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EBRD and U.S. Ex-Im Bank both move against coal financing
Great progress is being made in eliminating coal financing and the pressure is on for international financial …
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J-Power and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal to form new company, expanding another coal power plant in Ibaraki
On December 9th, 2013, J-Power and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, 2 winners of TEPCO’s bid, a…
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TEPCO and Chubu Electric to form new company, push forward new coal-fired power plant in Ibaraki
On December 6th, 2013, Chubu Electric Power Company (Chubu Electric) and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) …
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Local opposition against mining in Australia getting stronger
The Japanese petroleum company “Idemitsu” ’s mining expansion project in Boggabri (New South Wales, Australia)…
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2 new coal-fired power plants in disaster struck Fukushima
More than 2 and half years have passed since Fukushima was hit hard by the Great East Japan Earthquake but the…
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27 scientists set the record straight about so-called “high efficiency” coal as a climate change measure
November 2013, international leaders and experts from around the world, including Japan, were in Warsaw to att…
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JBIC continues to finance the world’s largest coal fired power plants
International Financial Institutions, such as The World Bank, EIB (European Investment Bank), the Export-Impor…
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Local people concerned over move towards replacement of coal-fired power plant in Hiroshima
The environmental impact assessment for J-Power’s Takehara coal-fired thermal power plant’s new No. 1 unit (60…
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Prime Minister Abe puts pressure on stalled Batang power plant
PM Abe and President YudhoyonoThe proposed coal-fired power plant in Batang, Indonesia has been under fire for…
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EPA proposes stringent standard for new coal-fired thermal power plants
Three months have passed since U.S. President Obama announced his “Climate Action Plan” in June 2013. After le…
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Marubeni Still in Bid Race for Croatian Coal-fired Power Plant
Tensions are rising in Indonesia over a Japanese backed coal fired power plant set to be built in Batang, Indo…
