Lockdown should have cleared up Jakarta’s air. Coal plants kept it dirty

2020-08-27 13:32
JAKARTA — Pollution from nearby coal-fired power plants is choking the citizens of Jakarta, slashing years off their life expectancy, and turning the city into one of the most polluted capitals in the world, a new report shows. The U.S. Embassy’s monitoring stations, which track levels of harmful PM2.5 particles in the air, recorded 172 […]