SteelWatch activists urge Nippon to outline decarbonization plans At the end of June, SteelWatch activists attended Nippon Steel general annual meeting, handing out material outlining Nippon’s unclear approach to…

⚠️ @nipponsteel.bsky.social challenged by activists on its #AGM day with banners saying “Time to phase out coal”.
Steel Times International reports the company plans to reline six of U.S. Steel’s blast furnaces by 2030 which will generate around 100Mt-plus of emissions per year.
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Civil society organisations urge rejection of deceptive accounting schemes in steel standards - SteelWatch The Hague, Thursday 5 June 2025 – A group of civil society organisations has issued an open letter calling on governments, standard-setting bodies, and corporate steel buyers to reject proposals that ...

They warn that this could:
🤝 Mislead buyers.
🌏 Weaken climate accountability.
💸 Undermine the incentives truly needed by those who invest in the deep decarbonisation of iron and steel making.

Read the media release & letter here 👇

#SteelDecarbonisation #ClimateAction #Steel #GreenSteel #Coal

Trump touts US Steel-Nippon Steel deal that could result in more coal The Japanese steelmaker has pledged to extend the life of U.S. Steel’s dirty blast furnaces if Trump greenlights a deal, potentially locking in decades of…

Nippon Steel is increasingly looking to me like a coal company that also produces steel- more on the environmental implications of a takeover of U.S. Steel here

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国際気候NGOが「日本製鉄の『気候ロードマップ』は、2040年までに求められる本格的なCO2排出削減につながらない」と評価する報告書公表（RIEF） （写真は、日本製鉄の東日本製鉄所鹿島地区。スティールウォッチの報告書から引用）   　  国際気候N…

@steelwatchjp.bsky.social の新報告書は昨日アップされました！石炭依存からグリーン鉄への移行の可能性は十分ありますが、新しい戦略が必要です。

State denies Drax ability to expand emissions The Drax wood pellet plant in Gloster lost its effort to release more potentially harmful air pollutants.

Today's the little guy wins. Wood pellet producer Drax got denied for a revised air permit in Mississippi after impassioned local residents shared stories of their suffering from air pollution. I've been to Gloster myself and it smelled like burnt wood.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/s...

The Drax Whistleblower Case: Its Significance for UK Biomass Policy - Partnership for Policy Integrity The tribunal has revealed deep dysfunction at Drax but also what looks a lot like willful blindness on the part of the government.

Fascinating to read of how a corporate Head of Public Affairs & Policy could turn whistleblower against her employer, the U.K. power company Drax. Drax turns wood from primary forests in British Columbia into pellets that it uses or sells to power plants in Japan.
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Can wood-burning power stations ever be sustainable? Despite emitting more carbon than coal, the government backs Lynemouth’s green credentials—granting its owner £700 million in subsidies. Christine Ro and Tom Brown investigate

Drax has gotten all the attention for dirty UK wood burning power plants but Lynemouth has similar issues.
"However, Lynemouth has not just been burning ‘waste wood’. ... some of the wood obtained in 2023–24 from the USA was longleaf pine – a protected species."
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日本企業、次の一手は？韓ポスコ社が切り拓くグリーンアイアン投資 - SteelWatch オーストラリア・西オーストラリア州は、投資誘致基金「Investment Attraction Fund」の一環として、脱炭素関連の鉱業プロジェクト３件に対し、総額3400万豪ドル（約32億円）の助成金を給付すると発表した。

韓ポスコ社が進める「Port Hedlandグリーンスチールプロジェクト」が、豪州政府から約14億円の助成金を受けることが発表されました。

豪州は鉄鉱石や再エネが豊富で、製鉄の脱炭素化の可能性が高い地域です。日本企業も積極的に投資を進め、脱炭素に向けた競争力を高めることが求められます。

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UK, Japan bioenergy capacity plans pose fresh climate threat The fuzzy characterisation of bioenergy as a clean power source has fuelled its expanded deployment in global power systems in recent years, often as a replacement for coal in countries committed to cutting fossil fuel use in power production.

"That means that the impact trail of bioenergy plants in Japan and the UK will extend well beyond their international borders, and may drive additional climate change through the acceleration of deforestation in other parts of the planet."
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「日本製鉄のUSスチール買収は脱炭素に逆行」買収阻止を喜ぶ環境専門家たちの声 ＜バイデン米大統領が「安全保障」を理由に買収を禁じる命令を出し、USスチールと日本製鉄は猛反発、経済界は騒然となった。だが意外なところから「歓迎」の声が上がっている＞ バイデン米大統領は1月3日、日本...

日本製鉄のUS Steel買収の可能性が低くなってもより環境にいいビジネス・チャンスは十分あると思います！
www.newsweekjapan.jp/stories/busi...　

スミスは言う。「未来を受け入れるつもりがあれば、グローバル企業が環境に優しい鉄鋼づくりを実践できる可能性は大きく開けている」

三菱商事系｢バイオマス発電停止｣が暗示する苦境 「事業の安定継続が課題である」中長期的なエネルギー政策の基本方針を記す「エネルギー基本計画」。現在、政府は第7次計画の原案を取りまとめ、パブリックコメント（意見公募）を実施した段階だ。その原案でバイ…

バイオマス発電の経済性も悪く、GHG排出量も多くて、早くやめるべきだと思います
toyokeizai.net/articles/-/8...

Huge precedent for ending subsidies to burn trees for electricity. Can the UK and Japan be next?

South Korea to shrink biomass energy subsidies after criticism over link to deforestation The South Korean government has announced it will reduce indirect subsidies for biomass energy. The policy reform comes after domestic and international criticism of biomass energy's link to deforesta...

Great news from South Korea ending subsidy for turning forests into fuel to be burned. We held a seminar on this topic with nearly 200 from Japan attending. I presented on how wood pellets will likely be excluded from US tax credits due to high emissions.
apnews.com/article/biom...