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   EU drafts deal to upgrade 2030 climate change target next month   
   Kate Abnett, Reuters   
   The EU has drafted a deal on raising the ambition of its 2030 climate   
   target to "at least [a] 55%" cut on 1990 levels, Reuters reports, up   
   from the current goal of "at least 40%". It cites "draft conclusions   
   seen by Reuters" and due to be agreed by EU leaders at a summit on   
   10-11 Dec, adding that if the draft is signed off "it could make   
   the EU the first major economy to submit a new climate pledge" under   
   the Paris Agreement. The piece notes: "Coal dependent Poland has said   
   it needs more analysis of the economic fallout before signing up to a   
   tougher climate target." A second Reuters article says Poland has been   
   urged to "scrap a plan to merge state-run energy groups after they   
   have shifted coal assets into a separate entity because it won't   
   deliver on EU climate targets". The call comes in a report from NGO   
   ClientEarth and thinktank Instrat, Reuters adds. Politico says Ireland   
   "is falling short of its public commitments to combat climate change",   
   citing a report from the country's Environmental Protection   
   Agency. Meanwhile, another Politico piece reports that EU climate   
   chief Frans Timmermans "met virtually" with Greta Thunberg and other   
   youth climate activists on Wed to discuss the EU's common   
   agricultural policy. The piece says: "After the call, Timmermans   
   tweeted that they had agreed the agricultural reforms were of `crucial   
   importance' to Europe's climate goals."   
      
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   On Jan 7th, Trump will no longer have 2 weeks to show us his   
   health care plan.   
      
   Glow-in-the-dark wombats take scientists by surprise   
   ABC Radio Hobart, 26 Nov 2020 05:10Z   
   Australian scientists are surprised to learn that many animals glow under UV   
   light, though more research is required to discover why.   
      
   Queenslanders to swelter in extreme heatwave with temperatures to hit more   
   than 40C   
   ABC News, 26 Nov 2020 06:10Z   
   An extreme heatwave with temperatures predicted to soar above 40 degrees   
   Celsius will move into south-east Queensland on Sun, Mon and Tue,   
   the Bureau of Meteorology warns.   
      
   NSW heatwave to bring 40C days and hot nights   
   ABC News, 25 Nov 2020 18:50Z   
   NSW residents might have some sleepless nights ahead of them with a heatwave   
   expected to bring high temperatures over the next few days and nights.   
      
   Defence starts dismissing SAS soldiers in wake of Afghanistan war crimes   
   inquiry   
   ABC News, 26 Nov 2020 06:09Z   
   At least 10 current members of the elite Special Air Service Regiment   
   implicated in the damning Afghanistan war crimes inquiry have received "show   
   cause" notices from the Defence Dept.   
      
   Economic losses from Solomon Islands' oil spill disaster near World Heritage   
   site could reach $50m   
   ABC/Pacific Beat, 26 Nov 2020 06:09Z   
   Documents leaked to the ABC estimate the economic losses caused by an oil   
   spill near a world heritage-listed area of Solomon Islands last year could   
   be as high as $50 mn.   
      
   Warning WA could be the worst hit by summer bushfires after parts of state   
   left 'extremely dry'   
   ABC News, 26 Nov 2020 08:07Z   
   A prolonged dry spell in south-west parts of WA that is set to continue in   
   coming months has left the state at risk of becoming the worst affected by   
   bushfires this summer, according to scientists.   
      
   Firefighters pursue mine owner for $18m to cover cost of tackling 45-day   
   inferno   
   ABC Gippsland, 26 Nov 2020 07:08Z   
   The Country Fire Authority's efforts to recover the cost of putting out the   
   2014 Hazelwood mine fire in eastern Victoria will be considered at a Supreme   
   Court trial starting next year.   
      
   Pakistan cricket squad members test positive for coronavirus in New Zealand   
   ABC News, 26 Nov 2020 10:04Z   
   Six members of the Pakistan cricket squad test positive for COVID-19 as CCTV   
   shows the tourists breaching coronavirus rules while in isolation in New   
   Zealand.   
      
   As Victoria hits 'elimination day', only 2 countries have better conquered   
   a coronavirus wave   
   ABC News, 26 Nov 2020 18:0Z   
   Today is the day that Victoria will hopefully find out the news it's been   
   waiting for -- 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 2 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.   
      
   Busy flight radars and packed US airports offer a glimpse into why   
   Thanksgiving could be a COVID-19 disaster   
   ABC News, 26 Nov 2020 17:07Z   
   No matter what metric you use to measure it, the US is being swallowed by   
   another wave, comparable in size and shape to the initial COVID-19 tsunami   
   that caught the country off guard, writes Emily Olson.   
      
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   Coronavirus live news: Germany extends partial lockdown as world suffers   
   record daily deaths   
   The Guardian, 26 Nov 2020 08:27Z   
   Global cases pass 60m; nearly 13000 daily deaths reported worldwide; the   
   Americas reported more than 1.5m cases in the last 7 days.   
      
   Trump administration rejects massive Alaska mining project   
   POLITICO, 25 Nov 2020 20:28Z   
   The US Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit for the Pebble Mine in   
   Alaska on Wed, effectively killing plans to build the massive copper   
   and gold ...   
      
   The AstraZeneca Covid Vaccine Data Isn't Up to Snuff   
   WIRED, 25 Nov 2020 13:26Z   
   There's been even more good news this week, this time from the   
   Oxford-AstraZeneca trials. But a closer look reveals some very shaky science.   
      
   Splitting 5 to 4, Supreme Court Backs Religious Challenge to Cuomo's Virus   
   Shutdown Order   
   The New York Times, 26 Nov 2020 07:25Z   
   Washington. The Supreme Court late Wed night barred restrictions on   
   religious services in New York that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had imposed to ...   
      
   100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins dead in mass stranding on remote   
   island off New Zealand   
   ABC News, 25 Nov 2020 14:51Z   
   About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins dead in a mass stranding on   
   the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 kilometres off New Zealand's east coast.   
      
   China claims 'quality' problem with Australian coal as $700 mn worth   
   sits idle off ports   
   ABC News, 25 Nov 2020 14:50Z   
   China suggests almost $700 mn worth of Australian coal is being held up   
   at ports due to "environmental quality" problems.   
      
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