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Palm oil corporations blamed as smog chokes Indonesia
2014-03-07 09:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Fires in Indonesia are destroying large areas of forest on land owned by lumber and palm oil companies, casting further attention on western companies that buy commodities from the affected regions. The fires, which have been burning since late February, have emitted a blanket of smog, which has triggered respiratory problems in more than 30,000 people, according to local reports. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesperson at Indonesias National Disaster Management Agency, said that causes of pneumonia,...
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