Mining leads to flooding in Indonesia’s coal capital Samarinda

Mongabay
Feb 5, 2020, 7:05 am190 pts
SAMARINDA, Indonesia — Major flooding from just a few hours of heavy rain in Samarinda, Indonesia’s coal-mining capital, has underscored the severity of the environmental degradation being carried out by the industry, officials and activists say. The city, the largest on the island of Borneo, was paralyzed…

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