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Indonesian haze: Why it's everyone's problem

2015-09-17 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CNN: Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia are choking under a thick haze of smog caused by the annual burning of land for the production of pulp, paper and palm oil on the island of Sumatra, in western Indonesia and Borneo. The smog has become so bad the Indonesian government has declared a state of emergency in Riau province, one of the worst affected areas. Seven executives from companies alleged to be behind the fires have been arrested, said Indonesian police chief, General Badrodin Haiti. It's...

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Indonesia orders action against land burning as haze chokes SE Asia

2015-09-15 05:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Indonesian President Joko Widodo called late on Monday for strong action against anyone caught lighting fires to clear forested land, as a worsening haze blanketed the north of the country and neighboring Singapore and Malaysia. Southeast Asia has suffered for years from annual bouts of smog caused by slash-and-burn practices in Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan islands, but governments in the region have failed to address the problem. Air quality dipped to "unhealthy levels" in Malaysia and...

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Agencies forging haze deal

2015-09-01 00:52:36| Waste Management - Topix.net

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality are working together to devise a state plan for implementing a 1999 law on controlling haze in natural parks and wilderness areas. The joint-effort plan would replace one proposed by the federal government, which a utility company says would cost it more than $1 billion to implement.

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Haze chokehold spurring efforts to save Indonesias forests

2015-08-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: This is the first part in a two-part series on fires in Indonesia and what`s being done to stop them. The annual burning of Indonesian rainforests represents an example of the increasing clouding of regional-global divides when it comes to environmental problems. Many Southeast Asians are wondering if they will have to withstand another blanket of haze from rainforest fires as Indonesia enters its annual dry season. Signs of an impending El Nino weather pattern mean the countrys traditional...

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