Argentina considers weakening glacier safeguards in pursuit of critical minerals

Argentina considers weakening glacier safeguards in pursuit of critical minerals

Officials in Argentina are considering a reform to the country’s glacier protection law, a change critics say would weaken environmental regulations and clear the way for expanded mining in some of the country’s most fragile ecosystems. The bill to reform the glacier law is scheduled for a vote in the Senate later this month; if passed, it would then move on to the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress. Lawmakers will hav…