All articles by Nithin Coca
Nithin Coca is an Asia-focused freelance journalist covering environment, human rights and politics issues across the region.

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Facing headwinds at home, Europe and Japan are pushing waste-to-energy technology across South East Asia
There are more than 100 waste-to-energy projects recently constructed, being built or planned in the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand that often involve European or Japanese companies. But they are attracting local opposition over their green credentials. Freelance journalists Nithin Coca, Alexandra Buba, Geela Garcia and Nicha Wachpanich report.
A US company is quietly building a massive coal-to-gas plant – in Indonesia
Air Products and Indonesia have partnered to build a coal gasification plant that will challenge the country’s net-zero ambitions.