TOKYO -- Japan and Malaysia are closing in on an agreement to cooperate on the underground storage of carbon dioxide, Nikkei has learned, in a plan that would take the greenhouse gas produced in Japan and transport it in liquefied form to the Southeast Asian nation for storage, starting as early as 2030.
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Japan to ship CO2 emissions to Malaysia for storage underground
Planet-warming pollutant would be liquefied and taken to depleted gas fields
Carbon dioxide removal equipment is shown at the Tomakomai carbon capture and storage test site in Hokkaido prefecture. © Reuters
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