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Activists deride `wasteful' EPA celebration

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY The Environmental Protection Administration came under fire for putting a carnival gloss over the country's severe problems

By Chiu Yu-Tzu  /  STAFF REPORTER

Taiwan's EPA, however, did not incorporate the environmental protection principles decided upon in Stockholm until 1998, with the drafting of the Basic Environmental Law. Article 33 of the law designates June 5 as Environment Day in Taiwan.

Although the law has not been passed by the Legislative Yuan, the EPA organized Environment Day activities this year as it has in the past.

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