The thermoelectric Guacolda promoted a regulatory exception that allows to extend coal operations in Chile beyond 2040, while the withdrawal of the environmental decree maintains in force a permissive framework that prolongs pollution and health risks in Huasco El cargo The “measured suit” with which the Chilean thermoelectric wants to operate beyond 2040 appeared first in Contralínea.
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SANTIAGO – In Huasco, fishing was the engine of the local economy before the chimneys arrived. Today, the Guacolda thermoelectric complex —five coal-based units that together add up to 760 megawatts — dominates the bay and the economic horizon of the small coastal town of the Atacama region, in northern [...]