Amateur Enviro-spies

To catch polluters, the government is turning to volunteers with digital cameras.

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August 25, 2005, 11:00 AM PDT

"Deputizing volunteers to be enviro-snoops is just the latest effort by Taiwan to curb the pollution that has accompanied its rapid development over the past 50 years. It's also indicative of an emerging civic activism in this young democracy...

The snooper scheme was introduced this year by Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to serve as an early warning system. Industrial waste is expected to hit 19.4 million tons next year, up from 18 million tons in 2001."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Taiwan's amateur enviro-spies

Wednesday, August 24, 2005 in The Christian Science Monitor

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