Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/03
By: Yu Hiao-han and Frances Huang

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Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Tseng Wen-sheng (曾文生) said Saturday that he believes an increase in the use of renewable energy is an effective way to improve air pollution in Taiwan.

In a televised presentation with opposition Kuomintang lawmaker Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕), who proposed a referendum to cut electricity output from thermal power plants in Taiwan year by year, Tseng said Lu’s proposal is just a mild way to lower air pollution and based on her plan, Taiwan will have to spend 100 years to have coal-fired power plants grind to a complete halt.    [FULL  STORY]