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War and the Environment: Ukraine in 2022

Legal Planet

Even more worrisome are Ukraine’s fifteen nuclear reactors. Eastern Ukraine, where heavy fighting has been taking place, is home to oil depots, coal mines and nuclear power plants. General Secretary said in 2014: “The environment has long been a silent casualty of war and armed conflict.

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Reevaluating the Role of Fossil Gas in a Decarbonizing Grid

Union of Concerned Scientists

And this problem will only get worse as the impacts of climate change become more frequent and severe. While it’s clear we need to rapidly reduce gas generation to help limit the worst impacts of climate change, it’s less clear how much fossil gas capacity we actually need to maintain reliability in a future decarbonized grid.

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Ohioans Stuck Burning Coal, Burning Cash

Union of Concerned Scientists

At the same time, an audit of the subsidies found that purchasing energy and capacity from regional wholesale markets is cheaper than power from the OVEC plants. In addition, FirstEnergy—owner of the two uneconomic nuclear power plants H.B. But thanks to H.B. Removing H.B.

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Japanese Courts Admit the Operation of New Coal-Fired Power Plants in Kobe

Law Columbia

Coal-Fired power plants targeted at the case, taken by Attorney Shunsuke Sugit In March 2023, two important decisions regarding the operation of newly built coal-fired power plants were handed down by courts in Japan. Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v.

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August 12 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

21 Online Community Engagement And Climate Resilience Planning Workshop Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 21 Online Community Engagement And Climate Resilience Planning Workshop Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 16 In Montrose, Susquehanna County Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Aug. 22, 23, 24 PA Assn. 28 To Oct. 6 DCNR To Host Aug.

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

Law Columbia

The January 2023 decision focused on 2 distinctive issues which are explored in this blog: (1) application of the Guideline and (2) the plaintiffs’ standing claims based on specific climate change impacts on fishing as a livelihood. In reality, however, the eight old coal-fired power plants had been shut down since 2014.

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William D Magwood IV: still fighting for nuclear

Physics World

From physics to politics William D Magwood IV, director-general of the Nuclear Energy Agency, thinks nuclear power can help us meet net-zero targets. I fight,” answered Magwood, who at the time directed the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology at the US Department of Energy (DOE). Courtesy: NEA).