Environmental groups demand EPA head resignUNPOPULAR: The agency under Chang Tzi-chin has delayed amendments to air quality standards and reneged on a vow to cut pollution, an activist saidBy Chung Li-hua and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerEnvironmental groups yesterday demanded that Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) Minister Chang Tzi-chin (張子敬) step down, saying that the agency’s policies run counter to its mission to protect the environment. Despite the Democratic Progressive Party being in power and holding a legislative majority, it has done nothing to improve the protection of the environment, Taiwan Environmental Protection Union Taitung branch office director Lee Wei-chun (李偉俊) told a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Representatives of the Changhua Environmental Protection Union and other environmental groups hold a news conference at the Legislative Yuan yesterday, demanding that Environmental Protection Administration Minister Chang Tzi-chin resign. Union Changhua County branch executive secretary-general Wu Hui-chun (吳慧君) said that more than 40 environmental groups signed a petition in May calling for Chang to step down, a sign that he is widely unpopular. Yeh suggested that if Su continued to support such an unpopular minister, perhaps the premier should resign instead.

Source: Taipei Times November 17, 2020 16:07 UTC