BBC: Japan’s COP26 Climate Solution Includes 22 New Coal Plants
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Eric Worrall
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
“It’s a total joke”: Japan throwing a hilarious smokescreen over their commitment to climate action.
Climate change: Is ‘blue hydrogen’ Japan’s answer to coal?
By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
BBC News, Tokyo
It’s a glorious autumn afternoon and I’m standing on a hillside looking out over Tokyo Bay. Beside me is Takao Saiki, a usually mild-mannered gentleman in his 70s.
But today Saiki-San is angry.
“It’s a total joke,” he says, in perfect English. “Just ridiculous!”
The cause of his distress is a giant construction site blocking our view across the bay – a 1.3-gigawatt coal-fired power station in the making.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/12/06/bbc-japans-climate-solution-includes-22-new-coal-plants/
