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Overlap of fire, COVID-19 peaks: A ‘catastrophe’ for Brazil’s Amazon

John Cannon 9 Jun 2020

Climate conundrum: Could COVID-19 be linked to early Arctic ice melt?

Gloria Dickie 8 Jun 2020

Aided by weather, Sri Lanka’s lockdown leads to decline in air, sea pollution

Dennis Mombauer 21 May 2020

Forest fires in Indonesia set to add toxic haze to COVID-19 woes

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Apr 2020

Manila gets its skyline back as air quality improves amid COVID-19 lockdown

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2020
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon city, Banten Province, Indonesia.

Green groups target South Korea’s bailout of coal power plant builder

Basten Gokkon 10 Apr 2020

Mining activity in Indonesia takes a hit from COVID-19 pandemic

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Mar 2020

Response to one pandemic, COVID-19, has helped ease another: Air pollution

Liz Kimbrough 20 Mar 2020

In Indonesian renewables bill, activists see chance to move away from coal

Basten Gokkon 14 Feb 2020

As 2020 fire season nears, Indonesian president blasts officials for 2019

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Feb 2020

Report identifies tycoons controlling site of new Indonesian capital

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jan 2020

South Korea funding coal plants overseas that would be banned at home

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Nov 2019

Lawsuit against Indonesian coal plant reveals permit irregularities

Ahmad Supardi 1 Nov 2019

Area the size of Puerto Rico burned in Indonesia’s fire crisis

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Oct 2019
Gold and sand mining near Mandor, West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

The unrecognized cost of Indonesia’s fires (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2019

Hundreds protest pollution from coal-fired power plant in Java

L. Darmawan 4 Oct 2019

Japan builds coal plants abroad that wouldn’t be allowed at home: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Aug 2019

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Jul 2019

Jakarta residents sue government over ‘world’s filthiest’ air quality

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jul 2019

Environmental issues among top priorities of urban Indian voters: Report

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Apr 2019

Putting policy into practice to clean up South Asia’s dirty air (commentary)

Nalaka Gunawardene 26 Mar 2019

As animal tagging goes cutting-edge, ethical questions abound

Jason J. Gregg 24 Jan 2019
Beijing smog as seen from the China World Hotel, March 2003, during the SARS outbreak. Photo by Kevin Dooley.

Mosses could help rapidly detect pollution

Bailey Bedford 5 Dec 2018

Women in small-island states exposed to high levels of mercury: study

Basten Gokkon 27 Nov 2018
Coal protest in Indonesia

Activists urge end to South Korean funding of Indonesia coal plants

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Nov 2018

Is northern India better prepared for air pollution this winter?

Mayank Aggarwal 31 Oct 2018

Runners’ woes at Asian Games highlight Jakarta’s air pollution problem

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Sep 2018

Fires and haze return to Indonesia as peat protection bid falls short

Aseanty Pahlevi, Hans Nicholas Jong, Zamzami 29 Aug 2018

Graft and government policy align to keep Indonesia burning coal

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Aug 2018

On an island in the sun, coal power is king over abundant solar

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2018

In Sumatra, villagers blame a coal mine for cracks in their houses, and their community

Yitno Suprapto 4 Jul 2018

Delhi residents protest against axing of the city’s green cover

Mayank Aggarwal 4 Jul 2018

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