Supreme Court ends oversight of Riachuelo cleanup efforts

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‘The smell hurts’: why has the supreme court washed its hands of Argentina’s ‘rotten river’?

Campaigners fear ruling on the toxic Matanza-Riachuelo basin will worsen the region’s many health crises and sends a message ‘environmental damage is not a priority’

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On the way back machine

has long been considered one of the most polluted rivers in the world.

The decision comes almost a year into the presidency of far-right libertarian Javier Milei, who has pushed for a rollback in environmental regulations to aid investment into the crisis-stricken country. The president, a climate science denier who won the election with pledges to slash state spending and fix the economic crisis, has tried to ease restrictionson mining near glaciers and remove forest protections.

During his presidential campaign, Milei said: “A company can pollute a river all it wants.”

‘The smell hurts’: why has the supreme court washed its hands of Argentina’s ‘rotten river’?

Campaigners fear ruling on the toxic Matanza-Riachuelo basin will worsen the region’s many health crises and sends a message ‘environmental damage is not a priority’

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