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Indonesia promises move to clean energy, but challenges loom
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A boat cruises past a coal barge on Mahakam River in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Indonesia, one of the world's largest coal-producing countries, has agreed to drastically reduce its reliance on fossil fuels in the coming decades. - photo by AP Photo/Dita Alangkara
SAMARINDA, Indonesia (AP) — In Indonesia’s region of East Kalimantan, the country’s dependence on coal is on full display. Driving on the region's toll road, passersby can watch excavators digging coal from shallow pits as trucks filled with the carbon-rich rocks rush by. Under a bridge in Samarinda, the region's capital, hundreds of mammoth, jet-black mountains of coal sit in barges being pulled along the waterway, headed to plants across Indonesia or other countries.