Group of Seven environment and energy ministers agreed Tuesday to gradually phase out coal-fired power plants that have no carbon dioxide emission-reducing measures in place, specifying a deadline of 2035 for the first time. But the joint communique issued at the G7 environment and energy ministers meeting in Turin, Italy, also indicated the goal should be achieved “in a timeline consistent with keeping a limit of 1.5 C temperature rise (as outlined in the Paris Agreement) within reach,” creating a loophole for countries reluctant to lay out a phase-out timeline, such as Japan. Resource-poor J…