Indonesian coal News

Marchers carry banners calling for Indonesia to reject coal in favour of clean renewable energy, and to honour the commitment made in the Paris Agreement (May 2016). Image courtesy of Break Free via Flicrk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

As Indonesia, US back away from climate goals, hopes fade to retire coal plants early

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jeff Hutton 20 Feb 2025

Indonesia’s miners exploit loopholes to avoid restoring mining sites

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Apr 2020

Green groups target South Korea’s bailout of coal power plant builder

Basten Gokkon 10 Apr 2020

In Sumatra, an indigenous plea to stop a coal road carving up a forest

Elviza Diana 8 Apr 2020

‘Unbridled exploitation’: Mining amendments a boon for Indonesia’s coal industry

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2020

In Indonesian renewables bill, activists see chance to move away from coal

Basten Gokkon 14 Feb 2020

Mining leads to flooding in Indonesia’s coal capital Samarinda

Yovanda 5 Feb 2020

Borneo locals win a court battle to bar a coal miner from their land

Lusia Arumingtyas 30 Jan 2020

Report identifies tycoons controlling site of new Indonesian capital

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jan 2020

In Indonesia’s provinces, ditching coal for renewables would cut carbon and costs: study

Della Syahni 24 Dec 2019

Plans for a new Indonesian capital put Borneo’s abandoned mines in the spotlight

Yovanda 20 Dec 2019

Indonesia zoning plan hurts fishers, favors coal and oil, activists say

Basten Gokkon 4 Dec 2019

Follow the permits: How to identify corruption red flags in Indonesian land deals

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 4 Dec 2019

Indonesia ‘must stop building new coal plants by 2020’ to meet climate goals

Indra Nugraha 2 Dec 2019

South Korea funding coal plants overseas that would be banned at home

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Nov 2019

Coal spill bedevils Indonesian beach more than a year later

Junaidi Hanafiah 22 Nov 2019

Their lawsuit against a coal firm in limbo, Bornean villagers take their fight online

Ian Morse 5 Nov 2019

Lawsuit against Indonesian coal plant reveals permit irregularities

Ahmad Supardi 1 Nov 2019

A Sumatran forest community braces for battle against a planned coal mine

Suryadi 29 Oct 2019

Intact rainforest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia’s new cabinet a ‘marriage of oligarchs,’ environmentalists say

Basten Gokkon 23 Oct 2019

Deforestation for palm oil and mining in Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Activists call for stronger environmental laws in Widodo’s second term

Basten Gokkon 21 Oct 2019

Hundreds protest pollution from coal-fired power plant in Java

L. Darmawan 4 Oct 2019

Indonesia rushes to pass bill seen as pandering to mining companies

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Sep 2019

War on graft in mining, palm oil hit by new law weakening Indonesian enforcer

Hans Nicholas Jong, Lusia Arumingtyas 25 Sep 2019

Uncovered coal barges are polluting North Sumatra’s waters

Ayat S. Karokaro 10 Sep 2019

Japan builds coal plants abroad that wouldn’t be allowed at home: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Aug 2019

Indonesia’s president signals a transition away from coal power

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Jul 2019

Drowning deaths at disused mines in Indonesia renew calls for action

Yovanda 4 Jul 2019

A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road

Elviza Diana 28 May 2019

Exposing coal-fueled politics: Q&A with investigative journo Dandhy Laksono

Basten Gokkon 24 May 2019

Wariness over Indonesian president’s vow to get tough on land disputes

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 May 2019

Survey: Less coal, more solar, say citizens of Belt & Road countries

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Apr 2019

Indonesia electricity chief charged with bribery over coal-fired power plant

Basten Gokkon 25 Apr 2019

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