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   *EU plans carbon market-linked import levy on steel and cement   
      
   Ewa Krukowska and Alberto Nardelli, Bloomberg via Carbon Brief   
      
   The EU is planning to impose a carbon border tax on imports of steel,   
   aluminium and cement via a mechanism linked to prices on the bloc's   
   emissions trading system (EUETS), Bloomberg reports, citing "a person   
   familiar with the proposals due to be unveiled next month". The   
   website says the European Commission is to unveil the proposals on 14   
   July as part of a broader package designed to help meet the EU's new   
   55% by 2030 emissions reduction target. It says the border adjustment   
   scheme could run in a transitional period of up to 3 years from   
   2023 to 2026 before fully entering into force, citing a draft proposal   
   "which may still change before publication". Separately, the Sydney   
   Morning Herald reports that Australian prime minister Scott Morrison   
   "will head to the G7 meeting at the end of next week with a promise to   
   take Australia towards net-zero carbon emissions, but a strong   
   objection to trade measures that try to punish countries for not   
   having ambitious targets".   
      
   Meanwhile, Energy Monitor has an article titled: "Why European carbon   
   prices could be higher for good." It says: "The price of carbon in   
   Europe has doubled this year, and some believe it could double   
   again. Europe's emitters face a new paradigm of structurally higher EU   
   allowance prices." Separately, the Hill reports the comments of US   
   senator Sheldon Whitehouse predicting a "big fight" over carbon   
   pricing in the senate this year.   
      
      
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   Hosting Olympic Games during pandemic 'not normal', Japan's top   
   medical adviser says   
   ABC News, 2 JunJune at 9:15pm   
   Japan's most senior medical adviser demands Games organisers justify   
   to the public why the Olympics are going ahead.   
   [Just as long as the 1000s of volunteers dont suddenly quit!]   
      
   China bans extreme sports in wake of Gansu ultramarathon tragedy   
   The Guardian, 03 Jun 2021 15:32Z   
   Authorities crack down on sports including trail running and wingsuit flying   
   ahead of centenary celebrations.   
      
   Tasked to Fight Climate Change, a Secretive U.N. Agency Does the Opposite   
   The New York Times, 03 Jun 2021 15:11Z   
   London. During a contentious meeting over proposed climate regulations last   
   fall, a Saudi diplomat to the obscure but powerful International Maritime ...   
      
   UFOs aren't coming from space - but from beneath the SEA as crafts spotted   
   buzzing US Navy, claims alien-hunting ex cop   
   The Sun, 03 Jun 2021 11:32Z   
   UFOs may not be coming from space - but rather from beneath the sea amid a   
   string of strange encounters involving US warships ...   
   [Sorry, puny humans, they've been spotted coming from deep space as well].   
      
   India Orders 300 Million Doses of Vaccines After Court Rebuke   
   Bloomberg, 03 Jun 2021 07:37Z   
   India ordered 300 mn doses of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by   
   a local manufacturer, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's govt comes   
   under ...   
      
   Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to build new kind of nuclear reactor in Wyoming   
   The Guardian, 03 Jun 2021 02:45Z   
   The project in Wyoming - the country's top coal-producing state - is a small   
   advanced reactor that runs on different fuels to traditional ones.   
      
   Nevada passes clean energy bill requiring state to join RTO, accelerating   
   $2B transmission project   
   Utility Dive, 02 Jun 2021 15:21Z   
   The Nevada legislature on Mon approved a sweeping clean energy bill that   
   aims to accelerate construction of a massive transmission project, increase ...   
      
   Joe Pisani (opinion): If govt has been lying about UFOs, what's really   
   going on?   
   The Middletown Press, 03 Jun 2021 04:23Z   
   Sgt. Schultz, was "We see nothing. We hear nothing. We know nothing." And   
   don't you find it suspicious that the series was ...   
      
   [Red Queenin It!]   
   Genetic biocontrol methods fast-tracked for mouse plague control   
   ABC New England, 03 Jun 2021 02:01Z   
   The NSW govt has today announced a $50 mn mouse control package   
   which includes $1.8 mn in funding for genetic control of mice populations.   
      
   [Teen angst, Florida style!]   
   Florida girl and boy, armed with AK-47, in shootout with deputies   
   ABC News, 03 Jun 2021 02:00Z   
   A 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl in the United States found guns   
   inside a home they broke into before firing on police, authorities say.   
      
   COVID scare at French Open as doubles players test positive   
   ABC News, 03 Jun 2021 02:59Z   
   Both members of a men's double team competing at the French Open are forced   
   to withdraw from the tournament after testing positive for coronavirus.   
      
   Making mRNA vaccines locally could still be 4 years away, govt says   
   ABC News, 03 Jun 2021 03:05Z   
   It could be up to 4 years before mRNA vaccines are produced in Australia,   
   under a process being led by the federal govt.   
      
   Greater Melbourne residents who lost jobs to COVID lockdown eligible for new   
   payment   
   ABC News, 03 Jun 2021 03:25Z   
   People who lost their jobs amid Victoria's lockdown may be eligible for a   
   $500 "temporary COVID disaster payment" on a week-by-week basis, Prime   
   Minister Scott Morrison says.   
   [In a 270 deg turn from yest, the PM told reporters at a press conf   
   the Commonwealth would be with Victorians "all the way".  Yesterday the   
   fed govt was saying there would be no support for households or   
   businesses because the lockdown was called by the state govt.  Perhaps   
   someone pointed out the prev 17 wk lockdown was also called by the   
   state govt and saw a doubling of unemployment benefits while people   
   were unable to work as well as business subsidies intended to keep   
   jobs open although some large corporations funneled that money to   
   executive bonuses and stock dividends. Today the PM says the workload   
   must be split. Either the Commonwealth will support business or   
   households but not both; the Victorian govt must pick up the other one].   
      
   A 20-Foot Sea Wall? Miami Faces the Hard Choices of Climate Change.   
   The New York Times, 02 Jun 2021 21:31Z   
   Miami. Three years ago, not long after Hurricane Irma left parts of   
   Miami underwater, the federal govt embarked on a study to find a   
   way to protect the ...   
   [Hillbillies should build it. According to one he built a seawall with   
   his brother and it's never even got wet]!   
      
   [Sauna!]   
   Free sauna: Intense heatwave may bring 70 degree dew points   
   Minnesota Public Radio News, 02 Jun 2021 20:30Z   
   The first intense heatwave of 2021 could set records and bring stifling   
   tropical humidity.   
      
   [Immunity!]   
   Sackler Family Empire Poised To Win Immunity From Opioid Lawsuits   
   NPR, 03 Jun 2021 02:28Z   
   A federal bankruptcy judge cleared a plan for final vote by Purdue Pharma's   
   creditors that would release members of the Sackler family and their financial   
   ...   
      
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