Taipei Times
Date: Aug 15, 2018
By: Lin Chia-nan  /  Staff reporter

Developing green energy is a global trend and should begin with local communities, advocates of renewable energy said yesterday, calling on nuclear power proponents such as former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) not to hinder Taiwan’s energy transformation.

At a news conference in Taipei yesterday, Mom Loves Taiwan chairwoman Gloria Hsu (徐光蓉) and Tai Yan-hui Cultural Education Foundation chief executive Chou Mei-hui (周美惠) blasted nuclear power supporters for proposing two referendums aimed at maintaining the nation’s nuclear power plants.

Initiated by Nuclear Myth Busters founder Huang Shih-hsiu (黃士修) and others, one proposals would ask voters if they agree with scrapping Article 95 of the Electricity Act (電業法), which stipulates that all nuclear facilities should be phased out by 2025.

The other proposal would ask whether voters agree to the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant starting operation.    [FULL  STORY]