Leonardo DiCaprio Wades Into Chilean Power Project Over Endangered Frog
DiCaprio said conservationists want the route changed, as fewer than 1,000 frogs remain and the project is still under environmental review.
- Oscar-Winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio urged Chilean authorities to protect the critically endangered Pehuenche frog, telling his nearly 60 million Instagram followers that fewer than 1,000 remain in the wild as a proposed transmission project threatens their habitat.
- The Los Cóndores-Río Diamante project developed by Enel Generacion Chile would connect electricity systems between Chile and Argentina through a 500-kilovolt line across the Andes mountains, with Enel claiming it would increase power flexibility and support decarbonization.
- Rather than seeking to stop the project, conservationists want the transmission line's route changed to reduce risks to the Pehuenche frog, whose limited habitat has previously been damaged by road construction.
- In 2011, Calle 13 frontman René Pérez appeared on U.S. television opposing the HidroAysén hydroelectric complex with 'Patagonia without dams' written across his back, demonstrating how celebrity involvement has shaped Chilean environmental campaigns.
- DiCaprio's intervention follows his November 2023 campaign calling for the closure of First Quantum Minerals Ltd.'s copper mine in Panama, marking another instance of the actor leveraging his platform to influence international environmental policy.
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The star attacks on social media the maxi project that would reach Argentina
Activists warn that the habitat of the species in the Maule region could disappear if an electrical interconnection is built between Chile and Argentina
They suspend the process of a project in Chile after the alert of Leonardo Di Caprio to protect the Pehuenche frog.
The Chilean Environmental Assessment Service has suspended the session for the approval of an electrical project in the Maule region, after the appeal of actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio (ANSA)
Leonardo DiCaprio Wades Into Chilean Power Project Over Endangered Frog
Leonardo DiCaprio urged Chilean authorities to protect a critically endangered frog from a proposed power-transmission project, injecting Hollywood star power into an environmental dispute.
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