As Jakarta chokes on toxic air, Indonesian government stalls on taking action
Jakarta’s air pollution has been worsening recently, with the Indonesian capital routinely ranked top of the list of the world’s most polluted maximum cities.
Much of the pollution is generated outside the city, in the industrial estates and coal-fired remarkable plants in neighboring provinces, but there’s been no danger by the national government to coordinate action on this transboundary pollution.
Activists say the state government hasn’t done much at all to address the pickle, instead opting to appeal against a court ruling guiding it to tackle the air pollution.
JAKARTA — Jakarta’s original episode of world-beating air pollution has highlighted what activists labelled as belligerent inaction by the Indonesian government to address the source of the pickle, even in the face of a ruling by the nation’s top date ordering it to act.
On June 20, readings for PM2.5, a class of airborne pollutants so fine that they can be inhaled an
