Indonesia: Fed up with toxic air, Jakarta residents are holding their breath for a court ruling CNN 4 hrs ago Story by Reuters © Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images Buildings in downtown Jakarta, Indonesia, shrouded in a thick haze on February 23, 2018.
Born and raised in the bustling megacity of Jakarta, Indonesia s densely populated, traffic-choked capital, environmentalist Khalisah Khalid has long anguished over the city s toxic air.
Her young daughter has been plagued by ill health from birth, issues Khalisah believes are exacerbated by the city s worsening air pollution. Her health is increasingly being threatened with Jakarta s increasingly dirty air quality, said Khalisah, of her daughter, now aged 10. We want the government to make rules to ensure citizens have a good environment and air.
Fed up with toxic air, Jakarta residents are holding their breath for a court ruling
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Infrastructure: White House defends hiking taxes on corporations to pay for plans, but signals it s open to compromise CNN 1 hr ago By Tami Luhby, Katie Lobosco and Nikki Carvajal, CNN © Gary Hershorn/Corbis News/Getty Images Buildings in the Newport neighborhood of Jersey City and in lower Manhattan in New York City reflect the rising sun on April 7, 2021 as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey.
Faced with major blowback over its $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, the Biden administration is rolling out a campaign to justify why it needs to hike corporate taxes to fund the massive plan. But President Joe Biden also left the door open Wednesday to negotiate one of the most contentious provisions raising the corporate tax rate to 28%.