Chile’s environment lawyers say they’re just warming up

Reuters: Chile's leading environmental lawyers, who have helped stall around $30 billion in mining and energy projects, say the battle is only just beginning - and copper investments are poised to come under increasing fire this year. In a significant shift for business-friendly Chile, empowered social groups are successfully suing massive projects over threats to glaciers, health, indigenous rights and biodiversity. Power projects have so far fared the worse, but Santiago-based lawyers Alvaro Toro......

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