Coal News

RSS
496 stories

Dutch to limit forest biomass subsidies, possibly signaling EU sea change

Justin Catanoso 9 Mar 2021

Calls for accountability after coal-slurry spill in Indonesian river

Della Syahni, Sapariah Saturi 19 Feb 2021

Indonesian police may probe coal miners over deforestation-linked floods

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Feb 2021

Grim toll from Indonesia’s abandoned mines may get even worse, report warns

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Feb 2021

Indonesia to push for mine rehab, reforestation after deadly floods

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Feb 2021

In Indonesia, a village held hostage by coal pleads for change

Della Syahni 4 Feb 2021

Planned coal-trucking road threatens a forest haven for Sumatran frogs

Elviza Diana, Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jan 2021

Plantations, mines didn’t worsen flood, Indonesia says. The data begs to differ

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Jan 2021

Palm oil plantations, coal mines linked to deadly Indonesia flood

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jan 2021

As world sours on coal, top producer Indonesia tries to sweeten it at home

Nithin Coca 28 Dec 2020

Being realistic about coal mine rehabilitation in Indonesia: An ecological perspective

David Woodbury, Arbainsyah 23 Dec 2020

Dolphins face growing pressure as development eats into Borneo’s interior

Carolyn Cowan 2 Dec 2020

Coal stockpiles threaten public health, ancient temple, in Indonesian village

Yitno Suprapto 23 Nov 2020

Bribery-tainted coal plant in Indonesia held up as landowners hold out

Basten Gokkon 13 Nov 2020

Philippines declares no new coal plants — but lets approved projects through

Leilani Chavez 5 Nov 2020

Indonesia’s omnibus law a ‘major problem’ for environmental protection

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2020

11 workers killed in landslide at illegal coal mining site in Indonesia

Taufik Wijaya 3 Nov 2020
Tendele mine, Somkhele. Image courtesy Rob Symons.

South African activist killed as contentious coal mine seeks to expand

Fred Kockott, Matthew Hattingh 28 Oct 2020

Indonesian officials linked to mining and ‘dirty energy’ firms benefiting from deregulation law

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Oct 2020

South Korea’s move away from coal leaves a Philippine power plant in limbo

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2020

Philippine community goes to court to stop coal plant in ecological haven

Leilani Chavez 24 Sep 2020

Two deaths, zero accountability: Indonesia’s mining pits claim more lives

Hans Nicholas Jong, Yovanda 21 Sep 2020

Lockdown should have cleared up Jakarta’s air. Coal plants kept it dirty

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Aug 2020

Analysis: Vietnam’s leadership flex shows how to drive electricity reform

David E. Brown 6 Aug 2020

Business risk and COVID-19 are pushing Asian financiers away from coal

Nithin Coca 3 Aug 2020
Sumatran elephants. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia approves coal road project through forest that hosts tigers, elephants

Elviza Diana 13 Jul 2020

Indonesia’s $300m geothermal play risks being undercut by cheap coal

Basten Gokkon 19 Jun 2020

Deaths, arrests and protests as Philippines re-emerges from lockdown

Mongabay.com 21 May 2020

A Philippine island locked down, but its mine didn’t — and infections mounted

Jun N. Aguirre 18 May 2020

In Colombia’s La Guajira, the native Wayuu are forgotten in the dust

Nicoló Filippo Rosso 13 May 2020

With new law, Indonesia gives miners more power and fewer obligations

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 May 2020

On the brink of a coal boom, Papuans ask who will benefit

Febriana Firdaus 21 Apr 2020

you're currently offline