Coal-fired Power Plant Defeated in Northern Chile - Oceana

Victory | August 30, 2010

Coal-fired Power Plant Defeated in Northern Chile

Two days after the Regional Environmental Committee of Chile’s Coquimbo Region approved the construction of a coal-fired power plant, Chilean President Sebastiàn Piñera, responding to immense grassroots opposition, requested that Suez Energy relocate it. In addition, he asked his cabinet to review all the industrial projects being considered in the country to see whether they could affect protected areas. Oceana worked to prevent the approval of the thermoelectric coal-fired power plant due to its environmental impacts on nearby marine ecosystems and on the quality of life of adjacent communities.