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COAL

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2021
China’s overseas coal power retreat could wipe out $50 billion in investment
Xi Jinping has promised to ‘strictly control’ new domestic coal power capacity from 2021 to 2025, but China won’t begin reducing consumption until 2026.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2021
In climate pledge, Xi says China will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad
Xi provided no details, but depending on how the policy is implemented, the move could significantly limit the financing of coal plants in the developing world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2021
As climate talks near, pressure grows on Asia to cancel new coal projects
Coal remains a mainstay for power generation in Asia, which accounts for 75% of global coal demand.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 12, 2021
China’s poor regions worry about climate justice in net-zero push
Hebei province’s Tangshan has grown into the largest steelmaking hub in the world, but it also inherited Beijing’s air pollution.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 10, 2021
‘Tiger on my farm’: Indian coal mining hub brings new dangers for villagers
With a dense population of 1.3 billion, India is vulnerable to human-animal conflict as people encroach on wildlife habitats.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2021
Major climate report puts pressure on COP26 to ‘consign coal to history’
So far, nations’ voluntary pledges fall far short of keeping temperature rise under 2 degrees, let alone 1.5 degrees, according to the U.N.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2021
Financial firms develop plan for early closure of Asian coal plants
The proposal offers a potentially workable model, and early talks with Asian governments and multilateral banks are promising, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2021
Coal country cleanup: U.S. plan sketches out possible future for former miners
The Biden administration wants to spend around $16 billion to help begin to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells and abandoned mine sites
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2021
Looking at the world through the lens of geoenergy
Unlike fossil fuels, which can be transported over long distances in chemical form, renewable energy is static — meaning it will have to be transported in electric form.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 16, 2021
Half of China-backed overseas coal projects shelved
Over half of Chinese-backed overseas coal-fired power plant projects have been shelved or canceled over the past six years, underscoring the rising forces against coal investments globally.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 14, 2021
G7 action on climate gets cautious welcome, but activists say more needed
Leaders of the G7 nations have pledged to stop financing new coal plants beyond their borders by the end of this year, but domestic use went unaddressed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2021
Indonesia can’t afford the luxury of Australia’s carbon habit
A business based on mining, hauling and burning heavy rocks to spit out electrons struggles to survive everywhere that fuel-free renewables manage to take root.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 30, 2021
Putin is betting coal still has a future
Russia believes that coal consumption will continue to rise in big Asian markets like China even as it dries up elsewhere.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 18, 2021
Averting climate crisis means no new oil or gas fields, IEA says
The world has a choice — stop developing new oil, gas and coal fields today or face a dangerous rise in global temperatures, the organization said.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 3, 2021
A grandiose dream to carve out a giant coal mine in frozen eastern Siberia
Far from backing away from coal, Moscow is doubling down: Last summer, the Russian government approved an energy strategy that could see its coal output increase by up to 50% by 2035.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 3, 2021
NGOs call on Asian Development Bank to end fossil fuel loans
The international lender holds its annual meeting this week with a focus on a green economic recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2021
Despite climate concerns, India may build new coal plants due to low cost
Coal’s contribution to electricity generation in India fell for the second straight year in 2020, yet the fuel accounts for nearly three-quarters of its annual power output.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2021
What countries will fight over when green energy dominates
Some experts predict that the end of an era defined by uneven access to fossil fuel deposits will produce a security dividend, similar to the one after the end of the Cold War.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2021
China’s new green target still means pumping too much pollution
China’s first road map to achieving net zero emissions by 2060 may be too slow to stop the world’s biggest polluter from hastening global warming.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2021
China expected to favor green tech over coal in new five-year plan
China is today the world’s largest emitter of planet-heating gases, responsible for about 28% of total global emissions.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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