More than a month after they started burning, Indonesian forest fires that caused a crippling haze epidemic are still raging strong.  The record-breaking burn is due largely to palm oil practices that dry out, expose and otherwise make the peatland beneath them extremely susceptible to fires.  As a result of…

Indonesia has been pulling out all the stops in its ongoing fight against the haze-producing, greenhouse gas-emitting, peatland forest-destroying fires spreading across the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan.  The country has sent nearly 21,000 personnel to fight the fires this year and is doing all it can, but its government…