Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Warming bill to ax Japan's long-term emissions goal

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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