Fukushima, five years later
  Five years ago, many governments panicked with Japan following the nuclear disaster that struck Fukushima. The risk of contamination made the world reconsider the safety of nuclear power pl
2016/04/06
Quentin M

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The Operations of Old and Decaying Nuclear Power Plants Cannot Be Extended
From the 5th to 8th of this month, 10 consecutive earthquakes occurred in Hsinchu[1] , with academics not ruling out the possibility of these being foreshocks of an even bigger earthquake[2].  
2014/07/02
Tsai Ya-ying / Translated by: Yttrium Sua

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How The People Toppled Kuokuang Petrochemical
Exacerbating Land Subsidence in Yunlin and Changhua Counties The movement opposing the Kuokuang Petrochemical (also known as the Eighth Naphtha Cracker Plant) may be one of Taiwan’s largest
2014/07/01
Lu Shih-wei/Translated by: Yttrium Sua

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Robbers Splitting Up the Spoils – The Case of Central Taiwan Science Park Phase 3 and Phase 4
When one mentions a science park, what images come to mind? Science parks used to embody the glamour to which people aspired: a beacon of technology and innovation, or a symbol of massive profits. A
2014/07/01
Lu Shih-wei / Translated by: Yttrium Sua, Tsai Ya-ying

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Visit by Mr Daisuke Sato and Mr Seungkoo Choi of No Nukes Asia
Visit by Mr Daisuke Sato and Mr Seungkoo Choi of No Nukes Asia  On the 25th of May, 2014, Mr Daisuke Sato and Mr Seungkoo Choi paid a visit to Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association. Mr
2014/05/30
Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association, Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association, Taiwan

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Formosa Plastic v. Prof. Tsuang Ben-jei Update: Judge Announces End to Preparatory Proceeding, Preparations for Oral Arguments Begin
On Feb. 1, 2013, Taipei District Court Judge Zheng Yu-ren (鄭昱仁) declared an end to preparatory proceedings in the civil suit filed by two Formosa Plastic Group (FPG) affiliates against Prof. Tsuang
2013/03/14
Shih-Wei Lu, Sophie Chen Jin

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Defamation as a Tool to Silence Critical Academic Research in Taiwan: Formosa Plastic Group v. Tsuang.
Introduction Wild at Heart lawyer Shih-Wei Lu (陸詩薇) is assisting in the defense of Dr. Tsuang Ben-jei of National Chung Hsing University in an important Taiwanese free speech case. Tsuang, a memb
2012/08/03
Catalina Paz Arévalo Ossandón, Linda van der Hosrt

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And the Black Planet Award Goes To…Formosa Plastics Group!
Diane Wilson, author of An Unreasonable Woman, which chronicles her David vs. Goliath battle with Formosa Plastics Group in Calhoun County, Texas, was in Taipei on June 25th, 2010 to help present th
2010/10/13

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