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Stories Sprout like Warnings in Japans Tsunami Wasteland
2013-03-19 08:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: As a survivor of Japan's deadliest tsunami in living memory, Shun Ito dedicates his mornings to evoking stories of heroism that helped to save lives in this port town that was decimated on that fateful March afternoon two years ago. Two names - Miki Endo and Takeshi Miura - frame the narrative that 37-year-old Ito shares with visitors as he guides them through this once quiet fishing resort, which still bears the scars of devastation left by the powerful waves on Mar. 11, 2011. Among the few,...
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Japans Bid to Enter Trade Talks Opens Route For U.S. LNG
2013-03-17 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Japans bid to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement may make it easier for the nation to import U.S. liquefied natural gas, a prospect that is raising the hackles of environmental groups. Japan, the worlds largest LNG importer, said March 15 that it wants to be included in the accord, which now encompasses 11 nations in Asia and the Americas. Bringing Japan into a free- trade agreement may boost companies trying to export natural gas from the U.S., according to...
Japan's Energy Board Meets After Dropping Anti-Nuclear Members
2013-03-15 20:17:31| Steel - Topix.net
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has removed most anti-nuclear researchers from a revamped post-Fukushima energy policy advisory board to the government that resumes discussions today.
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Warming bill to ax Japan's long-term emissions goal
2013-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: In a move likely to draw the ire of environmentalists, revisions to Japan`s climate change legislation will not set a long-term numerical target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a document revealed Tuesday. The revisions are in response to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s order to rethink the internationally pledged emissions goal announced in 2010 by the Democratic Party of Japan-led administration of Yukio Hatoyama, which states Japan will cut carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions...
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Japan's Cut for Solar Power Price Retains Boom Incentive
2013-03-12 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Japans proposal to cut the price paid for solar power by 10 percent leaves in place incentives for a boom in installations this year, the industrys lobby group said. A committee of experts advising the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry last night recommended the price for solar power should be cut beginning April 1, and the payment for wind should remain unchanged. The government must endorse the proposal before it comes into force. Investments on non-residential solar projects totaled...
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