Japan building more coal-fired power plants, threatening CO2 target

Japan building more coal-fired power plants, threatening CO2 target

CHIBA, Japan - An aerial view of the Keiyo Coastal Industrial Zone, neighboring Tokyo, where thermal electric power plants like Kimitsu Cooperation Thermal Power Co., equally owned by Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Nippon Steel Corp., in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, are located.

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