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Japanese Courts Admit the Operation of New Coal-Fired Power Plants in Kobe

Law Columbia

Coal-Fired power plants targeted at the case, taken by Attorney Shunsuke Sugit In March 2023, two important decisions regarding the operation of newly built coal-fired power plants were handed down by courts in Japan. This led to the increased use of other energy sources, especially coal, for electricity generation.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

On December 31, 2023, he retired from the Clean Air Council after serving as the organization's executive director and chief counsel for over 35 years. During her career, she supported students who were frequently affected by asthma, which was worsened by air pollution.

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Guest blog post: Japanese Court Upholds Mistakes in post-disaster Energy Policy in Yokosuka Climate Case Decisions

Law Columbia

This blog post introduces two judgments of the Yokosuka climate case, one issued in January 2023 and the second in February 2024. Background Immediately after the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, all nuclear power plants in Japan were shut down. million tons, equivalent to about 1/5000th of the world’s emissions.

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New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study

PA Environment Daily

The 2023-2028 SHIP was developed in collaboration with the Healthy Pennsylvania Partnership (HPP), with support from Harrisburg University. These include contamination of surface or groundwater, air pollution or soil degradation. Click Here for a copy of the Plan. within one-half mile).

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. Units with existing advanced NOx controls must optimize their utilization by 2023. ppb in 2023, with typical reductions of 0.1

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Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas; Same Facility Plagued Community With Blowdowns 3 Times A Day, 7 Days A Week For Nearly 10 Years Until Criminal Charges Brought Against CNX

PA Environment Daily

million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants. From 2011 to 2016, DEP’s Air Quality Program only required oil and gas operators to maintain records of how frequently they conducted pigging operations. Yes, three times a day, seven days a week for nearly a decade.] Read more here.

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EVs Are at a Turning Point, It May Not Be What You Think

Union of Concerned Scientists

2023 was a milestone year for electric car sales in the US. That is A LOT of EVs and A LOT less oil use, air pollution and climate emissions. Sales figure from Atlas EV Hub In California, nearly half a million EVs were purchased in 2023 reaching a whopping one in four new vehicles. Tesla dominates the U.S.