Indonesia has sent hundreds of garbage-filled shipping containers back to their countries of origin, according to the customs agency, as the Southeast Asian nation pushes back against

Sandra Fulloon – Australian inventor and entrepreneur Dr Len Humphreys has found a way to convert used plastic into products such as fuel – and he says it's a game changer.

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has won the lawsuit against the Governor of Aceh at the Banda Aceh state administrative court (PTUN) over th

Muhammad Sidik Permana, Bogor – A total of 57,580 residents of the 18,571 households in Bogor are suffering from clean water crisis due to the year's prolonged drought.

Ben Butler – The new operator of the site of Australia's worst ever oil spill has dismissed concerns it might not have the financial capacity to clean up should disaster strike again.

Paulina Quintao – The General Director for Water and Sanitation (DNSA), Gustavo da Cruz said there is no legal basis to control the consumption of ground water, and that water producti

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – Thousands of Bogor residents in West Java have declared their independence from plastic as part of a regency-wide environmental campaign as well as Indonesia's 7

Jakarta (Antara) – A flash flood triggered by heavy rains inundated and damaged tens of houses in South Aceh district Friday night.

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Indonesian Institute of Sciences has recommended that the government employ more measures to protect biodiversity in some of the archipelago's remotest island

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) Jakarta Executive Director Tubagus Soleh Ahmadi says the organization still awaits the governor's decree by Anies Ba

Jakarta – Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore Northwest Java, an oil-drilling subsidiary of the state energy company, has started drilling a relief well to plug the oil leak that has been p

Jakarta (Antara) – A number of fishermen in Muara Gembong, north coast of Bekasi Regency, West Java, asked for compensation for the oil spill at around PT Pertamina Hulu Energi's Offsh

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Jakarta Environment Agency has imposed sanctions for two companies in East Jakarta today, August 8, on charges of polluting the capital city through their factory

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – The poor air quality of Indonesia's capital city is back in the spotlight as air quality monitor Airvisual determined that Jakarta ranks as the city with worst

Ian Morse, Tapuwatu, Indonesia – Muhammad Arfa says he thinks a miracle saved his home.

Arya Dipa, Ardila Syakriah and Kharishar Kahfi, Bandung and Jakarta – Environmental recovery efforts following the recent oil leak from state energy giant Pertamina's Offshore North We

Bandung (Antara) – West Java Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported that as many as 20 regencies or cities in the province hit by drought as of Tuesday, August 5.

Jakarta – As part of the ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the capital's worsening air quality, mountaineering community Slow Adventure Indonesia, also known as Slowventure Indo

Jakarta – Fishing ponds in North Jakarta have dried up, killing hundreds of fish and forcing the municipality to deal with rainless months amid the prolonged dry season.

Workers and military personnel have been desperately trying to collect rubbish overflowing in a river in Indonesia.

Karuni Rompies, James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities have cancelled a tsunami warning about two hours after a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off th

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia's crackdown on waste imports is backfiring, with its plastic recycling industry in disarray and hundreds of containers of used materials clogging its po

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities lifted a tsunami warning late Friday after a powerful earthquake struck off the southern coast of Java – the most densely populated isl

Jakarta – Jakarta's air quality is the worst in the world again on Thursday (Aug 1) morning, according to air quality index monitor AirVisual, the second time in a span of two months.

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – The first civil lawsuit hearing on the city's air pollution is postponed.

Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he will have a talk with Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan regarding the city's handling of the constant air quality d

Nivell Rayda, Karawang, West Java – The high tide was coming but fishermen in the remote village of Sedari, in the northern coast of Indonesia's West Java province, had no plans of ven

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

Jakarta (Antara) – An oil spill from state energy company Pertamina's Offshore North West Java (ONWJ) in Karawang has reached the Thousand Islands since Thursday, July 25.

Fadli, Batam, Riau Islands – The Batam Customs Office in Riau Islands has sent seven containers containing hazardous and toxic waste owned by importing company PT Arya Wiraraja Plastin

A river in Bekasi, West Java, has come to represent the exact opposite of what its name means as it has made headlines across the country for the insane amount of filthy garbage that i

Jakarta – Residents of Bahagia (happy) subdistrict in North Bekasi, West Java, joined on Tuesday workers and other stakeholders to remove solid waste, mostly plastics, from the Bahagia

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – At least 10 villages and seven beaches in West Java have been affected by the oil spill from state energy giant Pertamina's Offshore North West Jav

Jakarta – Thousands of villagers in Tangerang regency, Banten, like many people across Indonesia, are suffering a shortage of clean water as the country faces an intense dry season thi

Jakarta (Antara) – Many experts projected Indonesian coastal areas (Jakarta, Semarang, and Demak) would face a serious threat on sea level hike and land subsidence due to global climat

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) administration has released a book on disaster mitigation in the hope of making religion one way to approach natural disaster miti

Jakarta – The level of air pollution in Depok, West Java, has alarmed a group of regular pedestrians, who referred to data from an air quality monitoring service showing that the city

Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government plans to plant and establish mother-in-law tongue (lidah mertua) gardens at the mayor's office and local administrative offices to reduce po

Jakarta (Antara) – A civil society coalition of 49 environmental groups, including the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and Greenpeace, launched a public awareness campaign

Jakarta (Antara) – As many as 1,048 people have registered to join a parade rejecting single-use plastic bags in Jakarta Sunday. The parade will start at 06:00 a.m.

Jakarta (Antara) – Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has urged all companies that produce plastic products to help clean up seas and oceans from plastic debris.

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The moment Leona set foot in Jakarta – a bustling metropolis of 10 million residents – she knew that she had a lot of adjusting to do.

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Piyungan River in Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, has been polluted with chromium from waste disposed by four nearby leather tanning factories, a study has reveale

Jakarta – The administration of West Java's Depok is planning to increase its groundwater tax from the current Rp 500 to Rp 4,000 (2 US cents) per cubic meter to push customers into us

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Head of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Dwikorita Karnawati predicts Indonesia will endure the peak drought period in August.

Jakarta (Antara) – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said that seven provinces in the country are experiencing drought.

Jakarta – The Jakgrosir Kramat Jati wholesale market in East Jakarta has gone on a "single-use plastic bag diet" by not providing them to customers to help reduce plastic waste in the

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – Bali is on track to reduce plastic waste on the resort island after the Supreme Court rejected a judicial review that challenged the local administration'

Jakarta – In an attempt to protect the environment from air pollution, the government plans to oblige all vehicles to undergo an emissions test before extending their vehicle registrat

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – A 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit North Maluku on Sunday afternoon has claimed the lives of two people on Halmahera Island, who were crushed to death when t