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Article: Japan to fight global warming by pumping carbon dioxide underground
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- June 26, 2006
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HANS GREIMEL, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-26-2006
Dateline: TOKYO
Japan hopes to slash greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming with a revolutionary plan to pump carbon dioxide into underground storage reservoirs instead of releasing it into the atmosphere, an official said Monday.
The proposal aims to bury 200 million tons of carbon dioxide a year by 2020, cutting the country's emissions by one-sixth, said Masahiro Nishio, an official at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Introduced last month, the plan is still under study.
Underground storage of carbon dioxide underlines the new urgency felt by industrialized countries trying to rein in the effects of ...