Japan wins Fossil of the Day award

Japan wins Fossil of the Day award

BONN, Germany - A member (C) of a Japanese environmentalist group receives the Fossil of the Day award, in place of a Japanese government representative, after Japan won the award on June 11, 2011, at the venue of an international climate change conference in Bonn, Germany. The Climate Action Network, which groups hundreds of nongovernmental organizations worldwide, gave the award to Japan after one of its delegates reportedly made remarks suggesting that Japan will continue to weigh heavily nuclear power plants in its fight against global warming.

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