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As Indonesia, US back away from climate goals, hopes fade to retire coal plants early
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jeff Hutton
20 Feb 2025
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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
Indonesia’s new cabinet a ‘marriage of oligarchs,’ environmentalists say
Basten Gokkon
23 Oct 2019
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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