Claims by pan-Blue lawmakers that Nvidia sought to purchase 10 terawatt-hours of green energy for its first Asian research center and Taipei-1 supercomputer bring together several thematics in efforts by the pan-Blue camp to sow doubt in the Lai administration. Such allegations were made by TPP legislator Chang Chi-kai, who alleged that these requests were made by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang of Minister of Economic Affairs JW Kuo...
The Lai administration has continued to be strategically ambiguous regarding nuclear energy. In comments to Bloomberg late last month, Premier Cho Jung-tai expressed a willingness to use nuclear energy to meet energy demands for AI. It is expected that Taiwan may play a key role in the growing AI sector, particularly regarding the use of chips, seeing as Taiwan already plays a preeminent role in global semiconductor manufacturing. Cho stated that as long as there was social consensus on nuclear energy, particularly regarding the disposal of nuclear waste, that it was fine to proceed...
After decades of fighting for a nuke-free world, the organization Nihon Hidankyo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a press conference, Toshiyuki Mimaki, one of the representatives of Hidankyo, expressed his gratitude, but soon added that he thought the Nobel Peace Prize would go to those who help the children in Gaza, since “in Gaza, children in blood are being held. It's like in Japan 80 years ago"...
Minister of Economic Affairs JW Kuo came under fire earlier this month for a proposal that Taiwan solves its issues with power shortages by purchasing power from neighboring countries, such as Australia, the Philippines, or Singapore, and transporting the power to Taiwan by boat or undersea cable...
President Lai Ching-te indicated an openness to nuclear energy in an unusual set of remarks earlier this month. Lai stated that his administration did not rule out the use of advanced nuclear technology, but that this would only proceed on the basis of social consensus...
As Taiwan’s summers get increasingly hotter, water becomes life in the most literal sense. Under the scorching summer heat, the residents of Tausa/Tawsay (山里部落), a Sediq buluo (部落/village) in Southern Hualien like to cool off at the nearby riverbed of the Fengping River. It’s a stunning scene–as one of Taiwan’s last free-flowing rivers, the Fengping majestically emerges from the towering mountain range, meandering into the valley where it eventually joins the larger Xiuguluan and flows into the Pacific Ocean...
Ten years have passed since the Sunflower Movement. In the past ten years, one notes how historical verdicts on the Sunflower Movement have changed over time...
The Green Citizen Action Alliance held a press conference earlier this month aiming to call attention to “greenwashing” in Taiwan. In particular, the organization evaluated four major environmental awards, including the Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Award , Global View’s ESG Award, Commonwealth Magazine’s ESG Award, and government-run National Sustainable Development Award. These awards were criticized as lacking open, transparent, and comprehensive standards on environmental protection and handing out awards to corporations that were, in fact, polluters...
Civil society groups demonstrated in front of the Legislative Yuan this afternoon, in spite of periodic bouts of rain, as a protest against nuclear energy...
