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CR2 researchers call for reversal of 59% cut to the Subsecretaría del Medio Ambiente
Three CR2 academics warn that the cut undermines climate change mitigation and adaptation goals, and call for science to be funded.
Deputy Urruticoechea questions climate change at environmental public accountability address
In front of Minister Francisca Toledo, the libertarian deputy said his political bloc does not believe in climate change and called for treaties to be reversed.

Kaiser presses Kast to have his ministers unblock the Dominga project
The PNL demands that the government review the environmental rejection of Dominga, a US$3,000 million investment in La Higuera, amid rising regional unemployment.

Director of the National Human Rights Institute says Kast's reform threatens the body's autonomy
Yerko Ljubetic warned that a transitional council trusted by the president could prevent the National Human Rights Institute from carrying out its legally mandated functions.

Rising Mapocho River triggers Yellow Alert in Maipú and five other municipalities
Maipú, Padre Hurtado, Talagante, Peñaflor, El Monte and Melipilla were placed on alert after the General Directorate of Water measured an increase in the Mapocho River's flow.
Lafkenche communities defend Law 20,249 at University of Chile seminar
Lafkenche leaders say they have been excluded from the debate on reforms to the law that created Indigenous coastal areas in 2008.
November and January: the dates shaping Chile's tariff negotiations with the US
Experts see the November 3 midterms and a possible 15% tariff on copper in January as the milestones that could move tariffs on Chile.
El Niño wipes out anchoveta catches in northern Chile, and Corpesca suppliers fear bankruptcy
Small-scale fishers from Arica to Mejillones are landing no catch, and Sonapesca is asking for a review of the tax paid on fishing quotas.