Greenpeace has criticized the Fisheries Agency, accusing the Fisheries Agency of allowing for illegal shark finning in a restricted area of the northern Pacific Sea...
The Central Election Commission has approved a referendum on resuming operations for the recently shuttered Ma-anshan nuclear power plant, while rejecting a referendum on capital punishment...
With the shutdown of the Ma-anshan nuclear reactor, it can be expected that partisan contention regarding nuclear energy will continue rather than stop...
A ruling from the Taipei High Administrative Court earlier this month resulted in a win for Shezidao residents. Shezidao is an island in Taipei, which has long seen plans by the city government for development–the Hau Lung-bin administration suggested that Shezidao could become Taiwan’s Manhattan, for example...
The pan-Blue camp's efforts to leverage on environmental causes in order to attack the DPP can be observed in recent contention in Keelung. A clash last month at an environmental impact assessment in which three TPP legislators, Chang Chi-kai, Chen Gau-tzu, and Vivian Huang were present, proves a case in point...
Animal rights groups held a press conference at the Legislative Yuan earlier this week to call attention to areas in need of improvement, when it comes to strengthening animal protections in Taiwan...
The KMT has again called for extending the lifespan of Taiwan’s existing nuclear reactors, citing a poll conducted by the party that found that 73.6% of the public supports such an extension, while this was only opposed by 20.7% of the public...
Several thousand demonstrated in early November in Taipei, calling for a strengthening of policies regarding stray animals in order to protect wildlife. This took place as part of the second Taiwan Walk for Wildlife, which took the form of a street fair and demonstration in the streets around the Legislative Yuan...
