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40,000 liters of oil have spilled into the sea off a remote island in Chile's pristine Patagonia
The Chilean Navy has been deployed after 40,000 liters of diesel were spilled into the sea near a remote island on the country's southern coast. The oil spill occurred on Saturday off Guarello Island on the Chilean side of Patagonia, the pristine southernmost region making up the tip of both Argentina and Chile.
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Chile to account for costs of climate change in budget
Chile will begin budgeting for the costs of fighting climate change, Finance Minister Felipe Larraín announced on Tuesday, as receding glaciers and drought put a squeeze on water and natural resources in the world’s top copper producer. The South American nation, which is due to host the COP25 global conference on climate change in December, said it would include a new line item for “climate expenditures” in its government budgets beginning in 2020.
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The farmers who worry about our phone batteries
Lithium is being mined in Chile to make batteries, but at what cost to the local environment?
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Falling Fireballs Crashed in Chile Last Week. They Weren't Meteorites, Experts Say.
Chilean officials are investigating a curious collection of burning objects that fell onto parts of the country last week.
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Chile’s attempts to move up the lithium value chain are not working
One problem is the country’s distance from manufacturing centres
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Why Doesn't Uruguay Celebrate Christmas?
Uruguay's state calendar makes no mention of Christmas or Holy Week, part of a secularization of its calendar which dates back to 1919.
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Chile Writes a New Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On
Chile has lots of lithium, which is essential to the world’s transition to green energy. But anger over powerful mining interests, a water crisis and inequality has driven Chile to rethink how it defines itself.
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