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Tabuchi writes: "'Why coal, why now?' said Ms. Kanno, a homemaker in Yokosuka, the site for two of the coal-burning units that will be built just several hundred feet from her home."

Satsuki Kanno lives across the bay from a coal-burning power plant under construction in Yokosuka, Japan. (photo: Noriko Hayashi/The New York Times)
Satsuki Kanno lives across the bay from a coal-burning power plant under construction in Yokosuka, Japan. (photo: Noriko Hayashi/The New York Times)


Japan Races to Build 22 New Coal-Burning Power Plants, Despite Climate Risks

By Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times

06 February 20

 

ust beyond the windows of Satsuki Kanno’s apartment overlooking Tokyo Bay, a behemoth from a bygone era will soon rise: a coal-burning power plant, part of a buildup of coal power that is unheard-of for an advanced economy.

It is one unintended consequence of the Fukushima nuclear disaster almost a decade ago, which forced Japan to all but close its nuclear power program. Japan now plans to build as many as 22 new coal-burning power plants — one of the dirtiest sources of electricity — at 17 different sites in the next five years, just at a time when the world needs to slash carbon dioxide emissions to fight global warming.

“Why coal, why now?” said Ms. Kanno, a homemaker in Yokosuka, the site for two of the coal-burning units that will be built just several hundred feet from her home. “It’s the worst possible thing they could build.”

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