‘Diaper Brigade’ fights a chemical crisis in Java’s rivers
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Dressed in a hazmat suit with boots, gloves and a mask, Prigi Arisandi waded into a river north of Yogyakarta, a city in the center of the…
Articles by Tommy Apriando
In Indonesia’s coal heartland, jaded voters weigh the ‘same old’ candidates
SAMARINDA, Indonesia — Rahmawati, a homemaker, remembers being ill on a December day in 2014, at her home in Samarinda, the capital of the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan, when…
Coal company fined 2 billion rupiah for illegal waste dumping in Borneo
Residents of villages in Indonesian Borneo who have long complained that a coal company is polluting local waterways have won their first victory in court, but activists say the sanctions…
Activists seek protection for Indonesia’s karst amid building boom pressure
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Activists in Indonesia have called for the government to issue a new regulation aimed at better protecting the country’s karsts, the unique rocky landscapes that are home…
Who owns Indonesia’s deadly abandoned coal mines?
Hundreds of abandoned open-pit coal mines pockmark the landscape of East Kalimantan Province in Indonesian Borneo. Indonesian law requires mining companies to fill in pits that are no longer in…
Farmers fall short in legal challenge to Java cement plant
The head of the panel of judges at the State Administrative Court in Semarang, Central Java, reads out the verdict in the Rembang case last week. Photo: Tommy Apriando A…
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