Most northern Taiwan residents opposed to coal-fired power plant: poll

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/27
By: Kuan-lin Liu, Wu Hsin-yun, Justin Su and Chen Chun-hua 

Taipei, March 27 (CNA) Most people in northern Taiwan are against a government plan to reopen and expand the coal-fired Shen’ao Power Plant in New Taipei City, according to a survey released Tuesday by Greenpeace Taiwan.

The poll found that 80 percent of residents in the three northern cities of Taipei, Keelung and New Taipei had not been aware of the plan and that 75 percent of them would not support it.

The biggest concerns cited were health issues, as expressed by 88.7 percent of the residents, carbon emissions (65.2 percent), and destruction of the natural scenery and wildlife habitats (58.9 percent), according the poll.

The survey was conducted by the Taiwan branch of the international environmental organization March 12-15, during the same period that the Environmental Protection Administration was carrying out an environmental impact assessment of the Shen’ao Power Plant project.    [FULL  STORY]