Jakarta residents vindicated as Indonesian President and ministers found guilty in air pollution lawsuit

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Indonesia's President Joko Widodo and several senior government officials are found guilty of environmental negligence for failing to deal with Jakarta's chronic air pollution.

"PM2.5 causes and worsens chronic heart disease, lung disease, diabetes and cancer, and also impacts child health through adverse birth outcomes, slowing lung growth and causing pneumonia and stunting."

"The doctor says she has asthma and rhinitis. She finds it difficult to breathe in the morning," Veronica said. Mr Prayogi said he worked and spent many hours commuting in the city from 1988 to 1995 and has had to deal with the consequences because of it. Jakarta's provincial government acknowledged the city's air quality needed to improve, but said it had been addressing the problem since before the lawsuit was filed in 2019.

"Whatever level we're at right now, we have to improve it because Jakarta residents have a right to good air quality," he said. Satellite imagery showed power plants in surrounding areas continued to operate as usual, according to a study last year by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

 

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The masses are awakening and also getting results themselves.

Geez if the graphic is representitive then that IS real bad.

lol it can be assumed that all politicians are guilty of air pollution.

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