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Nickel-driven captive coal is fuelling Indonesia's EV ambitions. As global carbon rules loom, experts urge the government to act quickly to remain competitive.
The findings underscore how marine plastic pollution is contaminating everyday food products, with microplastics detected in all sea salt samples tested.
Manufacturing
Has the Iran war been a setback for greener steelmaking?
Energy shocks, trade disruptions and rising costs have come at a key moment in the steel industry’s efforts to transition to lower-carbon production.
Transport
Fishers struggle as Gwadar port grows
Twenty years of foreign investment turned a town on Pakistan’s coast into a huge port, which fishers say has made their lives far harder.
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27 July 2026
Food & Agriculture
Vietnam's coffee boom rooted in decades of deforestation: report
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Manufacturing
Leather exempted from EU's landmark deforestation law
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Carbon & Climate
Planned LNG plant sparks water concerns among Thai farmers
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