Tag - greenhouse

 
 

GREENHOUSE

EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2015
Get ambitious on emissions cuts
The government should aim for ambitious plans to cut Japan's emissions that would compare favorably with the targets set by other advanced economies.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2015
The reality of Mexico's climate change promise
Mexico has become the first developing nation to meet the United Nations' challenge to publish a road map for combating climate change.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2015
Immorality of ceding the high ground to coal
As the idea that greenhouse-gas emissions be reduced to zero by 2050 gains wider acceptance, the coal industry stands apart in its determination to fight for profits at the expense of the environment.
EDITORIALS
Jan 10, 2015
Proactive emissions plan needed
Although Japan is the world's fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, there doesn't seem to be the prospect that Tokyo will submit its COP20 emissions cut plan before the March 31 deadline.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Sep 27, 2014
Yumenoshima: Tokyo's past trash packed into pleasure
Yumenoshima (literally, "Dream Island") in Tokyo's Koto Ward is aptly named because as in real dreams, the island's narrative encompasses both bucolic and nightmarish elements.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2014
Kiev races to use Kyoto pact cash
Ukraine, battling political crisis, is having to find ways to finish spending $800 million it earned through Kyoto Protocol emissions rights sales, after Japanese officials warned Kiev it had a year before Tokyo would demand its money back.
EDITORIALS
Mar 24, 2014
Cold response to global warming
A new Environment Ministry report estimates damage from anticipated global warming. Unfortunately efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions do not appear high on the Abe administration's policy agenda.
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2013
Cut emissions without nuclear power
Japan must develop ways to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions without depending on nuclear power.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2013
Japan changes emissions target in setback for U.N. talks
The government has set a new target for greenhouse gas emissions that critics say will set back United Nations talks for a treaty limiting fossil fuel emissions.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2013
Do unto Exxon as you would do unto yourself
Last week's resolution on climate change by the General Synod of the United Church of Christ has garnered mostly admiring attention from the news media. But I must admit to a degree of perplexity and sorrow over the document, which seems to place the blame for our heavy use of fossil fuels on the companies...
EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2013
Global warming danger zone
The Japanese general public's interest in the global warming issue has been sagging of late, and few LDP government leaders appear ready to try to prop it up.

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’