Category: Environmental | Page 5

Formosa Plastics’ “Sunshine Project” Would Be a Climate Disaster, and Must Be Stopped

Erich Hellmer07/29/2021

Formosa Plastics' Sunshine Project angles to put a toxic facility in St. James Parish, Louisiana—a region with a long legacy of working communities, especially communities of color, that have been poisoned by corporations so extensively that it has become one of the US’ leading industrial “sacrifice zones”....

EnglishEnvironmentalJuly 2021Social Movements10 min read

Oil Spill in Kaohsiung Receives Little Attention During COVID-19 Outbreak

Brian Hioe07/26/2021

Though drowned out in news reporting by news focused on COVID-19, an oil spill occurred last month in Kaohsiung following an accident at the CPC’s Dalin refinery. This took place when a section of tubing broke as a tanker was transporting oil to the refinery...

EnglishEnvironmentalJuly 2021Social Movements5 min read

Behind the Zhiben Solar Farm Controversy

Yu Chen Chuang07/21/2021

In 2016, when the Taitung County government announced they were stopping construction of a baseball court on the Zhiben wetlands—the traditional territory of the Katratripulr tribe of the Beinan Indigenous people—the tribe did not anticipate that they would split into factions during their next fight against a new construction project on their land. ...

EnglishEnvironmentalIndigenousJuly 2021RaceSocial Movements18 min read

We All Must Learn from the Ming Dih Fire in Thailand

Akrawat Siripattanachok07/14/2021

The recent Ming Dih factory fire in Thailand is hardly the first time Taiwanese businesses have destroyed the environment in less developed countries...

EnglishEnvironmentalJuly 2021LaborSocial Movements6 min read

Climate Change in Indonesia: Denial and Disasters

Valeria Rogova07/04/2021

Anthropogenic activities have drastically altered ecological systems that facilitate life support systems. A close impact assessment of the January 15th, 2021 Sulawesi earthquake demonstrates how human interactions with the environment have contributed to climate change in Indonesia. The 6.2 magnitude earthquake affected individuals, businesses, institutions, and the overall economy in the Majene district of West Sulawesi...

EnglishEnvironmentalJuly 2021Social Movements7 min read

How the Datan Algal Reef Became a Wedge Issue

Chia-Shen Tsai06/05/2021

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...

EnglishEnvironmentalJune 2021Social Movements16 min read

Animal Rebellion Stakes Out a Presence in Taiwan with Ximending Rally

Enbion Micah Aan04/03/2021

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...

April 2021EnglishEnvironmentalSocial Movements5 min read

Xpark : 桃園發展中的動物虐待

Enbion Micah Aan03/07/2021

與多數水族館常見的行銷策略不同-- 總是以保育為大前提，藉此來獲得公共資金，Xpark 在這方面算是誠實的。Xpark並沒有宣稱設立水族館是為了崇高的保育目標，並自認他們的主要目的是為了讓遊客能體驗如夢似幻的「平行宇宙」。Xpark不談保育、不談動物福利、不以提供動物舒適的環境為目標，而是強調動物「生存的韌性」。他們期許動物能自我調適，適應這異於常態而為了展示而製造的人工環境：「呈上生物的奧秘，不斷適應自身，以便適應環境與表演...」當現代社會的人們對動物福利的意識正在不斷提高， Xpark卻誠實表態無視動物福利的舉動，此舉著實令人詫異。...

EnglishEnvironmentalMarch 2021Social Movements4 min read

Animal Abuse Amidst Development Delirium at Xpark

Enbion Micah Aan03/06/2021

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...

EnglishEnvironmentalMarch 2021Social Movements13 min read

After KMT Push, Datan Referendum Reaches Necessary Benchmark

Brian Hioe03/05/2021

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...

EnglishEnvironmentalMarch 2021Social Movements6 min read

Arts/Culture

Calling For a Return to Sinocentrism in the Name of Opposing It: Responding to ‘Reconsidering Sinophone Studies’

Re/writing COVID-19 in China: Solidarity as Metonym for Historical Truth?

How Taipei Became the Home of Live Comedy During the Pandemic

International

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Social Movements

Environmental

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers