Pingtung, Taiwan, June 28, 2018 (TEIA)– A decade-long debate on a development project within a valuable land crabs' habitat in Kenting National Park's (墾丁國家公園) Houwan Bay (後灣) has concluded. Executive Yuan has finalized the deal on swapping land ownership, specifically the exchange of government-owned land parcel for private-owned land parcel. In this land swap deal, the government offers the park

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 14, 2018 (TEIA)– The 37th Young Designers' Exhibition (YODEX) was unveiled May 25th at Taipei World Trade Center. Over 3,000 pieces of collaborative work were crafted by over 10,000 student participants. More than just to showcasing the designers' creativity, many reflected the designers' own stances on environmental issues - and even proposed solutions.This year's YODEX took

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 14, 2018 (TEIA)– In Taiwan, plastic garbage collected by local cleaning units can be classified into three categories: "regulated plastic containers", promulgated by the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) [1]; "miscellaneous plastics", which are mostly hard plastics; and "clean plastic bags".The versatile plastic garbage can be heated to high values and is ri

TAIPEI, Taiwan, January 9, 2017 (TEIA)– Factories illegally built on farms have become a massive threat to food safety in Taiwan. A recent survey shows that at least 60 percent of these factories are of high pollution potential. The Taiwanese government has pledged to tear down new structures and centrally manage old ones to save the farms.Illegal factories on the farm began to be seen in the 1970

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct 31, 2016 (TEIA) – Premier Lin Chuan's June order to power up the mothballed No. 1 reactor at the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City was prompted by a power shortage that was deliberately engineered by the state-owned Taiwan Power Company, Taipower, according to former national policy adviser Rex How.The facts were uncovered through an open data initiative by Taiwane

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 6, 2016 (TEIA) – Taiwan's first female president, Tsai Ing-wen, has pledged to develop a program that will integrate national land-use planning, regional development and environmental sustainability. But civic groups are concerned about her lack of strong commitment and lack of detail given to the public about her policies.President Tsai, who chairs the Democratic Progressive

TAIPEI, Taiwan, February 4, 2016 (TEIA) – The number of coastal fish species in northern Taiwan has dropped by 75 percent over the past three decades, finds a newly published study by Taiwanese researchers. Along with weak and poorly enforced fisheries regulations, the study shows that the island nation is at greater risk of a complete marine ecosystem collapse than the planet as a whole.Located a

At the top of Yushan (Photo by Peellden, CC BY-SA 3.0)TAIPEI, Taiwan, October 13, 2015 (TEIA) – Recently, the Yushan National Park Administration (玉山國家公園管理處) proposed three projects to improve electricity supply in Paiyun Lodge (排雲山莊), the rest point at an altitude of 3,400m, including constructing an 8.5km-long power line from Tataka Saddle (塔塔加鞍部) to the lodge for the transmission of commercial

TAIPEI, Taiwan, October 6, 2015 (TEIA) – More than a year after the tragic 2014 gas explosions in Kaohsiung municipality, Taiwan citizens are still fighting their way to safety. Academia and civil groups are urging the government to provide public access to environmental information and embrace a sustainable industrial development as the centerpiece of its development strategy.On the night of July

TAIPEI, Taiwan, September 1, 2015 (TEIA) – Taiwan is establishing a new government agency to coordinate and implement the island country's marine policies and strengthen conservation of its ocean environment.Taiwan's legislators passed a law in June that enables the creation of a cabinet-level Ocean Affairs Council and subordinate agencies, including an Ocean Conservation Administration and a Nati

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 28, 2015 (TEIA) – Taiwan Power Company, the state-owned utility that operates Taiwan's three nuclear power plants, proposed a pilot project late last year to send 1,200 spent fuel bundles overseas for reprocessing.The company has requested a budget of NT$11.25 billion (US$356.4 million) to manage eight percent of its total used fuel rods. Under the plan, one-fifth of the sent

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 7, 2015 (TEIA) ─ Prime farmland is being lost to development across Taiwan, posing threats of food shortages and environmental pollution and causing farmland prices to soar.To keep farmland for agriculture, rules that limit purchase or construction of farmhouses to farmers could take effect as early as June 30, says Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture.The goal of the draft regulat