UNILATERAL DECISION: The central and local governments need to work together to reduce pollution and generate power, Executive Yuan spokeswoman Kolas Yotaka said
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 26, 2019
By: Tsai Shu-yuan, Lee Hsin-fang and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
The Taichung City Government has revoked the operating permits for two
Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen announces the Taichung City Government’s revocation of the operating permits for two units at the Taichung Power Plant in the city yesterday.
Photo: Tsai Shu-yuan, Taipei Times\
Inspections last month and earlier this month found that the plant had surpassed the city’s annual limit of 11.04 million tonnes of raw coal, Lu said, adding that a third inspection on Monday found that no improvements had been made.
“The limit is in place to protect the health of Taichung residents, to safeguard the city’s air quality,” she said.
The plant was fined NT$3 million (US$99,328) after an inspection on Nov. 3 by the city’s Environmental Protection Bureau, and then an additional NT$6 million after an inspection on Dec. 13, when the city gave the plant 10 days in which to make improvements. [FULL STORY]
