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TOKYO, June 10 - Japan will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels, Prime Minister Taro Aso said on Wednesday, as the world's fifth-largest emitter faces pressure to bolster talks...

* Compromises seen easing hikes in power bills * Energy efficiency complements renewables requirements * House panel hopes to pass bill by next week NEW YORK, May 13 - U.S. electricity generators support compromises being...

March 18 - Asia has some of the world's top greenhouse gas polluters and their role in achieving a broader climate pact at the end of the year during U.N.-led talks will be crucial. Following...

TOKYO, March 16 - Japan is set to complete a deal this week to buy emissions rights from Ukraine, marking its first deal through a government-to-government trading scheme under the Kyoto Protocol, a Japanese government...

SYDNEY, Sept 10 - New Zealand on Wednesday passed a climate change bill that will set up the country's first emissions trading scheme and help it meet obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, the government said....

* NZ parliament approves carbon details * Amended scheme in force from next year * Plan criticised as too soft on polluters (Updates with final vote, quotes, detail, background) WELLINGTON, Nov 25 - New Zealand's...

Nov 25 - New Zealand's amended emissions trading scheme passed into law on Wednesday after months of debate. The governing minority National Party suspended the previous Labour-led government's carbon trading scheme last year and brought...

* Compensation boosted to coal, electricity sectors * PM: revised carbon scheme best outcome for Copenhagen * Australia sees carbon price A$26 a tonne, 2012-13 CANBERRA, Nov 24 - Australia's government gained bipartisan backing on...

CANBERRA, Nov 24 - Australia's government gained bipartisan political backing on Tuesday for its revised carbon-trade plan, which will boost compensation to big carbon emitters, coal companies and electricity generators. Opposition leader Malcolm Turn...

CANBERRA, Nov 24 - Australia's opposition parties will back the government's carbon trade scheme, opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull was quoted as saying by local television on Tuesday, ensuring the laws should pass parliament this week....