'A Decarbonized Society': Japan Pledges To Be Carbon Neutral By 2050

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Japan has pledged to be a carbon-neutral society by 2050, joining a growing list of countries aiming to stave off the worst effects of climate change.

The United States, the world's second largest carbon emitter, has not made any pledges to become carbon neutral. It will leave the Paris climate agreement on Nov. 4 and is the only country to withdraw from it.

Under the Paris Agreement, the U.S. said it would cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26% by 2025,But the country has fallen behind to projected a 17% cut by 2025. The U.S.'s withdrawal put pressure on the E.U., Mauro Petriccione, the director general of the European Commission's Climate Change group, said in an NPR interview last month.

"This kind of operation of this magnitude and the resources required? Well, without the U.S. it has seriously damaged the international process," Petriccione

 

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Another step in the right direction and another evidence that sanity still exists in our mostly civilized world.

Hooray!!! Let’s get off this rock!

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