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Japan

A Massive, Trump-Backed Power Plant May Be Too Big to Succeed

A U.S.-Japan partnership could breathe new life into a former nuclear waste remediation site, but analysts see more potential pitfalls than promise.

By Dan Gearino

Officials and local workers pose for photos following the ceremonial groundbreaking for SoftBank’s PORTS Technology Campus near Piketon, Ohio. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News
The view shows the river in the foreground, with the town and mountains behind.

Trump Deal for a $33B Gas Megaplant in Ohio Faces Huge Hurdles

By Kathiann M. Kowalski, Canary Media

A view of the Golden Pass LNG Terminal construction site on June 7, 2023, in Sabine Pass, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

‘The Devil Will Bite You,’ Environmentalists Tell Japan’s Prime Minister on Eve of Trump Summit

By Phil McKenna

Cherry blossoms from Washington, D.C. to Japan have been blooming earlier as temperatures warm. Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images

Earlier Springs Have Cascading Effects on Animals, Plants and Pastimes

By Kiley Price

Rewilding Japan With Clearings in the Forest and Crowdfunding Campaigns

Photos and story by James Whitlow Delano

After Fukushima, a Fundamental Renewable Energy Shift in Japan Never Happened. Could Global Climate Concerns Bring it Today?

By James Simms

President Joe Biden delivers remarks as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate with 40 world leaders at the East Room of the White House April 22, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images

As Nations Gather for Biden’s Virtual Climate Summit, Ambitious Pledges That Still Fall Short of Paris Goal

By Marianne Lavelle, Georgina Gustin, Nicholas Kusnetz

The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant at Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County,

U.S. Nuclear Safety Post-Fukushima

By Elizabeth Douglass, InsideClimate News

Citizens protest the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project

India: Prospects Dim for Nuclear Expansion

By Ranjit Devraj, InsideClimate News

Sweden’s Lillgrund offshore wind farm lies in the Öresund Sound between Malmö an

Japan to Tap Wind for Fukushima Coast

By Yoko Kubota, Reuters

German Nuke Closure Forces Big Job Cuts

By Tom Bawden, Guardian

Undersea Rare Earths Likely a Pipe Dream

By Julie Gordon, Reuters

New York City at night

Without Indian Pt, Could NYC Keep Its Lights On?

By Alice Kenny, SolveClimate News

Naoto Kan, Japan's prime minister

Japan's $260 Billion Solar Opportunity

By Risa Maeda and Leonora Walet, Reuters

Naoto Kan, prime minister of Japan

'Melt-Through' Fears at Fukushima

Justin McCurry, Guardian

Map of Radiation Measurements by Greenpeace

Japan Criticized for Ignoring Tsunami Risk

Justin McCurry, Guardian

New York: Is Indian Point Worth the Risk?

By Alice Kenny, SolveClimate News

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India

Will Japan Disaster Affect India's Import of Foreign Reactors?

By Ranjit Devraj

Geothermal power plant in Japan

Can Geothermal Help Crisis-Stricken Japan?

By Leonora Walet and Tessa Dunlop, Reuters

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