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JAKARTA — Indonesia’s highest court has upheld a ruling declaring a palm oil company not responsible for fires in its concession, in a verdict that boils down to the company not being liable simply because it had put up “no burning” signs. Environmental experts say the Nov. 8 ruling by the Supreme Court in favor of palm oil company PT Kumai Sentosa (KS) deals a blow to the country’s efforts to punish environmental violators and curb greenhouse gas emissions from land use. A court in Pangkalan Bun district, Central Kalimantan province, had in February found KS not criminally responsible for the… Continue reading “Palm oil firm that dried out its land held not liable for fires that followed”