Environmentalists have criticized sand erosion in Gongliao, due to the construction of a heavy cargo pier for the No. 4 Nuclear Reactor in the 2000s...
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications continues to pursue plans to extend the high-speed rail to Yilan. The extension will run from Nangang in Taipei through Xizhi, Pingxi, Shuangxi and Gongliao in New Taipei before entering Toucheng in Yilan...
Animal rights advocates held a gathering in Banqiao on December 6th to call for an end to the use of snare traps in Taiwan. The gathering was organized by Taiwan One Ecology Coalition and brought several dozen participants to Huajiang Animal Park in Banqiao, which is normally a dog park in the Huajiang Riverside Park...
Indigenous Paiwan residents of Pingtung’s Fangshan Creek and Fenggang Creek have called upon the government to not renew the permits of watermelon farmers who grow their crops on riverbeds in winter...
More than 1,000 people participated in a climate march on November 1st. The demonstration was organized by over 100 civic groups, proving to be the largest climate protest in over twenty years...
Video of Guangfu Township residents protesting a meeting held by KMT legislative caucus leader Fu Kun-chi attracted a great deal of attention online in late October. This was particularly the case, seeing as Hualien County Council Speaker Chang Chun, a resident of Guangfu, burst into the meeting and kicked Fu’s table...
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process in Taiwan has come under criticism from civil groups recently on several fronts. These criticisms generally revolve around the view that the EIA process lacks transparency and avenues for participation by civic groups...
