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Singapore takes legal action against 5 Indonesia companies over haze

Singapore’s National Environment Agency served Asia Pulp & Paper and four other companies with legal notice under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act, because fires burning in the companies’ concessions in Indonesia. The air pollutant index in Singapore hit “hazardous” levels last week, and schools shut down. The haze even is harming relations between the two countries, with Singapore and also Malaysia.

  • Mongabay
  • Pulp and Paper
  • National Environment Agency
  • Transboundary Haze Pollution Act
  • air pollutant index