Taipei Times
Date: Nov 09, 2017
By: Shih Hsiao-kuang and Jake Chung  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer
A Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) commissioned poll conducted by Taiwan Real Survey has found that 48 percent of the public is dissatisfied with President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) “nuclear-free homeland” energy policy, which is substituting nuclear sources of energy with coal-fired sources.

The amount of disapproval of the policy was higher than its approval rating of 34.2 percent, the KMT said, adding that 73 percent of polled individuals have expressed concern that increased energy output via coal-fired power plants in central Taiwan could cause health issues.

Only 9.8 percent of polled individuals were not concerned that ramped up usage of coal-fired power plants would potentially cause health issues, the poll showed.

When asked whether the Tsai administration should revise its energy policy due to air pollution concerns and the nationwide power outage on Aug. 15, 74.6 percent said “yes,” while 11 percent said “no.”    [FULL  STORY]