details remain unclear" in the plan, with "noticeable gaps" including new measures to boost onshore wind or solar. "Mr Johnson's new climate plan also makes mentions of technologies that are yet to be proven at a commercial level," she writes, pointing out that the prime minister has previously faced criticism for making "unrealistic" claims about electric air travel. BBC News' business editor Simon Jack asks: "is this really a green revolution?" He highlights the petrol and diesel car ban, which "puts the UK toward the front of the pack in the electric vehicle race" and was also "widely expected" as the nation takes a key climate leadership role ahead of COP26 in Glasgow. Madeline Cuff in the i newspaper highlights the £1bn for energy efficiency in homes and the extra year for the existing Green Homes Grant scheme. However, she notes that this flagship scheme is "stumbling" due to excessive paperwork and lack of suppliers. "Ministers will need to fix those teething problems quickly to prevent the Green Homes Grant becoming a £3bn policy dud," she writes. Environment and energy correspondents Ben Webster and Emily Gosden write in the Times that the hydrogen plans "appear to be among the most radical" as renewable hydrogen is still in its infancy and the use of pure hydrogen for cooking and heating has only seen small trials to date. An extensive analysis by environment correspondent Fiona Harvey in the Guardian looks at each component of the 10-point plan, noting that with proposals for new nuclear in the UK from Sizewell to Wylfa wavering "if the government wishes to expand nuclear power, it will have to prove that it can be economical". In a separate piece, Harvey asks: "What could a good green recovery plan actually look like?" TheDaily Telegraph has a piece by the climate contrarian Bjorn Lomborg opining that banning petrol and diesel vehicles would deliver "only minor emissions savings at a vast cost to the taxpayer" and that electric vehicles "are certainly fun, but almost everywhere cost more across their lifetime than their petrol counterparts. That is why subsidies are needed." [The Climate Change Committee has said that such a phaseout would ultimately save consumers money and that an earlier ban means bigger savings.] A Daily Mail editorial from yesterday also warns that the prime minister "risks a wrong turn" with the earlier ban. Meanwhile, an article from yesterday in Conservative Home looks ahead to Johnson's speech and notes the importance of Conservative MPs in "red wall" seats who won elections supporting green projects. "In short, parts of this Blue Wall, as we're now told it should be called, are going green." Finally,an editorial in the Sun repeats a common refrain in which it tells the chancellor Rishi Sunak it would be "reckless and wrong to hit drivers with a fuel duty rise hoping to refill the coffers after the Covid borrowing binge". In contrast, an editorial in the Daily Express (not yet online) says: "This is the right time for the country to pursue a `green industrial revolution' with the potential to create 250,000 news jobs...We can look forward to a near-future in which we will be better off and the UK will no longer depend on foreign-sourced fuels that pollute our air and threaten climate devastation. Our motor-loving PM should put his foot to the floor in pursuit of his electric ambitions." Bigoil and gas have a lot invested in Trump's attack on the election system JonathanWatts, The Guardian Fossil-fuelfirms are among the biggest donors to the defeated US president Donald Trump, as well as the Republican party leaders who have joined him in attempting to legally overturn the presidential election result, writes the Guardian's global environment editor Jonathan Watts. "They also have the most to lose if Joe Biden carries out his campaign promise to rejoin the Paris climate agreement and enact a $2tn green new deal that would make wind, solar and other clean technologies far cheaper than petroleum," he continues. Watts notes that world is in the middle of an "epochal shift" away from fossil fuels and this is being resisted. "Trump may believe the stakes are higher than the value of the system itself. Among his oil-funded allies, he is not alone in this." ANew York Times piece notes that in a bid to elevate climate change issues, Biden "is already drafting orders to reduce planet-warming pollution and seeking nominees who will embed climate policy" across his administration. The article says that, according to someone advising the transition: "Mr Biden's inner circle routinely asks `is the person climate-ambitious?' of candidates even for lower profile positions like the White House budget and regulatory offices". The article lays out how the president-elect intends to "move fast" with this "climate administration", and says that the transition team members that have been named "include dozens of climate change experts". DeborahSeligsohn in China Dialogue emphasises the importance of cooperation between the US and China on climate under Biden. She writes: "Biden's attention to climate change, the greater pressure - especially from his younger supporters - for climate action, and the legacy of President Obama's important agreement with China on climate change, have all raised the question of whether there will be renewed US-China cooperation on this critical challenge for our planet." The article notes that this will not be easy, stating that the two world powers will have to "find a way to work together in an environment of increased competition and complexity". Theglobal scale, distribution and growth of aviation: Implications forclimate change GlobalEnvironmental Change Themost frequent fliers, which account for no more than 1% of the world'spopulation, likely account for more than half of global emissionsfrom passenger air travel, a new study says. Using industry statistics,national surveys and data from international organisations,the researchers estimate that "the share of the world's populationtravelling by air in 2018 was 11%, with at most 4% taking internationalflights". The study adds that individual users of privateaircraft can contribute to emissions of up to 7,500 tonnes of CO2per year. Projectingexposure to extreme climate impact events across six event categoriesand three spatial scales Earth'sFuture Atemperature rise of 2C above preindustrial levels could "lead to a morethan five-fold increase" in global exposure to extreme weather events,according to a new study. The study explores six categories: riverfloods, tropical cyclones, crop failure, wildfires, droughts, andheatwaves. It finds that "global warming increases the number of peoplearound the world that are affected by these events each year, bothfor all event types combined and each type individually". The frequency,intensity, and spatial locations of extreme weather events areall projected to change under a warming climate, the study finds - withparticularly large increases in exposure in South Asia. Whatprevents us from taking low-carbon actions? A comprehensive reviewof influencing factors affecting low-carbon behaviours EnergyResearch & Social Science Anew study explores the "key factors that affect personal behaviour inconsumption of food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other variousproducts or services", to understand the impacts of behaviour changeon the climate. Nearly two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissionsare linked to "daily human activities", and the paper views changesin individual behaviour as "key to mitigating climate change".This paper highlights four key recommendations for changing individualbehaviour: policy intervention, "improving infrastructure thatis conducive to promoting low-carbon activities", strengthening climateeducation, and implementing "more effective incentive measures". Investigation:How pesticide companies are marketing themselves as a solutionto climate change SharonKelly and Frances Rankin, DeSmog UK About150 nations due to deliver stronger climate plans in 2020, tracker shows MeganRowling, Reuters EUaims for `massive change of scale' on tidal, wave energy FrédéricSimon, EurActiv Bidenclimate change plan puts heat on coal addicted Australia before bushfireseason AOdysseus Patrick, The Washington Post Australia'sclimate record labelled 'simply embarrassing' and among worstof G20 nations AdamMorton, The Guardian Europedelays launch of next year's carbon market auctions KateAbnett, Reuters Comment:The trick to saving the planet? Pensions, actually RichardCurtis, Evening Standard StormIota weakens in Central America, but flooding and death toll rise WilmerLopez, Reuters Thebig climate battle of the Biden era will be natural gas SammyRoth, Los Angeles Times Germanyto up financial aid for cars sector - government sources MarkusWacket, Reuters Shellreveals latest year without paying UK corporation tax AnjliRaval, Financial Times Primaryenergy vs final energy: Why replacing fossil fuels won't be so hard AkshatRathi, Bloomberg EUeyes tax as tool in climate change fight EurActivwith Reuters NewZealand marine heatwave looms following warmest winter on record EleanorAinge Roy, The Guardian Greenland'slargest glaciers nearing rates of melt expected in `worst-casescenario' DaisyDunne, The Independent Fundingfor climate disasters 'failing' those most vulnerable, says IFRC EmmaFarge, Reuters EUseeks to convince Poland on climate change target KateAbnett, Reuters Onein five people affected by climate disasters worldwide in past decade, saysreport DaisyDunne, The Independent Exclusive:Consortium pulls plug on South Africa's Thabametsi coal plant MfunekoToyana, Reuters Worldcan count on China to meet carbon pledge, says Xi TwinnieSiu, Reuters Protectingworld's tropical peatlands could help `stop the spread of newdiseases' DaisyDunne, The Independent Duterterenews calls for climate justice following typhoons in Philippines- but will rich nations listen? LouiseBoyle, The Independent UK'sexperiment with climate reporting is worth watching RochelleToplensky, The Wall Street Journal Greenlandis melting: we need to worry about what's happening on the largestisland in the world JonathanBamber, The Conversation Cityof London buys into new Dorset solar farm to help power Square Mile JillianAmbrose, The Guardian IntroducingDeSmog's Agribusiness Database MatHope, DeSmog UK Climatechange winds lift Canadian renewable stocks, buffets oil sector RodNickel, Reuters Europeanparliament 'should stop Strasbourg sittings to hit carbon-neutralgoal' DanielBoffey,, The Guardian France'sbiggest glacier is vanishing. Tourists are still coming LauraMillan Lombrana, Bloomberg Plant-basedbonanza: Unilever sets #1bn sales target for meat and dairyalternatives CeciliaKeating, BusinessGreen Whythe UK needs a full peat compost ban PaulSimons, The Guardian Nature:Migrating animals at greater risk from changes in habitats and theclimate, study warns IanRandall, MailOnline Amazontakes on 'bricks and mortar pharmacies' as Wall Street dips on virusfears ABCNews, 17 Nov 2020 22:01Z Onlineretailer Amazon ramps up its move into medicines by launching anonline pharmacy, and Wall Street comes off its record highs amid risingCOVID-19 cases and new lockdowns. NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 25.15+3.39 (15.39%) *** up 15% *** TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 489.55+45.03 (10.20%) *** up 10% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 18 Nov, 4:11 pm AEDT 1.34+0.07 (5.49%) *** up 5.5% *** PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 18 Nov, 3:46 pm GMT-5 1.75+0.07 (4.17%) *** up 4.2% *** DaimlerAG ETR:DAIMLER- 18 Nov, 5:35 pm GMT+1 55.70+1.16 (2.13%) *** up 2.1% *** NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 18 Nov, 4:11 pm AEDT 22.29+0.45 (2.06%) *** up 2.1% *** GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 42.96+0.74 (1.76%) *** up 1.8% *** AirFrance KLM SA EPA:AF- 18 Nov, 5:35 pm GMT+1 4.43+0.08 (1.93%) *** up 1.9% *** RoyalDutch Shell Plc ETR:R6C- 18 Nov, 5:35 pm GMT+1 14.26+0.20 (1.45%) *** up 1.5% *** BayerischeMotoren Werke AG ETR:BWM- 18 Nov, 5:35 pm GMT+1 73.87+1.02 (1.40%) *** up 1.4% *** SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 18 Nov, 3:49 pm GMT-5 20.18+0.21 (1.05%) *** up 1.1% *** AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 18 Nov, 4:11 pm AEDT 1.74+0.01 (0.58%) up VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 18 Nov, 5:35 pm GMT+1 154.54+0.86 (0.56%) up DAXPERFORMANCE-INDEX INDEXDB:DAX - 18 Nov, 5:45 pm GMT+1 <== DAX 13,201.89+68.42 (0.52%) up WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 18 Nov, 4:11 pm AEDT 21.66+0.11 (0.51%) up AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 18 Nov, 5:09 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,726.50+28.70 (0.43%) up AirbusSE EPA:AIRSTOCK - 18 Nov, 5:37 pm GMT+1 90.00-0.09 (0.10%) down SiemensAG ETR:SIE- 18 Nov, 5:35 pm GMT+1 111.12-0.48 (0.43%) down BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 18 Nov, 4:11 pm AEDT 36.83-0.18 (0.49%) down KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 18 Nov, 3:30 pm GMT+9 58,200.00-300.00 (0.51%) down MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 18 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 644.00-5.00 (0.77%) down PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 1.15+0.01 (0.88%) up ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 39.18+0.33 (0.85%) up FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 18 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 8.83+0.07 (0.80%) up Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 3,105.46-30.20 (0.96%) *** down 1% *** AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ:AMD- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 82.60-0.82 (0.98%) *** down 1% *** IntelCorporation NASDAQ:INTEL- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 45.10-0.47 (1.03%) *** down 1% *** Nikkei225 TYO:NIKKEI- 18 Nov, 3:15 pm GMT+9 <== Nikkei 25,728.14-286.48 (1.10%) *** down 1.1% *** AppleInc NASDAQ:Apple- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 118.15-1.36 (1.14%) *** down 1.1% *** DowJones Industrial Average NYSE:DJIA- 18 Nov, 4:05 pm GMT-5 <== DJIA 29,438.42-344.93 (1.16%) *** down 1.2% *** ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 18 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 7,319.00-120.00 (1.61%) *** down 1.6% *** HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 18 Nov, 3:30 pm GMT+9 179,500.00-3,000.00 (1.64%) *** down 1.6% *** SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 18 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 9,237.00-171.00 (1.82%) *** down 1.8% *** KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 13.85-0.27 (1.92%) *** down 1.9% *** Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 15.94-0.37 (2.30%) *** down 2.3% *** BPplc NYSE:BP- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 19.53-0.49 (2.44%) *** down 2.4% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 18 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 16.74-0.44 (2.56%) *** down 2.6% *** TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 18 Nov, 3:49 pm GMT-5 54.78-1.52 (2.70%) *** down 2.7% *** PanasonicCorporation TYO:6752- 18 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 1,069.00-31.50 (2.86%) *** down 2.9% *** ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 18 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 84.27-2.76 (3.17%) *** down 3.2% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 203.00-6.75 (3.21%) *** down 3.2% *** NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 18 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 45.34-1.53 (3.28%) *** down 3.3% *** ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 18 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 37.18-1.46 (3.78%) *** down 3.8% *** MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 18 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 195.00-10.00 (4.88%) *** down 4.9% *** Mediareaction: Boris Johnson's `10-point' net-zero plan for climate change JoshGabbatiss and Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief Followingthe publication of UK prime minister Boris Johnson's "10-pointplan" to scale up the nation's climate ambition, Carbon Briefhas a summary of the extensive media coverage surrounding the measures,along with analysis of how they stack up against the UK's legallybinding net-zero emissions goals. Greenplan `far cry' from hitting UK's net zero targets LeslieHook, Jim Pickard and Nathalie Thomas, Financial Times Thereis blanket continued coverage of UK prime minister Boris Johnson's 10-point plan for a "green industrial revolution". The Financial Times reports that the plan is a "far cry" from what will be needed to reach net-zero emissions, citing "climate experts". It quotes shadow business secretary Ed Miliband saying the plan "does not remotely meet the scale of what is needed", followed by a "government aide" saying: "These are just down payments, there will be more of this in future." The FT notes: "The government estimates the plan will save more than 180m tonnes of CO2 emissions during the 2023 to 2032 period, which is slightly more than half the UK's annual emissions right now." [It does not add that this saving is only enough to close 55% of the gap to meeting the UK's legally binding climate goals for this time period, even before raising ambition in line with the net-zero target.] New Scientist also has a piece asking if the plan is enough to reach net-zero. A Guardian article asks if the £12bn in Johnson's plan is "enough to get UK on track for net-zero carbon emissions". It concludes: "Some say proposed public funding is too little while others say key is galvanising private capital." An earlier Guardian article says a 2030 ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars is "not enough". The Daily Telegraph reports that the government's spending plans are "dwarfed by figures pledged in other major European nations". The Independent also compares the £12bn plan with what is happening in other countries and a second Independent article reports the comments of critics saying the plan is "inadequate". BusinessGreen reports that the UK will need to invest an extra £400bn this decade on the way to net-zero, according to consultancy PwC. The Times has analysis of the proposals under the headline: "Green revolution will be a challenge and it won't come cheap." BBC News energy and environment analyst Roger Harrabin looks at what is missing from Johnson's plan. The New York Times has a summary of the plan. Anarticle on the frontpage of the Daily Telegraph business section runs under the print headline: "Consumers to foot the bill for green revolution." It quotes former Ofgem head Dermot Nolan and former chancellor Nigel Lawson, now of climate sceptic lobby group the Global Warming Policy Foundation, saying the plan will be costly. Lawson is quoted saying the plan is "economically illiterate", with the paper saying he "dismissed the government's proposals as an economic disaster". A number of papers focus on the plan to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, with the Daily Mail calling the move: "Authoritarian, elitist, anti-motorist...and eye-wateringly expensive." [The Climate Change Committee has said a 2030 ban will save the UK even more money than a later phaseout.] The Daily Telegraph reports that Johnson's "electric dream will be a costly journey". The i newspaper says the shift to electric vehicles "depends on millions more charge points and longer driving range". BBC News has a piece on how electric cars are charged and how far they can go. The Times and Daily Telegraph report on calls for drivers to be given extra support to shift to electric cars. The Times also reports on the Johnson plan aim to boost walking and cycling. TheTimes and the Daily Telegraph use some of their coverage of the plan to pick out one detail: a proposal to bring forward a new "future homes standard" from 2025 to 2023, which was removed from an early draft of the document. The standard is expected to ban gas boilers from being installed in new homes, the Times says, adding "a government source later confirmed that the ban was being brought forward". [The future homes standard is subject to an ongoing government consultation.] The Independent reports that Johnson's climate plan is "missing nature-based solutions, campaigners say". Bloomberg reports on the plan extending the "green homes grant" with an extra £1bn and another year, saying that so far only 267 grants have been handed out. BusinessGreen says the extension has been welcomed by industry and campaigners. BBC News reports that plans to create four carbon capture and storage clusters "may create 49,000 jobs", according to a report commissioned by power station Drax, which is working on the technology. BusinessGreen asks if the plan can "usher in an economic renewal for post-Brexit Britain". BBC News asks what the plan means for Scotland and a second BBC News piece has a glossary of terms used in the plan. BBC News Reality Check looks back at the record of UK governments on climate and other green targets. SSEsets wheels in motion for vast Dogger Bank wind farm EmilyGosden, The Times Theworld's biggest offshore wind farm is set to get the go-ahead from SSEas part of the energy group's plans to treble its renewable electricityoutput in the next decade, reports the Times. The Dogger Bankwind farm will have capacity of 3.6 gigawatts - enough to power 4.5mhomes - when it is completed by 2026, the paper explains. It adds:"The company said yesterday that it expected to reach a financialclose in a matter of days on the first two stages of the DoggerBank wind farm, 60 miles off the northeast coast of England.SSE owns 50% of the project, with the remainder owned by Equinor,of Norway, although both companies are looking to sell 10% stakes.Alistair Phillips-Davies, SSE's chief executive, said that a dealto reduce the stakes was `progressing reasonably well' and was likelyto take place within the next few weeks." Reuters notes that SSEis seeking to divest around £2bn pounds of assets. The Dogger Bank projectis part of SSE's plan to invest about £7.5bn on clean energy inthe UK, which would help triple the company's existing renewable energycapacity, reports the Guardian. The Financial Times adds: "By 2030it expects to increase its renewables output from 11 terawatt hours(TWh) to `more than' 35TWh. It currently has renewables capacity ofjust under 4 gigawatts (GW), with a pipeline to reach about 10GW by theend of the decade." SSE saw a £115m drop in profits in the six monthsto the end of September, says another Reuters article - a resultof the Covid-19 pandemic, the firm says. The newswire notes that"the company turned its focus to renewable power generation and networksafter selling its household energy supply and services arm to OVOEnergy at the beginning of the year in a deal worth £500m". SSE saysthis places them in a position to benefit from the UK's renewablesexpansion as then country aims to hit net-zero emissions by 2050,Reuters adds. A Financial Times Lex column says that the UK government's"green industrial revolution" should be good news for SSE,yet "investors shun its shares". The column suggests that "the marketshould focus on SSE's future renewable projects and start to pricethem more generously. Even if those projects take time to arrive". Inrelated news, Reuters reports that Danish renewable energy group Ørstedand North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) announced a dealyesterday to train an offshore wind construction workforce to buildthe firm's pipeline of projects down the US East Coast. Thanksfor polluting the planet: emails blamed for climate change GeorgeParker, Siddarth Venkataramakrishnan and Leslie Hook, Financial Times Ina story carried on the paper's frontpage, the Financial Times reportsthat "British officials working on plans to tackle climate changehave alighted on a new threat to the planet: millions of unnecessaryemails sent every day". However, the article itself says: "Expertsestimate data centres account for less than 0.1% of the world'scarbon footprint, a small figure compared with the 20% blamed oncars." Bundesbankchief: How central banks should address climate change JensWeidmann, Financial Times Writingin the FT, the president of Germany's Bundesbank Jens Weidmann arguesthat "every one of us should be doing more to curb global warming- this goes for central banks, too". He continues: "We owe it toour taxpayers to keep the financial risks that arise from our monetarypolicy operations in check. That's why central banks should makesure that climate-related financial risks are given due considerationin their own risk management. To this end, it is legitimateto expect securities issuers and rating agencies to provide betterinformation. The Eurosystem - the European Central Bank and the nationalcentral banks - should consider only purchasing securities or acceptingthem as collateral for monetary policy purposes if their issuersmeet certain climate-related reporting obligations. We could alsoexamine whether we should use only those credit ratings from ratingagencies that appropriately include climate-related financial risks." Globalclimate response to idealised deforestation in CMIP6 models Biogeosciences Anew study finds that deforestation is likely to have a "net warming effect"globally, but could also cause a "temperature increase over deforestedland in the tropics" and "cooling over deforested boreal land".Using nine models running under the Coupled Model IntercomparisonProject phase 6 (CMIP) framework, the researchers simulateda gradual replacement of forest area with grassland, and defineda "forest sensitivity" to quantify the local temperature changecaused by deforestation. The study found a cooling effect of 0-0.55Cfrom land use change, and warming of 0.46-0.22C from the resultingrelease of carbon, suggesting a net warming effect from deforestation. Stratosphericaerosol geoengineering could lower future risk of 'Day Zero'level droughts in Cape Town EnvironmentalResearch Letters Therisk of intense droughts in the future could be managed using stratosphericaerosol geoengineering, according to a new study.Previous research has shown that Cape Town's "Day Zero" drought of2015-2017 was made around three times worse due to human-caused climatechange, and that the risk of similar droughts will rise as the climatewarms. This study suggests that under the very high emission scenarioRCP8.5, "keeping the global mean temperature at 2020 levels throughSAI (Stratospheric Aerosol Injection) would offset the projectedend century risk of `Day Zero' level droughts by approximately90%", whilst precipitation would be "maintained at present-daylevels". However, the study highlights that different modelscould lead to different conclusions. For more on SAI, see CarbonBrief's in-depth explainer on solar geoengineering. Thebenefits of increasing resolution in global and regional climate simulationsfor European climate extremes GeoscientificModel Development Anew study finds that increasing the resolution of climate models leadsto improved simulations of intense rainfall and wind extremes.The researchers ran regional and global climate model simulationsrepeatedly at a range of resolutions for different regions.The findings suggest that rainfall is most sensitive to model resolution,particularly over mountainous regions, whilst temperature extremeswere largely unaffected by changes in resolution. See Carbon Brief'sQ&A on climate models for more on model resolution. Climatechange: Warmer winters linked to increased drowning risk MattMcGrath, BBC News Japanlawmakers declare climate emergency after government sets zero emissionsgoal LindaSieg and Aaron Sheldrick, Reuters [Stranded!] Venezuelanoil could become world's biggest stranded asset, say experts MichaelStott, Financial Times Bolsonaro'sattack on the Amazon breaches Brazil's constitution, climatelawyers argue JoeLo, Climate Home News COP26:Frustrated by delay, young activists stage virtual Mock COP OliviaLe Poidevin, BBC News Environmentalactivists are pushing Biden to avoid cabinet appointees withfossil fuel ties BenGeman, Axios EUcarbon market emissions fell by 9.1% in 2019: EU Commission NinaChestney, Reuters HurricanesIota, Eta devastate parts of Central America in record-breakingseason JoeLo, Climate Home News GreeningChina's overseas energy projects CeciliaSpringer, China Dialogue Comment:A £4bn UK 'mini Tesla' choosing to list stock in US is worrying NilsPratley, The Guardian Megaprojectsrisk pushing forests past tipping point - report DamianCarrington, The Guardian USsolar group pushing Biden to end tariffs, extend subsidies Reuters Utilities,Tesla, Uber create US lobbying group for electric vehicle industry DavidShepardson, Reuters RedCross says global warming poses greater threat than Covid-19 CelineCastronuovo, The Hill Climateaction investor group adds Saudi Aramco to focus list SimonJessop, Reuters AIIB'snew no-coal pledge puts spotlight on China's overseas energy investment ShiYi, China Dialogue Inventionthat makes renewable energy from rotting veg wins James Dyson prize RebeccaSmithers, The Guardian Controversialkoala bill which threatened to split Government is dumped ABCNews, 19 Nov 2020 12:25Z Thescandal-plagued koala bill that threatened to split the NSW Coalition hasbeen scrapped and a Government MP has been sacked as parliamentary secretaryfor crossing the floor. Governmentto assess superannuation, housing recommendations from Retirement IncomeReview ABCNews, 19 Nov 2020 12:26Z Thewide-ranging Retirement Income Review suggests Australians draw down on theirsuperannuation balances and use equity in the family home to fund theirretirement. Colesshuts major Sydney distribution centre for months after workers decide tostrike ABCNews, 19 Nov 2020 10:27Z Colestemporarily shuts one of its major Sydney warehouses after hundreds of itsworkers go on strike over pay and conditions. 'We'velost a bit of history': Tears as iconic 'fairy' tree bulldozed withoutwarning ABCGreat Southern, 19 Nov 2020 08:28Z Residentson Western Australia's south coast are mourning the felling of a treethey say had been a part of their community for generations. Victoriangambling regulator in the spotlight after Crown's money laundering admission ABCNews, 19 Nov 2020 07:30Z Victoria'sgambling regulator and the Andrews Government are under increasingpressure over its handling of Crown Casino after the gaming giant admittedmoney laundering was likely to have occurred at its Melbourne casino. Groconboss says company is battling for its life, blames NSW Government for insolvency ABCNews, 20 Nov 2020 06:47Z Thehead of one of Australia's building giants says the only reason the companyis about to enter administration is due to the lengthy legal stoush withthe NSW Government over a central Sydney project. Thejobless rate increased last month as more people looked for work ABCNews, 19 Nov 2020 0:51Z Australia'sjobless rate increases slightly from 6.9 to 7 per cent in Octoberas more people join the labour market but the number of jobs createdjump as Victoria's tough coronavirus lockdown was eased. Tesla,utility giants form trade group calling for 100% EV sales WillWade, Bloomberg NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 48.55+3.39 (7.52%) *** up 7.5% *** KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 14.34+0.64 (4.65%) *** up 4.7% *** PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 1.82+0.07 (4.00%) *** up 4% *** AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc. NASDAQ:AMD- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 85.75+3.00 (3.63%) *** up 3.6% *** NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 26.80+0.81 (3.19%) *** up 3.2% *** CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 19 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 17.14+0.44 (2.63%) *** up 2.6% *** PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 1.18+0.03 (2.61%) *** up 2.6% *** TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 500.40+12.63 (2.60%) *** up 2.6% *** NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 19 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 22.70+0.41 (1.84%) *** up 1.8% *** Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 16.25+0.27 (1.73%) *** up 1.7% *** ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 19 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 85.81+1.45 (1.72%) *** up 1.7% *** TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 55.46+0.75 (1.37%) *** up 1.4% *** PanasonicCorporation TYO:6752- 19 Nov, 2:25 pm GMT+9 1,082.50+13.50 (1.26%) *** up 1.3% *** IntelCorporation NASDAQ:INTEL- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 45.85+0.56 (1.24%) *** up 1.2% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 205.60+2.37 (1.17%) *** up 1.2% *** ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 39.50+0.29 (0.74%) up WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 19 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 21.78+0.12 (0.55%) up AmericanOutdoor Brands Inc NASDAQ:AOBC- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 15.11+0.08 (0.54%) up AppleInc NASDAQ:Apple- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 118.86+0.61 (0.52%) up ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 19 Nov, 4:02 pm GMT-5 37.65+0.19 (0.51%) up Amazon.com,Inc. NASDAQ:AMZN- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 3,125.00+11.56 (0.37%) up HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 19 Nov, 2:25 pm GMT+9 180,000.00+500.00 (0.28%) up AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 19 Nov, 4:17 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,742.70+16.20 (0.24%) up GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 43.00+0.10 (0.23%) up KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 19 Nov, 2:25 pm GMT+9 58,300.00+100.00 (0.17%) up DowJones Industrial Average NYSE:DJIA- 19 Nov, 5:22 pm GMT-5 <== DJIA 29,483.23+44.81 (0.15%) up SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 20.14+0.03 (0.15%) up DaimlerAG ETR:DAIMLER- 19 Nov, 3:44 pm GMT+1 55.72+0.02 (0.04%) even FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 19 Nov, 4:03 pm GMT-5 8.83+0.00 (0.00%) even AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 19 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 1.74+0.00 (0.00%) even BayerischeMotoren Werke AG ETR:BWM- 19 Nov, 3:44 pm GMT+1 73.81-0.06 (0.08%) even BPplc NYSE:BP- 19 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 19.47-0.03 (0.15%) down SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 19 Nov, 2:26 pm GMT+9 9,215.00-22.00 (0.24%) down GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 19 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT+3 184.19-0.81 (0.44%) down DAXPERFORMANCE-INDEX INDEXDB:DAX - 19 Nov, 3:43 pm GMT+1 <== DAX 13,121.77-80.12 (0.61%) down SiemensAG ETR:SIE- 19 Nov, 3:44 pm GMT+1 110.42-0.70 (0.63%) down ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 19 Nov, 2:25 pm GMT+9 7,272.00-47.00 (0.64%) down Nikkei225 TYO:NIKKEI- 19 Nov, 2:25 pm GMT+9 <== Nikkei 25,555.04-173.10 (0.67%) down VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 19 Nov, 3:44 pm GMT+1 153.38-1.16 (0.75%) down NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 19 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT+3 449.05-3.85 (0.85%) down BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 19 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 36.51-0.32 (0.87%) down AirbusSE EPA:AIRSTOCK - 19 Nov, 3:44 pm GMT+1 88.71-1.29 (1.43%) *** down 1.4% *** MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 19 Nov, 2:25 pm GMT+9 628.00-16.00 (2.48%) *** down 2.5% *** MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 19 Nov, 2:25 pm GMT+9 190.00-5.00 (2.56%) *** down 2.6% *** RoyalDutch Shell Plc ETR:R6C- 19 Nov, 3:41 pm GMT+1 13.86-0.40 (2.80%) *** down 2.8% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 19 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 1.30-0.04 (2.97%) *** down 3% *** AirFrance KLM SA EPA:AF- 19 Nov, 3:43 pm GMT+1 4.27-0.16 (3.68%) *** down 3.7% *** USgreenhouse gas emissions set to drop to lowest level in three decades StevenMufson, The Washington Post Newanalysis suggests that greenhouse gases generated by the US economy will drop to their lowest level in at least three decades. The findings, by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, suggest that US emissions were expected to drop by 9.2% compared to last year, but will actually drop by 6.4% "after taking into account the unusually extreme forest fires that swept the West Coast and Rocky Mountains earlier this year". The Post adds that "an economic rebound in 2021 could further negate the drop in greenhouse gas emissions" and "without the impact of the coronavirus, greenhouse gas emissions this year would have been only 1% lower than 2019". The BloombergNEF study notes that "the economic disruption of 2020 has inadvertently put the US back on track to meet the commitments it made under the 2016 Paris Agreement", reports the Hill. Meanwhile,Reuters reports that the Trump administration yesterday proposed to loosen safety regulations for the oil industry in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska to ease the way for petroleum extraction in the region. The newswire continues: "The proposal would revise a suite of Obama-era rules crafted to improve safety in the extreme conditions of the Arctic after a Shell drilling rig ran aground there in 2012. The company later abandoned oil exploration in the region and there are no active drilling operations there." The rule "has little chance of being finalised", notes the Hill: "It faces a 60-day comment period after which the Department of the Interior must respond to comments before issuing a final rule. That would put the onus on the incoming Biden administration to withdraw the rule". At the same time, Bloomberg reports that "a group of investment firms, conservationists and indigenous groups have called on some of the world's biggest insurers to cease supporting oil and gas projects in the US Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, even as the Trump administration advances plans to auction drilling rights in the Alaska wilderness". Alsoin North America, Reuters reports that Canada yesterday unveiled measures to toughen its stance on global warming and ensure the country hit a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. The outlet adds: "Under draft legislation presented on Thursday, governments will - from 2030 - have to present rolling five-year targets for cutting emissions rather than setting a goal many decades away that could be ignored by subsequent administrations." UNchief presses EU to set tougher climate change target KateAbnett, Reuters UnitedNations secretary-general Antonio Guterres yesterday urged the European Union to lead global efforts by setting a new climate change target next month, Reuters reports. Speaking to the European Council on Foreign Relations by videoconference, Guterres said: "I urge you to continue to lead with concrete and ambitious near-term commitments." He added that a summit hosted by the UN and UK in December would be a "clear opportunity" for the EU to present the new target. Guterres also called on the EU to drop coal for good, reports Politico. "There must be no new coal, and all existing coal in the European Union should be phased out by 2030 in OECD countries, and by 2040 elsewhere," he said, adding: "The coal industry is going up in smoke, as investors see more stranded assets and voters see more harmful pollution and climate damage." The Financial Times reports that "the EU is in danger of missing a deadline to finalise the bloc's ambitious 2030 climate goals by the end of the year, with fears that talks will be derailed over Poland and Hungary's ongoing budget spat with Brussels". The paper continues: "A long-awaited decision that had been expected next month to toughen the bloc's target on cutting emissions - aiming to bring them down by 55 per cent by 2030 - risks being snarled up in delays to approving the bloc's next long-term budget. That could mean billions of green transition aid no longer being available next year for those economies reliant on fossil fuel." It adds that "Warsaw and Budapest this week vetoed the approval of the bloc's next budget and recovery package worth #1.8tn, which contains substantial support for the EU's climate transition". Meanwhile,Reuters reports that the European Commission unveiled plans yesterday "to transform its electricity system to rely mostly on renewables within a decade and increase its offshore wind energy capacity 25-fold by 2050". The newswire continues: "Renewable sources like wind and solar provide roughly a third of EU electricity today, but the EU says that share will need to expand to about two-thirds by 2030 to put the bloc on track for its plan to become climate neutral by 2050." In its offshore renewable energy plan, the EU says its targets required 60 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030 and 300GW by 2050, Reuters says, noting that this is a five-fold increase by 2030 and a 25-fold increase by 2050 from the bloc's current offshore wind capacity of 12GW". Politico notes that "the Commission estimates that 25-fold jump in capacity will cost nearly #800bn". Inother European news, Reuters reports that EU ombudsman has said that the European Commission granted priority status to natural gas projects without properly assessing their impact on climate change. Reuters also reports that Spain will spend #1.5bn from a European economic recovery fund over the next three years in developing "green" hydrogen production. And Bloomberg reports that Spain's energy firms have told their government that "Spain could become a renewable hydrogen powerhouse but will need public funding and a favourable regulatory framework". EDFconfirms Hinkley Point B to be shut down earlier than planned JillianAmbrose, The Guardian EDFEnergy has confirmed it will begin shutting down the 45-year-old reactors at Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant in Somerset within the next two years, earlier than scheduled, reports the Guardian. The paper explains that, although the defuelling was originally scheduled for 2023, the date was brought forward after "cracks were discovered in the graphite core of the reactor" and that "`defuelling' will begin no later than July 2022". Reuters reports that "the condition of the reactor cores was to be expected at this point of the plant's life". The outlet adds that that a new plant being built by EDF, Hinkley Point C, "is expected to start generation in 2025". The Times also reports on this story, adding that the Hinkley Point B plant "started generating in 1976 and was due to close in 2016 but in 2012 EDF secured an extension until March 2023". BBC News also has the story. Morethan 2,500 `excess deaths' as summer heatwaves take toll PressAssociation via the Express & Star Thethree heatwaves this summer in the UK led to an estimated 2,556 excess deaths in England, reports the Press Association via the Express and Star. People aged 65 and over made up "the vast majority of those who died", the outlet says, with 2,244 excess deaths in this age group. According to Public Health England, the number of people dying this summer was "comparable to the 2,234 excess deaths seen during the 2003 Europe-wide heatwave and the 2,323 who died in the heatwave in 2006". The publication reports that the August heatwave, which lasted for 11 days, was "by far the worst, with 1,734 excess deaths". (See Carbon Brief's guest post from the Met Office for more on the August heatwave.) The outlet also emphasises the link between extreme heat and climate change, stating that "climate change is increasing the likelihood of periods of extreme heat, including tropical nights when the temperature never drops below 20C, which were seen in August this year". Dr Friederike Otto, acting director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, tells the outlet that the likelihood of heatwaves in Western Europe has increased by more than 10 times in the last few summers. Reuters also also runs the story, featuring a quote from Dr Otto that "heatwaves are the extreme weather events for which climate change is a real game-changer in most parts of the world, but particularly in Europe". The newswire also states that "high temperatures alone could not explain all the deaths," and questions whether the pandemic "may have served to amplify the impact of the heat", as people may have hesitated to seek medical help for fear of catching Covid-19 in hospitals. China'scarbon neutrality pledge undermined by coal power plans: study DavidStanway, Reuters Newresearch suggests that China's plan to build more coal-fired power "contradicts" its pledge to go carbon neutral by 2060 and risks creating 2tn yuan ($303.60bn) of stranded assets, Reuters reports. The research - by Beijing-based consultancy Draworld Environment Research Center and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) in Helsinki - warns that China must impose a moratorium on new plants and work to phase out existing ones, with 130 GW already surplus to requirements and "optimal" capacity expected to stand at around 680 GW by 2030. CREA lead analyst Lauri Myllyvirta - who also writes frequently for Carbon Brief - tells Reuters: "My understanding is that the coal industry is still lobbying for a coal power capacity target for 2025 that would allow for the addition of up to 200 large new coal-fired power plants...Given that half of China's enormous coal capacity is less than 10 years old, and the equivalent of another 100 large plants are already under construction, there is definitely no need for more if the country wants to avoid massive waste of capital." Climate Home News reports that "China is on track to submit an updated 2030 climate plan to the UN before the end of the year", but also warns that its ambition is "hinging on the trajectory for coal power". Separately, the Financial Times reports on analysis by the thinktank Ember that finds that China's 5.8% year-on-year rise in electricity demand from May to October was "simply too fast for new wind, solar, hydro and nuclear investment to keep pace". Borealpermafrost thaw amplified by fire disturbance and precipitation increases EnvironmentalResearch Letters Permafrostsoils store huge amounts of carbon, which could be released if climate change promotes thaw. Currently, modelling studies predict that thaw in boreal regions is mainly sensitive to warming, rather than changes in precipitation or vegetation cover. This study shows that permafrost thawing is controlled strongly by soil moisture and thus the balance between evapotranspiration and precipitation. Under dense canopy cover, high evapotranspiration means a 30% increase in precipitation causes less thaw than a 1C increase in temperature. However, disturbance to vegetation promotes greater thaw through reduced evapotranspiration, which results in wetter, more thermally conductive soils. In disturbed forests, increases in precipitation rival warming as a direct driver of thaw, with a 30% increase in precipitation at current temperatures causing more thaw than 2C of warming. The authors suggest that thaw cannot be considered to be controlled solely by rising temperatures. Government'reckless' over fossil fuel projects overseas, says Labour JillianAmbrose, The Guardian Oiland gas industry `on the brink' with thousands of jobs at risk, union warns PressAssociation via the Shropshire Star Topcourt gives France three months to show climate efforts ClareByrne, Agence France-Presse via Courthouse News Service 'Anissue to unite us': How climate action became the common ground for a fractured UK CeciliaKeating, BusinessGreen Mayorof London ploughs £10m into 'Green New Deal' projects TobyHill, BusinessGreen Hydrogentrials and net zero commitments offer boost to green heating plans TobyHill, BusinessGreen Comment:No-deal Brexit would threaten UK climate, energy plans MarkNicholls and Dave Keating, Energy Monitor Comment:I'm a coal miner and I can't see how Fitzgibbon represents me GrantHoward, The Sydney Morning Herald Comment:There is a way to keep America globally engaged Anne-MarieSlaughter, Financial Times Frenchminister says COVID-19 will not lead to power cuts Reuters Arenatural gas producers' best days behind them? MylesMcCormick, Derek Brower and Nathalie Thomas, Financial Times Comment:Biden win lifts shadow from Paris Agreement NaDaveKeatingme, Energy Monitor SeniorBiden adviser set for key role has ties to oil and gas, climate activists warn OliverLaughland and Emily Holden, The Guardian Biden'spledge to ban all new leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters will face major hurdles JulietEilperin and Dino Grandoni, The Washington Post Climateactivist Vanessa Nakate wants to hold Joe Biden accountable to his climate change plan JarielArvin, Vox Lawmakerscondemn Trump's 'destabilizing' and 'politicizing' moves on climate assessment RebeccaBeitsch, The Hill America'sred states lead wind and solar power surge JustinGerdes, Energy Monitor 'Wedo not deny climate change': Rupert Murdoch addresses son's exit from board ZoeSamios, The Sydney Morning Herald Don'tsabotage free trade talks with a debate over climate change, Tony Abbott tells Britain BevanShields, The Sydney Morning Herald Someactivists are running out of patience with Germany's Green Party TheEconomist Comment:Firefighters and others on the climate frontline need Labour to be bolder MattWrack, The Guardian Comment:The 'market' won't save us from climate disaster. We must rethink our system RobertS Devine, The Guardian Netzero emissions targets are everywhere - we need to sort the genuine from the greenwash SteveSmith and Tim Kruger, The Conversation Couldcarbon labelling soon become routine? JudithEvans, Financial Times Climateactivists ramp up pressure on Biden with protest outside Democratic headquarters EmilyHolden, The Guardian Peoplewho are living in the countryside are greener than those in towns, study finds TomBawden, The i newspaper Halfof child psychiatrists surveyed say patients have environment anxiety JonathanWatts, The Guardian Amazonroad-building could deforest millions of hectares: report OliverGriffin, Reuters Thedestructive 2020 Atlantic hurricane season may finally have had its last deadly storm JeffMasters, Yale Climate Connections ScottMorrison signals retreat on using carryover credits to meet emissions targets KatharineMurphy and Adam Morton, The Guardian Deathtoll from Iota slowly rises in Central America amid ongoing rescue efforts GustavoPalencia and Ismael Lopez, Reuters Wildlifediseases poised to spread northwards as climate changes: study YerethRosen, Reuters Tesla,VW, and Volvo electric trucks and buses: How to speed up the transition DavidRoberts, Vox Halliburtonto set science-based emission reduction goals ArathyS Nair, Reuters Indiaaims to reduce diesel use with $1.35-bln LNG retail push NidhiVerma, Reuters GM'sBarra accelerates 'all out pursuit of global EV leadership' BenKlayman and Joseph White, Reuters Treasurerto spend big on services and business support, booking $23.3b deficitin Budget ABCNews, 20 Nov 2020 20:19Z Thepandemic has forced Victoria into the red with a deficit of $23.3 billionand more than $150 billion of net debt to be detailed in Tuesday's StateBudget. DowJones Falls Amid Coronavirus Restrictions, Covid-19 Vaccine; Nio, Tesla EyeRecord Highs Investor'sBusiness Daily, 20 Nov 2020 17:39Z TheDow Jones Industrial Average fell over 100 points, as new coronavirus restrictionsoutweighed Covid-19 vaccine news. Nio and Tesla eyed record highs. Dowfutures fall more than 200 points as fresh virus restrictions raise concernsabout recovery CNBC,20 Nov 2020 11:57Z Themarket's rally to records slowed down in recent days amid concerns about theworsening pandemic. PHXEnergy Services Corp TSE:PHX- 20 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT-5 1.88+0.06 (3.30%) *** up 3.3% *** NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 20 Nov, 5:20 pm GMT+3 464.20+12.35 (2.73%) *** up 2.7% *** RoyalDutch Shell Plc ETR:R6C- 20 Nov, 3:02 pm GMT+1 14.05+0.27 (1.97%) *** up 2% *** TCPIPELINES LP Common Stock TSE:TRPCOMMON - 20 Nov, 3:33 pm GMT-5 56.37+0.91 (1.64%) *** up 1.6% *** NKRosneft' PAO MCX:ROSN- 20 Nov, 3:35 pm GMT+3 459.10+7.25 (1.60%) *** up 1.6% *** NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 20 Nov, 3:49 pm GMT-5 49.26+0.81 (1.67%) *** up 1.7% *** MazdaMotor Corp TYO:7261- 20 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 636.00+7.00 (1.11%) *** up 1.1% *** GeneralMotors Company NYSE:GM- 20 Nov, 3:49 pm GMT-5 43.30+0.47 (1.11%) *** up 1.1% *** MITSUBISHIMOTORS CORPORATION TYO:7211- 20 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 193.00+2.00 (1.05%) *** up 1.1% *** ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 39.85+0.38 (0.96%) *** up 1% *** NikolaCorporation NASDAQ:NKLA- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 26.46+0.23 (0.88%) up ChevronCorporation NYSE:CVX- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 86.22+0.49 (0.57%) up DaimlerAG ETR:DAIMLER- 20 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT+1 55.25+0.18 (0.33%) up DAXPERFORMANCE-INDEX INDEXDB:DAX - 20 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT+1 <== DAX 13,110.61+24.45 (0.19%) up SuncorEnergy Inc. TSE:SU- 20 Nov, 3:32 pm GMT-5 20.17+0.03 (0.15%) up AirFrance KLM SA EPA:AF- 20 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT+1 4.23+0.01 (0.14%) up NationalAustralia Bank Ltd. ASX:NAB- 20 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 22.73+0.03 (0.13%) up SiemensAG ETR:SIE- 20 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT+1 109.92+0.12 (0.11%) up AllOrdinaries ASX:ALLORDS - 20 Nov, 5:34 pm AEDT <== All Ords 6,739.90-2.80 (0.04%) even BPplc NYSE:BP- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 19.55+0.01 (0.08%) even CabotOil & Gas Corporation NYSE:COG- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 17.18+0.00 (0.00%) even IntelCorporation NASDAQ:INTEL- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 45.55-0.07 (0.15%) down SonyCorp TYO:SONY- 20 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 9,235.00-14.00 (0.15%) down PanasonicCorporation TYO:6752- 20 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 1,083.50-3.00 (0.28%) down GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 20 Nov, 3:34 pm GMT+3 183.52-0.64 (0.35%) down Amazon.com,Inc. 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NASDAQ:AMD- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 85.08-0.47 (0.54%) down GazpromPAO MCX:GAZP- 20 Nov, 5:19 pm GMT+3 183.15-1.01 (0.55%) down Smith& Wesson Brands Inc NASDAQ:SWBI- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 16.12-0.09 (0.56%) down WoodsidePetroleum Limited ASX:WPL- 20 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 21.65-0.13 (0.60%) down BayerischeMotoren Werke AG ETR:BWM- 20 Nov, 3:04 pm GMT+1 73.54-0.46 (0.62%) down KinderMorgan Inc NYSE:KMI- 20 Nov, 3:49 pm GMT-5 14.30-0.09 (0.66%) down ExxonMobil Corporation NYSE:XOM- 20 Nov, 3:49 pm GMT-5 37.14-0.26 (0.70%) down ToyotaMotor Corp TYO:7203- 20 Nov, 3:00 pm GMT+9 7,352.00+51.00 (0.70%) up AppleInc NASDAQ:Apple- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 117.78-0.86 (0.73%) down FordMotor Company NYSE:F- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 8.76-0.06 (0.74%) down VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 20 Nov, 3:05 pm GMT+1 151.04-1.48 (0.97%) *** down 1% *** BHPGroup Ltd ASX:BHP- 20 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 36.14-0.37 (1.01%) *** down 1% *** KiaMotors Corporation KRX:KIA- 20 Nov, 3:30 pm GMT+9 58,100.00-700.00 (1.19%) *** down 1.2% *** WhitehavenCoal Ltd ASX:WHC- 20 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 1.28-0.02 (1.53%) *** down 1.5% *** HyundaiMotor Co KRX:HYUNDAI- 20 Nov, 3:30 pm GMT+9 177,000.00-3,000.00 (1.67%) *** down 1.7% *** TeslaInc NASDAQ:TESLA- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 490.79-8.48 (1.70%) *** down 1.7% *** AMPLimited ASX:AMP- 20 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 1.71-0.03 (1.72%) *** down 1.7% *** PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 20 Nov, 3:47 pm GMT-5 1.15-0.03 (2.54%) *** down 2.5% *** BoeingCo NYSE:BOEING- 20 Nov, 3:48 pm GMT-5 199.85-5.82 (2.83%) *** down 2.8% *** Councilscould be sidelined as Melbourne's 'middle' get more public housing ABCNews, 21 Nov 2020 at 8:24pm Publichousing advocates say the Victorian Government's move to fast-track itsmajor social housing spend will prevent critical projects from getting boggeddown in years of objections. But local councils are keen to ensure theirvoices are still heard. Saltwatercrocodile numbers have exploded. A new study will investigate if theenvironment can cope ABCNews, 23 Nov 2020 at 9:57pm Ateam of researchers will look at the 50 years since saltwater crocodiles havebeen protected -- with the population growing from 3,000 to 100,000 -- todetermine the predator's impact on the ecology. Fastand furious storms forecast for south-east Queensland ABCNews, 23 Nov 2020 at 7:43pm Residentsneed to brace for another series of destructive storms with damagingwinds, heavy rain and hail this afternoon across south-east Queensland,the Bureau of Meteorology says. G20determined to support African countries and tackle climate change Reuters Leadersof the world's 20 largest economies - the self-styled "G20" - said in a final communiqué issued yesterday they are determined to tackle climate change and support African countries overcome the coronavirus crisis, reports Reuters. "Debt relief for Africa will be an important theme of the Italian presidency of the G20 in 2021," adds the newswire. The New York Times says that two-day virtual meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia "released a closing statement on Sunday that served as perhaps the Trump administration's final reminder of the wide gulf between the US and its allies on handling global threats like the coronavirus pandemic and climate change". It adds: "Over all, the communiqué offered little in terms of any breakthrough announcements beyond general appeals for more global cooperation...In his remarks at the virtual meeting on Sunday morning, Mr Trump reiterated his opposition to the Paris Agreement, claiming it was `not designed to save the environment' but instead 'was designed to kill the American economy'." Associated Press says: "Trump, who has worked to undo most of president Barack Obama's efforts to fight climate change, said that since withdrawing from the climate agreement, the US has reduced carbon emissions more than any nation. That is true, but not that remarkable. With its giant economy, the US has far more raw emissions of climate-damaging CO2 to cut than any other country except China. A more telling measure of progress in various countries is to look at what percentage of emissions a county has cut. Since 2005, the US hasn't been even in the top 10 in percentage of greenhouse gas emission reductions." The Guardian notes how Australia's Scott Morrison said his country was "unlocking promising low emissions technologies, technologies like hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, green steel and aluminium...While Morrison was underscoring the importance of safeguarding the planet, his energy minister, Angus Taylor, criticised the $32bn renewables roadmap outlined recently by the New South Wales government." The Press Association says Boris Johnson "urged world leaders to do more to tackle the climate crisis and defeat the coronavirus pandemic". Meanwhile,Reuters reports that "Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga said on Sunday that his country will lead international efforts to combat climate change, in comments on the sidelines of the G20 summit". Suga said: "Addressing climate change is not a constraint on economic growth. We will lead international society in realising a decarbonised world." The newswire adds: "Japanese lawmakers on Thursday declared a climate emergency in a symbolic vote aimed at increasing pressure for action to combat global warming, after Japan last month committed to its firm timetable for net-zero emissions [by 2050]." Sunakset to launch UK infrastructure bank to fund capital projects JimPickard, Gill Plimmer and Andy Bounds, Financial Times SeveralUK publications preview this week's long-anticipated government "spending review" by the chancellor Rishi Sunak. The Financial Times says that Sunak will "set out plans...for a new National Infrastructure Bank to channel billions of pounds into capital projects as part of the UK government's `levelling-up agenda'...The new lender, which will be operational by next spring, will have a remit to help deliver the UK's commitment to reach 'net-zero [greenhouse gas emissions]' by 2050 and provide funding for projects across the UK. It will co-invest alongside private investors through a mix of loans and guarantees as well as taking equity stakes in projects." The FT adds: "The Conservative government previously set up a Green Investment Bank in 2012 only to sell it off five years later to an Australian private equity group...The new infrastructure bank was recommended by John Armitt, the head of the National Infrastructure Commission - an arms-length government body - who said it should start with an asset base of £20bn. Mr Sunak is not expected to set out the precise financial framework for the new lender, until the spring budget." Meanwhile,the Times says: "The chancellor will also announce billions of investment in infrastructure, including £1.6bn for local roads to tackle potholes, congestion and other upgrades next year. He will publish the national infrastructure strategy, including plans to invest in broadband, major transport schemes and flood defences. The government will also change the Treasury's 'green book', which sets out the rules on government spending. Rather than a 'purely economic assessment', it will have a focus on delivering 'policy objectives'." In an editorial looking ahead to the spending review, the Sunday Times says: "It is an absurdity that the government has kept a freeze on fuel duty for a decade while being committed, as it repeated last week, to weaning people off petrol and diesel cars." BBC News also previews the spending review with its economics editor Faisal Islam saying: "Part of what will change is the Treasury's green book - a set of rules it uses to determine the value generated by government schemes. It will mean - as the first portions of £600bn in planned public investment are delivered - the process of ranking transport, energy, schools or hospital investment will be widened beyond a narrow definition of benefit compared to cost." In a preview for the Times, Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, writes that Sunak will need to "put more flesh on [green infrastructure investment] plans and take them one step closer to reality". Separately, the Daily Telegraph reports the concerns of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) over business rate "hikes" when firms invest in green measures such as solar panels or heat pumps. The CBI says businesses "should instead get exemptions from bills to encourage green investment", the paper reports. Meanwhile,the Observer reports that the so-called "Independent Sage" committee of scientists - who have been meeting this year to offer Covid-19 advice and are led by former government chief scientist Sir David King - is now set to "join the climate crisis battle". Morethan half of £50bn wind farm cash to go overseas EmilyGosden, The Times TheTimes reports that "Britain is forecast to miss out on more than half of the £50bn investment in building offshore wind farms in its waters this decade, with the majority of orders for turbines and other equipment expected to go to factories and suppliers overseas". It adds: "Energy companies are expected to need to invest about £50bn building new wind farms to hit the 2030 target. Although Britain has two blade factories, in Hull and on the Isle of Wight, many blades and most other big turbine parts are made abroad. Only 29% of the capital investment in recent projects has been in the UK. The government is aiming to boost this figure and has committed to invest £160m in ports and manufacturing infrastructure, but the business department told the Times that the UK share of capital expenditure was expected to reach only 50% by 2030 and that `the majority of the increase in UK content is likely to occur after 2025'." TheDaily Telegraph says that "nuclear fusion could be a reality within 20 years after the government's green plan gave a major boost to British research projects", according to scientists at the Tokamak Energy lab in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The Guardian reports on new data showing that "London and the south-east have benefited disproportionately from the installation of new electric car charge points in the last year". The Sunday Telegraph says that "electric car batteries are being sent to Europe for recycling, a study has found, amid expert warnings that Britain is not ready for the electric vehicle revolution". Meanwhile,the Independent reports that campaigners have warned that "tree planting in England is still far below the level needed to tackle the climate crisis". It adds: "England planted just 763 hectares of new forest from April to September of this year, official data shows, which is the equivalent of some 1.3m trees. This is only about 70% of the area planted in England in the first half of 2019, according to a government report." The Times also covers the new data, adding: "Confor, the trade body for the forestry industry, said the planting rate in England needed to increase tenfold to hit the government's target." However, the Times also reports: "More than 400 people have paid about £400 each for a giant sequoia to be planted in their name by One Life One Tree, which has plantations near Selborne in Hampshire, Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire and Brecon in Powys. It said they would not just absorb carbon dioxide but help ensure the species lived on in a suitable habitat if the climate in California became too hostile because of global warming." An accompanying editorial in the Times says: "The rationale of the scheme is that the donor can not only offset but reverse emissions, given the trees' huge carbon storage capacity. Scientists are admittedly cautious of such an ambitious claim, given that it would take about 250 years for a single sequoia to absorb the average British person's lifetime carbon emissions. Yet the educational value and symbolism of the scheme should not be dismissed." TheGuardian says that "Boris Johnson is facing a fresh test of his green commitments as the UK prepares to submit its national plan on future carbon emissions, before crucial UN climate negotiations". The newspaper adds: "Pressure is growing on the prime minister to come up with an ambitious national target - known as a nationally determined contribution (NDC) - on cutting emissions substantially by 2030, because the UK will host the postponed COP26 summit next year...Green campaigners wrote to Johnson on Friday calling for a carbon cut of at least 75% to be adopted as UK policy, arguing this was possible in the light of the government's 10-point plan for a green economy." BBCNews notes: "The prime minister's pledge to ban gas boilers from new homes by 2023 has been withdrawn. The promise first appeared on the Downing Street website this week attached to Mr Johnson's climate plan. But the date was later amended, with the PM's office claiming a 'mix-up'." Finally, the Observer says that it is "baby boomer parents and grandparents who are most likely to act in support of green issues, according to a national survey". Sentinel-6:'Dog kennel' satellite blasts off on ocean mission JonathanAmos, BBC News BBCNews reports that a "satellite that will be critical to the understanding of climate change has blasted skyward from California". It adds: "Sentinel-6 "Michael Freilich" is set to become the primary means of measuring the shape of the world's oceans. Its data will track not only sea-level rise but reveal how the great mass of waters is moving around the globe...The Sentinel is a joint endeavour between Europe and the US, and will continue the measurements that have been made by a succession of spacecraft, called the Jason-Topex/Poseidon series, going back to 1992. These earlier missions have shown unequivocally that sea levels globally are rising, at a rate in excess of 3mm per year over the 28-year period. And their most recent data even suggests there is an acceleration under way, with levels recorded as going up at over 4mm per year." Bloomberg interviews NASA's Josh Willis, one of the scientists leading the project. He says: "It turns out we're great at predicting global warming, but we're terrible at predicting sea level rise. The best way to predict it right now is to look at the last 10 or 20 or 30 years and try and extend that out into the future." Chinasays carbon trading scheme will cover 2,267 power plants in phase one Reuters Reuterscovers new consultation papers published by the Chinese government which show that China's long-awaited nationwide emissions trading scheme (ETS) will cover a total of 2,267 power plants in its first phase. The newswire adds: "Coal- and gas-fired power plants with annual carbon dioxide emissions of at least 26,000 tonnes are included in the first phase of the scheme, according to documents for public feedback by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment...Under the scheme, firms are given allowances free of charge based on historical emissions, and have to buy additional permits if they exceed their quota. The total amount they need to buy will account for no more than 20% of their allocation. The quota allocations have been determined based on emissions levels from 2013-2019, but the ministry said the collection of relevant data for last year had been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic and by funding issues. China launched seven pilot regional carbon markets in 2013-2014, trading more than 400m tonnes of CO2 by August this year, but the national ETS has been repeatedly delayed." Meanwhile,Bloomberg has a feature on "the secret origins of China's 40-year plan to end carbon emissions". It continues: "The secret drive for China's 2060 target took shape inside Tsinghua University, where climate scientists had quietly spent more than a year modeling different pathways to reach net zero. Xie Zhenhua, a former environmental bureaucrat and veteran diplomat, oversaw the work from his threadbare office as head of the college's Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Few within China's strict hierarchy can match Xie's mastery of government bureaucracy and climate science, making him an influential voice on the issue among the ruling elite. Xie is modest about his role. `We made policy proposals to relevant leaders and departments,' he says in an interview on Tsinghua's campus in late October, dressed like a typical Communist Party cadre in a dark suit and pressed white shirt. 'It seems our proposals had some impact.'" Last month, Carbon Brief published an article headlined: "Influential academics reveal how China can achieve its `carbon neutrality' goal." AlokSharma: My daughter persuaded me to go vegetarian to help save the planet EmmaGatten, Daily Telegraph TheDaily Telegraph's environment editor Emma Gatten interviews Alok Sharma, the minister who is expected to be the COP26 president. He says: "I'm very encouraged that [Biden] is committed to rejoin the Paris agreement on climate, we are very much aligned with the incoming administration. I really do think this is a big, big opportunity for the UK and the US to together show leadership on the world stage." He adds: "If you look at the polling in the UK, there is a big desire amongst the population for us to go green in a way that we are also supporting growth in the economy. I think people get that. The 10-point plan is about delivering on that leveling up agenda. We're saying, here's the downpayment on the green industrial revolution." TheTimes devotes its "weekend essay" to the "green new world of Britain in 2050". Ben Macintyre writes: "Come with me to carbon-neutral Britain in 2050. We will walk there, as we often do these days, or travel by state-subsidised electric bike. Let's start in the city. It's less smelly, isn't it? And much quieter, save for the birdsong. We can breathe easier...Nigel Farage, still going at 86, is holding yet another rally in support of petrol cars and meat: the Great British Bangers Defence League...This is a futuristic vision, of course. It may be partly a dream. It is going to be fantastically expensive and intensely controversial as a new, legally enforced way of living conflicts with ingrained habits. Britain will not go green fast, or all at once. Some elements of this future may never come to pass. But they are all contained in the government's greenprint for reducing carbon emissions, and they are coming our way." TheFinancial Times's "big read" looks at how "billions are being invested in storage technologies essential to speeding up the replacement of fossil fuels by renewables". Greenjobs must materialise if the UK is to lead the world in wind power CamillaCavendish, Financial Times Thereis continuing reaction to the UK government's "10-point plan" for a "green industrial revolution that was released last week. (See Carbon Brief's summary of the media coverage.) Writing in the Financial Times, Camilla Cavendish, a former head of the Downing Street policy unit, says: "Boris Johnson's 10-point plan to wean the economy off carbon could be a turning point in the race against climate change. But it will also bring profound shocks to some livelihoods and lives...The challenge of net-zero is to mobilise both public sentiment and private investment. While polls show that tackling climate change is increasingly popular, the gilets jaunes protests in France are a reminder that green taxes hurt, and that environmentalism cannot be a bourgeois preoccupation foisted upon the poor. It will be hard enough to persuade grumpy homeowners to change their boiler and rip out cavity walls, let alone if whole groups find themselves left behind." Inthe Sunday Times, Michael Glackin writes: "Am I alone in thinking the sudden blossoming of eco-friendly announcements is a less-than-subtle attempt by the Johnson administration to ingratiate itself with American president-elect Joe Biden? Biden is not only committed to the US rejoining the Paris agreement on climate change in January, but Wall Street experts predict he will also launch a US green bond within the next two years." Severalright-wing, climate sceptic columnists attack the government's plan. In the Mail on Sunday, Peter Hitchens says that "Britain is coming more and more to resemble the old East Germany". Various people affiliated with the climate sceptic lobby group known as the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) similarly uses their media platforms to attack the government. Charles Moore in the Daily Telegraph says: "The lack of opposition to Boris Johnson's Green Crusade is a sure sign of trouble." Matt Ridley in the Sunday Telegraph says: "Boris, this is not the way to the promised land, especially when the government is borrowing £300bn because of covid. High-cost electricity will prevent the United Kingdom making a success of Brexit. It will bankrupt us in the short run, make us less competitive in the long run and not cut emissions much anyway." In the Spectator, Prof Michael Kelly, another person linked to GWPF, claims that "Boris's green industrial revolution is doomed to fail". Inthe Sunday Telegraph, industry editor Alan Tovey has a feature about the UK government's support for hydrogen. Amazonrainforest photosynthesis increases in response to atmospheric dryness ScienceAdvances Anew study questions the long-held view that increases in atmospheric and soil dryness will lead to a reduction in photosynthesis over the Amazon rainforest. This study uses in situ measurements to show that, in many of the wettest parts of the Amazon, photosynthesis and biomass actually increase with increased atmospheric dryness. This result can largely be explained by changes in canopy properties during a dry period, the researchers say. They conclude that, as atmospheric dryness will increase due to climate change, determining the response of ecosystem photosynthesis to atmospheric dryness will be important for quantifying the land carbon sink. WhenIPCC graphs can foster or bias understanding: evidence among decision-makers from governmental and non-governmental institutions EnvironmentalResearch Letters Anew study testing understanding of the graphs produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finds that these graphs are often misinterpreted. The authors tested two IPCC graphs - one "intuitive" and another that "violates the principles of intuitive design" - on a sample of 110 decision-makers. The study found that whilst a minority of participants misinterpreted the intuitive graph, the majority systematically misinterpreted the counter-intuitive graph, drawing the opposite conclusion than intended - despite having high confidence in the accuracy of their interpretation. This highlights the importance of intuitive design in IPCC graphs, the authors conclude. Canadasets out to enshrine 2050 net-zero emissions goal in law ChloéFarand, Climate Home News UNshipping body approves Arctic heavy fuel oil 'ban', delayed for a decade IsabelleGerretsen, Climate Home News GreenIs good for power traders chasing $430bn market LarsPaulsson, Rachel Morison and Jesper Starn, Bloomberg BillionaireUK investor aims to force hundreds of companies to act on climate Reuters Comment:We need a national institute of climate change and health HowardFrumkin and Richard J Jackson, Scientific American Microsoft'snext phase of climate lobbying BenGeman, Axios Australia:'Renewables superhighway' to ease grid limits, open way for Snowy 2.0 PaterHannam, The Sydney Morning Herald `Flightsto nowhere' are soaring in the pandemic, but at what environmental cost? DaisyDunne, The Independent Pipedreams leave US energy firms caught in climate trap StephanieKelly, Devika Krishna Kumar and Jessica Resnick-Ault, Reuters Deepin coal country in Utah, there are hard lessons for climate activists ChristopherBarnard, The Independent UScoal jobs down 24% from the start of Trump administration to latest quarter TaylorKuykendall, S&P Global Market Intelligence Climatechange Is making winter ice more dangerous VeronicaPenney, New York Times EUdenies gas plants a green finance tag, offers possible hydrogen loophole KateAbnett and Simon Jessop, Reuters EUfailed to properly assess climate risk of gas projects, watchdog says KiraTaylor, EurActiv Don'tpay your mortgage, urge climate activists ArthiNachiappan, The Times Chinaseeks green cooperation with EU in post-pandemic recovery AlexandraBrzozowski, EurActiv Comment:Can you ever be rich and green? RhymerRigby, Financial Times Whatwould it mean for museums to actively shape radical climate action? ColinSterling and Rodney Harrison, The Independent Siemens,Deutsche Bahn launch local hydrogen trains trial Reuters Germanpower grids launch electric car project with Bosch, VW Reuters ManchesterAirports Group offers prize for first zero-carbon commercial flight GwynTopham, The Guardian Climatechange: Some areas of the Amazon could actually benefit from warmer temperatures IanRandall, MailOnline Oilversus climate change: The economics of drilling in the Arctic AndreaMiller, CNBC Chinesecash funds African coal plant building despite environmental concerns JevansNyabiage, South China Morning Post CityHall defends hiring intelligence firm with fossil fuel clients that tracked environmental activists PhoebeCooke, DeSmog UK PeabodyEnergy Corporation NYSE:BTU- 23 Nov, 4:00 pm GMT-5 1.42+0.20 (17.09%) *** up 17% *** NioInc - ADR NYSE:NIO- 23 Nov, 4:04 pm GMT-5 57.04+6.13 (12.45%) *** up 12% *** SuncorEnergy Inc. 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ASX:NAB- 23 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 22.74+0.01 (0.04%) even AMPLtd ASX:AMP- 23 Nov, 4:10 pm AEDT 1.71+0.00 (0.00%) even DAXPERFORMANCE-INDEX INDEXDB:DAX - 23 Nov, 5:45 pm GMT+1 13,126.97-10.28 (0.08%) even BayerischeMotoren Werke AG ETR:BWM- 23 Nov, 5:35 pm GMT+1 73.89-0.26 (0.35%) down VOLKSWAGENGROUP Common Stock ETR:VOW3- 23 Nov, 5:35 pm GMT+1 150.10-2.04 (1.34%) *** down 1.3% *** Coronavirus:Tracking how the world's `green recovery' plans aim to cut emissions JoshGabbatiss and Simon Evans, Carbon Brief CarbonBrief's interactive tracker showing how governments are introducing "green recovery" measures has been updated to include new details about the UK government's pledges made under its new "10-point plan" for a "green industrial revolution". Bidencabinet: Inner circle get key posts as John Kerry named climate envoy BBCNews FormerUS secretary of state John Kerry will act as climate envoy when US president-elect Joe Biden takes office in January, the BBC reports. Kerry "served as secretary of state during Barak Obama's second term as president" and is now set to be the "first official dedicated to climate change to sit on the National Security Council." The outlet reports that "Kerry signed the Paris climate agreement on behalf of the US in 2016" and that in 2019 he launched "World War Zero" - a "coalition of world leaders and celebrities" who called for net-zero carbon emissions and action on climate change. The news comes as the Trump administration finally gives the "green light" for government officials to proceed with the Biden transition, according to Reuters. The Guardian reports that since leaving government in 2017 "Kerry has been sharply critical of Donald Trump's dismantling of climate policies and the decision to remove the US from the Paris agreement", adding that the Biden team plans to reenter the Paris Agreement. The newpaper also reports that Kerry was part of a "climate taskforce [that] the Biden campaign used to develop its carbon-cutting policies" over the summer, and that, according to the Biden transition team, "this elevation shows the president-elect sees the climate crisis as an `urgent national security issue'". The Washington Post reports that Kerry has spent much of his career working to reduce the impacts of climate change and that he "has represented the United States at every pivotal international climate conference in the past three decades". It adds that "Kerry will report directly to Biden as part the White House's National Security Council, underscoring how the incoming administration views the warming planet as an issue with implications for both national defense and foreign policy." The Hill and Climate Home News refer to Kerry as a "climate czar", with the latter highlighting Kerry's work with the Chinese government. It reports that he "met president Xi Jinping in 2014 during a six-day visit to advance collaboration on climate action between the world's two largest emitters." The New York Times reports that "those who have worked with him describe Mr Kerry as having real understanding of the science of climate change, a grasp of the economic costs and benefits of moving to clean energy and a close working relationship with dozens of leaders in the field." Reuters also reports on this story, adding that Biden has named former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen as US Treasury secretary. The Wall Street Journal , Axios, MailOnline and the Independent also report on this story, whilst Mother Jones runs a story on "seven ways that Biden can fight climate change without any help from Congress". Climatecrisis: CO2 hits new record despite Covid-19 lockdowns DamianCarrington, The Guardian Thereis widespread media coverage of the annual greenhouse gas bulletin released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) yesterday which states that, despite the global coronavirus lockdowns, levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have reached a new record high. The Guardian says that "there is estimated to have been a cut in emissions of between 4.2% and 7.5% in 2020 due to the shutdown of travel and other activities". However, there is still a clear increase in CO2 levels measured this year when compared to those measured last year - the average CO2 level in the atmosphere this September was 411.3ppm [parts per million], "up from 408.5ppm in September 2019". BBC News reports that "CO2 will continue to increase this year, but that rise will be reduced by 0.08 to 0.23ppm" and that this value "falls within the 1ppm natural variability that occurs from year to year." The WMO secretary-general Petteri Taalas tells the outlet that "the lockdown-related fall in emissions is just a tiny blip on the long-term graph. We need a sustained flattening of the curve." He adds that "the Covid-19 pandemic is not a solution for climate change. However, it does provide us with a platform for more sustained and ambitious climate action to reduce emissions to net-zero through a complete transformation of our industrial, energy and transport systems." The Independent also reports comments from Taalas. He says: "CO2 remains in the atmosphere for centuries and in the ocean for even longer. The last time the Earth experienced a comparable concentration of CO2 was 3-5 million years ago, when the temperature was 2-3C warmer and sea level was 10-20m higher than now. But there weren't 7.7 billion inhabitants." Bloomberg states that "concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere were 48% higher in 2019 than 1750". Furthermore, nitrous oxide levels are up by 23% compared to pre-industrial levels and methanes level up by 160% compared to the same baseline. Reuters adds that methane levels rose by 8ppb [parts per billion] this year - "slightly lower than the previous year-on-year change but still above-average over the last 10-year period". The Hill, DeSmog, Al Jazeera, Axios, and the Press Association also report on this story. Carbon Brief has previously held a webinar on the impacts of Covid-19 on CO2 emissions, and published a guest post on the impacts of rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. TheSydney Morning Herald also runs a story on emissions changes to due Covid-19, noting that the economics downturn caused by the pandemic has "put Australia's carbon emissions on course to reach the country's Paris 2030 climate target, although the dip is likely to be reversed as soon as demand revives." UKto double renewables capacity eligible for next subsidy auctions NinaChestney, Reuters Severalpublications cover the UK government's announcement that it will double the capacity of renewable energy projects eligible for support in its next round of subsidy auctions. Reuters says the next allocation round for renewables will open late next year. The newswire adds: "[The government] will increase the capacity of renewable energy from the 5.8 gigawatts (GW) achieved in the last allocation round to up to 12 GW, which could be enough to power 20m electric cars on Britain's roads in a year...Floating offshore wind projects will be able to bid for contracts for the first time, and solar and onshore wind projects will be able to bid for the first time since 2015, as was announced in March. Former coal-burningpower stations that have been converted to biomass generation will be excluded from future CfD rounds, the government added." The Financial Times says the new capacity will be procured through the next "contracts for difference" [CfD] auction, which "awards developers of renewable energy projects a guaranteed price per unit of electricity generated for 15 years". (See Carbon Brief's analysis of last year's CfD auction.) The FT quotes Emma Pinchbeck, chief executive of Energy UK, which, she says, has "long called for the next contracts for difference auction round to bring forward as much low carbon power as possible - so we strongly welcome the potential for double the capacity...next year". The Guardian and Bloomberg also cover the story. Separately, the Guardian reports that, according to specialist fund manager Octopus Renewables, "global investors managing nearly $7tn (£5.2bn) of assets plan to almost double their spending on renewable energy infrastructure over the next five years amid deepening concerns over the fossil fuel industry's climate plans". Onthe comment pages, Tony Lodge - who has a history of attacking climate and energy policies in his role as an analyst for a lobby group called the Centre for Policy Studies - offers something of an about-turn in the Times: "Last week's announcement by the prime minister of a plan to quadruple UK offshore wind capacity by 2030 will require £50 billion of investment but there is a real risk that only £20 billion will go to Britain. This is unacceptable. It undermines the government's wider regional and environmental policy, but putting it right can help to win over and convert those who still doubt climate change policies." In the Daily Mail, the climate sceptic columnist Dominic Lawson wails at what he calls "economics of the madhouse". He says: "Public expenditure to fund more expensive energy (for example, with wind turbines replacing gas ones for industrial use) is what economists call `malinvestment'. Making our businesses pay more for their energy than international rivals is the route to penury." Meanwhile,several UK newspapers preview this week's spending review by the chancellor, with articles attacking foreign aid. The Daily Mail has a large feature on its news pages attacking "Britain's £81m giveaway to China", which it described as a "joint investigation with the TaxPayers' Alliance". (The TPA, whose funding is unknown, has a long history of attacking climate policy.) The article says: "Today, we reveal how British cash is helping the Chinese overtake us as the world's largest producer of wind energy, protecting their cities from floods - after the UK suffered one of the worst years of flooding on record." Reuters also looks at the impact of possible cuts to the UK's foreign aid budget: "Hundreds of charities have warned the cuts will harm poor communities already reeling from Covid-19 and could also hamper efforts to curb climate change, with Britain set to host UN climate talks in 2021." Finally, writing in the Times, Ruth Davidson MSP, the former Scottish Conservative leader, argues that "politically, I can't think of worse mixed messaging to the world...[that] "Global Britain" turns around and says we'll walk away from our humanitarian and development ones". She continues: "Next year we host the COP26 environmental conference and hold the chairmanship of the G7. We have an enormous opportunity to reassure our allies that we continue to be a trusted international partner. I frankly wouldn't fancy being the prime minister when other world leaders feel duty-bound to upbraid him about walking away from his global responsibilities." GeneralMotors abandons Trump in lawsuit fighting California on its own climate rules and vows to work on crisis with Biden LouiseBoyle, The Independent GeneralMotors i