Saturday, January 26, 2013

Japan: Abe looking to renege on emissions pledge

Kyoto: Japan will drop its pledge to the global community to cut greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020 because of the country`s reduced future reliance on nuclear power, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a government panel Friday. During a meeting of the panel, which is discussing economic revival measures, Abe stated that he will revise the energy strategy compiled by the previous administration of the Democratic Party of Japan, which aimed to completely phase out atomic energy by the 2030s. He...

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