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   'It'll start getting cooler': Trump dodges climate change warning over   
   deadly wildfires   
   ABC News, 14 Sep 2020 at 10:57pm   
   US President Donald Trump says "a lot of things are possible" when asked if   
   climate change is contributing to ferocious wildfires on the US West Coast.   
   Oregon's Governor says the deadly fires are "a wake-up" call to climate   
   change, which the Californian Governor says is making the fires worse.   
      
   Trump admitted downplaying coronavirus dangers in early days of pandemic,   
   new Bob Woodward book says   
   CNBC, 09 Sep 2020 17:53Z   
   President Donald Trump admitted that he wanted to publicly downplay the   
   threat of the coronavirus even as his advisors warned him about the dangers   
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   Extreme heat and stock market activity   
   Ecological Economics   
   Hot weather could result in a drop in trading on stock exchanges, a   
   new study suggests. The researchers analyse trading volumes on the   
   French stock market and weather patterns in Paris over 1995-2019. The   
   findings indicate that, on average, "trading volumes fall   
   significantly (between 4% and 10%) when maximum daily temperatures   
   exceed 30C", the study says. The research "contributes to the   
   literature on behavioural finance by demonstrating the existence of a   
   `hot weather' effect on financial markets", the authors conclude.   
      
   Climate change: Warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf   
   Jonathan Amos, BBC News   
      
   Climate crisis: UK's motorway speed limits `to be cut to 60mph' to   
   reduce emissions and pollution   
   Andy Gregory, The Independent   
      
   Asian multilateral bank promises to end coal-related financing   
   Chloé Farand, Climate Home News   
      
   [Stranded Assets:]   
   US coal companies reduced estimated asset value by at least $1.80bn in Q2   
   Taylor Kuykendall, S&P Global Market Intelligence   
      
   Fracking in the shale fields slows for the first time since 2017   
   David Wethe, Bloomberg   
      
   Sydney awash with leaks as research shows the climate cost of gas   
   Nick O'Malley, The Sydney Morning Herald   
      
   Comment: A clean-energy future is reliant on sustainable mining and cement   
   Thomas Schulz, Foresight Climate & Energy   
      
   US-China: Washington revives plans for its rare earths industry   
   Jamie Smyth, Financial Times   
      
   Australia to boost domestic fuel storage, subsidise refineries   
   Reuters   
      
   Why clouds are the missing piece in the climate change puzzle   
   Dr Paolo Ceppi and Prof Ric Williams, The Conversation   
      
   Comment: HS2 threatens the environment and should be scrapped   
   Thomas Crowe, The Times   
      
   From Fisker to Nikola, the electric challengers speeding up behind Tesla   
   Danny Fortson, The Sun Times   
      
   Keating calls for HECS-style loans for home aged care at royal commission   
   ABC News, 14 Sep 2020 07:59Z   
   Former prime minister Paul Keating says a Federal Government-run post-paid   
   system could reduce wait times for home care packages and ease the financial   
   burden on families.   
      
   Australia's Solar And Wind Sectors Set To Overtake Gas And Coal   
   OilPrice.com, 13 Sep 2020 16:10Z   
   Rystad analysis shows that wind and solar energy is increasingly popular in   
   Australia and that these 2 generation methods are set to overtake coal and   
   gas ...   
      
   ASX lifts on mining rebound, Macquarie first-half earnings to fall 35pc   
   ABC News, 14 Sep 2020 01:06Z   
   After last week's bruising tech sell-off, mining and energy stocks help the   
   Australian market recover some losses, while Macquarie Group flags its   
   earnings will drop.   
      
   A Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives' Private Views on Climate Change   
   The New York Times, 12 Sep 2020   
   Last summer, oil and gas-industry groups were lobbying to overturn   
   federal rules on leaks of natural gas, a major contributor to climate   
   change. Their message: The companies had emissions under control.   
   In private, the lobbyists were saying something very different.   
   "We're just flaring a tremendous amount of gas," said Ron Ness,   
   president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, at the June 2019   
   gathering, held in Colorado Springs. "This pesky natural gas," he said.   
   "The value of it is very minimal," particularly to companies drilling   
   mainly for oil.   
   "What's our message going forward?" Mr. Ness said. "What's going to   
   stick with those young people and make them support oil and gas?"   
      
   NAB see risk in coal and reward in renewables   
   ABC News, 12 Sep 2020 at 11:48pm   
   National Australia Bank chief Ross McEwan was questioned about lending to   
   Australian coal mines by Federal MP Craig Kelly. The answer is familiar to   
   all in business -- and it is something Mr Kelly knows about too, writes   
   Gareth Hutchens.   
      
   Police officer suspended over Melbourne head-stomp arrest   
   ABC News, 15 Sep 2020 00:18Z   
   Victoria Police suspends an officer over his involvement in the arrest of a   
   man in Melbourne's north on Sun afternoon. Footage of the man's arrest   
   was posted to social media, including a moment when one of the officers   
   making the arrest appears to stomp on the head of the man.   
      
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