#air pollution

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$5.2 billion losses from forest, land fires: WB

Land and forest fires that affected several parts of Indonesia from June to October 2019 inflicted losses of US$5.2 ...

MRT Jakarta offers five station naming rights

PT MRT Jakarta has offered five station-naming rights in 2020 to add to the existing five named stations, which ...

Jokowi attends opening ceremony of 35th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) accompanied by First Lady Iriana attended the opening ceremony of the 35th Summit of ...

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Air pollution issues still shroud South-East Asian countries

Despite being home to an abundance of rich natural resources, poor air quality and vast environmental degradation ...

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Indonesia set to venture into novel era of electric vehicles

Indonesia is buoyant about emerging as a major producer of electric vehicles (EV) owing to quite abundant raw materials ...

Jakarta to launch road pricing scheme in 2020

The provincial government of Jakarta has assured that the road pricing scheme (ERP) in the capital’s ...

PAUDs, kindergartens shut temporarily as haze shrouds Jambi

Haze, emanating from forest fires and blanketing Jambi, has thickened, forcing the temporary closure of early childhood ...

Haze cover over Palembang thickens: Walhi

Haze arising from forest fires and shrouding Palembang, South Sumatra Province, has thickened over the past week, ...

Indonesia makes concerted efforts to curb coal usage

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar acknowledged she had coordinated with Energy and Mineral Resources ...

Air pollution emergency status revoked as Riau air quality stabilizes

The air pollution emergency status in Riau was revoked following an improvement in air quality and no further detection ...

KAI, Servo Railway collaborate to design B100-run locomotive

State-owned railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Persero is working with private logistical railway service ...

DEN urges offices to furnish electric vehicle charging stations

The National Energy Council (DEN) has called on offices to set up charging stations for electric vehicles. Electric ...

Rainfall improves Riau's air quality

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) attributed improvement in Riau’s air quality, recorded ...

Haze forces cancellation of 33 flights at Pekanbaru

As many as 33 flights to and from Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in the Riau provincial capital of Pekanbaru were ...

ISPA cases in Riau increasing due to smog

The smog from the forest and land fires in Riau Province has increased the number of patients suffering from acute ...