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*Ministry to let individuals, retailers join carbon emission deals* TOKYO, Sept. 1 KYODO The Environment Ministry decided Saturday to expand its provisions over carbon emission trading to allow for the participation of individuals and small retailers as a way to stem growing emissions of greenhouse gases from businesses and households. The move, which would signal a departure from the existing trend in which deals are done between major corporations, aims to attract more participants to the voluntary trading system which was introduced in fiscal 2005. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
