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Environment premium

‘Bukan Tentang Sampah’: Why waste never goes away

Jakarta produces 8,000 tonnes of waste daily, an exhibition at Erasmus Huis turns that crisis into a call for collective action and rethinking value.

2 weeks ago
Environment

Emperor penguins listed as endangered species: IUCN

The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife announced Thursday. ...

3 weeks ago
Environment

UN climate experts hold tense Bangkok meet

The divisions at the IPCC session mirror those that have long riven the COP conferences, which have seen disagreements between developed and developing nations over issues such as an end to fossil fuel use, compensation for the damage caused by climate change and funding to adapt to a warming planet. ...

1 month ago

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Academia

Rethinking industrial wastewater treatments to boost Indonesia’s water security

According to the World Bank, 95 percent of Indonesia’s wastewater flows into agricultural fields, rivers, and open drains.

2 years ago
Archipelago

Suralaya coal plant under fire for expansion project

The Suralaya power plant complex in Cilegon, around 100 kilometers west of Jakarta, is presently the largest such facility in Southeast Asia. The complex currently has eight power generation units (PGUs) with a total output capacity of 4,025 megawatts (MW).

2 years ago
Americas

At least 39 dead as cyclone hits Brazil's southernmost state

Heavy rains caused by the extratropical cyclone have affected 80 cities and left more than 2,300 people homeless and over 3,900 displaced.

2 years ago
Academia premium

New EU sustainability rules will impact ASEAN industries

These directives rely on the assumption that the EU will have significant market power to increase the bar on environmental and human rights standards for developing-country businesses that are connected to it.

2 years ago
Americas

Biden bars drilling over vast swath of Alaska

The move comes a little over a year before the 2024 election, as Biden seeks to shore up his green credentials that were damaged by a decision earlier this year to greenlight a project by US energy giant ConocoPhillips in the same area. 

2 years ago
Archipelago

Javan hawk-eagle chick hatches in Bogor

A Javan hawk-eagle has hatched in the Mount Gede Pangrango National Park in Bogor, West Java, according to a report by park officials on Monday.

2 years ago
Art & Culture

Burning Man festival road reopens, allowing thousands to escape muddy trap

Unexpected summer rain turned the weeklong, annual counterculture arts festival into a muddy nightmare.

2 years ago
Academia premium

IMF, WTO criticisms, nickel-plated colonialism

Sadly, many people in the former colonized countries are also proud when they can wear branded names. 

2 years ago
Academia

Positive tipping points to place ASEAN as a global center of green growth

Accelerating low-carbon solutions would be central in strengthening ASEAN’s centrality and its role as a global center of green growth.

2 years ago
Environment

Extreme climate event almost led to human ancestors’ extinction: Study

Scientists have grown weary over the rising temperatures on the planet and extreme weather from heat waves to typhoons that have swept across the globe in the past years.

2 years ago
Academia

Pursuing a coal-to-liquids boon despite the costs

The domestic mining and energy industry say the indirect coal subsidies in their current format are insufficient to incentivize investment in coal gasification. 

2 years ago
Editorial

Food estate for thought

These are two serious accusations made in public that should not be easily dismissed. One is the destruction to the environment caused by the food estate program, and the other about possible embezzlement and other financial irregularities.

2 years ago
Tech

Meta faces backlash over Canada news block as wildfires rage

Meta on August 1 started blocking the distribution of news links and articles on its Facebook and Instagram platforms in response to a recent law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for news content.

2 years ago
Regulations

More than 700 Japanese exporters hit by China's seafood ban: Report

Japan exported about $600 million worth of aquatic products to China in 2022, making it the biggest market for Japanese exports, with Hong Kong second.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

South Korean PM urges transparent info-sharing as Japan releases treated water

South Korea is scrambling to carry out a budget of 64 billion won ($48.5 million) to prop up the consumption of seafood, adding more funds could be allocated if needed. The size of the budget is to double next year.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Fukushima wastewater released into the ocean, China bans all Japanese seafood

China reiterated its firm opposition to the plan and said the Japanese government had not proved that the water discharged would be safe.

2 years ago
Environment

Explainer: How Japan will release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant

Japan and scientific organizations say the released water is safe, but environmental activists argue that all the possible impacts have not been studied. Japan says it needs to start releasing the water as storage tanks are full.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Japan set to release Fukushima water amid criticism, seafood import bans

China's foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin has called the move "extremely selfish", saying that the country was deeply concerned about the decision and had lodged a formal complaint.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Cap and trade to deal with carbon emission conundrum

Even the popular carbon tax scheme still has "loopholes" that allow polluters to emit as much as they can afford to pay in terms of carbon taxes. 

2 years ago
Academia premium

Carbon trading: A catalyst for diversified, sustainable bioenergy development

The current carbon-trading mechanism may inadvertently exclude remote indigenous communities from participating in carbon trading even though they have safeguarded the forest for generations.

2 years ago
Environment

Ashes and sadness under scorched Lahaina's banyan tree

All of that is now gone, subsumed in flames that killed at least 80 people and destroyed hundreds of houses.

2 years ago
Academia

Enough panicked fear-mongering on climate change

Politicians and pundits call en masse for net-zero policies that will cost far beyond $100 trillion, while producing benefits a fraction as large.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Nusantara: Building a lean, green engineering machine

The Nusantara development project presents an opportunity to build a model green city not only for the well-being of Indonesia, but also for the entire world.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

US says concerned over Chinese reclamation in Manila Bay

A subsidiary of China Communications Construction Co, which was blacklisted by Washington in 2020, has been contracted to reclaim 318 hectares in waters fronting the US embassy and Philippine Navy headquarters..

2 years ago
Academia premium

After 21 years, ASEAN transboundary haze pollution laws still not forthcoming

According to the AATHP, ASEAN member states are under an obligation not to cause harm to the environment of other states, or to areas beyond their national jurisdiction.      

2 years ago
Academia premium

Shared values for sustainable progress: Learning from Norway

Norway's economic development coincides with improved wealth distribution and environmental consciousness.

2 years ago
Academia

Sponge cities beating urban heat in China

Infrastructure to prevent urban flooding has benefits for preventing urban heat.

2 years ago
Academia

Indonesia can lead the world in nature-based solutions for climate change

Indonesia is an ideal place to launch nature-based solutions pilots, given its fast-growing economy and an expanding middle class that is increasingly aware of environmental and social issues.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Iraq's marshes are dying, and a civilisation with them

Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23, but he is already nostalgic for how Iraq's Mesopotamian marshes once were before drought dried them up.

2 years ago
Environment premium

'Orange like the sun': visitors flock to Iceland volcano

Despite warnings to stay away from Iceland's latest volcanic eruption near Reykjavik, a group of curious visitors couldn't resist the lure of lava that is "orange like the sun".

2 years ago
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