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   Australia: NSW passes landmark energy bill after more than 30 hours of debate   
   Alexandra Smith, The Sydney Morning Herald   
   The state of New South Wales has passed what the Sydney Morning Herald   
   calls an "ambitious energy plan". It will see the state govt   
   support the private sector to build AUS$32bn (£17.6bn) of renewable   
   energy infrastructure by 2030 as the region "faces the end of   
   coal-fired power generation", the newspaper reports. According to the   
   piece, the strategy will create 6300 construction jobs and 2,800   
   ongoing jobs, as well as deliver 12 GWs (GW) of renewable energy   
   and 2GW of storage, largely pumped hydropower. The leading Coalition   
   parties have been united over the plan and it also has bipartisan   
   support from the opposition Labor party, as well as the Greens and   
   other crossbenchers, it notes, quoting the state energy minister who   
   said it showed what "Australia's energy policy can look like when our   
   parties work together". However, the final vote on the Electricity   
   Infrastructure Investment Bill took nearly 31 hours to pass due to a   
   "concerted effort" from the far-right, climate sceptic One Nation   
   party to block it, the newspaper reports. According to the Guardian,   
   One Nation MP Mark Latham held up proceedings with a "filibuster" by   
   "moving 100s of mostly procedural amendments". Reuters reports on   
   research by consultancy EY that finds Australia has become one of the   
   three most attractive countries in the world for renewables investment   
   for the first time due to rapid solar deployment.   
   Separately, the Guardian reports that a "controversial" $3.6bn   
   Narrabri gas project in northern New South Wales has been given   
   environmental approval by the Coalition federal govt led by   
   Scott Morrison. It notes that this was the "final major regulatory   
   hurdle" for the project, but energy company Santos has still not made   
   a decision to finance the development. The Sydney Morning Herald says   
   the New South Wales govt is considering a special gas zone in   
   the Narrabri region and "may release more areas for exploration".   
      
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   France on path to reopening shops, theatres and cinemas by Christmas   
   ABC News, 25 Nov 2020 03:25Z   
   France will start easing its COVID-19 lockdown this weekend so that shops,   
   theatres and cinemas will reopen by Christmas and people will be able to   
   spend the holiday with their families.   
      
   Threatened cockatoos 'annihilating' apple crops   
   ABC/WA Country Hour, 25 Nov 2020 04:23Z   
   An iconic Aussie bird is ruffling apple industry feathers to the tune of   
   mns of dollars a year in damage to orchards and crops, say frustrated   
   farmers.   
      
   Bushfire continues to burn out of control on Fraser Island after 6 weeks   
   ABC News, 25 Nov 2020 07:09Z   
   A bushfire ravages a third of the World Heritage Area of Queensland's   
   idyllic Fraser Island, 6 weeks after being sparked by an illegal campfire.   
      
   Mnuchin Plans to Put $455 Billion Beyond Yellen's Easy Reach   
   Bloomberg, 25 Nov 2020 00:01Z   
   Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will put $455 bn in unspent Cares Act   
   funding into an account that his presumed successor, former Federal Reserve ...   
      
   Putin won't take Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, despite claims of 90% effectiveness   
   New York Post, 24 Nov 2020 18:33Z   
   Russian leader Vladimir Putin will not be taking the country's newly   
   developed coronavirus vaccine, the Kremlin announced Tue - even though   
   health ...   
      
   Invenergy is building the largest US solar farm in TX   
   ampAxios, 24 Nov 2020 21:32Z   
   Chicago-based Invenergy has announced the green energy generation and   
   storage operator is installing what will be largest solar farm in the United   
   States in ...   
      
   Lame duck pardons turkey: Trump confronts reality at muted Thanksgiving event   
   The Guardian, 24 Nov 2020 23:31Z   
   At a much diminished White House ceremony, the president seemed to realise   
   that his star has already begun to wane.   
      
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   Maine sees highest jump in deaths as record 258 new coronavirus cases are   
   reported   
   Bangor Daily News, 24 Nov 2020 14:01Z   
   A dozen people across 5 counties succumbed to COVID-19, the highest   
   single-day death toll Maine has seen since the pandemic began.   
      
   Tesla Semi electric truck to have up to 621 miles of range, says Elon Musk   
   Electrek, 24 Nov 2020 15:59Z   
   Elon Musk made new comments about the Tesla Semi program, Tesla's upcoming   
   electric semi 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   
   Russia says it "chased off" a US Navy ship in contested territory in the   
   Sea of Japan, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow.   
      
   Supersized wind turbines generate clean energy--and surprising physics: As   
   wind energy scales up, researchers study the fluid dynamics challenges   
   Science Daily, 23 Nov 2020 23:56Z   
   Twenty years ago, wind energy was mostly a niche industry that contributed   
   less than 1% to the total electricity demand in the United States. Wind has   
   since ...   
      
   Unexplained metal monolith discovered in remote area of Utah's Red Rock Country   
   USA TODAY, 24 Nov 2020 15:55Z   
   An unexplained metal monolith was discovered in Utah's Red Rock Country, the   
   Utah Dept of Public Safety announced Mon. In a statement shared on ...   
      
   Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, expected to plead guilty to charges   
   related to nation's opioid crisis   
   ABC News, 24 Nov 2020 14:54Z   
   Purdue Pharma is expected Tue to plead guilty to federal conspiracy and   
   kickback charges and acknowledge that its aggressive marketing of opioids over   
   ...   
      
   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.   
      
   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.   
      
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