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Indonesia’s environment ministry has reapproved a controversial zinc and lead mine in North Sumatra, less than a year after the Supreme Court forced it to revoke the project’s earlier environmental approval over disaster-risk concerns.
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Chinese clean energy firms face environmental rules as strict as Europe’s, argues China Renewable Energy Industries Association's Weiquan Wang, countering claims of lax standards that Chinese firms have been accused of, particularly some Belt and Road Initiative projects abroad.
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War and climate stress push Afghan farmers to the brink
Afghanistan’s conflicts repeatedly hurt its farmers who endure droughts, floods and rising financial uncertainty.
Indonesia has revoked the permits of 28 companies after a post–Cyclone Senyar audit found environmental violations that authorities say worsened deadly floods and landslides in Sumatra in late 2025, which killed about 1,200 people.
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