Japan: 25 per cent emissions cuts may be impossible after nuclear shutdown

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Government considering new target after US figures show electricity from fossil fuels rose 40 per cent during reactor stress tests

The Japanese government has admitted it may have to abandon a target to cut carbon emissions by 25 per cent by 2020 in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. The government signed up to the pledge in 2009,...

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