On the brink of a coal boom, Papuans ask who will benefit

Mongabay
Apr 21, 2020, 9:30 am197 pts
BINTUNI BAY, Indonesia — Residents of this part of the island of New Guinea have long known they live atop a coal deposit. Some local people recall hearing traditional stories of how the weather is hot because of the coal found deep in the bowels of the Earth. The Dutch, who controlled New Guinea’s western…

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