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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Notable quotable Extreme exceptionalism	David Roberts	18 Jul 2008	Gristmill
'America is the most selfish country. From the way they talk, Americans believe even if the world disappears, America wouldn't disappear.' -- Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, on the U.S. not joining the Kyoto Protocol
Topics: international politics, Japan, Kyoto Protocol, politics, quotables, United States (all these topics)

Checks and the City Tokyo set to pass citywide cap-and-trade bill		24 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 8:32 AM on 24 Jun 2008 Tokyo, Japan, is on track to pass a bill on Wednesday that would limit the amount of greenhouse gases big companies in the city could emit, making it the first such mandatory program in the country. The city's 1,300 largest emitters are responsible for some 20 percent of Tokyo's total greenhouse-gas emissions. The bill aims to cap emissions from factories as well as office buildings starting in 20 ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, Japan, news, politics (all these topics)

Notable quotable Earth screwed, but small Japanese towns happy	David Roberts	23 May 2008	Gristmill
'We are seeing a flicker of light after long darkness. We never imagined coal would actually make a comeback.' -- Michio Sakurai, mayor of Bibai, Japan, a coal mining town being revived by the international surge of demand for coal
Topics: coal, economy, energy, Japan, quotables (all these topics)

When the Blubber Hits the Road Hunting season ends with Japan catching fewer whales than planned		14 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 12:54 PM on 14 Apr 2008 Japanese whalers had a quota of 850 minke whales for the just-ended hunting season but are heading home having caught only 551, which the country's Fisheries Agency blames on "sabotage by activists." The militant Sea Shepherd Society had been all up in whalers' biz throughout the season. Anti-whalers were quick to point out that hunters admitted to catching ...
Topics: grassroots activism, Japan, news, whaling (all these topics)

On the Ball: Swiftly running out of good sports headlines Sports continue to 'go green'	Sarah K. Burkhalter	04 Apr 2008	Gristmill
It's everyone's favorite time: sports roundup time! And our sport-by-sport structure worked so well last time, perhaps we should try it again. Basketball: Three of the four teams in the NCAA Final Four -- UCLA, North Carolina, and Memphis -- are signatories to the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment. Get with the program, Kansas! Golf: Thirty-four Marriott golf courses will become Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries ...
Topics: China, Colorado, energy, Japan, Olympics, sports, wind power (all these topics)

Two Strikes and You're Out Japan will shorten pro baseball games to cut emissions		19 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:34 AM on 19 Mar 2008 Japan's professional baseball league is aiming to reduce carbon emissions by using only renewable energy recycling everything aiming to shorten games by 12 minutes. Under new rules, no more than 2 minutes and 15 seconds may lapse between innings, and pitchers must throw the ball within 15 seconds of receiving it if no runners are on base. Baseball commissioners estimate that by sho ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, Japan, news, sports (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	07 Mar 2008	Gristmill
'Is it all right to hurt humans in order to protect whales? I think whales are cute and important creatures, but even so, hurting humans is unforgivable.' -- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura, criticizing anti-whaling activists
Topics: animal welfare, fishing, Japan, oceans, quotables, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Can't We All Just Get Along? Activist says he was shot in confrontation with whalers		07 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:10 AM on 07 Mar 2008 The captain of the radical anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says he was shot in a clash with Japanese whalers on Friday. Paul Watson says he found a bullet in his Kevlar vest; Japan's fisheries agency disputed the accusation, saying those onboard the whaling ship retaliated with non-lethal flash grenades after activists threw stink bombs of eye-stinging butyric aci ...
Topics: grassroots activism, Japan, news, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Whaling and Gnashing of Teeth Norway says whale consumption is good for the planet		04 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:53 PM on 04 Mar 2008 Eating whale meat is better for the planet than eating beef, pork, or chicken, according to a comparative carbon-emissions calculation by Norwegian lobbying group the High North Alliance. Says the alliance's Rune Froevik, in what may be a bit of an exaggeration, "Basically it turns out that the best thing you can do for the planet is to eat whale meat compared to other types ...
Topics: Australia, climate, food, grassroots activism, greenhouse-gas emissions, Greenpeace, Japan, news, Norway, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

At last, some climate progress Japan says it can meet Kyoto goals	Joseph Romm	12 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Reuters reports: Japan will be able to meet its greenhouse gas emissions limits agreed under the Kyoto Protocol through additional, mainly voluntary, agreements with industry, a government panel said. The measures will help Japan cut 37 million tonnes or more of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent a year, a joint panel on climate change under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Environment said in a final report approved on F ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, Japan, Kyoto Protocol (all these topics)

Whale Played Aussies release gruesome footage of Japanese whale hunt		08 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 2:30 PM on 08 Feb 2008 There's a new twist in the twisty tale of Japan's off-then-back-on-again whale hunt: the Australian government has released gut-wrenching footage of what it says is a mother and baby minke whale being harpooned and hauled aboard a Japanese ship. An unamused official at Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research denied that the large and small whales were a mother and calf, and warned that the Austr ...
Topics: Australia, international politics, Japan, news, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Mob Gnarly and the Whalers Protesters converge on Japan's whaling fleet; Aussie court rules Japan hunt illegal		15 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 7:02 AM on 15 Jan 2008 It's been high drama on the high seas the past few days as the unpopular Japanese whaling fleet has been at the heart of legal action and a target of direct-action protest. Earlier this week, Greenpeace successfully tracked down Japan's whaling fleet in Antarctic waters and has been chasing them around, disrupting the hunt. Today, a federal court in Aus ...
Topics: Australia, international politics, Japan, news, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

For reals? Toshiba said to have developed mini nuclear reactor	Sarah K. Burkhalter	04 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Says Next Energy News: Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that is designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks. The new reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could change everything for small remote communities, small businesses or even a group of neighbors who are fed up with the power companies and want more control over their energy needs.The 200 kilowatt Toshiba designed reactor is engineered to be fail- ...
Topics: business, energy, innovation, Japan, nuclear power (all these topics)

The G8 Warming Japan leads G8 in 2008, will focus on climate change		02 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 5:49 AM on 02 Jan 2008 A new year means a new country takes over leadership of the Group of Eight rich nations, and in 2008 it's Japan. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has promised to make climate change a top priority, proposing a goal for G8 countries to cut emissions by 50 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. And while that may seem ambitious for a nation that just last month stood with the United States in opposition to ...
Topics: climate, G8, international politics, Japan, news, politics (all these topics)

Doing the Humpty Dance Japan says it won't hunt humpback whales, at least for now		21 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 6:49 AM on 21 Dec 2007 Under pressure from, well, most of the world to stop targeting humpback whales, Japan has announced it will hold off on its hunt for the imperiled humpback -- at least for now. "Japan has decided not to catch humpback whales for one year or two, but there will be no change in our stance on research whaling," said spokesguy Nobutaka Machimura. The decision was in large par ...
Topics: international politics, International Whaling Commission, Japan, news, politics, whaling (all these topics)

Australia steps up to oppose Japanese whaling	Jason D Scorse	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
This move by the Australian government is great news. Moral: elections matter! Let's hope other countries follow suit and stop this madness masquerading as "scientific research".
Topics: Australia, fishing, Japan, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Bags of coal given as party favors Fossil Awards shame obstructionist delegates at Bali talks	Youth Movement	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill
You may have heard about the Fossil Awards given at the United Nations Bali climate negotiations. A collaboration between a number of youth delegations and Avaaz.org, the awards are given to nations whose delegates have obstructed progress during the course of the talks. Here's a first-hand account of the first daily Fossil Awards ceremony, when Canada won the infamous prize. Yesterday, Japan managed to win first, second, and third place for threatening to pull out of ...
Topics: Bali 07, Canada, climate, energy, international politics, Japan, Kyoto Protocol, politics (all these topics)

I Don't Think You're Ready for This Jelly Northern Ireland and Japan plagued by jellyfish		27 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 10:34 AM on 27 Nov 2007 We're sure you have plenty of fodder for eco-nightmares, but let us add another: killer jellyfish. Last week, a horde of jellies covering an area of 10 square miles (!) attacked Northern Ireland's only salmon farm, killing some 100,000 fish. The mauve stinger jellyfish were well north of their favored Mediterranean habitat, thanks to warmer-than-normal water. Another type, ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, fishing, insanity, Ireland, Japan, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Is It Hump Day Already? Japanese whaling fleet to hunt up to 1,035 whales, including 50 humpbacks		19 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 6:50 AM on 19 Nov 2007 Japan's oft-criticized "scientific" whaling fleet will be extra busy this season as it aims to land up to 1,035 whales in what could be the country's largest whale hunt in modern times. Included in the toll: up to 50 humpback whales, the first time they've been targeted in some 40 years. Humpback whales numbered only about 1,200 in the 1960s, but the popul ...
Topics: Japan, news, politics, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Clinton Global Initiative: Clinton on efficiency Bill Clinton calls for countries to follow Japan's lead	Brian Beutler	27 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Bill Clinton introduced the morning plenary today by, once again, honoring the companies and people who've committed to the Clinton Global Initiative to take steps to increase energy efficiency and decrease greenhouse-gas emissions. But he touted one dubious statistic: If China, India, and the United States were to become as efficient as Japan, that would decrease global greenhouse-gas output by 20 percent. That statistic is based on this study by the McKinsey Inst ...
Topics: Bill Clinton, China, climate, India, international politics, Japan, politics, United States (all these topics)

Take this box and check it Japan offers Micky D's as reward for climate change promises	Sarah van Schagen	05 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Today, in Japan: A Japanese government website crashed Wednesday as people raced to take up an offer of a half-price McDonald's hamburger in exchange for pledging to fight global warming. ... People were asked to check up to 39 boxes on a form they could download from the environment ministry's website, each listing a way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions blamed for global warming. ... The 39 measures range from cutting air conditioning use to ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, food, Japan (all these topics)

Finding a new biofuel: Chop chop! Could used chopsticks fuel a fire?	Sarah van Schagen	22 Aug 2007	Gristmill
The whole point of alternative energy solutions is finding a fuel source that is already overly abundant and underused, and will continue to be ubiquitous for some time, right?In Japan, that fuel source is chopsticks.
Topics: energy, Japan (all these topics)

Toyota moves to test plug-in Prius in Japan It's getting closer	Joseph Romm	23 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Green Car Congress translated a story that appeared in the Japanese press: Toyota Motor Co. will obtain permission from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport by the end of July for the testing of a prototype plug-in Prius on public roads. Toyota will be the first car maker to obtain permission for a plug-in hybrid test in Japan. After completing the road tests, Toyota will start building a way to market the model by leasing them to pu ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids, Japan, placemaking (all these topics)

Japan nuclear-site damage worse than reported Shocking	Joseph Romm	20 Jul 2007	Gristmill
I am shocked, shocked at the N.Y. Times report: The Japanese operator of a nuclear power plant stricken by an earthquake earlier this week said Wednesday that damage was worse than previously reported and that a leak of water was 50 percent more radioactive than initially announced. For the third time in three days, Tokyo Electric Power apologized for delays and errors in announcing the extent of damage at the plant in this northwestern coastal city, whi ...
Topics: energy, Japan, nuclear power, toxics, waste (all these topics)

Whose Fault Is It, Anyway? Carmakers, nuclear plant halt operations after Japan quake		19 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Whose Fault Is It, Anyway? Carmakers, nuclear plant halt operations after Japan quake Aftershocks from Monday's earthquake in Japan continue to be felt -- and not the kind that shake the ground. Yesterday, officials ordered the nuclear plant that was damaged in the quake to shut down indefinitely while operators assess and fix some 53 problems discovered over the course of the last fe ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, Japan, news, nuclear power, severe weather (all these topics)

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