Chile’s navy confirms diesel oil spill in pristine Patagonia

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:33:37 +0000

Chile's navy confirms diesel oil spill in pristine Patagonia

Chile’s navy on Sunday confirmed the spillage of 40,000 liters of diesel oil into the sea in a remote and pristine area of the South American country’s Patagonia and said it is working to mitigate the effects.

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Chile Presents a Coal Exit Plan

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Chile, a country that relied on coal for about two-fifths of its power generation in 2016, in June announced it would mothball eight coal plants, totaling 23 GW, of its existing 28-plant coal fleet over the

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Cerro Pabellón: Taking Geothermal Power to New Heights

South America’s first and only geothermal power plant, the 48-MW Cerro Pabellón project, sits at an elevation of 4,500 meters above sea level in Chile’s harsh and remote Atacama Desert. Building and

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Chilean clergy abuse cases triple to 119

Santiago, Chile — Scores of new cases of priestly sexual abuse of minors have come to light in Chile, public prosecutors said Friday, deepening a crisis in the country’s Catholic Church that has embroiled Pope Francis.

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Chilean officials: Flights hit by wave of false bomb threats

SANTIAGO, Chile — At least three airliners were forced to make emergency landings or turn back to their original airports in Chile and Peru amid a wave of what aviation officials said was a wave of false bomb threats Thursday.

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