ExxonMobil's highly profitable natural gas field in Indonesia drew the company's executives into the bloody war for independence being waged by the Free Aceh Movement.
Gareth Evans, a former attorney-general and foreign minister in Australia, threatened me because I raised the issue of his support for the Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia.
Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360. November 30, 2010.
The push to promote sustainable palm oil is turning into a test case for green consumerism. The outcome could help determine the future of the rainforests of Asia and Africa.
A new report from Greenpeace points the finger at the international companies responsible for Indonesian deforestation, and the international brands aiding and abetting them.
The production of palm oil, the common ingredient in an astounding number of products, is causing deforestation, global warming emissions and a loss of biodiversity.
15 years after she passed away from cancer, we can see in S. Ann Dunham's work on development in Indonesia her dream of changing the world one village at a time.
Tim Geithner has a long history of caving to moral pressures and smoothing over colossal failures. But his personality is much like Obama. Maybe that's how he keeps his job.
