Japan gets "Fossil of the Day" award for hanging on to coal-fired power

Japan received a satirical "Fossil of the Day" award Tuesday from an international environmental group after the country's industry minister voiced a plan to continue using coal-fired power, one of the causes of global warming.The nongovernmental organization, Climate Action Network, announced the recipients of the award -- Japan, Australia, and Brazil -- at the venue of the U.N. climate change conference, COP25, in Madrid.Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama "snubbed the international community and the Paris Agreement," when the world is shifting toward coal-free p…READ FULL ARTICLE