Overview
- Federal judge Juan José Baric in La Pampa took charge of a collective case against the glacier law reform and entered it in the Supreme Court’s registry, which routes similar suits to his court in Santa Rosa.
- The La Pampa filing asks the court to declare the overhaul unconstitutional and to issue an injunction that freezes the new rules until the case is resolved.
- Separately, federal judge Claudio Vázquez in Santa Cruz halted the reform’s effect inside that province after a suit from El Calafate’s local authorities.
- Environmental groups FARN, the Argentine Association of Environmental Lawyers, and Greenpeace report 850,000–870,000 people have joined a collective lawsuit they plan to file once the reform is published in the Official Gazette.
- The overhaul limits national protection to glaciers and nearby periglacial zones only when they have a “specific water function” and gives provinces the power to allow mining near ice fields.