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March 6, 2008

Jakarta Post - March 6, 2008

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Central Java Governor Ali Mufiz has urged the central government to postpone a plan for the construction of a nuclear power plant near Mount Muria at Balong villa

March 3, 2008

February 27, 2008

February 23, 2008

Jakarta Post - February 23, 2008

Jakarta – The House of Representatives officially announced Friday its special team would continue investigations into the mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java, while a move to quest

February 22, 2008

Jakarta Post - February 22, 2008

Erwida Maulia and ID Nugroho, Jakarta/Sidoarjo – A group on Thursday declared a movement to stop the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, while questioning the government's political will to

Jakarta Post - February 22, 2008

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – An alliance of non-governmental organizations have voiced strong opposition to the planned straightening of the Deli River, which divides Medan in North Sumatra

February 21, 2008

Jakarta Post - February 21, 2008

Jakarta/Sidoarjo – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Soetardjo Soerdjogoeritno was criticized Wednesday by fellow lawmakers for reversing a decision to question the government on

February 18, 2008

Jakarta Post - February 18, 2008

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The four main rivers in Riau province are contaminated by hazardous levels of cadmium and zinc, posing a serious threat to the health of residents, say local

February 9, 2008

Jakarta Post - February 9, 2008

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Bandung, the capital of West Java, has been recently deemed unsafe after numerous homes have been annually inundated during the rainy season for the past thr

February 8, 2008

Jakarta Post - February 8, 2008

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Recent flooding that submerged part of the Sedyatmo turnpike – the main roadway to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport – was primarily caused by the surroun

February 6, 2008

Associated Press - February 6, 2008

Jakarta – Rescuers dug for survivors after a landslide on Indonesia's main island pummeled a village on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and destroying homes and roads, official

February 1, 2008

January 29, 2008

January 25, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 25, 2008

Jakarta – Hopes for achieving justice for victims of the devastating mudflow in Sidoarjo regency, East Java, are fading as controversy rages over whether the investigation into the case

January 24, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 24, 2008

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – In response to the administration's plan to evict thousands of residents in 2008 to make way for green areas, organizations have offered a community-based approac

January 23, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 23, 2008

Fadli, Batam – Hundreds of traditional fishermen in Batam, Riau Islands, have stopped fishing over the past few weeks due to the heavy pollution dumped by oil tankers in Batam waters.

January 17, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 17, 2008

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January 7, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 7, 2008

Jakarta – Experts on Saturday blamed humans for contributing to environmental damages that eventually lead to so-called natural disasters.

January 5, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 5, 2008

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – An embankment built to contain the hot mud that has been flowing from an oil drilling well in Porong, Sidoarjo regency, East Java, has collapsed, forcing hu

January 3, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 3, 2008

Indra Harsaputra and Suherdjoko, Bojonegoro/Semarang – More than 100 people have died due to ongoing floods across Central and East Java, a health ministry official said Wednesday.

January 2, 2008

Agence France Presse - January 2, 2008

Jakarta – Landslides and floods that struck Indonesia's main island of Java last week killed 107 people and left 12 missing, a health ministry official said Wednesday, as waters receded

Jakarta Post - January 2, 2008

Indra Harsaputra and Stevie Emilia, Sidoarjo/Jakarta – It has been nearly two years since the mud started gushing out of a gas exploration drilling site in Sidoarjo regency, East Java,

December 30, 2007

Jakarta Post - December 30, 2007

Slamet Susanto, Surakarta – Flooding caused by an overflowing Bengawan Solo River paralyzed business activity along the Central Java-East Java border Saturday, with transportation route

December 29, 2007

Jakarta Post - December 29, 2007

Slamet Susanto and Blontank Poer, Surakarta – Flooding in Surakarta in Central Java and its surrounding areas worsened due to heavy rain Friday as rescuers intensified efforts to search

December 28, 2007

Jakarta Post - December 28, 2007

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – A court here Thursday has rejected a lawsuit filed by a leading environmental group accusing Lapindo Brantas of causing the devastating mudflow in Sidoarjo, Ea

December 27, 2007

Jakarta Post - December 27, 2007

Blontank Poer and Suherdjoko, Semarang – At least 71 people were killed in a landslide early Wednesday morning affecting seven districts in Karanganyar regency, Central Java, while floo

December 26, 2007

Agence France Presse - December 26, 2007

Wawan Irawan, Tawangmangu – Floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains left close to 100 people dead or missing on the main Indonesian island of Java on Wednesday, officials said.

Reuters - December 26, 2007

Calang – Hundreds of Indonesians prayed at mass graves in Aceh province on Wednesday to remember relatives who died in the Indian Ocean tsunami three years ago.

December 19, 2007

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2007

Irawaty Wardany and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court rejected Tuesday an environmental pollution lawsuit filed by the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi

December 18, 2007

Agence France Presse - December 18, 2007

Jakarta – Reconstruction in ravaged areas of the Indonesian coastline is on track nearly three years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, a key group of international donors said Tuesday.

December 14, 2007

Jakarta Post - December 14, 2007

Jakarta – Imbalances between development and environmental conservation in Jakarta may lead to several major floods in the city in coming years, a hydrology expert said.

December 13, 2007

Detik.com - December 13, 2007

Nusa Dua, Bali – Anti-nuclear activists have expressed their strong opposition to the use of nuclear energy to mitigate the impact of climate change.

Jakarta Post - December 13, 2007

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December 10, 2007

Detik.com - December 10, 2007

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – The United States' stand in refusing to reduce emissions in order to overcome global warming has received a strong reaction with hundreds of students demonstra

December 9, 2007

Jakarta Post - December 9, 2007

Luh De Suryani, Contributor, Denpasar, Bali – More than 2,000 members of local and international civil society organizations gathered at Bajra Sandhi park in Puputan Renon, Denpasar, on

December 8, 2007

Jakarta Post - December 8, 2007

Nusa Dua, Bali – More than 200 hundred people from four of the world's continents gathered here in a forum called Solidarity Village for a Cool Planet, which kicked off Friday at the Ka

December 6, 2007

Melbourne Age - December 6, 2007

Mark Forbes – Papua will ban all log exports from next month, in a radical move to preserve one of the world's largest remaining tracts of untouched forests.

December 4, 2007

Tempo Interactive - December 4, 2007

Erick Priberkah H/Rana AF, Bandung – The Bandung Immigration Bureau in West Java decided to deport three environmental activists from the United States, the Philippines and India, yeste

Jakarta Post - December 4, 2007

I wayan Juniartha, Jakarta – Dozens of students and environmental and human rights activists from the People's Alliance for Democracy and Human Rights staged a protest Monday demanding

December 3, 2007

Kompas - December 3, 2007

Nusa Dua, Bali – Activists from the Civil Society Forum or CSF are calling for a fairer world in order to overcome the impact of climate change.

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2007

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The continued loss of protected forests on Java could lead to serious ecological disasters on the densely populated island costing the country some Rp 136

Detik.com - December 3, 2007

Erna Mardiana, Bandung – Three foreign environmental activists, who have been in Bandung (West Java) municipal district police detention since Sunday afternoon, have been threatened wit

November 29, 2007

Jakarta Post - November 29, 2007

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Jakarta's regular floods can be partially blamed on global and regional warming, a scientist has said.

Jakarta Post - November 29, 2007

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – PT Lapindo Brantas, a mining company partly owned by Bakrie Holding Group which has been blamed for the mudflow in East Java's Sidoarjo region, on Wednesda

November 28, 2007

Jakarta Post - November 28, 2007

Prodita Sabarini, Denpasar – Bali's fishermen and farmers are more susceptible to the effects of climate change than other groups on the island, an environmentalist says.

Jakarta Post - November 28, 2007

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – The climate in Yogyakarta city has gradually increased over the past two years due to global warming, a government agency says.

Agence France Presse - November 28, 2007

Jakarta – Indonesia is one of the nations most vulnerable to climate change and is already feeling some of the consequences of global warming, environmental group WWF said Wednesday in

Jakarta Post - November 28, 2007

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The sea water which inundated much of North Jakarta on Monday began receding Tuesday, with residents returning home and traffic on the road to Soekarno-Hatta

November 27, 2007

Jakarta Post - November 27, 2007

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – As the government prepares to unveil its National Action Plan (RAN), a road map to guide the effort against global warming, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce an