Mendoza Approved the Megamining Project Defended by Javier Milei

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This Tuesday, the Environmental Impact Statement of the PSJ Cobre Mendocino (ex-San Jorge) project is voted on in the provincial Senate, after obtaining half the sanction of deputies. The mobilized communities denounce that "there is no social license."

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Marcelo Giraud, a geographer, professor at UNCuyo and member of the People's Assembly for Water, said: "The risks involved in this mine are multiple, but water is what worries the mendocinos as a whole, especially the possibility of contamination of the water that we drink three out of four mendocines." Read more

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After more than fifteen years of public debate, judicial turns and disputes within Mendoza society, the Mendoza Senate authorized the exploitation of one of the main copper deposits in the province. Following the approval of the Declaration of Environmental Impact (DIA) of the PSJ Cobre Mendocino project, the initiative was enabled to advance the exploitation of the mineral in the area of Uspallata, department of Las Heras. The result of the vot…

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The vice-governor of Mendoza, Hebe Casado, referred to the definitive sanction of the Declaration of Environmental Impact (DIA) of PSJ Cobre Mendocino and celebrated what happened this Tuesday in the Legislature, where the official managed to impose by 29 positive votes against 6 negatives and one abstention. Once obtained the endorsement of the upper chamber to advance with the commonly called mining project “San Jorge”, Casado said in dialogue…

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The PSJ Cobre Mendocino project obtained a majority in the local Senate and was finally sanctioned. The initiative had been supported by Milei. The Mendoza Senate approved on Tuesday the PSJ Cobre Mendocino megamining project—historically known as San Jorge—in a session marked by social protests, roadblocks and a strong rejection by environmental organizations that warned of the impact of the venture on the province’s water reserves. The initiat…

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The provincial Senate analyzes the Environmental Impact Statement for the PSJ Cobre Mendocino project, while social organizations warn about environmental risks and call for mobilizations.The Mendoza entrance decides if it opens the door to the copper megamining, in the middle of a strong mobilization was first published in #BorderPeriodismo.