Tokyo mulls Japan's first binding emissions targets

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Support for Japanese cap-and-trade schemes gathers momentum

Officials in Tokyo are to propose amendments to an upcoming climate change bill that would set binding emissions targets for factories and large offices in the city from 2010. According to Reuters'...

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