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  • 🔗 Japan PM vows to phase out coal-fired power at climate summit

    Kishida said Japan will terminate the construction of new coal-fired power plants that have no emission-reducing measures in place, without specifying the timeline or mentioning the scrapping of existing plants.
    I'm a little skeptical about how "emission reducing measures" of a coal-fired power plant could be abused...but assuming best intentions this is certainly good news.  👏

  • 🔗 Quitting single-use plastic in Japan

    Japan is one of the world's biggest plastic waste producers, thanks to its love of packaging - but a week of going plastic-free in Tokyo reveals surprising solutions.
    As they say in Japan, eco(logial) means it's only wrapped in plastic twice.

  • 🔗 Heating Up in Tokyo

    Tokyo’s humid subtropical climate means hot, muggy summers are unavoidable; the U.S. Southeast and northern India fall into the same climate zone. However, there are other underlying factors exacerbating the conditions. Human-caused global warming has contributed to a 1.5°C (2.7°F) increase in temperatures in Tokyo since 1964 and a 2.86°C (5.14°F) increase since 1900.
    Heat Island Effect in Tokyo (from the article)


    Heat Island Effect is an oft forgotten aspect of us covering the land with asphalt and concrete. What always shocks me, even in my suburban Yokohama neighborhood, there's plenty of green, but not much shade. Especially if you're traveling around noon when the sun's directly above.

  • 🔗 ワクチン接種プログレスバー

    Vaccine Progress Bar

    Vaccinating Japan... 1.238% Complete
    A nice page that helps visualize the (glacial) rollout of the covid-19 vaccine in Japan. Worth checking every so often to see progress bar move. Averaging 200k shots / day. 1240 days until completion, 732 days until 60% herd immunity. 😱

    1.238% Complete

  • 🔗 Izumicho, Kanagawa, Japan Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index

    How polluted is the air today? Check out the real-time air pollution map, for more than 100 countries.
    Love this site that shows me the air quality from around the world. The simple visualization at the bottom with a colored square for each day of the year really lets you easily see trends in air quality over time. Izumi-ku, Yokohama's air quality looks to be improving over the years. Yay!
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