Annual greenhouse gas emissions in Taiwan reached a record high in 2017. Although estimates indicate that annual emissions have fallen since then, stronger action is needed for Taiwan to reach its 2050 target of a 50 per cent reduction relative to 2005 levels. This report argues that carbon pricing alongside …
An anti-nuclear activist set himself on fire on January 28, 2001, to protest against the construction of the country's fourth nuclear power plant. The incident took place in front of Taiwan's parliament, which was scheduled to debate on the fate of the project the following day. The us $5.5 billion …
The Chinese government is likely to scrap a us $5.6 billion nuclear power project of Taiwan. The state-run Taiwan Power Company, Taipower has spent us $1.41 billion on the initial construction of the plant in the northern coastal township of Kungliao. Some government officials have stated that calling off the …
A devastating earthquake struck Taiwan on September 21, killing more than 1,700 people. Most of the casualties were in the central counties of Taichung and Nantou, said an official with the interior ministry. The earthquake measured 7.3 on the Richter scale, according to Taiwanese officials. However, the French National Earthquake …
The state-run Chinese Petroleum Corporation of Taiwan said it would gradually phase out its premium gasoline and replace it with 98-octane unleaded gasoline in 2000 to help reduce pollution. All production and selling of the leaded premium gasoline would be stopped beginning 2000, a spokesperson for the state oil corporation …
Greenpeace activists are protesting against the government's decision to ship 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste to famine hit North Korea. They say the move is irresponsible and immoral exploitation of the acute poverty in North Korea. According to a Greenpeace spokesperson, Taiwan is using its money power to trap a …
dog owners in Taipei will now have to implant microchips in their dogs to help tackle the plague of strays in the city. The city administration has passed a new law that dog owners must put microchips in their dogs as soon as they are three months old. The microchips …
betel chewing is a national pastime in Taiwan. But now Taiwanese officials have decided to destroy the plantations that are growing on government-protected land, shut down the roadside stalls and impose a sin tax on betel nut vendors. While the official campaign against the betel nut chewing may be something …
Recently, Green-peace International, together with a hired British nuclear engineer, John Large, inspected a nuclear dump in Taiwan. Resembling a neatly tended corporate campus with only a sign in calligraphy saying "Lanyu storage site", the dumpyard hardly gives any hint that nearly 98,000 barrels of radioactive wastes are stored there. …
The Taiwanese government has earned the wrath of the Yami people residing in the Orchid Islands - 62 km east of the country's southern tip - for dumping of nuclear waste for 14 long years by the state-run electricity company, Taipower. Yami elders were initially told that a canning factory …
Famine-stricken North Korea will do anything to mitigate its starvation pangs - including accepting up to 200,000 barrels of nuclear waste from Taiwan's state-run Taiwan Power Company. In return for its generous offer of acting as an atomic waste burial site, it will get about US $1,135 per barrel. Taiwan …
saving stitches: India will have the first indigenously-produced bio-adhesives for suture-less surgery. Nectar Laboratories Ltd, based near Hyderabad, is all set to manufacture these adhesives and suppositories for paediatric and geriatric use. These products will be manufactured using technology developed by the Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, a premier …
Even as the mad cow mayhem in Europe has begun subsiding, another animal disease row is simmering in this country. Hog cholera is threatening Taiwan's US $43 billion pork industry as well as the lives of its 10.5 million pigs. There have been scattered outbreaks of the disease in Taiwan's …
TREMOR SENSORS: Last year's earthquake in Kobe, Japan, has triggered off a spate of earthquake-related lighting equipments. An emergency fight by Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. Japan's largest lighting-equipment maker, comes with a vibration sensor which turns on the light if a medium intensity earthquake occurs. It sells for US $524. …
Taiwan's antinuclear activists were recent- ly at their vociferous best. On April 24, 100-odd activists bombed the Taiwan Power Company's building with eggs. The state-run company plans to build a new power plant at Kungliao, 40 km north of Taipei. It is considering tenders for reactors, emergency diesel generators and …
Taiwan may finally let down its guard on betel nut imports. The country's Agriculture Ministry has plans to lift a decades-old import ban on what has come to be known as "Taiwanese chewing gum" in order to boost its chances of joining GATT. The market for betel nut has grown …
THE TRADE sanctions imposed by the United States on Taiwan for the latter's alleged reluctance in cracking down on trafficking in tigers and rhinoceroses is bound to further fuel the debate over use of the levers of trade as a means of enforcing environmental discipline. Predictably, the US move has …
EMISSIONS of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides play a key role in the formation of acid rain and consequently, the acidification of soils. Production of nitrogen oxides leads to ozone build-up in the troposphere -- the layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth -- and, in turn, affects the …
TAIWAN is getting ready to counter the spread of hamburgers and pizza with its very own home-grown rice. The council of agriculture has recently launched a US $2 million campaign to promote traditional Chinese meals based on rice as it needs to meet the challenge of US and European fast …
