http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101206a5.html
Monday, Dec. 6, 2010
Japan Tax panel pushes environment tax
Kyodo News
The Tax Commission has decided to recommend that an environmental tax
be levied starting in fiscal 2011 to counter global warming, informed
sources said Sunday.
The
Cancun:
... those hopes were dashed one snowy night in Denmark, when the
troubled negotiations crashed and the world was left with a
questionable political climate declaration -- the non-binding
Copenhagen Accord -- a far cry from the binding climate treaty it was
hoping to negotiate.
Nearly
Forwarding from another list.
I trust you were all aware of this development, from the 'home' of the
Kyoto Accord.
Is anyone else struck by the juxtaposition of holding the current
climate change talks in Cancun, on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico and
proximate to the site of the Deepwater
Forwarding from another list.
I trust you were all aware of this development, from the 'home' of the
Kyoto Accord.
Is anyone else struck by the juxtaposition of holding the current
climate change talks in Cancun, on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico and
proximate to the site of the Deepwater
They were expecting flak at Cancun. This is from a week ago:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20101127a4.html
Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010
Japan will oppose Kyoto extension at COP16
Kyodo News
Japan won't agree to extend the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012 even if
that means isolating itself at
