Let’s do a quick environmental whip-around, starting with Australia’s decision to “temporarily” allow household plastics to be exported for processing. It follows our domestic recyclers warning they can’t cope with all our local trash. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek made the call to allow plastic exports, suspending a nationwide plastic export ban that commenced in mid-2021. Over in Italy, a dramatic downpour has caused 21 rivers to break their banks and flood the northern region of Emilia-Romagna, killing at least 8 people. Entire towns have been submerged, reports say that locals had to be evacuated from their rooftops, and the weekend’s F1 race at Imola has been canned. And to close, the World Meteorological Organisation says we’ve got a two-thirds chance of global temperatures rising to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels by 2027 (uh oh) and a 98% chance of setting a record temperature in that time (double uh oh). Onwards and upwards…