Hokkaido appeals for larger CO2 emission cuts
Hokkaido Gov Harumi Takahashi issued an environmental appeal Monday ahead of July's Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya hot spa resort, calling on each of Hokkaido's 5.6 million residents to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from homes by 10%, or 1.1 kilograms a day, from current levels. The targeted figure is bigger than the 1-kg-a-day proposal by the Environment Ministry.