The Japan Times<p>The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan has asked Aomori Prefecture to accept a small amount of high-level nuclear waste returned from overseas instead of a larger amount of low-level nuclear waste, but the prefecture has refused. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/10/japan/aomori-nuclear-waste-refusal/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/</span><span class="invisible">10/japan/aomori-nuclear-waste-refusal/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nuclearwaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nuclearwaste</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aomori" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>aomori</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fepc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fepc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nuclearenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nuclearenergy</span></a></p>
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CelloMom On Cars<p>Why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Japan</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> are climate laggards:</p><p>"In <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Japan</span></a>, according to the think tank InfluenceMap, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climate</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>energy</span></a> policy has been held back by powerful business groups representing heavy industry such as the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JISF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JISF</span></a>), the Federation of Electric Power Companies (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FEPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FEPC</span></a>) and the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JAMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JAMA</span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/blogs/energy-transition/110323-climate-change-asia-fight-japan-south-korea-lng-coal" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spglobal.com/commodityinsights</span><span class="invisible">/en/market-insights/blogs/energy-transition/110323-climate-change-asia-fight-japan-south-korea-lng-coal</span></a></p>
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