Jakarta Governor Points to Coal Power Plants as Pollution Source, Calls for Inter-regional Coordination
Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung stated that the capital's severe air pollution cannot be solved by revising regulations alone, identifying coal-fired power plants in neighboring areas as a primary cause. He emphasized that improving the transportation sector is insufficient and called for coordinated regulation of emission sources across regions with the central government.
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