Indonesia's coal love affair still aflame despite pledges


A fisherman looking at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, - AFP

SURALAYA, Indonesia: Sania sits in front of her home in Indonesia, less than a kilometre from Southeast Asia's biggest coal complex, where chimneys pump dark grey smoke and a chemical smell into the air.

As countries gather in Dubai for crunch climate talks, the future of polluting fossil fuel coal will be high on the agenda.

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