The new bill will make it easier for provincial governments to allow mining projects in glacier regions.
Governors from the mineral-rich provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Mendoza and San Juan had expressed their support for the bill, stating that the 2010 Glacier law hindered the goal of "promoting a sustainable economic development of the provinces and the Nation without compromising future generations".
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