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A worker opens boxes of screw at Riverside RV, builders of recreational vehicles, on January 24, 2020 in LaGrange, Indiana.
A worker opens boxes of screw at Riverside RV, builders of recreational vehicles, on January 24, 2020 in LaGrange, Indiana.
Environment

US demand for RVs fuels deforestation in Kalimantan: NGOs

The recreational vehicle industry is now the biggest consumer of tropical wood in the United States, UK-based NGO Earthsight and Indonesian NGO Auriga Nusantara said in a report published late Tuesday.

1 day ago
Environment

World's smallest snake makes big comeback

A snake so small it could be mistaken for a worm has been spotted in Barbados, nearly two decades after it was thought to have been "lost" to science.

3 weeks ago
Environment

World's major courts take growing role in climate fight

Almost 3,000 climate cases have been filed up to the end of 2024, in nearly 60 countries, according to the Grantham Research Institute, using data compiled by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

1 month ago

The Latest

City premium

Jakarta tightens controls over industrial chimneys to stem air pollution

The Jakarta Environment Agency conducted impromptu inspections on Thursday morning and found numerous companies that were polluting the city's air because of inadequate filters inside their industrial chimneys.

6 years ago
Opinion

Not all heroes wear capes: Environmental heroines use cups

The more I read about why women should switch to menstrual cups, the more horrified I become, not about wearing the cup but about the facts of why the switch is necessary.

6 years ago
Environment

Sumatran tigers could be saved through cultural approach, activist says

In most cultures in Sumatra, tigers were seen as a top predator in the food chain.

6 years ago
Books

Ministry launches guide books for identifying protected species

The books are connected to an app run by the police’s Investigation Department (Bareskrim). 

6 years ago
Opinion premium

Can electric vehicles reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

Improved urban air quality is one of the frequent arguments evoked in favor of PEV adoption in Indonesia. However, there remains at least one important question that is rarely discussed, namely: How clean is the electrical power used to meet the additional demand from PEVs? In other words, would the adoption of PEVs actually contribute to a reduction of Indonesia’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?

6 years ago
Environment

No more sky lanterns at next year’s Dieng Culture Festival, organizer says

Dieng Culture Festival will no longer include a sky lantern show after criticism from environmentalists and the Environment and Forestry Ministry.

6 years ago
Business

Effort to stop leak in ONWJ well reaches 19.5 percent: Pertamina

Pertamina Hulu Energi workers, with the help of international experts in the well control sector, have been attempting to stop a leak at a broken well located 2 kilometers north of Karawang, West Java, since Aug. 1.

6 years ago
Environment

Beaches choked with stinky seaweed could be the new normal

Slimy, stinky brown seaweed that ruins beachgoers' vacations from Mexico to Florida may be the new normal unless Brazil halts Amazon deforestation, experts say.

6 years ago
Environment

World leaders must prove they've listened to climate activists: Thunberg

World leaders must prove that they have listened to young climate activists after a year of protests has not led to any progress in the reduction of greenhouse emissions, leading activist Greta Thunberg said.

6 years ago
Environment

July hottest month measured, 2019 set to be among warmest years

July was the hottest month across the globe ever measured, and 2019 is on track to be one of the warmest years, according to data released Monday by the European Union's Earth observation network. 

6 years ago
Health

Are you using the right anti-pollution face mask?

The KN95 respirator face mask is said to be able to filter up to 95 percent of finer particles of dust and pollution. 

6 years ago
News

San Francisco airport bans sale of plastic bottles

San Francisco International Airport is banning the sale of single-use plastic bottles and will require fliers to buy refillable bottles if they're not already carrying their own, US media reported on Friday.

6 years ago
Editorial

Learning from the oil spill

As an archipelagic country with an ocean area larger than its land territory, Indonesia is more vulnerable to oil spills than other countries in the region.

6 years ago
Science & Tech

Google's artificial intelligence helps protect West Sumatra's rainforests

The Guardian uses a Google technology called TensorFlow that can record every sound in the forest and send them to the forest rangers’ smartphones through the Rainforest Connection mobile application.

6 years ago
Environment

Canada to create protected marine zone in Arctic

Canada will create a protected marine area in the country's Arctic region, where climate change is taking effect three times faster than global average.

6 years ago
News

Bluebird invites electric taxi passengers to join tree adoption program

Slated to run until Oct. 31, the program is part of the company's #BirukanLangitJakarta (Make Jakarta’s Sky Blue) campaign that was introduced in March.

6 years ago
Opinion premium

Tackling marine plastic pollution together

Marine plastic pollution has been acknowledged in recent years as one of the major global environmental issues and challenges. Since the beginning of 2019, movements to combat marine plastic pollution have accelerated around the world.

6 years ago
City

Suspected foreign waste found near Bekasi landfill

Plastic and paper trash believed to have originated from abroad has been found near the Burangkeng landfill in Bekasi, West Java.

6 years ago
City

Pasar Jaya to go green by selling 'besek' for Idul Adha

Besek (containers made of plaited bamboo) will replace single-use plastic bags to distribute meat during Idul Adha, the Islamic Day of Sacrifice.

6 years ago
Environment

Flip-flops to building blocks: Ivory Coast uses plastic waste to build classrooms

Too much plastic and not enough schools are scourges of modern life many countries face. Now a factory in West Africa will try to tackle both by transforming old flip-flops and car tires into bricks to build classrooms.

6 years ago
Environment

Climate change blamed for deaths of 200 Arctic reindeer

Some 200 reindeer have been found dead from starvation in the Arctic archipelago Svalbard, an unusually high number, the Norwegian Polar Institute said Monday, pointing the finger at climate change. 

6 years ago
Environment

Climate champion Greta Thunberg plans to set sail for Americas on zero-carbon trip

Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg is taking a year off school to pursue her campaign to curb global warming in the Americas, which she will reach by sailboat on a transatlantic voyage.

6 years ago
Environment

28 days later, French deep-sea divers back from the depths

After 28 days below the sea at a crushing depth of 120 meters, a team of four researchers emerged into the sunshine at the French Mediterranean port of Marseille on Sunday.

6 years ago
Environment

Think the heatwave was bad? Climate already hitting key tipping points

With study-after-study showing climate impacts from extreme weather to polar melt and sea level rise outstripping initial forecasts, negotiators have a fast-closing window to try to turn the aspirations agreed in Paris into meaningful outcomes.

6 years ago
Opinion

Taking lessons from 2015 forest fire disaster

The devastating forest fires four years ago, the worst in two decades, still loom over the conscience of the government after the Supreme Court on July 16 rejected an appeal filed by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo against a lower court ruling that found his government guilty of failing to prevent the forest fires.

6 years ago
Indonesia premium

Batu resident conjures up used diapers into flower pots

Concerned about used diapers floating down the river near his home, 43-year-old Rudi Eko Prasetyo has come up with a way to turn them into something useful.

6 years ago
City premium

Jakarta readies for green Formula E race amid air pollution woes

In early discussions, Syafrin said both sides agreed on two alternative routes in Central Jakarta.

6 years ago
Environment

Vietnam seizes 125 kilos of rhino horn hidden in plaster

The 125 kilograms (275 pound) haul of rhino horn discovered at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport on Thursday was found after the carefully disguised shipment aroused suspicion.

6 years ago
Environment

Britons care more about climate change than Brexit, survey shows

A majority of Britons think climate change will be a more important issue than Brexit in the future, a poll showed on Friday.

6 years ago
Environment

Environmentalists urge Tour de France to end 'avalanche of plastic'

The corporate "caravan" that motors across valleys and mountains ahead of the cyclists competing in the Tour de France has been a crowd-pleaser for decades, but ecologists want organizers to put an end to the avalanche of plastic it generates.

6 years ago