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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector. Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest.

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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. But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels.

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Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020

Environmental Progress

US electricity sector emissions decreased 34 percent from 2005 to 2019, including an astonishing 10 percent in 2019, which is the largest year-on-year decline in history. By 2019, German household electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average. For example, the Green New Deal proposed by Rep.

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Locals Aim Their Protest at Weapons Maker Raytheon in Support of Palestine

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USA: Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems The Nuclear Resister | October 3, 2011 dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U.

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15 people arrested during peaceful 'free Palestine' protest in Louisville

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USA: Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems The Nuclear Resister | October 3, 2011 dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U.

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Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

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USA: Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems The Nuclear Resister | October 3, 2011 dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U.

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The "Patriots" at Raytheon

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USA: Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems The Nuclear Resister | October 3, 2011 dozen activists gathered outside of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona at 7 a.m. USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U.