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Japan prefers coal over renewables for post-Fukushima energy mix

2014-04-15 12:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has approved a new energy plan that promotes coal as a cheap, stable, long-term and efficient energy source, along with nuclear power, while failing to set adequate renewable energy targets. Shortly after the UN warned that the world must dramatically reduce the use of fossil fuels and increase investment in clean energy in order to tackle climate change, the Japanese government has given the green light to a new energy plan that would give a prominent role to...

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