#air pollution

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Haze returns to Singapore

Haze returned to Singapore on Wednesday, with an air pollution index climbing into the unhealthy range. The ...

Indonesian haze begins escalating to neighboring countries

At least eight provinces in Indonesia currently have an increasing number of hotspots producing smoke from forest and ...

RI ratifies ASEAN agreement on transboundary haze pollution

The Indonesian government has eventually ratified the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP) 12 ...

Indonesia environment ministry initiates low-sulfur fuel movement

The Indonesia Environment Ministry has initiated a national movement aimed at promoting the use of low-sulfur fuel oil ...

Polluted air linked to 7 million deaths in 2012: WHO

Air pollution killed about 7 million people in 2012, making it the worlds single biggest environmental health risk, ...

Riau police names 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case

The Riau police has named 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case that has caused severe air pollution there since ...

Russian Kamov helicopter deployed to help fight Riau forest fires

A Russian-made Kamov helicopter is to be deployed to join in the efforts to combat fires now raging in forests, ...

Indonesia, Poland strengthen environmental cooperation

Indonesia and Poland used the recent visit of Polish Secretary of State of Water Resources Stanishlaw Gawlowski, who ...

Haze reduces visibility in Pekanbaru to 50 to 70 meters

Haze from forest and plantation fires reduced the visibility in Pekanbaru to around 50 and 70 meters on Sunday. ...

Pekanbaru`s air very unhealthy due to haze

Haze triggered by forest and plantation fires has caused the air quality in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, polluted and ...

Dead victims due to haze to receive compensation

The Ministry of Social Affairs will provide compensation for a haze victim who died in Riau province, according to ...

Indonesia, Poland explore cooperation in green technology

The Indonesian and Polish governments have agreed to explore cooperation in green technology that is expected to be ...

Fires scorch 6,000 hectares of land, forests in Riau

Six thousand hectares of land and forests were destroyed by fire in Riau province, according to a disaster mitigation ...

Advanced Energy for Life Campaign Launched to Build Awareness and Support to End "World's Number One Human and Environme

- Calling global energy poverty the world's number one human and environmental crisis, Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) today ...

Smog continues to blanket North, Central China

Smog will continue to blanket Chinas north and central regions on Saturday as the the National Meteorological Center ...