#air quality

Collection of air quality news, found 402 news.

Paramedics on standby for evacuated infants in haze-hit Pekanbaru

The Pekanbaru administration has mobilized some paramedics who are on standby for 24 hours to help infants currently ...

Pekanbaru mayor orders evacuation of infants due to haze

Mayor of Pekanbaru Firdaus has issued an order to evacuate infants under six months of age in 12 sub-districts badly ...

NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...

Over 25.5 thousand people taken ill by haze in Riau

The Riau health office has recorded that 25,524 people have fallen ill due to the haze as the air quality has reached ...

Over 12 thousand people taken ill by haze in Riau

Over 12,260 inhabitants of Riau Province have fallen ill due to the haze triggered by forest, peatland, and plantation ...

Smog in Sumatra compels students to stay home in Payakumbuh

Thick smog caused by forest and land fires in Sumatra Island has forced the Payakumbuh city government in West Sumatra ...

Riau calls for private companies to help fight wildfires

It certainly is no easy task to break the vicious cycle of annual forest, peat land and plantation fires, which have ...

Russia-made helicopter deployed to extinguish Riau wildfires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has rented a Russian-made Sikorsky helicopter to strengthen its efforts ...

TOMI Receives EPA Registration for Its Patented BITâ„¢ Technology

- TOMIâ„¢ Environmental Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: TOMZ) (TOMI), a global bacteria decontamination and infection ...

Peabody Chairman & CEO Greg Boyce Calls On Global Leaders To Use Lessons Learned From Three Major APEC Nations To Improve Global Energy Policy

- Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gregory H. Boyce today offered a five-point policy ...

Riau air quality "unhealthy" as haze obscures skies

The air quality around Riau Province reached a "very unhealthy" level on Sunday as haze from forest fires covered its ...

Riau`s air quality hazardous to people`s health

Ten air pollutant standard index devices installed in several districts and cities in the Riau Province showed that ...

Government prepares water bombs to mitigate Riau haze

The government will drop water bombs in several hotspots to mitigate haze from land fires in the Riau Province on ...

Chevron to relocate employees to avoid smoke

PT Chevron Pasific Indonesia (CPI) plans to relocate its workers and their families in areas affected by the smoke ...

Number of Riau`s hotspots increases to 145

The United States NOAA 18 satellite detected 145 hotspots in Riau Province, an increase from 79 earlier, an official ...