Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The earthquake and tsunami had a great impact on Japanese energy policy, leading to the shutdown of nuclear power plants for safety reasons. In 2022, the amount of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions nationwide was over one billion tons , making Japan the 5 th largest GHG emitter in the world. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

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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Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2024

Background Immediately after the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, all nuclear power plants in Japan were shut down. The Japanese government recognized the urgent need to secure power supply and implemented some measures to expedite the construction of new power plant.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 16, 2017

India has stated that its planned coal-fired power plants may not be needed. Now, not only coal is spewing insane amounts of carbon dioxide – one kilogram per kilo-watt/hour on average – it is also now more expensive than wind, solar, and soon battery storage. The country has 53 coal-fired plants.

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Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

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.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

DOE head says carbon dioxide not primary cause of climate change. . Why Trump Pulling Out of the Paris Agreement Led to a Stronger Global Climate Change Plan. G20 world leaders’ agreement hinges on U.S. Climate Change -- What Now With The White House Abandoning The Paris Agreement? . 2017.06.19.

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