Greenpeace Takes on Taiwan’s Biggest Environmental Problems
The international non-profit advocacy group Greenpeace (綠色和平) is spearheading several major environmental campaigns across Taiwan, working to issue in major systematic shifts that will reduce Taiwan’s carbon emissions and ecological pollution. Chih-An Lee, the project manager of Greenpeace’s energy team, says that human activity has already devastated Taiwan’s ecosystems. “We’ve see many ecological system collapse...Continue reading
Taiwan Air Quality Remains Poor
The Environmental Protection Administration says the air quality in Taiwan remained extremely poor today and is expected to stay that way into Tuesday. The EPA said air quality in the western part of the country was in the unhealthy range, with PM 2.5 level reaching the hazardous level of 10 in southwestern Taiwan. The PM...Continue reading
EPA Finds Violations at Factories
More industrial plants were added to the Environmental Protection Administration’s (EPA) list of controlled sites. A recently completed EPA investigation found nine industrial plants to be expelling excessive levels of toxic solvents into soil and groundwater, says the agency. According to the investigation report, nine facilities in Hsinchu, Miaoli and Changhua counties, as well as...Continue reading
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