COAL-DRIVEN: The lawmakers want a referendum on coal-fired power plants, saying the DPP government needs to focus on cutting air pollution as part of its energy plan
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 04, 2018
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus yesterday delivered 25,000 petitions to the
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators in Taipei yesterday pose at a news conference after delivering 25,000 petitions demanding a referendum on the future of coal-fired power generation in Taiwan. Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times
Central Election Commission (CEC) to back its bid to initiate a referendum on gradually reducing the nation’s reliance on coal to generate electricity.
Although air pollution from coal-fired power plants in central Taiwan is still an issue, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration has decided to allow the expansion of the coal-fired Shenao Power Plant in New Taipei City, indicating that it has failed to devise a viable solution in its energy policy to the problem of air pollution, KMT caucus whip Lin Te-fu (林德福) told a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
“Through directly exercising civic rights, [the KMT] wants to tell President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration that it must come up with measures in its energy policy to reduce air pollution,” he said. [FULL STORY]
