Japan’s emissions rise to record high
November 12th, 2008Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions rose to a record high last year. Japan is the world’s fifth largest emitter.
Emissions rose to 1.371 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent in the Japanese fiscal year through March, after a 1.3 percent decline the previous year. The rise was due in part to suspension of operations at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant following a July 2007 earthquake.