Articles about Japan
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Freakonomics Features BTI on Future of Nuclear Power
Yesterday, Freakonomics featured the Breakthrough Institute on a panel of experts debating the myriad of questions…
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Japan’s New Emissions Math
By Roger Pielke Jr., Cross-posted from Roger Pielke Jr.'s BlogYesterday I posted up a short bit from the IEA which…
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UPDATED ANALYSIS: The Costs of Canceling Japan’s Plans for Nuclear Power
Updated 5/13/2011 to include construction costs for Japan's proposed 14 nuclear reactors.On Tuesday, Japanese Prime…
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The Costs of Replacing Japan’s Nuclear Power
Post updated to include a geothermal power replacement scenario, adjust costs for coal-fired power plants, correct a…
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Fukushima in Context
The Fukushima Disaster in Context: The final death toll from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan is expected be…
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Decline in US Nuclear Power Would Increase Carbon Emissions
Phasing out the United States' entire nuclear power supply by 2030 would increase the country's carbon dioxide…
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Nuclear Moratorium in Germany Could Cause Spike in CO2 Emissions
Carbon dioxide emissions in Germany may increase by 4 percent annually in response to a moratorium on seven of the…
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Why Climate Science Divides Us But Energy Technology Unites Us
Thank you very much. We'd like to start by thanking William Ott for inviting us to give this colloquium, which is an…
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Green Jobs for Janitors: How Neoliberals, Green Keynesians Wrecked Obama’s Promise of a Clean Energy
An abridged version of this article appears in the October 28, 2010 print edition of The New Republic (and online…
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Atkinson: Investment in Innovation and Manufacturing Critical to US Clean Energy Competitiveness
Testifying before the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure, ITIF President and…
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The End of Magical Climate Thinking
Originally published at Foreign PolicyThere was good reason to be hopeful in January of 2009 that the election of…
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Collection: Breakthrough Institute Analysis of Congressional Climate Bills
The Breakthrough Institute team works to publish quantitative analysis of Congressional climate and clean energy…
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The End of "Developing Countries"
In 1992, at the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the nations of the world agreed that only developed…