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EMISSIONS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2022
Toyota unit Hino halts light truck shipments as data scandal widens
During a transport ministry investigation, additional misconduct regarding emissions was found that affects more than 76,000 vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2022
Climate action to spur Australian green bonds to record year
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is a radical change from his predecessor, Scott Morrison, who famously signaled his commitment to fossil fuels by bringing a lump of coal into the Parliament.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 17, 2022
Big Tech helps Big Oil pump more, belying climate pledges
The tech giants began courting oil companies several years ago, eager for business from a lucrative but technologically backward industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 13, 2022
Apps turning restaurant leftovers into cheap meals take off in Asia
The buffet at Singapore's Grand Hyatt hotel typically sets diners back about $70. Those on a tighter budget, and with an eye on sustainability, can fill a box for a tenth of that price.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2022
Arctic warming is happening faster than described, analysis shows
Over the past four decades, the region has been heating up four times faster than the global average, not the two to three times that has commonly been reported.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2022
Tokyo seeks to take lead as green ‘transition’ finance hub
Transition finance is the concept of investing in companies to help them cut emissions, something the government is pursuing on the way to its target of carbon neutrality by 2050.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2022
Carbon prices in Asia are too cheap to help curb emissions
Asia is struggling to adopt ambitious pollution pricing instruments, especially at a time of soaring inflation, rising energy prices and economic instability.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2022
After losing favor to electric cars, plug-in hybrids gain ground in U.S.
Plug-in hybrid sales are climbing in the United States, in part because of the recent surge in gasoline prices.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2022
Canadian village razed by wildfire wrestles with climate-proofing its future
A year after a wildfire destroyed the western Canadian village of Lytton, residents, municipal leaders, and the British Columbia government are grappling with the slow and costly reality of future-proofing a community against climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 5, 2022
Global energy crisis drives rethink of nuclear power projects
Governments across Europe and Asia are extending their aging fleets of nuclear plants, restarting reactors and dusting off plans to resume projects.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 31, 2022
Egypt vows to fight against backslide of climate goals at COP27
The annual United Nations-sponsored Conference of Parties is scheduled for November in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2022
A green hydrogen economy depends on this little-known machine
There are other ways to make hydrogen fuel, from natural gas or even coal. But the ways to do it carbon-free rely on the electrolyzer.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 25, 2022
Congo to auction land to oil companies: ‘Our priority is not to save the planet’
Peatlands and rainforests in the Congo Basin protect the planet by storing carbon. Now, in a giant leap backward for the climate, they're being auctioned off for drilling.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2022
Lessons from Yokkaichi pollution case passed on 50 years after ruling
The Yokkaichi pollution incident is considered one of the four big pollution disease cases in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2022
The Earth wants Biden to keep gas prices high
There's one bold move President Biden could make to curb climate change: Find a way to put a $5-a-gallon floor on gasoline prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jul 22, 2022
In carbon markets we trust? New global guidance aims to stop greenwashing
Companies are struggling to find a simple, efficient method to judge the quality of the myriad carbon credits on offer and are seeking clearer guidance.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 20, 2022
Scientists seek sun-dimming stopgap for climate crisis as 1.5 C threshold nears
The technology carries serious and unpredictable risks, critics say — with some so worried that they believe research should stop and outdoor tests should be banned.

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