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   New energy giants are renewable companies: Iberdrola, Enel, NextEra, Orsted   
      
   Brian Eckhouse, Rachel Morison, Will Mathis, Will Wade and Hayley   
   Warren, Bloomberg via Carbon Brief   
      
   "Meet the clean supermajors," says Bloomberg in a feature on how four   
   companies - Enel, Iberdrola, NextEra Energy and Orsted - have   
   "prioritised the building or buying of clean-power plants when those   
   assets were still considered alternative and expensive". It adds: "Now   
   they're on the cusp of a breakthrough. Ever-cheaper solar panels and   
   wind turbines are beginning to dominate new power installations,   
   threatening the growth of natural gas on our power grids and upending   
   energy markets. China has also shifted its biggest state-run energy   
   companies toward renewables. In 2017, it formed China Energy   
   Investment Corp. by merging 2 state-owned giants. The company has   
   close to 40 GWs of renewable power generation capacity,   
   according to BloombergNEF, more than any of the European and American   
   majors." Bloomberg says that a "tipping point may come next year, when   
   Goldman Sachs Group projects that spending on renewable power will   
   overtake that of oil and gas drilling for the first time".   
      
   Meanwhile, Emily Gosden, the Times's energy editor, interviews Anna   
   Borg, Vattenfall's new chief executive. The topics discussed include   
   that Vattenfall is "doing a bit of investigating work" around the   
   potential for small modular nuclear reactors in Europe.   
      
   The Daily Telegraph has a feature looking at how "global demand for   
   hydrogen is predicted to soar over the coming decades - and nuclear   
   plants may have a part to play in producing it". And the Financial   
   Times's "big read" asks: "Will Australia's `hydrogen road' to Japan   
   cut emissions?" Carbon Brief has also just published an in-depth Q&A   
   on hydrogen.   
      
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   Vernon Loeb @LoebVernon 29 Nov 2020 13:28Z   
   A Sun morning factoid from The New York Times to mull as you ponder   
   the state of America: largely unprosecuted white collar crime costs the   
   country $300 to $800 bn a year; by contrast, street-level property   
   crime costs $16 bn.   
      
   Mike Hudema @MikeHudema 29 Nov 2020 16:29Z   
   In 3 years this #solar installation at a high school in   
   Arkansas turned the district budget from a $250K deficit to a $1.8   
   mn surplus and they're using the surplus to pay teachers more. We   
   have the solutions. Time to #BuildBackBetter #ActOnClimate   
   #climate #covid19 pic.twitter.com/6V95ZWcLnv   
      
   New Zealand Charges 13 Parties Over Deaths At White Island Volcano   
   NPR, 30 Nov 2020 16:56Z   
   New Zealand's govt has filed charges over the volcano eruption that   
   killed 22 people on White Island last year, saying operators that brought   
   tourists to ...   
      
   Newly installed air-conditioners in Queensland state schools unusable during   
   heatwave   
   ABC Radio Brisbane, 30 Nov 2020 06:52Z   
   Queensland students and staff face a sweltering final few days of the school   
   year with newly installed air-conditioning units unusable because school   
   electrical networks cannot cope.   
      
   One of the world's longest continuous electric car networks planned for WA   
   ABC News, 30 Nov 2020 08:51Z   
   Western Australia plans to build one of the longest continuous electric   
   vehicle networks in the world, enabling motorists to drive from Perth down   
   to Esperance, across to Kalgoorlie or up to Kununurra.   
      
   Farmers rejoice as this year's grain harvest is tipped to set records   
   ABC News, 30 Nov 2020 18:49Z   
   Grain growers are on track to produce the second biggest crop ever,   
   following years of drought and as trade relations with China grow frostier.   
      
   The weekend's heatwave sent records tumbling -- and it isn't over yet   
   ABC Weather, 30 Nov 2020 19:01Z   
   Both South Australia and New South Wales broke their Nov maximum   
   temperature records at the weekend, and southern Queensland and northern NSW   
   will continue to sweat until Thu.   
      
   Prisons boss to run Victoria's hotel quarantine system   
   ABC News, 30 Nov 2020 01:11Z   
   A new agency to oversee the state's hotel quarantine system will be run by   
   Corrections Commissioner Emma Cassar. Victoria will start accepting   
   international arrivals again on Dec 7.   
      
   Newly installed air-conditioners in Queensland state schools unusable during   
   heatwave   
   ABC Radio Brisbane, 30 Nov 2020 05:57Z   
   Queensland students and staff face a sweltering final few days of the school   
   year with newly installed air-conditioning units unusable because school   
   electrical networks cannot cope.   
      
   Trump Baselessly Suggests FBI Rigged Election Against Him in First   
   Post-Election Interview   
   The Daily Beast, 29 Nov 2020 23:00Z   
   The president also ranted at length about "big massive dumps" in a   
   predictably bonkers, at times incoherent chat with Fox's Maria Bartiromo.   
      
   At least 110 dead in Nigeria after suspected Boko Haram attack   
   The Guardian, 30 Nov 2020 04:59Z   
   Attack took place in village near Maiduguri, with assailants targeting   
   farmers in rice fields.   
      
   `I Have Never Seen So Many Toadstools.' A Bumper Crop of Mushrooms in Ukraine.   
   The New York Times, 30 Nov 2020 01:58Z   
   Khomutynsi, Ukraine. Valery Kravchuk, a seasoned mushroom hunter, pushed   
   aside some dead leaves to reveal his prize: a beautiful blusher, so called ...   
      
   How does the US retire 236 GW of coal and 1000 gas peaker plants?   
   pv magazine USA, 28 Nov 2020   
   Victory in the economic realm (increasingly the case with solar,   
   solar-plus-storage and wind) is no guarantee of market victory if the   
   regulations are stacked ...   
      
   [BREAKING: China reduced to twitter troll:]   
   Australia Demands China Apology for `Repugnant' Afghan Tweet   
   Bloomberg, 30 Nov 2020 05:31Z   
   Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he was seeking an apology from   
   China after a diplomat in Beijing tweeted an image purporting to show an ...   
      
     PM demands apology from China over 'outrageous post' depicting Australian   
     soldier killing a child   
     ABC News, 30 Nov 2020 03:10Z   
     The Prime Minister demands the Chinese Government delete a fake image   
     showing an Australian soldier murdering a child, as relations between the   
     2 nations continue to spiral downwards.   
      
   The 'diploma divide' in American politics   
   The Hill/Opinion, 29 Nov 2020 15:56Z   
   What drives the diploma divide? In a word, populism.   
      
   Eric Steig º¸¨¦ @ericsteig 29 Nov 2020 17:27Z   
   Since Biden won Wisconsin twice, and Georgia twice, his total electoral   
   vote count is now: 280 + 2*10 + 2*16 = 332   
   It'll be 348 when we wins Georgia for the third time!   
      
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   Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles 29 Nov 2020 11:26Z   
   A summary of major ice core drilling in Antarctica. How deep and how   
   old? Vostok wins in term of depth - but remember they hit a lake! Dome   
   C has the oldest ice. WAIS Divide is the best for resolution in the   
   last glacial period. So where should we drill next?   
   pic.twitter.com/4rRWLIsNgD   
      
   Climate Central @ClimateCentral 29 Nov 2020 13:25Z   
   Fruit trees need winter. Georgia peach production is down, and warming   
   winters are a big part of the story:   
   bit.ly/2020WinterPack...  #climatematters   
   pic.twitter.com/ouBncRwNue   
      
      
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