Cabinet proposes pushing planned LNG terminal further out to sea
05/03/2021 11:33 PM
The Datan LNG terminal project under construction (image taken from the CPC Corp., Taiwan website)
Taipei, May 3 (CNA) The Cabinet on Monday proposed to move a controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal from its planned location further away from the coast in northern Taiwan to avoid damaging a coastal algal reef environmentalists want protected.
The proposal was presented by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) at a meeting earlier Monday attended by Cabinet officials and lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) at the invitation of Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌).
Ministry pushes LNG project farther offshore
‘NO LONGER AFFECTED’: With the LNG facility an additional 455m away from shore, the project would no longer require dredging the ocean floor, the ministry said
By Angelica Oung / Staff reporter
The Ministry of Economic Affairs yesterday announced that it would move a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off Taoyuan farther from shore to “minimize any impact on algal reefs.”
In an effort to prevent the project from being blocked by a referendum, the ministry said that it had updated its proposal for the nation’s third LNG receiving terminal to move it another 455m from shore.
Voter turnout would be an “important key” to whether two proposed referendums initiated by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) pass in August, KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) said yesterday.
Since no elections are to be held on Aug. 28 when referendums can next be held as stipulated by the Referendum Act (公民投票法) voter turnout would be an “important key” to whether the referendums pass, Chiang said.
“To increase voter turnout, we must make more people aware of the importance and necessity” of the upcoming referendums, he said.
“Aug. 28 is very important for our health and our democracy, and even more
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