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Japan’s shift to renewable energy loses power

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Japan’s highest mountain, Mount Fuji, is seen behind an industrial zone – the country gets 75 percent of its energy from cheap coal and natural gas. Image source: Shutterstock (#247752049).

Shortly after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant, the Japanese government set the ambitious targets regarding the use of renewable energy. But five years later, the urgency to go green has all but vanished.

The Wall Street Journal

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