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   Wind and solar double global share of electricity in 5 years   
   Will Mathis, Bloomberg   
   The share of global electricity generated by wind and solar has   
   doubled to nearly 10% in 5 years, Bloomberg reports, citing new   
   analysis from "UK environmental group" Ember. Coal's share of the   
   global total has dropped by around 5 percentage points over the   
   same period to 33% in the first half of 2020, Bloomberg adds,   
   according to the analysis of generation in 48 countries covering 83%   
   of global electricity. Reuters also covers the findings, adding that   
   "steeper change is needed to meet targets set under the 2015 Paris   
   climate agreement", according to Ember.   
      
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   A group of investors is trying to shut down this coal company from the inside   
   ABC News, 12 Aug 2020 20:49Z   
   More than 100 investors in Whitehaven Coal file a resolution asking   
   the company to plan its own closure - the first in an ambitious play   
   by an activist shareholder group to push fossil fuel companies to act   
   on climate change.   
   [The move comes as the company faces ~100 environmental charges in NSW].   
      
   Nikola Corporation   
   NASDAQ:NKLA - 13 Aug, 3:23 pm GMT-4   
   45.68 +2.87 (6.70%)			*** up 6.7% ***   
      
   Tesla Inc   
   NASDAQ:TESLA - 13 Aug, 3:23 pm GMT-4   
   1,623.56 +68.80 (4.43%)			*** up 4.4% ***   
      
   Whitehaven Coal Ltd   
   ASX:WHC - 13 Aug, 3:41 pm AEST   
   1.36 -0.04 (3.06%)			*** down 3.1% ***   
      
   Peabody Energy Corporation   
   NYSE:BTU - 13 Aug, 3:23 pm GMT-4   
   2.58 -0.12 (4.44%)			*** down 4.4% ***   
      
   [Gag!]   
   Queensland Government to ban reporting of corruption allegations during   
   elections   
   ABC News, 13 Aug 2020 19:48Z   
   A bill tabled in State Parliament without warning proposes jailing   
   journalists for up to 6 months for publishing allegations of corrupt   
   conduct about political candidates during election periods.   
      
   'Simply unfair': Farmers left high and dry in national water infrastructure   
   rebate scheme   
   ABC Rural, 13 Aug 2020 20:24Z   
   Farmers believe they are owed mns of dollars through a Federal   
   Government water infrastructure scheme, which was run by the states.   
   [Govts encouraged farmers to build new dams and irrigation   
   infrastructure, promising rebates. When it came time to pay out the   
   money suddenly wasn't there].   
      
   Melbourne doctor loses registration after anti-vaccination posts on social   
   media   
   ABC News, 13 Aug 2020 20:33Z   
   A Victorian tribunal upholds a decision to deregister GP Michael Ellis after   
   he posted a string of homophobic and unproven anti-vaccination warnings on   
   Facebook.   
      
   Boris Johnson poised to stop UK funding overseas fossil fuel projects   
   Jillian Ambrose, The Guardian   
   Prime minister Boris Johnson is "poised to sign off new rules barring   
   the UK govt's chief foreign lender form offering financial   
   support to foreign fossil fuel projects", the Guardian reports. The   
   new policy was passed to the prime minister's office this week and   
   could get the green light "within days, according to sources", it   
   adds. The move would end future loans and financial guarantees from UK   
   Export Finance, the paper explains. The news comes "just weeks after   
   [the agency] agreed to a £1bn financial package to support work on a   
   gas project in Mozambique", the Guardian says.   
      
   UK pensions group seeks ban on new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars by 2025   
   Simon Jessop, Reuters   
   A pension group that manages more than £300bn in assets is calling for   
   a ban on petrol, diesel and hybrid cars to be brought forward to 2025,   
   Reuters reports, in a response to a govt consultation on   
   bringing the date forward from 2040 to 2035. The Guardian reports that   
   "moderate Tories" have joined calls for the ban to be brought forward   
   to 2030. It says the "One Nation" group of 100 Conservative MPs   
   represents around a third of the parliamentary party. Writing for   
   BusinessGreen, Policy Exchange's Ed Birkett argues that the UK   
   govt should introduce California-style zero-emission vehicle   
   mandates on the path to a ban on conventional cars.   
      
   Canada defends role for oil sands projects in energy transition   
   Derek Brower, Financial Times   
      
   National Grid fires up coal power station for first time in 55 days   
   Jillian Ambrose, The Guardian   
      
   Global warming could unlock carbon from tropical soil   
   Gabriel Popkin, The New York Times   
      
   European battery makers power up for a green recovery   
   Kate Abnett, Matthew Green and Norihiko Shirouzu, Reuters   
      
   Beijing on flood alert as rains hamper China's economic recovery   
   Christian Shepherd, Wang Zueqiao and Thomas Hale, Financial Times   
      
   Polysilicon price soars after blasts at key Chinese plant   
   Henry Sanderson, Financial Times   
      
   Aluminium sector struggles to adopt common standards to cut emissions   
   Eric Onstad, Reuters   
      
   RWE plans UK wind farm stake sale to fund more green energy - sources   
   Arno Scheutze and Christoph Steitz, Reuters   
      
   We mapped the world's frozen peatlands - what we found was very worrying   
   Gustaf Hugelius, The Conversation   
      
   Bushfire scientists call for Australia to set up national fire   
   monitoring agency   
   Graham Readfearn, The Guardian   
      
   `We can't wait until 2050 to reach net-zero': Campaigners call for climate   
   crisis to be enshrined in law   
   Sean Russell, The Independent   
      
   'This is a wake-up call': How will pro cycling address its own climate crisis?   
   Kieran Pender, The Guardian   
      
   `Delay is the new denial': How to spot and respond to climate deniers   
   Stuart Capstick and Julia K Steinberger, The Independent   
      
   Australia: Joel Fitzgibbon blasted by Mark Butler for backing gas-led Covid   
   recovery plan   
   Katharine Murphy, The Guardian   
      
   US jobless claims fall below 1 mn, stocks end mixed after flirting with   
   record highs   
   ABC News, 13 Aug 2020 23:32Z   
   Good news on the US jobs front is not enough to pull Wall Street decisively   
   higher, with key share indices posting mixed results.   
      
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