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Japan drastically scales back greenhouse gas emissions target

2013-11-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Japan said on Friday it was dramatically scaling back its greenhouse gas emissions target after the Fukushima nuclear accident forced the country to turn to fossil-fuel burning energy sources. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the new target for 2020 -- 3.8 percent below 2005 levels -- replaces an ambitious goal to slash emissions by one-quarter from 1990 levels, which had been hailed by environmentalists. Japanese media said the new target -- which accounts for idling the country's nuclear...

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