Environmental groups marked Earth Day yesterday by issuing four appeals stop land expropriation; pursue energy transition with caution; set a reasonable price for water; and regulate the treatment of waste.
Environmental groups have put forward a record high 56 proposals this year, which reflects the desperate need for the government to tackle environmental issues, Taiwan Citizen Participation Association director-general Ho Tsung-hsun (何宗勳) told a news conference in Taipei.
Plastic and climate change are among the most relevant environmental issues for this generation, Taiwan Environmental Information Association deputy secretary-general Sun Hsiu-ju (孫秀如) said.
Last month, the UN Environment Programme passed a resolution calling
Leaders of pro-localization organizations yesterday urged the public to vote “no” on tomorrow’s four referendums, as they accused the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) of collaborating with China to ruin Taiwan’s economy and thereby isolate it from the international community.
On the ballot will be questions related to banning pork imports containing traces of the leanness-enhancing additive ractopamine, relocation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project to protect algal reefs off Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音), resuming construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮) and holding referendums alongside national elections.
The Democratic Progressive Party government has
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterLeaders of pro-localization organizations yesterday urged the public to vote “no” on tomorrow’s four referendums, as they accused the Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） of collaborating with China to ruin Taiwan’s economy and thereby isolate it from the international community.
The Taiwan Environmental Protection Union yesterday urged the public to vote against a referendum on activating the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮).
At a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, union president Liu Jyh-jian (劉志堅) and founding chairman Shih Hsin-min (施信民) called for an end to nuclear power.
The Aug. 28 referendum throws another variable into the nation’s future as a “nuclear-free homeland,” Shih said, referring to a referendum led by nuclear power proponent Huang Shih-hsiu (黃士修) that hopes to activate the mothballed Fourth Nuclear