Endless smog: Firefighters attempting to extinguish a fire at a landfill in Bekasi, near Jakarta. — AP
AGAINST the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays grey for months at a time, while ashes and the stench of smoke hang in the air.
Suryana has spent more than three decades living in the shadow of the power plant in northern Java, near Jakarta.
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