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   With John Kerry Pick, Biden Selects a `Climate Envoy' With Stature   
   The New York Times, 24 Nov 2020 0:35Z   
   Mr. Biden said he would name Mr. Kerry to a cabinet-level climate post,   
   giving him the job of persuading global leaders that the United States is   
   prepared to ...   
      
   John Kerry: First-ever US climate envoy warns Paris Agreement 'is not enough'   
   Rachael Kennedy, Sky News via Carbon Brief   
   Following news of president-elect Joe Biden's cabinet picks the   
   previous day, yesterday saw the newly appointed and first-ever US   
   climate envoy John Kerry being confirmed into the role, reports Sky   
   News. Its coverage of Kerry's speech upon taking the role quotes him   
   outlining the challenge that face the world ahead of the COP26 climate   
   summit next year. According to Sky News, Kerry said Biden is "right to   
   recognise that Paris alone is not enough#At the global meeting in   
   Glasgow one year from now, all nations must raise ambition together or   
   we will all fail together. Failure is not an option". The news website   
   reports that Kerry, who originally signed the Paris Agreement as US   
   secretary of state, cited past national successes, such as the moon   
   landing and the second world war, and said "this kind of crisis   
   demands that kind of leadership again". At the event in Wilmington,   
   Delaware, where Biden was introducing his foreign policy and national   
   security team, the president-elect said his picks reflect "the fact   
   that America is back, ready to lead the world", Reuters reports. The   
   article notes "US foreign policy under a Biden administration is   
   likely to take more of a multilateral and diplomatic approach#pursuing   
   new paths on issues, such as climate change".   
   AFP quotes Biden telling attendees: "I don't for a minute   
   underestimate the difficulties of meeting my bold commitments to   
   fighting climate change." In its coverage, the Financial Times reports   
   that Kerry's diplomatic background and seat on the National Security   
   Council "signals that the US will work to convince other countries to   
   improve their climate targets", but notes it may face an "uphill   
   battle to restore US credibility" after the Trump administration.   
   The Guardian has a video showing Biden announcing Kerry and the rest   
   of his team, in which he emphasises his commitment to tackling climate   
   change. InsideClimate News has a story about how Kerry helped secure   
   "one of the most important and little-known international climate   
   agreements in history", namely the Kigali Amendment for phasing out   
   hydroflourocarbons. It says the newly appointed climate envoy will   
   likely take "swift action" to work with other countries on reducing   
   emissions from other sectors of the global economy. The piece   
   highlights the International Civil Aviation Organization and   
   International Maritime Organization as 2 UN agencies that would   
   benefit from US intervention to encourage climate action.   
   Meanwhile, Reuters reports that the American Petroleum Institute, an   
   oil industry body, will use "every tool at its disposal", including   
   legal action, if Biden tries to restrict development of oil and gas   
   drilling on federal lands. In Biden's election climate manifesto he   
   pledged to ban new oil and gas permitting "on federal lands and   
   waters". The Guardian has an opinion piece by Prof Adam Tooze from   
   Columbia University warning that despite Biden's strong words, it   
   "will be the Republicans who call the shots" during his   
   administration.   
   Finally, DeSmog has a story about Louisiana congressman Cedric   
   Richmond, who presides over a heavily polluted region dense with   
   petrochemical plants and oil refineries dubbed "cancer alley". The   
   article notes Richmond, who has taken a job in the Biden White House,   
   made no mention in his announcement "of his constituents' ongoing   
   battle for environmental justice" - despite the Biden campaign's focus   
   on that issue.   
      
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   Trump fears Giuliani, other lawyers in Biden vote challenge are 'fools that   
   are making him look bad'   
   CNBC, 23 Nov 2020 21:34Z   
   President Donald Trump is worried his campaign's legal team, led by his   
   personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, is composed of "fools that are making him   
   look bad," ...   
      
   World's top latex glove maker shuts factories over coronavirus outbreak   
   ABC News, 24 Nov 2020 07:52Z   
   More than half of Top Glove's factories have stopped production while the   
   company screens and quarantines its workforce after more than 2,000   
   employees test positive for COVID-19.   
      
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   The Andrews Government's mega-money Budget aims to spend the state out of an   
   economic pit   
   ABC News, 24 Nov 2020 04:42Z   
   It's more than 500 days since the last Victorian Budget, and until last   
   month it didn't even have a date in the calendar. But the Andrews Government   
   got lucky today, with circumstances proving its point as it released a   
   firehose of 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 bns to help the   
     state's economy recover from the pandemic. Here are some of the winners and   
     losers.   
      
     Regional Victoria gets bns for health, education and infrastructure   
     projects   
     ABC News, 24 Nov 2020 03:42Z   
     The Victorian Government is spending more than $8 bn in this year's   
     Budget to help regional Victoria recover from the back-to-back crises of   
     last summer's bushfires and the pandemic.   
      
   Pumping up power from poo among winners of Australia's 'Oscars of science'   
   ABC Science, 24 Nov 2020 09:50Z   
   Among tonight's winners of the Eureka Prizes is a research that is pumping   
   up the amount of energy we can get from sewage and a citizen science project   
   that maps coastal erosion.   
      
   US COVID hospitalisations at record levels as a potential 'super-spreader'   
   event looms   
   ABC News, 24 Nov 2020 18:0Z   
   More than 83,000 Americans are now in hospital with the disease, and more   
   than 16,000 of those are in intensive care. It means the country is now on   
   its way to recording more deaths a day than any other point in the pandemic,   
   writes Casey Briggs.   
      
   Climate Signals @ClimateSignals 23 Nov 2020 21:08Z   
   Last week, more than 100 residents were displaced by a wildfire that   
   ravaged a remote mountain community in California and killed one   
   person. The inferno struck with sudden ferocity midday Tue during   
   strong winds, destroying more than 80 structures. bit.ly/35XM030   
      
   CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk 23 Nov 2020 22:09Z   
   Michigan certifies election results, formally granting Biden the   
   state's 16 electoral votes and all but erasing Trump's pathway to   
   overturning the election cnn.it/3lYd4Vj   
      
   NASAHurricane @NASAHurricane 23 Nov 2020 23:11Z   
   We've got BIG news! Next week the NASA Hurricane account is expanding   
   its reach and & changing its name, covering all of Earth's   
   #atmosphere in addition to #hurricanes. Stay tuned for more   
   news on the transition to NASA Atmosphere.   
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