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Promoting Coal, Trump Looks Backward

Circle of Blue

Circle of Blue was one of the select group of news organizations and research groups at the global frontlines, witnessing in person how coal-fired power was being replaced by much cleaner electrical generation from wind, solar, and hydro. China accelerated construction of coal-fired plants to supply its titanic energy demand. India followed.

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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. Actual generation is tilted a bit more toward fossil fuels and nuclear. The EIA reports that: “Fossil fuel sources accounted for about 69% of South Korea’s electricity generation in 2019, and the share of nuclear power accounted for 25%.

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Sweden’s new government to go nuclear

A Greener Life

The Oskarshamn nuclear power plant. The new centre-right government in Sweden is making a big break from previous governments’ energy policies – announcing that for the first time in decades Sweden will build new nuclear reactors. Nuclear to meet rising energy demands. via Wikimedia.

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Should countries issue binding unilateral declarations on GHG emission targets?

Law Columbia

In 1978, during a phase of the Cold War when relationships between East and West began to relax, the United States and 4 other nuclear powers (China, France, the Soviet Union and the UK) made unilateral declarations granting security assurances to non-nuclear- weapon states. By Christoph Schwarte* .

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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. Nevertheless, the Japanese government chose to expand coal-fired power generation, which is a major source of emissions.

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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. India has stated that its planned coal-fired power plants may not be needed. So, who is leading the fight against climate change ?

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Guest blog post: Japanese Court Upholds Mistakes in post-disaster Energy Policy in Yokosuka Climate Case Decisions

Law Columbia

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.