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Any company causing fires to be punished: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has pledged punishment for any company found negligent to cause forest and land ...

Forestry Minister in Riau to inspect forest fire control

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan led a coordinating meeting on forest and plantation fire control here on Saturday. ...

When haze attacks three countries, cooperation needed

Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland ...

Indonesia wants ASEAN`s support for bid to include CPO in list

Indonesia wants support from fellow ASEAN countries for its bid to include crude palm oil (CPO) and rubber products on ...

little faith in china leader`s pollution promises

Thick grey smog pressed against Zhao Jian`s windshield, blotting visibility to two metres as he drove through China`s ...

100 mln to die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate

More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product ...

Indonesian govt hopes to accelerate production of green cars

After setting a target in July this year to begin mass production of about 10,000 electric cars by 2014, the ...

Vienna Hosted the International Energy Globe Awards

-     The Energy Globe is the world's most prestigious and respected environmental award. 151 ...

Newmont Outlines Community Investment Programs for Conga Project in Peru

-     Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) today outlined a number of community investment ...

Three Steps to Unbreakable Bones on World Osteoporosis Day

-             For this year's World Osteoporosis Day (October 20), ...

Fokker plane flies safely despite haze cloud

A commercial Fokker-50 plane of the Sky Aviation, plying Dumai, Riau province to Batam, Riau Islands route, flew ...

Haze again covers Dumai, Riau

Haze again covered Dumai, Riau Province, on Tuesday evening, after it had been disappearing over the last two weeks. ...

South Lampung PLTP to operate in 2015

The geothermal power plant (PLTP) in South Lampung regency was slated to start operating in 2015 with a capacity of ...

At least 69 hot-spots detected in Dumai in January-July

The Dumai agriculture, plantation and forestry office has detected at least 69 hot-spots from January to July 2011, ...

Haze comes back in Sumatra and Kalimantan

Haze has come back on Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands over the past few weeks, affecting the environment, the local ...