US: Biden administration revives EPA webpage on climate change deleted by Trump   
   Dino Grandoni and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post via Carbon Brief   
      
   Several outlets report the news that the Biden administration has reinstated a   
   webpage on climate change deleted under Donald Trump, with the Washington Post   
   saying the move "again marks the chasm between the two administrations when it   
   comes to climate    
   policy". According to Bloomberg, it is: "The latest sign the US government is   
   back in the fight against climate change." Reuters says the move highlights   
   how the Biden administration is "likely to result in sweeping policy changes   
   in the coming years to    
   tamp down on planet-warming emissions". The Hill also has the story. In his   
   new monthly guest post for Vox, David Roberts argues that "[West Virginia   
   senator] Joe Manchin will decide whether Biden succeeds on climate change." He   
   says that Manchin will    
   determine the fate of a "clean electricity standard that would push the US   
   electricity sector to net-zero carbon emissions by 2035", calling this   
   "arguably Biden's single most important climate policy promise". Bloomberg   
   reports on moves by Democrats    
   senator Elizabeth Warren and representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to   
   introduce "a $500bn proposal to shift US transportation away from fossil   
   fuels".   
      
   Elsewhere in US politics, the New York Times reports that Democratic Senate   
   leader Chuck Schumer is "objecting to a plan that would raise costs for some   
   of his constituents by bringing flood insurance rates in line with climate   
   risks". The Hill reports    
   that senators "sparred Thursday over the role financial regulators should play   
   in the fight against climate change as federal agencies move toward tighter   
   requirements for major firms". Meanwhile, the Independent reports that "Joe   
   Biden told the    
   permanent representatives of the UN Security Council on Thursday that the US   
   will join the international body's Group of Friends on Climate and Society".   
      
      
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   WMO's Hurricane Committee Will No Longer Use Greek Alphabet   
   CBS Miami, 17 Mar 2021 22:19Z   
      
   'Particularly Dangerous Situation': Tornado Outbreak Continues in the South;   
   Damage in Mississippi, Alabama   
   The Weather Channel, 17 Mar 2021 21:18Z   
   A dangerous tornado outbreak is underway in the Deep South, including the   
   potential for long-track intense tornadoes as well as damaging winds and   
   large hail.   
      
   UK hit by vaccine shortage with new bookings put on hold   
   BBC News, 17 Mar 2021 23:08Z   
      
   Elderly Asian woman attacked in San Francisco fights back, sends alleged   
   attacker to hospital   
   CBS News, 18 Mar 2021 13:07Z   
   The 76-year-old says the attack in San Francisco was totally unprovoked. She   
   hit back, sending the man to the hospital on a stretcher, his face bloodied.   
      
   Biden to Reach 100 Million Vaccinations Goal Six Weeks Early   
   Bloomberg, 18 Mar 2021 08:05Z   
   President Joe Biden is poised to meet his goal of delivering 100 million   
   Covid-19 vaccine shots in his first 100 days in office as soon as Thursday,   
   reaching the ...   
      
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   Antarctic seafloor exposed after 50 years of ice cover   
   Yahoo News, 17 Mar 2021 14:11Z   
   Life gets busy wherever it can, even under thick ice cover in Antarctica.   
   German scientists have inspected an area of seafloor newly exposed by the   
   calving of ...   
      
   70 orcas target young blue whale in four-hour killing orgy off WA coast   
   ABC Great Southern, 18 Mar 2021 02:53Z   
   Multiple pods of killer whales join forces to slaughter a juvenile blue   
   whale at the Bremer Canyon, a marine hotspot about 50km off the coast of   
   Western Australia.   
      
   'Fire clouds' are the terrifying weather systems of the future, but a new   
   tool may help us prepare   
   ABC News, 18 Mar 2021 03:52Z   
   A new fire simulator tool being developed by the CSIRO can predict some of   
   the most dangerous bushfire behaviours, and there are hopes it will be a   
   game-changer for firefighters and forecasters alike.   
      
   'Charted their own path': British foreign minister explains why Scott   
   Morrison's climate invitation was withdrawn   
   ABC News, 18 Mar 2021 03:51Z   
   Prime Minister Scott Morrison failed to meet the required terms for his   
   attendance at a global leaders climate summit last December, Britain's   
   Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab confirms to the ABC.   
      
   Long COVID Symptoms Are Vanishing For Some Vaccinated Patients, And We Don't   
   Know Why   
   ScienceAlert, 18 Mar 2021 01:44Z   
   A woman who had long COVID said her symptoms were gone 36 hours after   
   getting her second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to The Washington Post.   
      
   Astronomers map silk of cosmic web   
   Phys.org, 18 Mar 2021 0:43Z   
   An international team of astronomers, including several from the   
   Netherlands, has mapped a piece of the cosmic web without using bright   
   quasars for the first ...   
      
   [Leadership!]   
   Tanzania's Covid-denying president, John Magufuli, dies aged 61   
   The Guardian, 17 Mar 2021 22:41Z   
   Leader's death follows two-week absence from public life that prompted   
   rumours he had virus.   
   [Tanzania's official covid stats remain around 500 cases with 21   
   deaths and has not been updated since last Apr. Doctors say 1000s of   
   people have died from the virus and they are required by the govt to   
   call it "pneumonia"].   
      
   MAGIS-100: The quantum search for dark matter and gravitational waves   
   Fermilab, 17 Mar 2021 14:39Z   
      
   Man wanted by police arrested near residence of Vice President Kamala Harris,   
   gun and ammo found in car   
   CNBC, 18 Mar 2021 0:39Z   
   A man who was wanted by the police was arrested near the residence of Vice   
   President Kamala Harris on Wednesday. A long gun and ammo were found in his ...   
      
   First baby in U.S. born with antibodies against COVID-19 after mom receives   
   dose of Moderna vaccine while pregnant   
   CBS News, 17 Mar 2021 18:24Z   
   At 36 weeks pregnant, a Florida health care worker received her first shot   
   of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. She gave birth three weeks later to a   
   healthy ...   
      
   NASA Unlikely To Send People To The Moon In 2024, But Is Proceeding With Tests   
   NPR, 17 Mar 2021 18:23Z   
   NASA is counting down to what should be the final major test of the massive   
   rocket it is building to put the first woman and the next man on the moon.   
      
   Scientists say they've peeked into the 'black box' of early human development   
   Yahoo News, 17 Mar 2021 17:22Z   
   For the first time, scientists have used human cells to make structures that   
   mimic the earliest stages of development, which they say will pave the way   
   for more ...   
      
   Israel's election: Netanyahu seeks a majority to block his corruption trial   
   ampAxios, 17 Mar 2021 19:20Z   
   Polls show Netanyahu's bloc just short of a majority.   
      
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