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Graft and government policy align to keep Indonesia burning coal
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Graft and government policy align to keep Indonesia burning coal

A far-reaching corruption scandal centered on a proposed power plant in Indonesia has cast a shadow over the country's risky reliance on coal as a supposedly cheap source of energy.

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How corrupt elections fuel the sell-off of Indonesia’s natural resources
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How corrupt elections fuel the sell-off of Indonesia’s natural resources

A major driver of Indonesia's deforestation and land rights crisis is the corrupt sell-off of land and resources by politicians, often to raise money for expensive political campaigns.

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Indonesia enlists plantation companies to ensure haze-free Asian Games

Indonesia enlists plantation companies to ensure haze-free Asian Games

Organizers of the Asian Games are wary of the event being hit by haze from brush and peat fires in Sumatra.The government has called on pulpwood and oil palm companies to take steps to prevent fires during this year's dry season.


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Indonesia braces for return of fire season as hotspots flare up

Indonesia braces for return of fire season as hotspots flare up

Forest fires are underway in Indonesia as the rainy season tails off, marking the return of potentially widespread burning that threatens to once again blanket parts of the country in a toxic haze and belch out huge volumes of carbon dioxide.

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Indonesian villages see virtually zero progress in program to manage peatlands
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Indonesian villages see virtually zero progress in program to manage peatlands

Of the nearly 3,000 villages located within peatlands throughout Indonesia, only one is permitted to manage the forest — a glaring omission that the government has been slow to address through its “social forestry" program.

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Indonesia in 2017: A fighting chance for peat protection, but an infrastructure beatdown for indigenous communities
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Indonesia in 2017: A fighting chance for peat protection, but an infrastructure beatdown for indigenous communities

JAKARTA — 2017 saw Indonesia once again fulfilling its economic development potential. The Southeast Asian nation started out the year with mixed superlatives: home to the third-largest stretch of tropical forest in the world, after the Amazon and the Congo Basin, but also plagued by some of the highest rates of deforestation and carbon emissions …
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Pulp and paper giant sues Indonesian government over peat protection obligation
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Pulp and paper giant sues Indonesian government over peat protection obligation

A subsidiary of Indonesia's second-largest pulp and paper firm is suing the government over its decision to nix the company's plans to operate on peatlands.

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California's first hydrogen-powered train brings clean energy to rail travel

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Wind turbine blades could soon be recyclable

Wind turbine blades could soon be recyclable

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The world is drowning in plastic, with 57 million tons of pollution annually