Ganjar Commitment To Reduce Extractive Industries That Can Damage The Environment In East Kalimantan

Presidential Candidate Ganjar Pranowo after a meeting with TPD, coalition candidates, and volunteers in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Tuesday (5/12/2023). ANTARA/Narda Margaretha Sinambela)l

BALIKPAPAN - Candidate for president Ganjar Pranowo is committed to reducing the extractive industry in East Kalimantan which will become the location of the State Capital (IKN) of the Archipelago.

This was conveyed by Ganjar after a meeting with the TPD, Coalition Candidates, and Volunteers in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Tuesday, December 5.

According to him, the industry's need for energy should switch to green energy that does not damage the environment.

Ganjar admitted that gradually his party would prepare the transition to green energy if he became president.

"We are preparing the energy transition so that we can slowly reduce this extraction, then it will not be damaging," said Ganjar as quoted by ANTARA.

These extractive patterns, he said, are important to follow new ways as a way to protect a world-class environment.

"It takes technology, good human resources, and we have to sort out and choose which ones we will continue to extract and which ones we will prepare for the transition."

In addition, the former Governor of Central Java also said that he would re-esess large industries operating in East Kalimantan. The reason is, the existence of illegal industries also causes environmental problems in East Kalimantan to become non-ruled.

"Usually the problem is illegal. If the process is legal, the process will be very good as well as routine control," said Ganjar.

He assessed that public knowledge related to climate change is still not comprehensive. For this reason, basic education is needed for students from an early age regarding the environment.

"There is nothing else education. It can be entrusted to the teacher curriculum with a new issue and young people are now very aware of that issue," he added.

"The lower middle to lower circular economy understands the green economy, the blue economy, this is education. These new sciences need to be socialized downwards," concluded Ganjar.