Posted on 06/01/2015 9:30:36 PM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
Cabinet ministers in Japan approved a plan to reduce greenhouse gases by 26 percent by 2030, a goal already criticized by environmental groups as too timid and statistically unsound.
The cuts, first unveiled in a draft in April, will use 2013 as a baseline. Acceptance of the draft report was announced by Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki Tuesday in Tokyo. Final approval will be sought after public comment.
Adopting 2013 as a starting point is contentious because it's a year when Japan recorded its second-highest emissions level ever as it burned more fossil fuels to replace nuclear power lost after the Fukushima meltdown.
"We know there are various opinions," Mr Mochizuki told reporters. "We will explain our target to other countries to gain their understanding."
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Nonsense. Stupid fools. Learn a few things about photosynthesis, carbon and carbon dioxide, and idiocy at the height of Japanese government, just like ours.
Doesn't that pretty much guarantee their economy is finished?
This is the supposedly “ conservatives “ pushing this . And higher taxes for the workers , etc...But the sheeple are too busy working , playing with their cellphones , etc...to be concerned .
It would seem that the Japanese failed to learn from the tsunami that man does not control or affect Mother Nature in any what at all.
When she decides your done, you’re done, and it doesn’t matter at all what you did or did not do at any time in your lifespan.
hahahaha setting a target.... doesn’t mean shizzle
HITTING THE TARGET DOES
and also very clever when they burn more fossil to compensate for the nuke disaster.... how much will that help once they go back to nuke...BESIDES CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSED BY MAN IS A CROCK OF SHIT
ping since we just spoke on the subject yesterday...
Seems to be going both directions at once...
Related news, but in the other direction:
As Japan burns more coal following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, power producers are able to duck pollution standards by building coal-fired projects small enough to avoid national regulator scrutiny, critics say.
About a third of 45 new power-generation units fueled by coal won’t face the government’s environmental assessment because their small size puts them under the review level, according to Kiko Network, a Kyoto-based environmental group.
Coal’s role is under debate as resource-poor Japan grapples with the Fukushima disaster’s shutdown of all nuclear plants and plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions. While operators say smaller plants can be built faster, their exemption from national -level inspections is a sore point for foes.
“Big coal plants pose more serious problems,” said Kimiko Hirata, Kiko’s international director. At the same time, she said, “if you build ten small units, that equals a big one and small ones are inefficient. It’s a problem that there are plans for projects that can get away with assessments.”
Or rather claiming one thing while actually doing another.
We don’t count those little ones....
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