As the March 2021 deadline for proposing topics for the August referendum approached, turmoil and contention arose amongst Taiwan’s progressive groups. The issue at hand: a liquified natural gas (LNG) receiving station that the government plans to construct on Taoyuan’s Datan algal reef...
Running parallel to Extinction Rebellion, another nascent group, Animal Rebellion, was formed in 2019. Animal Rebellion’s focus is also climate justice with the same civil disobedience tactics and organizational structure. But unlike XR, whose goal is carbon neutrality, Animal Rebellion focuses on a plant-based food system...
The business of wild marine animal exhibitions and performances in aquariums always requires the kidnapping, torture, imprisonment, and abuse of animals. This is no different with XPark in Taoyuan, something that has recently been the object of controversy...
The petition to hold a national referendum on the planned development of the No. 3 liquified gas terminal planned by the state-owned Central Petroleum Company cleared the benchmark needed for the referendum to advance on Monday...
Construction plans for the No. 3 liquified gas terminal by the Central Petroleum Company near the coast of the Datan Borough, which is located in the Guanyin District of Taoyuan, has led environmental groups to call for a national referendum on the issue. But what has provoked a number of strong reactions among environmental groups in recent days is that the KMT has jumped onto supporting the referendum proposal...
Gas, water, and electricity was cut off to villagers in Xiangtang Village in Beijing late last month by authorities, as part of an attempt to evict residents of the village, which is slated for demolition. This occurs despite sub-zero temperatures in Beijing, with residents having resisted attempts by authorities to evict them for weeks, engaging in protests and hunger strikes, among other actions...
