President Javier Milei’s government announced on Monday that it has sent Congress a bill to reform the country’s Glacier Protection Law, kickstarting a controversial push to amend the legislation.
The Casa Rosada wants the bill to be debated during special sessions called by the President, which are due to run until December 30.
The proposed changes would amend National Law 26.639 (the Minimum Standards for the Preservation of Glaciers and the Periglacial Environment Law) and allow industrial activity, mining and oil or gas exploration in periglacial zones, with decision-making powers placed in the hands of provincia
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