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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. Kobelco Power Kobe No. and Kansai Electric Power Co., and requested an injunction to block the construction and subsequent operation of two coal-fired power plants.

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Climate leadership is now in Asia

Edouard Stenger

These days the United States’ federal government is promoting coal and backtracking on climate ambition and the European Union is no longer cutting its greenhouse gases emissions. All in all, these are good news and I am happy that some countries see the benefits of fighting global climate change and local air pollution.

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U.S. Senate Hearing: Energy, Environmental Impacts Of Cryptocurrency Mining In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

Despite these claims, burning waste coal is still just burning fossil fuel and results in the emissions of significant amounts of air pollution including ozone precursors, fine particulates, acid gasses, heavy metals, and vast amounts of carbon pollution. Nuclear In August of 2021, Talen Energy Corp. Visit the U.S.

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House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

Despite these claims, burning waste coal is still just burning fossil fuel and results in the emissions of significant amounts of air pollution including ozone precursors, fine particulates, acid gasses, heavy metals, and vast amounts of carbon pollution. Nuclear In August of 2021, Talen Energy Corp.

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The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters

Science Blogs

EPA: air pollution rule should be delayed – despite its effect on children. DOE head says carbon dioxide not primary cause of climate change. . Federal court blocks Trump EPA on air pollution. NOAA erases ‘human activity’ from news release on soaring greenhouse gases. 2017.06.14. 2017.06.14.