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Five Nordic Countries Join the US to Ban Coal Power Investments
While the media is dominated by “2020 Tokyo Olympic” fever in Japan, this important step towards c…
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19 Environmental NGO Groups from 3 Countries Demand JBIC to End Support for Vietnamese Coal-Fired Power Plant
On August 27th (USA time), 19 environmental NGO groups from the United States of America, Australia and Japan …
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Opposition against the Coal fired Power Plant in Indonesia Intensifies
It was mentioned in an article from July 8th that Batang coal power plant in Indonesia led proceeded by Japane…
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Export-Import Bank of the United States Reject Financing of Coal Power Project
On July 18, 2013, the board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States decided to suspend financing of the…
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Is Coal Really Cheap? –from government report
The Abe administration of Japan is taking a position of supporting coal fired power plans. At the same time, …
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New Policy of European Investment Bank: No More Financing of Coal
On July 23rd, 2013, the European Investment Bank (EIB) adopted a new energy guideline titled the “EIB and Ener…
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The World Bank Announces New Policy for Energy Sector Finance ~Suspend Support for Coal
It was reported in the previous article that President Obama announced to end support of foreign coal fired po…
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President Obama Speaks Out Against Coal
In June 2013, President Obama announced the “The President’s Climate Action Plan” and expressed the US’ attitu…
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Local Residents Oppose Indonesia’s Coal Fired Power Plant Project
In the province of Central Java in Indonesia, Japanese companies supported by Japanese government are promotin…
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Coal Fired Power Plants Benefit from Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff?
In order to spread the use of renewable energy, Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff (FIT) was initiated July, 2012…
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TEPCO’s Call for Energy Bid, All 3 Bidders Will Use Coal
Since February 2013, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has been seeking applications for 2600 MW of thermal…
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Statement by the Kiko Network to Revise the Environmental Standard of Coal Fired Power Plants
In response to “the summary of a meeting by relevant ministries on TEPCO’s bid for thermal power” by the Minis…
