CABINET LAUNCHES WAR AGAINST AIR POLLUTION|防制空汙大作戰 林揆宣布14項策略

The Executive Yuan conference has passed a set of air pollution prevention strategies. Premier Lin Chuan made a personal media appearance to announce the 14 strategies, dealing with issues including boilers, two-stroke scooters, diesel trucks, and air quality protection zones in port areas. A total of NT$200 billion from public and private sources will be invested in the measures, with the goal of reducing PM2.5 concentrations and reducing "red alert" days by the end of 2019. Premier Lin Chuan made a personal media appearance to announce 14 measures to fight air pollution that the Executive Yuan has passed. The 14 measures include both incentives and penalties and aim to reduce PM2.5 concentrations from 22 micrograms per cubic meter to 18 by the end of 2019, an improvement of 18.2%. The number of air quality monitoring stations showing red alerts daily will be lowered from 997 to 528, an improvement of 47%. Nearly NT$200 billion will be invested in these efforts, including NT$36.5 billion from the government, NT$10.1 billion from Taipower, and NT$168.4 billion from the private sector. ==LIN CHUAN Premier== The problem of thermal power plants, the problem of boilers, the problem of diesel trucks, the problem of two-stroke scooters, and the problem of air pollution in port areas, all are included for a total of 14 measures. To put it bluntly, these are 14 battlefields on which we will fight air pollution. Lin said that pollution sources include power plants, industrial sources, and mobile sources. 40% of pollution comes from outside of Taiwan, and the nature of air pollution means that local improvements limited to certain counties are less effective. The whole country must be engaged in the efforts. The EPA will work to replace diesel trucks and replace 1 million two-stroke scooters by the end of 2019. It will provide subsidies to incentivize upgrading scooters. ==LEE YING-YUAN Minister, EPA== Currently, (the subsidy) is NT$1,500 per scooter. Local governments offer different extra subsidies. For example, Kaohsiung and Chiayi both offer NT$4,000 for a total of NT$5,500. Environmental groups say that they are glad to see the Executive Yuan take major inter-agency steps toward controlling air pollution, but that their efforts in limiting the use of coal are inadequate. They also say that air congestion fees should be levied on particulate matter in addition to the current list of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds. ==WANG MIN-LING Deputy CEO, Citizen of the Earth Taiwan Foundation== One fee that has never been levied is a fee for particulate matter pollution. The cost of these pollutants to the environment should be calculated so that a fee can be considered. As for what to do about the 40% of pollutants that come from outside of Taiwan, particularly from China, Lin said that China is not the only country that contributes to the pollution and that the problem can only be resolved through international cooperation. TRANSLATED BY：JOHN CHEN 行政院會今天通過「空氣汙染防制策略」，由行政院長林全親上火線，宣布空汙防制14項策略，包括鍋爐、二行程機車、柴油大貨車、港區空品禁區等，預計中央和民間合計投入近2千億經費，目標108年底降低PM2.5濃度，減少紅色警戒日，同時開闢14條戰線，把空汙當成大作戰。 防制空汙大作戰，行政院會今天通過空氣汙染防制策略，行政院長林全更親上火線，端出胡蘿蔔與棒子，總計14項措施，目標108年底，達成PM2.5濃度從1立方公尺22微克，降到18微克，改善18.2％，空氣汙染紅色警戒站數，從每日997站改善為528站，改善率達47%，由政府投入365億，台電101億，民間1684億，共約2千億經費，改善空汙。 ==行政院長 林全== 火力發電廠的問題 包含鍋爐的問題 工業鍋爐的問題 包含柴油大貨車的問題 二行程機車的問題 甚至於港區的汙染 所造成的等等問題 一共有14項 講不好聽叫開14個戰場 來去面對這個我們的空汙 林全表示，汙染源包括發電廠，工業汙染源和移動汙染源，甚至境外移入汙染源就佔整體汙染率4成，而且空汙隨風飄移，局部縣市改善對整體效果不大，必須全民一起來。環保署除了汰換柴油大貨車，鎖定108年底淘汰100萬台二行程機車，提供補助，希望帶動換車潮，減少空汙。 ==環保署長 李應元== 目前一輛是(補助)1500元 那地方政府不同 譬如說高雄市 嘉義都是4000 那加起來就是5500 環保團體雖樂見政府以行政院高度，跨部會動起來，但認為在生煤限用和減煤努力上，仍舊不足，而且空汙基金財源，至今只對硫氧化物，氮氧化物以及揮發性有機物收取空汙費，粒狀汙染物部分仍未開徵，得加緊腳步。 ==聲音來源 地球公民基金會副執行長 王敏玲== 一直沒有收的 就是粒狀汙染物的空汙費 環境成本應該好好來加以算一下 就是好好檢討一下空汙費的徵收 至於境外汙染源佔總體空汙40%，尤其對岸PM2.5對台影響最大，如何防制？林全強調不只對岸，日韓菲對台都有影響，只能靠國際之間的合作解決。 記者 李曉儒 陳柏諭 台北報導