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日本東京晴空塔昨晚有升降機故障，20人被困逾五小時後獲救。晴空塔觀景台今明兩日暫停開放，以便檢查。初步懷疑事件與強風吹襲塔頂有關。 日本傳媒報道，東京晴空塔一共有四部往返地面至離地350公尺觀景台的升降機，分別名為「春、夏、秋、冬」。周日晚上八時許，「秋」、「冬」兩部升降機突然停止運作，其中「冬」載著20人，包括兩名兒童。升降機下降時，在離地30公尺突然停下。「秋」當時並無載客，停在觀景台附近。 晴空塔表示事發時，升降機內對講機無法使用，乘客須以手機報警求助。升降機內備有緊急用流動馬桶，以及飲用水。 救援人員起初曾考慮「強行突破」，以切割器等工具撬開電梯，接通電梯旁的緊急樓梯進行疏散，但與晴空塔商討後，決定將旁邊可以運作的「秋」，降至相同高度，兩部升降機打開側邊的緊急門之後，中間放一塊金屬板作為橋樑，讓乘客可以走過去離開。 所用的板與相中屬同一類型，長1.2米、闊40厘米，升降機之間有扶手接連。行動歷時5.5小時，升降機內20人在凌晨兩點左右獲救，無人受傷。 事發後，晴空塔另外兩部升降機「春」、「夏」即時進行一小時的安全檢查，導致晴空塔內有1,200人滯留，其後恢復運行，所有遊客在周日晚上11時前安全撤離。 晴空塔發表初步聲明，指事發當晚塔頂受強風吹襲，懷疑強風導致塔身擺動或鋼索搖晃，觸發安全保護機制，令升降機停運，指行動中須確定現場安全，因此花費了比較長的時間，並就事件給顧客帶來焦慮和困擾深表歉意。

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The US Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by Exxon Mobil Corp. and Suncor Energy Inc. in an industry bid to stop dozens of city and state lawsuits that blame oil companies for climate change. The justices will review a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that said the city and county of Boulder could use state law to press a suit against the two companies. Similar suits around the country ultimately could cost the industry billions of dollars if the Supreme Court lets them go forward. The decision to hear the Colorado case came after the Trump administration, business groups and conservative organizations filed a flurry of briefs urging the court to take up the appeal. “The stakes in this case could not be higher,” Exxon and Suncor argued. The suits seek to “impose untold damages on energy companies for the physical and economic effects of climate change.” Boulder says the oil companies misled the public about the risks of climate change and knowingly contributed to the phenomenon by producing and promoting fossil fuels. Boulder says the companies should cover some of the costs state and local governments are incurring to cope with the problem. The oil companies argue in their appeal that the Constitution doesn’t permit state-law suits aimed at addressing a global issue like climate change. “Boulder, Colorado, cannot make energy policy for the entire country,” the companies contended. Boulder urged the Supreme Court not to hear the appeal, blasting the companies’ argument as “a constitutional theory they have yet to convince any appellate court to adopt.” The Supreme Court in January turned away oil company appeals in a similar case pressed by Honolulu. And in March the justices spurned an unusual bid by 19 Republican-run states to directly sue five Democratic-run states at the Supreme Court in an attempt to derail the lawsuits. The Supreme Court in 2023 turned away company appeals that sought to shift the lawsuits into federal court, where corporate defendants often ...

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