National / Media | MEDIA MIX May 22, 2021
Media fails to agree on Fukushima water discharge
by Philip Brasor
The general public is unable to comprehend the mixed messages it’s hearing from the nation’s leading news outlets.
National May 13, 2021
As Olympics near, Tokyo flagged as among most disaster-vulnerable cities
by Alex K.T. Martin
When looking solely at natural disasters and the impact of earthquakes and typhoons on economies, populations and infrastructure, Tokyo and Osaka were listed as high-risk.
Commentary / World May 13, 2021
The limits to U.S.-China climate cooperation
by Minxin Pei
The best we can hope for is that the two superpowers are disciplined enough to avoid endangering humanity’s survival as they jostle for geopolitical advantage.
Commentary / World May 12, 2021
by Andrew Sheng and Xiao Geng
The Earth is a single living, self-regulating system, and it demands a single, shared system of accounting that balances at the global level.
National May 12, 2021
Japan and Tepco studying release of Fukushima water 1 kilometer from coast
The plan calls for a pipeline to be set up at the bottom of the ocean, according to sources.
Commentary / World May 4, 2021
Hard to believe, but we’re running out of sand
by Brad Glosserman
Sizzling demand in a post-pandemic recovery will encourage the usual bad behaviors that accompany exploding markets: environmental degradation, forced labor and criminal profiteering.
Commentary / World Apr 21, 2021
Florida toxic waste crisis could be key to China rare earths fight
by David Fickling
Concerns about China’s control over rare earths are probably overblown given how abundant they are.
National Apr 18, 2021
South Korea conveys serious concern over Fukushima water to Kerry
South Korea told Kerry that it wants the United States to join efforts to urge Japan to more swiftly provide related information to the international community in a more transparent manner.
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Mar 6, 2021
China’s new green target still means pumping too much pollution
China’s first road map to achieving net zero emissions by 2060 may be too slow to stop the world’s biggest polluter from hastening global warming.
World Mar 2, 2021
To go electric, America needs more mines. Can it build them?
by Ernest Scheyder
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has made big promises to environmentalists as well as labor groups and others who stand to benefit by boosting mining.
Environment Feb 21, 2021
Can Japan embrace an alternative approach to plastic?
by Mara Budgen
Japanese companies are rethinking how we make, use and dispose of products by creating substitutes to fossil fuel-based plastics.
World / Politics Feb 20, 2021
With one number, Biden reverses Trump’s way of valuing climate
The president has reactivated the Obama-era approach to estimating the cost of climate change, a move that establishes a much higher dollar value for greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.