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The bill aims to ease mining regulations by shifting glacier protection to provinces, with 34 protests in Mendoza last year highlighting environmental concerns.
- A Senate debate on Thursday centered on a bill that would allow provinces to set their own standards for glacier protection, potentially easing restrictions to unlock mining investment.
- Proponents say the bill shifts authority over glaciers and periglacial environments to provinces, aligning with the RIGI regime and aiming to 'end arbitrary interpretations,' the Milei government argues.
- Geographically, most glaciers sit in Santa Cruz, with Mendoza holding roughly 20% and San Juan about 10%, according to sources. Mining interests say assessments should be case-by-case.
- Activists have staged protests, with environmental organisations warning the reform would weaken safeguards for water sources and `It exposes entire communities to the uncertainty of a mining accident irreversibly altering the ecological characteristics of a region`.
- With no clear legislative majority, the debate has exposed deep divisions as the wine sector reviews the reform and some figures decline to comment.
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They are protesters from Greenpeace. They also arrested a cameraman from the A24 channel. Activists jumped over the esplanade of the Legislative Palace and posted a poster against the government’s project.
“It’s not a technical issue, but rather a relaxation of environmental standards and a setback,” Senator Anabel Fernández Sagasti said during the debate. Environmental organizations denounce that the initiative implies “an cession of environmental sovereignty and a clear message of subordination to corporate interests.”
LLA gave half a sanction to the new law of glaciers By Federico Pokorowski The Senate gave half a sanction in general to the reforms to the law of Glaciares. Libertad Avanza (LLA) obtained the accompaniment of the allied blocks and dissident Peronist blocks, but had to accept changes in the text. The bill passes to Deputies. The bill, [...] La entrada Argentina The Senate approved project promoted by the executive that seeks to promote mining a…
In its penultimate extraordinary session, the Senate approved tonight a series of changes to the law of glaciers and the definition of this project is now in the hands of Deputies. At the time of the vote in general and in particular, the initiative in question received 41 accessions and 31 rejections -the neuquin Julieta Corroza abstained - with a text that divided several benches, except La Libertad Avanza, which commands Patricia Bullrich.
In the debate over the reform of the Glaciares Law that is taking place this Thursday in the Senate, Senator Chubutense Carlos Linares expressed a strong rejection of the initiative and questioned both the content and the way in which the modification is being promoted. “Again, between gallos and midnight. A crooked law is born again,” he launched when he spoke, in a direct criticism of the treatment of the project. “They are scratching the bott…
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