Environmental Leader: The Japan Iron and Steel Federation and six other major steel makers announced they will jointly develop technologies for reducing about 30 percent of the current level of GHG emitted by the steel industry. The industry accounts for more than 40 percent of domestic industry`s total emissions, Jiji Press reports. The team will try to develop technologies for separating and storing carbon dioxide contained in blast furnace gases and enable the use of hydrogen instead of carbon for iron …