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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

Law Columbia

The earthquake and tsunami had a great impact on Japanese energy policy, leading to the shutdown of nuclear power plants for safety reasons. According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossil fuel dependency was 83.2% Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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

Law Columbia

Backgrounds After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, all nuclear power plants in Japan were temporarily shutdown due to safety concerns. Background information about the general climate context and litigation in Japan is available in a previous blog post. However, the Court did not touch upon this claim.

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Climate leadership is now in Asia

Edouard Stenger

China’s coal consumption declined over three consecutive years (2013 to 2016), and a continued slow decline is expected. India has stated that its planned coal-fired power plants may not be needed. Climate Action Tracker explains why this brutal change: cheaper, cost-competitive renewables. The country has 53 coal-fired plants.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

The attorney general said that PwC also served from at least 2008 to 2013 as global advisor and report writer for the Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit organization that functions as a global disclosure system for environmental information, including greenhouse gas emissions, from companies including Exxon.

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139 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Shapiros Budget Includes Energy Plan; Funding To Make-up Deficit In Oil & Gas Program; New State Park, Trail Initiative; Over $6.2

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The Problem is Not Brazil. The Problem is COP

Legal Planet

Heres what else I see Good news A Cleaner China: For the first time, the growth in Chinas clean power generation has caused the nations carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite rapid power demand growth. A nuclear power plant in Arizona and Sammy Roth took a tour.