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Japan environment ministry's coal plant reversal casts doubt on CO2 pledge
2016-02-23 07:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A decision by Japan's environment ministry to abandon its opposition to building new coal-fired power stations casts doubt on the industry's ability to meet targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, experts and environmental activists said. The environment ministry's recent reversal puts Japan further out of step with other industrialized economies that have been restricting coal to meet commitments on carbon emissions agreed between 200 nations in Paris two months ago. The power industry accounts...
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