JAKARTA: In a heavily forested district in Indonesia’s portion of the island of Borneo, excavators and an army of surveyors are clearing the way for a US$2.6 billion hydroelectric plant, purpose-built to power a vast industrial park - a project lauded by its backers and Jakarta’s government as evidence that economic growth can come with limited carbon cost.
But the reality to support that low-emission ambition lies years in the future.
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