EMERGENCY CENTER: Taipower has reduced power generation at four of its plants as the worst air pollution in three years affects the nation, triggering health warnings
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 01, 2018
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) yesterday initiated a second-level
New Taipei City is shrouded in smog in a picture taken from Taipei across the Zhongxiao Bridge yesterday. Photo: CNA
emergency command center as air pollution from Shanghai is expected to affect the nation’s air quality until tomorrow.
As of 9am yesterday, the concentration of PM2.5 — fine particulate matter that measures 2.5 micrometers or less — in New Taipei City’s Cape Fuguijiao (富貴角), Taiwan’s northernmost point, reached 92 micrograms per cubic meter, EPA Department of Environmental Monitoring and Information Management Director-General Chang Shuenn-chin (張順欽) said.
The nation’s air quality usually worsens around New Year’s, Chang said, adding that the current level is the worst in three years. [FULL STORY]
