Power Plant Ash Controversy
The government takes fly ash resulting from coal combustion off the list of hazardous and toxic waste. There is concern that this will endanger the environment and ignore any impact on those living around coal power plants.
Abdul Manan
March 22, 2021
AFTER a heavy rain fell on the night of Tuesday, March 16, Gusrinal found it much easier to breathe. The resident of Sijantang village in Talawi, City of Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, said that the rain enabled him to take deep breaths of fresh air. The sky was bluer, and the street in front of his house, as well as flowers and plants, were not covered in ash produced by the burning of coal at the Ombilin Steam Power Plant (PLTU), which is locat
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