“The world’s attention fell on a Japanese power plant yesterday, as technicians turned on a nuclear reactor for the first time since it was shut down following the catastrophic 2011 Fukushima disaster. It’s scheduled to be the first of dozens to start up again, despite public opposition to reviving nuclear power in the earthquake-prone nation.

To many in the energy and climate world, however, Japan’s nuclear issue is just a sideshow. A bigger concern is Japan’s growing role in keeping alive an energy source that President Barack Obama and Japan’s allies elsewhere have been fighting to bury: coal.”

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