Bloomberg: Japan is finding the alternatives to nuclear power pollute more or come with higher fuel costs, limiting Prime Minister Shinzo Abes scope to reshape the energy industry almost three years after the meltdown in Fukushima.
The government is due to publish today its first draft proposals on how to secure future power supplies as the reactors that provided more than a quarter of Japans electricity before the earthquake in 2011 remain closed.
With 50 atomic plants off-line, coal use rose 26 percent...