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Massive Environmental Destruction in Indonesia’s Nickel-Rich Islands

“Transition to renewable energy” destroying planet while saving it, report says

Oct 17, 2025
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By: Gregory McCann

More than half of the world’s nickel supply comes from Indonesia, most of that from a grouping of islands centered around Sulawesi, Maluku, Halmahera, and others in the eastern part of the country. Mining it is doing incalculable damage to the environment and the people who live in it, according to a 103-page report made public in Bang…

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