Low on snow: Japan`s Olympic cooling plans on thin ice
(WorldNews Environment)

NAGANO/TOKYO — A plan to use snow collected in Japan’s mountains to cool 2020 Olympics venues this summer is being stymied by snowfalls on track to be the lowest on record, according to officials involved. Authorities in Minami-Uonuma in Niigata prefecture north of Tokyo have been trying to collect and store snow to bring by train to Olympic soccer and basketball venues. The snow will be...