What we’re reading: 5 Tweets about extreme heat, one on Australian coal

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As reports emerge that NSW Liberals have called on the Turnbull government to conduct public debates about climate change – including whether the science is settled – we thought it might be a good time to publish a collection of today’s many, many Tweets about the record March heat in Australia – and one from Washington DC, for good measure.

In Melbourne, for instance, it was 29°C at 1am… and at 7am – marking the hottest March night on record. And considering some of the views higher up among the federal Liberals – that digging up and shipping coal to India is good for humanity – we’ve also included a Tweet from Fairfax journo Michael West, from Delhi.

Sophie Vorrath

Sophie is editor of Renew Economy and editor of its sister site, One Step Off The Grid . She is the co-host of the Solar Insiders Podcast. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.

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