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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

Law Columbia

Japan is the world’s 5 th largest CO 2 emitter, with 85 % of emissions deriving from the energy sector, which heavily relies on the use of coal-fired power plants. Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. In September 2018, in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. 25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition.

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Sen. Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal

PA Environment Daily

Yaw noted the IEO would be modeled after Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal Office , which was created by Act 120 of 2010, and Act 100 of 2016. The Nuclear Energy Institute added, “The reason for nuclear’s unique ability to maintain reliable operations is in its different approach to fuel availability. Read more here.

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PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence

PA Environment Daily

The natural gas industry could even start drilling on the 65 percent of State Forest land it leased in 2008 and 2010, but never developed for gas. Frustration in the ability of state law to prevent damage caused by pipeline construction related to the Mariner East Pipeline can be illustrated by a 2018 quote from Republican Sen.

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Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

Corp Watch

Brazil: A wiretap worth billions: How the CIA used a satellite network, tapped the Brazilian government and assured Raytheon's victory over Thomson in the sale of radars for the Amazon Revista Época | December 13, 2010 Brazil was the target of a joint operation by US secret services exclusively aimed at economic espionage.

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The "Patriots" at Raytheon

Corp Watch

Brazil: A wiretap worth billions: How the CIA used a satellite network, tapped the Brazilian government and assured Raytheon's victory over Thomson in the sale of radars for the Amazon Revista Época | December 13, 2010 Brazil was the target of a joint operation by US secret services exclusively aimed at economic espionage.

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Ukraine conflict a boon for defense industry

Corp Watch

Brazil: A wiretap worth billions: How the CIA used a satellite network, tapped the Brazilian government and assured Raytheon's victory over Thomson in the sale of radars for the Amazon Revista Época | December 13, 2010 Brazil was the target of a joint operation by US secret services exclusively aimed at economic espionage.