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Talk about greenwashing. The fossil fuel behemoth that produces toward one-third of Japan’s electricity has co-opted an environmental slogan to downplay its massive emissions, activist observers say.
Jera fails to mention that its plan to use ammonia in co-firing would emit carbon dioxide, the campaigner said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The group says the ads may mislead consumers as Jera fails to mention that the ammonia the utility plans to use would emit CO2 during production.
So far, Japan has seen just four climate lawsuits, all concerning the construction and operation of coal-fired power plants.
Tokio Marine, Sompo and MS&AD have been named by non-government organisations as failing to disclose intermediate targets that were still required, despite