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June 4, 2025
June 2, 2025
Antara & Jakarta – Indonesian metropolis Jakarta becomes the world's sixth most polluted city as of 11 a.m. on Monday, according to IQAir's monitoring system.
Jakarta – Bali Governor I Wayan Koster has announced plans to ban the production of water bottles smaller than 1 liter, in an effort to address the island's growing waste problem, which
June 1, 2025
Jakarta – A giant bubble became the focus of attention during the Car Free Day (CFD) event at the Hotel Indonesia (HI) traffic circle area in Central Jakarta on Sunday morning June 1.
May 31, 2025
Agencies, Jakarta – At least thirteen people were killed and a dozen injured Friday in a rockfall at a limestone quarry in Cirebon regency, West Java, the disaster agency said, with sea
Dede Adhitama, Cirebon – Fourteen bodies have been recovered and returned to their families after a deadly landslide struck a mining site in Gunung Kuda, Cirebon, West Java.
May 30, 2025
Hendro Dahlan Situmorang, Jakarta – Indonesia is strengthening its national tsunami early warning system by utilizing undersea fiber optic cable technology to detect seismic activity, p
May 28, 2025
Jakarta – The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) has reported that Mount Semeru, situated on the border of Lumajang and Malang districts in East Java, erupt
May 27, 2025
Fachri Hamzah, Padang – Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted on Tuesday morning, May 27, 2025, at 8:22 AM WIB.
May 24, 2025
Jamal Abdun Nashr, Semarang – Flooding from the sea submerged areas of Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang, Central Java, after a section of the seawall collapsed on Friday afternoon, May 23,
May 23, 2025
Resty Woro Yuniar – A sweeping new ban on small plastic water bottles in Bali has triggered backlash from Indonesia's beverage and plastics industries, even as environmental advocates h
Agencies, Jakarta – A5.7-magnitude earthquake hit near Sumatra on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, damaging more than 100 houses with no reports of casualties.
T. Handoko, Sukoharjo, Indonesia – Sarmi recalls the unusual blight that fell over Gupit village around 2017, when doves and finches appeared to vanish from the sky.
Phesi Ester Julikawati, Bengkulu – Hundreds of houses in Bengkulu were severely and lightly damaged in the wake of a strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the region early Friday,
Wawan Kurniawan, Tangerang – Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq ordered the immediate shutdown of a steel blast furnace facility in Tangerang Regency, Banten, on Friday after wit
May 22, 2025
Jakarta – Ten cities in Indonesia received Climate Action Plans (CAP) to mark the completion of the Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) program on Wednesday, which was funded
May 21, 2025
Jamal Abdun Nashr, Demak – Floods have inundated 12 villages in Demak Regency, Central Java, since Sunday, May 18, 2025.
May 20, 2025
Rescuers battle weather and conditions to find missing after storm kills six people at remote mine.
May 19, 2025
Jakarta – Indonesia raised the alert level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki to the highest after it erupted eight times over the weekend, its volcanology agency has said.
Jakarta – Torrential rains forced a halt on May 19 to Indonesia's search for 14 missing in its easternmost region of Papua after a landslide killed six workers at a gold mine and injure
May 18, 2025
Six workers in West Papua are dead after a landslide at a gold mine.
May 15, 2025
Anwar Siswadi (Kontributor), Bandung – Floods and landslides struck five areas across West Java following moderate to heavy rainfall on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
May 14, 2025
Jakarta – Without proper follow-up measures, the move by Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan and Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq to seal off two housing clus
May 13, 2025
Muhammad Iqbal, Tangerang – Several locations in Tangerang and South Tangerang, which is just outside Jakarta, were inundated by flooding due to downpours on Tuesday evening, May 13, af
May 10, 2025
Michael Neilson, Tropodo – Plastic waste from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, the US and Britain is being used to fuel tofu production in Indonesia, the Guardian has learn
April 28, 2025
Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Scorching hot weather has affected various regions throughout Indonesia over the past week.
April 10, 2025
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – With the Islamic month of Ramadan now over, a familiar sight has returned to the streets of daytime Jakarta: street vendors serving up chicken porridge, an
April 5, 2025
Ahmad Rifqi Danwanus, Jakarta – Mount Semeru in Lumajang, East Java, erupted with volcanic ash reaching a height of 900 meters on Saturday.
April 1, 2025
Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported a series of temblors in northern regions of Sumatra, Banda Aceh City and Aceh Besar Dist
March 25, 2025
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The change in co-leadership roles after the US quit the Just Energy Transition Partnership or JETP climate funding has little to no effect on the multi-bil
JETP, a financing commitment from rich nations and global lenders to help poorer nations adopt cleaner energy, has earmarked $20 billion to help Indonesia cut its emissions.
March 21, 2025
At least seven international flights from Indonesia's resort island Bali have been cancelled, an airport official said on Friday, after a volcano in the archipelago nation's east erupte
Jakarta – The misfortune experienced by the people of Menang Raya village, Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra, shows the poor state of environmental management in this country.
March 20, 2025
Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia responded to the request of President Prabowo Subianto to Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Agus Harimurti
March 19, 2025
Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Deputy of Emergency Response at the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Major General Lukmansyah, revealed that budget constraints have been a hindr
March 18, 2025
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Norwegian government is monitoring growing concerns over Indonesia's decision to appoint political figures with little climate expertise to oversee a c
Antara, Jakarta – Heavy flooding has inundated 29 neighborhood units (RT) across East Jakarta, West Jakarta, and South Jakarta, with water levels reaching up to 2.5 meters, the Jakarta
Jakarta – There is a fitting Malay poem that portrays the chaotic response to the recent flooding in Bekasi, Bogor and Jakarta: "It's like a person searching for leaves, but not looking
March 14, 2025
Muhammad Rifki Saebani, Tasikmalaya – Four villages in Tanjungsari Village, Sukaresik Subdistrict, Tasikmalaya Regency, were flooded following the overflow of the Cikidang and Citanduy
Heru Yustanto, Bogor – The government has issued suspension notices for a hotel and a golf course in Bogor Regency, alleging that they have been built on restricted forest land, Environ
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia's largest environmental group, Walhi, has filed a formal complaint with the Attorney General's Office, accusing 47 companies of environmental des
March 13, 2025
Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Pantau Gambut, a non-governmental organization networked across 9 provinces, which focuses on research as well as advocacy and campaigns for the protection and
March 11, 2025
Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – A group of environmental activists called the Pandawara Group visited the Presidential Palace in Jakarta to meet with President Prabowo Subianto on T
March 10, 2025
Heru Yustanto, Jakarta – The central government has shut down four villas in the Puncak resort area of Bogor, West Java, for violating land use regulations and occupying protected fores
March 8, 2025
Eka Jaya Saputra, Bekasi – President Prabowo Subianto on Saturday ordered his aides to improve the drainage system and landscape design in Bekasi following severe flooding that devastat
Riza, Sukabumi – Rescuers have recovered the body of one of five people who went missing in a landslide that struck Sukabumi, West Java, on Thursday, officials said on Saturday.
Jakarta – The government has said it is considering designating flood mitigation in Greater Jakarta a national strategic project (PSN) this year, following massive flooding in the regio
March 7, 2025
Jakarta – The torrential rains that swept across Greater Jakarta this past week have left in their wake devastating consequences, claiming several lives, including a toddler in South Ja
BeritaSatu, Sukabumi – Heavy rain poured over the Sukabumi area in West Java on Thursday, causing floods in several neighborhoods.
Irfan Maulana, Jakarta – The relocation site for families forced to make way for an upscale Jakarta property development was hit by a major flood this year, as extreme rain triggered fa