#air pollution

Collection of air pollution news, found 426 news.

President asks Jakarta to speed up transition to EVs

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked the Jakarta provincial government to accelerate the transition to electric ...

WFH policy devised for ASEAN Summit, not pollution control: minister

The issuance of a circular letter on the temporary adoption of the work-from-home (WFH) policy is aimed at making the ...

Cement industry not a source of Jakarta's air pollution: Ministry

The Industry Ministry has denied accusations that the cement industry's operations in Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek) ...

Need to expedite building cheap, safe, integrated mass transport: MPR

Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo has called for the acceleration of ...

Ministry forms respiratory disease, air pollution control committee

The Ministry of Health has formed the Committee for Respiratory Disease and Air Pollution Control as a response to the ...

President Jokowi inaugurates operationalization of Jabodebek LRT

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the operation of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) for the Jakarta, Bogor, Depok ...

Health centers asked to routinely measure air quality in Jakarta

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has asked all community health centers (puskesmas) in Jakarta to routinely measure ...

Switch to public transport to reduce air pollution: Health Minister

Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin asked the community to use public transportation as an effort to reduce ...

VP Amin pushes for intensified emission tests to control pollution

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin urged all related stakeholders and the public to keep pushing for the intensification of ...

Indonesia to deploy EVs for ASEAN Summit

The Indonesian Government will use electric vehicles (EVs) to transport delegates during the 43rd ASEAN Summit in ...

Indonesian govt forms inspection team to monitor industrial emissions

Indonesia's Industry Ministry formed and assigned an inspection team for industrial exhaust emission control in the ...

Pregnant women, elderly, toddlers most vulnerable to air pollution

Pregnant women, toddlers, the elderly, and people with lung disease are the groups most vulnerable to air pollution, ...

Air pollution can spur growth of cancer-causing carcinogens: PDPI

Air pollution can trigger the growth of carcinogens that cause lung cancer, chairperson of the Oncology Working Group ...

Minister issues instruction on air pollution control in Jabodetabek

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian has issued the Instruction of Home Affairs Minister No. 2 of 2023 ...

BPBD outlines three methods to suppress air pollution in Jakarta

Head of the Jakarta Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) Isnawa Adji highlighted three possible methods ...