Cilegon (Indonesia) (AFP)
Smokestacks belch noxious smoke into the environment from a huge coal-fired power plant throughout the Indonesian coast, a stark example of Asia’s addiction to the fossil gas that is threatening climate targets.
Asia-Pacific makes up about three-quarters of global coal use — although the spot fight together with the ecological and public fitness effects of international heating, from lethal levels of air pollution in India to severe heatwaves and wildfires around australia. Continue reading “‘Running from time’: Asia fight to stop coal addiction”