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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

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In Japan, climate litigation ( / Kiko soshou ) has been used to challenge the legality of the construction and operation of the coal-fired power plants and promote coal phase-out. Subsequently, two administrative cases were filed, one in Kobe in 2018 ( Citizens Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Sendai Power Station ).

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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

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Japan , their case challenging the legality of a governmental approval that allows for the construction and operation of new coal-fired power plants. Through May 2022, all existing climate litigation cases in Japan concern the construction or operation of coal-fired power plants and refer to citizens’ attempts to stop the use of coal.

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Victimization vs. Criminalization: The Trump Predicament 

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They prefer to falsely vilify the Democratic opposition and President Biden’s “crime family” while blaming an imaginary “deep state” and very real federal and state judicial departments for “weaponizing” the discriminatory wheels of law enforcement against the former president.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court said the petitioner’s “alleged aesthetic injuries reflect nothing more than generalized grievances,” that her allegations regarding traffic hazards did not meet her causation burden, and that alleged construction-related injuries were not redressable because construction was complete. Environmental Defense Fund v.

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