Kaohsiung Seeks Safety After Deadly Gas Explosions
TAIPEI, Taiwan, October 6, 2015 (TEIA) – More than a year after the tragic 2014 gas explosions in Kaohsiung municipality, Taiwan citizens are still fighting their way to safety. Academia and civil groups are urging the government to provide public access to environmental information and embrace a sustainable industrial development as the centerpiece of its development strategy.On the night of July
Sea-Girdled Taiwan Creates First Central Marine Agency
TAIPEI, Taiwan, September 1, 2015 (TEIA) – Taiwan is establishing a new government agency to coordinate and implement the island country's marine policies and strengthen conservation of its ocean environment.Taiwan's legislators passed a law in June that enables the creation of a cabinet-level Ocean Affairs Council and subordinate agencies, including an Ocean Conservation Administration and a Nati
Taiwan's Overseas Nuclear Reprocessing Plan Stalled
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 28, 2015 (TEIA) – Taiwan Power Company, the state-owned utility that operates Taiwan's three nuclear power plants, proposed a pilot project late last year to send 1,200 spent fuel bundles overseas for reprocessing.The company has requested a budget of NT$11.25 billion (US$356.4 million) to manage eight percent of its total used fuel rods. Under the plan, one-fifth of the sent
Losing Farmland, Taiwan Seeks to Limit Development
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 7, 2015 (TEIA) ─ Prime farmland is being lost to development across Taiwan, posing threats of food shortages and environmental pollution and causing farmland prices to soar.To keep farmland for agriculture, rules that limit purchase or construction of farmhouses to farmers could take effect as early as June 30, says Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture.The goal of the draft regulat
RCA Taiwan Ex-Workers Win Pollution Lawsuit
TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 17, 2015 (TEIA) ─ The Taipei District Court has ruled in favor of former assembly line workers employed between 1970 and 1992 at the now-defunct electronics company Radio Corporation of America, or RCA.On April 17, the former U.S. company was found to have dumped toxic waste at its Taoyuan factory in northern Taiwan, polluting the soil and underground water. Described as the wo
Taiwan's Cultural, Business Icons Unite to Stop Highway
TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 26, 2007 (ENS) - Influential people in Taiwan's cultural arts circles and business communities have joined forces to oppose what they call the government's "myopic" plans for constructing the Su-Hua Highway on the island's undeveloped east coast.Documentary director Chen Jin-fa addressed a large group of media on March 7 with the question, "How much land does Taiwan have left