“Since late August, vast swaths of forests and peatlands across the archipelago of Indonesia have been engulfed in flames. Hundreds of thousands of people have been submerged in a haze of smoke so thick it can be seen from space. Over 500,000 have been forced to seek treatment for respiratory illness, and more than a dozen have died. In a matter of weeks, the fires have released more carbon than entire countries produce in a year. At their peak, the fires’ daily emissions exceeded those of the entire U.S. economy.”
November 7, 2015