Environmental activists say they see no letup in fossil fuel burning and environmental degradation under Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto.
However, an analysis by climate nonprofit TransitionZero estimates that, when accounting for air, water and climate costs, the average operating cost of coal in Indonesia is 27 per cent higher than that of clean energy.
The new administration is set to supercharge the “food estate” program that activists warn repeats a long pattern of deforestation for little gain, and continue championing a nickel industry responsible for widespread environmental destruction and emissions. Image: Ben Dance / FCDO, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Flickr.
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