"Communities are suffering in Indonesia’s coal-fired EV supply chain", 16 September 2022

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[...] a 100 megawatt capacity coal power plant is being built [...]. Activists warn it will produce carcinogenic fumes and wastewater that could destroy the nearby fishing grounds.

“There has not been any impact assessment,” Lanajo said. “We are concerned.”

The PLTU Palu 3 power plant, scheduled to fire up in 2024, is one of more than 110 coal plants that have been in construction across Indonesia over the last decade. And they come at a high human cost.

Their cumulative toxic pollutants are predicted to cause the premature deaths of more than 28,000 people, according to a 2015 Harvard University study. Coal ash increases the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory illness and is linked with lowering IQ and impairing physical development, a multitude of studies have shown.

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Lero Tatari residents say they have not been warned by authorities of the power plant’s effects or received offers to relocate.

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