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Coal Rush Ravages Indonesian Borneo

2013-12-04 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Barges loaded with mountains of coal glide down the polluted Mahakam River on Indonesian Borneo every few minutes. Viewed from above, they form a dotted black line as far as the eye can see, destined for power stations in China and India. A coal rush that has drawn international miners to East Kalimantan province has ravaged the capital, Samarinda, which risks being swallowed up by mining if the exploitation of its deposits expands any further. Mines occupy more than 70 percent of Samarinda, government...

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