WRONG PARAMETERS: Sixty percent of taxes on industrial air pollution are divided between localities, but the relative severity of pollution is not considered

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 02, 2017
By: Stacy Hsu  /  Staff reporter

Premier William Lai (賴清德) yesterday said that he is open to discussions about a proposal to distribute the government’s air pollution control fund based on the amount of airborne pollutants in an area, rather than its population.

Lai made the remark on the sidelines of an exhibition opening in Taipei, amid growing public pressure on the government to address the air pollution problem after smog on Wednesday engulfed the western half of Taiwan.

“There are many sources of air pollution,” Lai said.    [FULL  STORY]