Argentine MPs approve Milei-backed bill to allow mining in glaciers
The amendment passed 137-111 and would let provinces decide which glacier areas stay protected, a shift supporters say could unlock more than $30 billion in mining investment.
- Argentine lawmakers are debating a bill to amend the National Glacier Law, allowing provinces to redefine glacier protection zones and expand mining activities in periglacial areas, with Senate approval in February and a vote expected in the Chamber of Deputies.
- The reform seeks to transfer decision-making authority over glacier protection from the federal government to provincial governors, limiting protected periglacial areas to those with significant water reserves and effectively opening Andean regions near glaciers to mining.
- Environmental groups and activists oppose the bill, warning it risks water security and biodiversity, while proponents argue it removes bureaucratic obstacles and provides legal certainty, with protests and some arrests reported.
- The bill could unlock a $40 billion mining pipeline by 2035, including major copper and lithium projects, supported by a legislative coalition likely to ensure passage amid geopolitical and economic interests.
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Buenos Aires., The Chamber of Deputies of Argentina approved yesterday morning the reform to a law that protects Andean glaciers, an initiative promoted by the government of the ultra-right president Javier Milei to promote mining investments that is denounced by scientists and environmentalists, who warn about risks to the water resources of the country.
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After hours of debate, the Buenos Aires Parliament voted in favour of easing the Act on the Protection of Glaciers
Argentina approves glacier law reform, opens previously protected areas to mining
Argentina's Chamber of Deputies passed a reform of the National Glacier Law in the early hours of Thursday, an initiative pushed by President Javier Milei's government that reduces the scope of environmental protections in the Andean cordillera and opens previously restricted areas to mining. The vote was 137 in favor, 111 against and 3 abstentions, after more than eleven hours of debate in a special session. The bill had already been approved by
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