Npower has conducted new research revealing that, on the first anniversary of its implementation, UK businesses want the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) scrapped.
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Japan buys carbon rights from Poland, nears target
* Japan buys 4 mln tonnes of Kyoto offsets from Poland
* Payments not disclosed, to support energy-saving in Poland
* Japan still needs to buy 3 mln T to meet 100 mln T target
TOKYO, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Japan has agreed to buy emission rights from Poland equivalent to four million tonnes of CO2 under the Kyoto Protocol, the Japanese government said on Friday, moving close to its purchase target for 2008-2012.
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Keidanren cool to carbon tax call
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Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto urged the nation’s top business lobby Monday to back its tax proposals and other measures to help reduce global warming.
Tokyo, Saitama to Combine Carbon Emissions Trading Markets, Nikkei Reports
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Tokyo, September 15 – The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and neighboring Saitama Prefecture will unify rules for their carbon emissions markets starting in 2012 so that businesses in both areas can trade credits, Nikkei English News reported.
TEPCO: to invest Y2.5 trln in 10 yrs for low carbon
(Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc (TEPCO) (9501.T) said on Monday it plans to invest 2.5 trillion yen ($29.71 billion) over the next 10 years including building power source distribution systems for low carbon projects.
TEPCO, Asia’s biggest utility, also said it plans to invest up to 1 trillion yen over the next 10 years in growth areas with a focus on overseas operations.
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Japanese home aims to cut carbon emissions by half
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Japans Sekisui House Ltd. is set to begin sales of a structurally reinforced single-family home that boasts enhanced heat-insulating performance.
Japanese govt to subsidise carbon studies
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Japan’s TEPCO bought $229 mln in carbon credits last yr
TOKYO, April 30 (Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co (9501.T: Quote, Profile, Research), Japan’s biggest utility, spent $229 million in the last business year on carbon credits, paving the way to achieve a self-imposed target to help Japan to meet its Kyoto Protocol commitments.
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Tokyo kicks off carbon trading scheme
Plans for a national Japanese emissions trading scheme may still be mired in confusion, but that has not stopped Tokyo winning the race to launch Asia’s first carbon trading initiative.
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Tokyo kicks off carbon trading scheme
Plans for a national Japanese emissions trading scheme may still be mired in confusion, but that has not stopped Tokyo winning the race to launch Asia’s first carbon trading initiative.
The city last week kicked off its long-awaited carbon trading scheme, which will require 1,400 of Tokyo’s most energy and carbon intensive organisations to meet legally binding emission targets modeled on those used in Europe’s cap-and-trade scheme.
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Carbon Market in Japan: Business Report 2010 Was Published by TD The Market Publishers, Ltd.
The Market Publishers, Ltd. has recently presented the comprehensive research of Carbon Market in Japan, which offers business report on Carbon Market and purchase activity monitoring within the sector. Besides, the research is elaborated with detailed Japan business profile.
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Carbon cap and trade at risk as Japan considers climate bill
Tokyo, Japan: Japan is at risk of undermining its own recent commitments on carbon emissions reductions during a confused
Tokyo delays carbon bill
Japan is struggling over how to meet its ambitious promise to cut carbon emissions by a quarter from 1990 levels by 2020.
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Japan to urge China for bigger CO2 cut target: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is expected to urge China to toughen its carbon intensity target at a Copenhagen climate conference starting next week, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday.
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Japan Steel Industry Cuts CO2 Emission by 12.1% from F1990
Japan Iron and Steel Federation reported on Friday to Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry the steel industry’s energy consumption was 2,159 peta joules and carbon dioxide emission from energy was 176.3 million tonnes in fiscal 2008 ended March 2009, which was 11.5% and 12.1% lower than the level in fiscal 1990.
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UPDATE 1-Japan exchanges to study CO2 trade platform
* Panel’s work limited until govt outlines emissions policy
* Panel members are the same as one Tokyo bourse set last yr (Adds details, background)
TOKYO, Nov 25 (Reuters) – The Tokyo Stock Exchange [TSE.UL] and the Tokyo Commodity Exchange will hold the first meeting of a joint study panel on a carbon trading platform for Japan on Thursday, as the world’s fifth-biggest emitter makes slow progress on its emissions policy.
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Japan exchanges to start CO2 market study session
TOKYO, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc [TSE.UL] and the Tokyo Commodity Exchange will hold the first meeting of a joint study panel of experts on a carbon trading platform on Thursday, a senior TSE official said.
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CO2 goal could cost households big
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Japan’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions could cost households
UPDATE 1-Japan steel makers to receive 56 mln T CO2 offsets
* Figure is 3 mln tonnes below previous estimate
* Japan steel makers, power firms major carbon credit buyers (Adds background)
TOKYO, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Japanese steel makers now calculate carbon credits they have bought from abroad at 56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, a business lobby said on Tuesday, down 3 million tonnes from their previous estimate.
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80% cut in CO2 by ’50 reaffirmed
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Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed at their summit Friday the shared goal of achieving an 80 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and supporting efforts by “the poor and most vulnerable” nations to combat climate change.
Japans CO2 Emissions Fall as Recession Cuts Fuel Use (Update1)
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Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) — Japan, the worlds fourth-biggest energy user, said the nations greenhouse-gas emissions fell 6.2 percent in the year ended March 31 after the recession sapped industrial output and consumption of oil and natural gas.
Opinion: Don’t bank on ‘adverse impact’ from Hatoyama’s carbon cuts
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I would like to commend Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama wholeheartedly for his determination to work toward a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2020. It is utterly absurd to question the feasibility of attaining this goal. Rather, the entire nation must recognize the unequivocal need to achieve it.
Japan’s Vice Minister Discusses CO2 Reduction, Smart Grid
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Tetsurou Fukuyama, Japan’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and upper house member of Japan’s Democratic Party, discussed the environmental policies of the Hatoyama administration Nov 5, 2009, at Smart Energy Symposium 2009.
The following is the summary of his speech.
Japan’s Vice Minister Discusses CO2 Reduction, Smart Grid
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Tetsurou Fukuyama, Japan’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and upper house member of Japan’s Democratic Party, discussed the environmental policies of the Hatoyama administration Nov 5, 2009, at Smart Energy Symposium 2009.
CO2 emissions showed record decrease in the wake of economic slump
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Japan CO2 emissions originating from energy consumption had been down, this is the largest decline since 1965