‘MAXIMUM PROTECTION’: Environmentalists urged CPC to honor pledges made ahead of a referendum last year that failed to garner a majority for its relocationBy Lo Chi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project in Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音) yesterday passed its environmental impact assessment at the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA).
CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC), which would build and operate the terminal, expects that it would in June 2025 begin providing gas to the Datan power plant.
The refiner said that the site was selected to enable speedy delivery to the power plant.
A referendum on Dec. 18 last year urged the relocation of the project, as it might affect algal reefs, but failed to pass.
CPC said it had taken its potential environmental effect into account and would
By Su Yung-yao, Shih Hsia-kuang, Jonathan Chin and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writersFour initiatives challenging the government’s policies on energy, food safety, environmental protection and regulations governing referendums failed to pass yesterday in a national referendum characterized by a relatively low turnout and nearly identical vote margins on all four issues.
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporterTaiwanese yesterday voted against relocating a liquefied natural gas （LNG） terminal project from its planned site by 51.6 percent to 48.4 percent, a result that would alleviate the government’s concerns of meeting its 2025 goal of phasing out nuclear power.
Four initiatives challenging the government’s policies on energy, food safety, environmental protection and regulations governing referendums failed to pass yesterday in a national referendum characterized by a relatively low turnout and nearly identical vote margins on all four issues.
Under the Referendum Act (公民投票法), a referendum can only pass if an initiative is supported by at least one-quarter of all eligible voters, and the “yes” votes exceed the “no” votes. For yesterday’s vote, that meant an initiative could only pass if it garnered at least 4,956,367 “yes” votes and there were fewer “no” votes.
Referendum No. 17, proposed by nuclear power advocate