Whitewashing Coal Waste
The government removed the ash resulting from burning coal in power plants from the category of hazardous and toxic waste. The industry sector is not yet ready to exploit it.
Tempo
March 22, 2021
ONE of the worst legacies of President Joko Widodo’s administration will be Annex XIV of Government Regulation No. 22/2021 on environmental protection. This regulation deriving from the Job Creation Law removes the ash resulting from the burning of coal from the B3 category of hazardous and toxic waste.
The Jokowi administration is gambling with the future of forthcoming generations. A 2017 investigation by the United Nations Envi
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