Activists in Tainan were successful earlier this month in convincing the Tainan city government to withdraw more than 900 hectares of land that would have been used for projects, including the development of a science park...
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...
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...
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...
The Environmental Rights Foundation, Green Citizen Action Alliance, and Homemakers United Foundation have called for a carbon fee system to be implemented before the Lai administration takes power. To this effect, the environmental groups held a demonstration in front of the Legislative Yuan earlier this month....
Environmentalists called on the government to take further action against carbon emissions ahead of the Lunar New Year. In particular, the Environmental Justice Foundation and other groups filed a constitutional lawsuit calling for swifter action and a clearer timeline for action on environmental goals. The Climate Change Response Act was criticized for not having short-term and medium-term goals in terms of action to be taken on climate change...
350.org, Greenpeace, and other environmental groups demonstrated on Saturday ahead of the upcoming COP28 summit. The demonstration aimed to call attention to the need for climate policy in Taiwan, as well as to meet renewable energy goals...
