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Taipei, July 17 (CNA) State-run Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) has denied media reports that a proposed new liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal would create traffic jams and pose safety risks to one of the country's busiest ports in Keelung. ....
State-run Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) has denied media reports that a proposed new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Keelung would create traffic jams and pose safety risks to one of the country’s busiest ports. Taipower’s plans to build the new LNG terminal, the country’s fourth, are designed to accommodate the conversion of the nearby 2,000-megawatt oil-fired Hsieh-ho Power Plant into a gas-fired plant. The utility’s initial proposal to build the terminal off the coast of Keelung’s Waimushan (外木山) was put on hold after critics said that it would endanger a coral reef. Taipower then issued a revised proposal to move the ....
Environmental campaigners yesterday criticized a proposal to downgrade the conservation status of two coastal regions, calling it a “backdoor to development.” The proposal was put forth by the Construction and Planning Agency as part of a required five-year review of its coastal zone management plan, which was put in place five years ago. In the review published on Feb. 18, the agency proposes revising grading criteria for first and second-order conservation zones, citing difficulty in adhering to rules preventing “use of resources that will change the condition of resources” in first-order areas. It specifically proposes downgrading two zones: Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin habitats along ....