Censured Sumatra coal plant blamed for sickening children in Indonesia’s Bengkulu

Mongabay
Sep 1, 2025, 11:20 am378 ptsTop
BENGKULU, Indonesia — Yesi held her daughter Helda tightly, but the little one still shivered for days in the tropical heat over Teluk Sepang, a bay on Sumatra’s west coast. “Her cough hasn’t stopped for 10 days now,” Yesi told Mongabay Indonesia. “I feel so sorry for her.” Many parents like Yesi…

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