‘Stop the stupidity’: Indonesia’s top court orders end to mine in quake zone
‘Stop the stupidity’: Indonesia’s top court orders end to mine in quake zone
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news.mongabay.com ‘Stop the stupidity’: Indonesia’s top court orders end to mine in quake zone
JAKARTA — A controversial zinc-and-lead mine being developed on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has hit a roadblock after the country’s Supreme Court ordered the revocation of its environmental permit. In its Aug. 12 ruling, the court upheld a lower court’s earlier decision that the environmental p...
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JAKARTA — A controversial zinc-and-lead mine being developed on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has hit a roadblock after the country’s Supreme Court ordered the revocation of its environmental permit.