Japan to fight global warming by pumping carbon dioxide underground

June 26, 2006

(AP) -- Japan hopes to slash greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming with a revolutionary plan to pump carbon dioxide into underground storage reservoirs instead of releasing it into the atmosphere, an official said Monday.

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