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   *Biden hikes cost of carbon, easing path for new climate rules   
   Lorraine Woellert and Zack Colman, Politico via Carbon Brief   
      
   Several publications cover the news that US president Joe Biden has   
   restored an Obama-era calculation on the economic cost of greenhouse   
   gases, which, says Politico, is a "step that will make it easier for   
   his agencies to approve aggressive actions to confront climate   
   change". It continues: "But the administration stopped short, for now,   
   of boosting the cost figure to higher levels that economists and   
   climate scientists say are justified by new research. The interim   
   figure - $51 for every ton of carbon released into the atmosphere - is   
   well above the $8 cost used under former president Donald Trump, who   
   declined to factor the global impacts of climate pollution into his   
   calculation. It's on par with a price based on analyses undertaken   
   between 2010 and 2016 under former president Barack Obama, whose   
   administration was first to calculate the figure known as the social   
   cost of carbon." Reuters describes it as a "major change", adding that   
   "economists Nicholas Stern and Joseph Stiglitz this week said that   
   [it] should not `settle on anything much below $100 per ton by 2030   
   for the social cost of carbon' when it replaces the interim number to   
   be able to achieve the goals of the Paris agreement". The Hill says   
   that "move was met with swift backlash from Republicans". The   
   Washington Post explains that the "new policy could shape decisions   
   ranging from fossil fuel leasing to what sort of steel and glass the   
   federal govt buys". (See Carbon Brief's 2017 Q&A on the social   
   cost of carbon.) Meanwhile, MailOnline reports that "the Prince of   
   Wales wants a face-to-face meeting with US president Joe Biden to   
   discuss the `urgent issue of climate change' and win support for his   
   most ambitious environmental project to date".   
      
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   Russia Sends Navalny to Notorious Penal Camp Feared by Inmates   
   Bloomberg, 28 Feb 2021 14:56Z   
   Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who survived a chemical poisoning   
   last year that he called a Kremlin attempt to kill him, has begun serving   
   his ...   
      
   Argentinian titanosaur may be oldest yet: Study   
   Al Jazeera English, 01 Mar 2021 08:24Z   
   The 20-metre lizard, discovered in Argentina in 2014, roamed what is now   
   Patagonia some 140 mn years ago.   
      
   It's Not Just TX. The Entire Energy Grid Needs An Upgrade For Extreme Weather   
   NPR, 28 Feb 2021 12:42Z   
   The TX blackout is a reminder that climate-driven extreme weather   
   stresses the US's power system in many ways. Much is needed to harden the   
   grid for the ...   
      
   TX electricity firm files for bankruptcy citing $1.8 bn in claims   
   from grid operator   
   Yahoo Finance, 01 Mar 2021 07:41Z   
   Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc is one of dozens of electricity   
   providers facing enormous charges stemming from a severe cold snap last month.   
      
   Tropical Cyclone Niran could become category 3 as technical issues take   
   Townsville radar offline   
   ABC News, 01 Mar 2021 02:10Z   
   Tropical Cyclone Niran is expected to form tomorrow morning and could reach   
   category 3 strength, but the weather radar in Townsville is currently out of   
   action, and could remain offline for days.   
      
   Government pledges $452m to overhaul aged care sector following damning   
   royal commission   
   ABC News, 01 Mar 2021 03:09Z   
   A royal commission into the aged care sector has made 148 recommendations to   
   overhaul the sector following a damning two-year investigation.   
      
   Trump proposes new voting limits, rails against "monster" voting rights bill   
   Yahoo News, 01 Mar 2021 02:05Z   
   Former US President Donald Trump on Sun laid out a variety of election   
   proposals, such as limiting absentee voting and days when Americans can vote,   
   ...   
      
   [Breaking Up Is Easy To Do:]   
   Iceberg bigger than New York City broke off Antarctica   
   CNN, 28 Feb 2021   
   A giant iceberg broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Fri, not   
   far from a British scientific outpost. The 490 square miles (1270 square #   
      
     Is the Brunt Ice Shelf on the brink?   
     phys.org, 12 Feb 2021   
     In early 2019, all eyes were fixed on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica,   
     where a massive iceberg, around the size of Greater London, appeared poised   
     to break off. ...   
      
   Covid vaccine: More than 20 mn people in UK have now received first dose   
   The Independent, 28 Feb 2021 15:59Z   
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   New AI `Deep Nostalgia' brings old photos, including very old ones, to life   
   The Verge, 28 Feb 2021 20:57Z   
   An AI-powered service called Deep Nostalgia that animates still photos has   
   become the main character on Twitter this fine Sun, as people try to   
   create the ...   
      
   The City Where Cars Are Not Welcome   
   The New York Times, 28 Feb 2021 10:56Z   
   Heidelberg, Germany. Eckart Würzner, a mayor on a mission to make his city   
   emission free, is not terribly impressed by promises from General Motors, Ford   
   ...   
      
   The One Gut Microbe An MD Says Is Crucial For Longevity + 3 Foods It Loves   
   mindbodygreen.com, 26 Feb 2021   
   By now, we know that gut health is inextricably linked to the functioning of   
   many of your body's other processes-your immune system, mood, skin health,   
   you ...   
      
   Hong Kong detains nearly 50 pro-democracy activists for alleged breaches of   
   national security law   
   ABC News, 28 Feb 2021 12:47Z   
   Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures, including former politicians, are   
   detained in the largest mass charge against the semi-autonomous Chinese   
   territory's opposition camp since national security laws imposed by China   
   came into effect.   
      
   'We tried to warn people': Inside a Brazilian city's COVID-19 crisis   
   ABC News, 28 Feb 2021 18:46Z   
   Thought by many to be the first city in the world to overcome the pandemic,   
   Manaus has become a cautionary tale of what can happen when politics and   
   science fail, leaving the novel coronavirus to spread almost unmitigated.   
      
   Three ways to vaccinate the world and make sure everyone benefits, rich   
   and poor   
   ABC/The Conversation, 28 Feb 2021 19:45Z   
   Vaccine inequality isn't just a moral outrage -- it is also a sure-fire way   
   to perpetuate the pandemic's devastating health, social and economic impacts   
   on the whole world, writes Michael Toole.   
      
     Israel announces it will vaccinate Palestinian labourers   
     ABC News, 28 Feb 2021 20:44Z   
     Israel has launched one of the world's most successful vaccination programs,   
     inoculating over half of its population in just 2 months.   
      
   Russia launches Arctic weather satellite   
   Spaceflight Now, 28 Feb 2021 09:59Z   
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