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

Law Columbia

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. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan. As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.4.21

PA Environment Daily

Of Conservation Districts: Recognizes Pennsylvania Conservationists With 2021 Awards [PaEN] -- 7 Western PA Students Win National Garden Club Contests, Receive Prizes, College Scholarship [PaEN] -- 5 PA Winners Of National Assn. 26 In NE PA - Apply Now! 6; Arboretum Planting Day Sept. 3; Walk In Penn’s Woods Oct. Billion From Gov.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.8.23

PA Environment Daily

Billion That Owns Nuclear Plants In PA -- Post-Gazette: Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant Part Of $3.4 Billion That Owns Nuclear Plants In PA -- Post-Gazette: Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant Part Of $3.4 Billion Spending Plan Scrutinized -- PennLive - Charles Thompson/Jan Murphy: What’s In Gov.

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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020

Environmental Progress

By occupying large areas of migratory habitat, wind turbines have also emerged as one of the greatest threats to large, threatened, and high-conservation-value birds. Those technologies and others allowed conventional air pollutants to peak in developed nations the 1960s and 1970s. But it is neither a crisis nor an emergency.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 4.20.22

PA Environment Daily

Of Energy Soliciting Proposals For $84 Million Program To Demonstrate Enhanced Geothermal Energy Systems; PA Opportunity With Mine Water [PaEN] -- Courier Times Guest Essay: Invest In Our Clean Energy Future - PennEnvironment -- Bay Journal: EPA Says PA’s Plan To Clean Up Its Portion Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Still Comes Up Short - By Karl Blankenship (..)

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

Environmental Progress

In June, HarperCollins published my new book, Apocalypse Never, which reviews the science of climate change and other environmental problems, and which has been widely praised by leading climate and conservation scientists and scholars. However, I am not a political appointee. I am honored to address the Committee.

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.15.21

PA Environment Daily

13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2075 (Knowles-R- Schuylkill) abrogating DEP’s air pollution control regulations covering heavy-duty trucks [Note: DEP already suspended enforcement of these regulations November 6 - Read more here.];