Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Humans remained the number one cause of disasters in Indonesia in 2006, according to the government's environmental report released Wednesday.

Presi Mandari, Bengkulu – Huge aftershocks rumbled across Indonesia's Sumatra island on Thursday but officials said damage from a massive quake that killed 10 people was not as bad as f

Palembang, South Sumatra – The Sriwijaya Military District Command in South Sumatra is overseeing a pilot project on the utilization of peat land for agricultural purposes.

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Dozens of ulema from Nahdlatul Ulama gathered here Saturday and Sunday came out with a strong verdict against the country's first nuclear plant, which is to be built nearby at Mt.

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Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Allegations made Wednesday by Australian Senator Ian MacDonald and president of mining company PT Newmont Minahasa Raya Richard Ness that an Indonesian environ

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Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Coral reef destruction in South Sulawesi has reached an alarming heights and today poses a real threat to the ongoing livelihoods of regional fishermen.

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Poor city planning and rapid population growth have been blamed for increasingly hot weather in Jakarta over the last 130 years, a study says.

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – The government-appointed agency in charge of dealing with the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster in East Java decided Monday to continue dumping mud into the Porong

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Agus Maryono and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Purwokerto/Bandung – Serious drought in the past month has forced residents in Banyumas regency, Central Java, to use unsanitary water for cooking, an

Tokyo – After five years as an independent nation, East Timor has declared its first national park.

Jakarta – Relatives of victims of the February floods told the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday that they had never received assistance or indemnity packages from the city for t

Jakarta – The death toll from devastating floods and landslides on Indonesia's eastern Sulawesi island has risen to 107, as aid distribution to survivors gained pace Friday, an official

Jakarta – Three flood victims have accused the city administration in court of failing to anticipate and mitigate the February floods and neglecting to assisting victims in the aftermat

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Muria community representatives met with members of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) on July 24 to ask them to oppose the planned construction

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives decided Thursday to suspend finalizing its proposed interpellation motion over the Sidoarjo mudflow after the House Consultati

Jakarta – The House of Representatives has enacted a new Energy Law that is aimed at securing sustainable energy supplies, and promoting energy conservation and the use of renewable ene

Sohirin/Jems de Fortuna, Semarang – A leak at the Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) nuclear-powered electric generator plant has made the residents around Gunung Muria (Jepara, Pati and K

Ciamis – As a fisherman wife, Saring lives a simple life. But the 53-year-old never imagined she would have to camp in a make-shift tent for more than a year.

Jakarta – The Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Institute (YLBHI) told the government Friday to issue a decree for the immediate compensation of Sidoarjo mudflow victims from state cof

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Policies involving the national weather forecast agency and farmers must be enacted to enable Indonesia to adapt to the grave effects of global warming and evade

Indra Harsaputra and ID Nugroho, Sidoarjo – Mudflow victims greeted with reservation President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's latest instructions for the company at the center of disaster t

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Green activists renewed their calls Tuesday for more attention to be paid to environmental preservation and economic compensation for those whose lives have been

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on Tuesday criticized the President's tour of mudflow-affected Sidoarjo, East Java, saying i

Jakarta – Victims of a devastating "mud volcano" in Indonesia complained Wednesday that a fresh compensation scheme thrashed out by the president during a visit to the disaster area in

Indra Harsaputra and ID Nugroho, Sidoarjo – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued a series of instructions to speed up compensation for people displaced by the mudflow in Sidoar

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono shed tears and became angry Sunday as he listened to the stories of people displaced by the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java.

Syaipul Bakhori, Jakarta – The oil and gas exploration activities carried out by a Malaysian company, Petronas, in Jambi's east coastal waters, is worrying fishermen in West Tanjungjabu

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Iqbal Fadil, Jakarta - The construction of the Muria nuclear power plant (PLTN) in Central Java continues to attract criticism from various circles who say the construction as bring a n

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – More than 6,000 families that fell victim to the tsunami in Aceh are living still in temporary shelters because many newly built houses were not yet equipped wi

Jakarta – Regional administrations have failed to pay proper attention to environmental issues, a national meeting of green organizations said Thursday.

Jakarta – Indonesian activists on Thursday submitted a complaint against judges who presided over the pollution trial of US mining giant Newmont, alleging they had dozed off during proc

Jakarta – Opposition continues to mount over the government's plan to build a nuclear power plant near Mount Muria in the northern part of Central Java.

ID Nugroho, Sidoarjo – Police officers were forced come between two groups of mudflow victims in Sidoarjo, East Java after the groups accused one another of providing false information

Suherdjoko, Kudus – Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Kudus regency, Central Java, on Tuesday to reject the central government's plan to build a nuclear power plant in nearb

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Kudus – Thousands of people in the Central Java town of Kudus have again demonstrated against the contraction of the Muria nuclear power plant (PLTN) which they be

Nurvita Indarini, Kudus – Indonesia is looking at using nuclear technology and the government is even planning to construct a nuclear power plant (PLTN) at Muria in Central Java.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Farmers in East Nusa Tenggara have lost 25 to 40 percent of their income due to irregular rainfall, while fishermen in the Maluku islands have complained of poor

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has criticized the planned construction of waste incinerators in the capital.

Banda Aceh – Angry residents in Indonesia's Aceh have disabled a tsunami warning system after a false alarm spread panic in a province still traumatized by the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A World Bank-sponsored report launched Monday said Indonesia was lagging behind other countries and not making the most of the several options that would help th

Indonesia is among the world's top three greenhouse gas emitters because of deforestation, peatland degradation and forest fires, a new World Bank and British government climate change

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – A government plan to begin the construction of a nuclear power plant by 2016 has been labeled environmentally risky and premature, with environmental

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Last year Governor Sutiyoso received an award proclaiming him Asian Air Quality Champion.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Continuous heavy rainfall across parts of North Sumatra over the weekend caused a landslide in Deli Serdang regency and floods in Medan on Monday.