Permission: Protest against law that weakens environmental assessment

In Santiago, environmental leaders protested Monday against a bill that seeks to increase investments at the cost of reducing environmental assessment times. By: Beatriz Michell, Hispantv.com Santiago de Chile May 13, 2025 Accelerating the implementation of investment projects is what the government is looking for with the Sectoral Permits Bill. But more than 200 organizations joined together to oppose it. Today, some of its representatives trav…

"Climate change has already put the species and habitats in the Alps under pressure," said Axel Doering, President of CIPRA Germany. "Now lowering the environmental standards for new snow cannons, ski slopes and lifts is going in the wrong direction. Especially low-lying ski resorts are well advised to build up a nature-friendly all-year tourism rather than investing in new snowmaking facilities and slopes. "With the new thresholds, many project…