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A coal-fired power plant at night in the nickel industrial area in Halmahera.

As Indonesia turns COP30 into carbon market showcase, critics warn of ‘hot air’

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Nov 2025

‘Africa can become a green leader’: Interview with Mohamed Adow of Power Shift Africa

Elodie Toto 12 Nov 2025

Coal-dependent South Africa struggles to make just energy transition real

Anna Weekes 11 Nov 2025
Technicians in Zimbabwe inspect solar panels. Image © UNDP Zimbabwe.

What does the just energy transition mean for Africa?

John Cannon 10 Nov 2025
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Banten Province, Indonesia.

Indonesia pledges energy transition — but the country’s new NDC says otherwise

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2025
Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation leader Fikile Ntshangase was killed in 2020. Image courtesy of Lunga Bhengu/groundWork.

‘We are just waiting to die’: Mining activists targeted as South Africa delays energy transition

Anna Weekes 23 Oct 2025
A worker of a sustainable solutions company performs maintenance work on a solar panel on a roof on the island of Sumba in Indonesia.

With red tape, canceled rebates, Indonesia risks missing Chinese renewables investment

Jeff Hutton 6 Oct 2025
Nickel mining activity in the PT IWIP industrial area in Central Halmahera.

Norway fund drops Eramet over Indonesia mine threatening forests, Indigenous tribe

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Sep 2025

Canada’s mining companies destroy biodiversity with impunity, Indigenous journalist reports

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 16 Sep 2025
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Uruguay’s green hydrogen plans raise ecological concerns in Argentina & at home

Ali Qassim 15 Sep 2025

Indonesia prioritizes gas over renewables to meet power demand surge

Jeff Hutton 9 Sep 2025
Dust on the floors of residents’ houses in Teluk Sepang, Bengkulu.

Censured Sumatra coal plant blamed for sickening children in Indonesia’s Bengkulu

Elviza Diana 1 Sep 2025
The waters along the Baliara coast, home to the Bajo people, have been contaminated by mining waste. Image courtesy of Satya Bumi.

Indonesia’s Bajau fishers lament nickel mining’s marine pollution

Mongabay.com 21 Aug 2025

Nickel boom on an Indonesian island brings toxic seas, lost incomes, report says

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Jul 2025

Energy transition boom drives rise in lawsuits against alleged rights abuses

Mongabay.com 11 Jul 2025
Rukka shows the location of a former coal mine pit that flows into the Nangka River, which is now polluted.

Indonesian civil society urges probe after payout for mine recovery that never happened

Muhibar Sobary Ardan 10 Jul 2025
Rashid Mohamed Rashid

What happens to artisanal fishers when a deep-sea fishing port comes to town?

Anthony Langat 27 Jun 2025
Coal mine on a barge in Indonesia.

Indonesian utility PLN ‘kneecaps renewables’ with embrace of fossil fuels

Jeff Hutton 17 Jun 2025
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon city, Banten Province, Indonesia.

As Indonesia phases out coal, what happens to people & environments left behind?

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 May 2025
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Banten Province, Indonesia.

Flawed energy road map may block Indonesia’s coal exit, critics warn

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 May 2025
Aftermath of the Mariana Dam collapse in Minas Gerais.

Report urges stricter mining standards to manage climate and social impacts

Aimee Gabay 9 May 2025
Banner image of an electric vehicle charging by andreas160578 via Pixabay.

EV supply chain & transport need redesign, Mongabay podcast shows

Mongabay.com 24 Apr 2025
A coal-fired power plant at night in the nickel industrial area in Halmahera.

US security think tank warns of China’s grip over Indonesian nickel industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Feb 2025

Indonesia mulls Paris Agreement exit, citing fairness and energy transition costs

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Feb 2025
Aerial view of coal mining in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.

Indonesia rushes mining law amendments, raising environmental and governance alarms

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2025
Todd Smith dreamt of being an airline pilot since he was five years old. He left the aviation industry in 2020, and is now working to reform it. Image by Helena Dolby. Courtesy of Todd Smith.

Grounded: A pilot who quit flying to help tackle climate change works to change aviation, for good

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 12 Nov 2024
A car charging.

Fixing EVs’ ecological and social problems needs circularity and transport redesign

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Nov 2024
Makonga (in blue), who died in June this year, walking among the rubble of his former home.

In the DRC, a government commission is taking funds owed to people relocated by mines

Didier Makal 20 Aug 2024

Electric vehicles are not so green

Mongabay.com 20 Jul 2024

Pressure grows on banks to end business with Indonesian coal giant Adaro

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 May 2024
The James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

Green credentials of electric vehicles come under fire

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 23 May 2024

Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the road to the energy transition

Didier Makal 14 May 2024

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