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Environmentalists push for green energy actionTaipei

Environmentalists push for green energy actionALTERNATIVE ENERGY: Activists said the government should take action instead of just mouthing slogans on cutting emissions and developing renewable energyB TAIPEI TIMES y Meggie LuSTAFF REPORTERThursday, Apr 16, 2009, Page 2Dozens of environmental groups staged a protest in front of the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) before the two-day National Energy Conference (NEC) commenced yesterday, urging the government to consider developing renewable energy instead of relying on coal or nuclear power plants.The groups also demanded the government carry out conclusions reached at the conference, instead of letting them sit until the next meeting.“We call on the government to focus on discussing responsible energy and policies to tackle climate change,” Taiwan Environmental Protection Union (TEPU) deputy secretary-general Lee Cho-han (李卓翰) said……………………….Besides developing cleaner energies, power conservation and green policies are also key to solving global warming, Green Party Taiwan (GPT) secretary-­general Pan Han-shen (潘翰聲) said.

“Taipower last year introduced a market mechanism where domestic users who reduce their electricity usage get a discount on their bills; the company said that together the savings in power last year amounted to the equivalent of planting 1 million trees,” Pan said.

“We all know that these ‘million trees’ did not come from building a new power plant, but has to do with conservation,” he said.

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April 16, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized