Taipei Times
Date: Dec 30, 2019
By: Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
Environmental groups joined forces and braved the rain in Taipei yesterday to march against air
A dance group performs a piece with the theme of air pollution during a protest outside the Environmental Protection Administration in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
The march was co-organized by more than a dozen groups, including Air Clean Taiwan (ACT), South Taiwan Air Clear, the National Federation of Teachers’ Unions, the Alliance for the Rescue of Datan Algae Reefs, the Taiwan Academy of Ecology and the Taiwan Tree Protection Coalition.
Several political parties were also represented at the march, including the New Power Party, the New Party and the Taiwan People’s Party.
At about noon, demonstrators gathered outside the Environmental Protection Administration building, where the vice presidential candidates of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) spoke to them before the march began.
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