Jakarta snags ‘most polluted’ title as air quality plunges and officials dither

Mongabay
Aug 17, 2023, 5:27 am399 pts
JAKARTA — Millions of residents of Jakarta have for the past several weeks suffered from some of the worst air pollution recorded anywhere in the world. Even President Joko Widodo has been affected by the problem — a problem his own administration refused to address even after being ordered to do so by a…

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