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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Chile president to ramp up decarbonization, pressure on Israel as term winds down
By Alexander Villegas VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) -Chile's President Gabriel Boric said on Sunday that he will accelerate renewable energy efforts and step up pressure against Israel over its war in Gaza among other initiatives during his government's last nine months in office. In a wide-ranging three-hour speech from Congress in the coastal city of Valparaiso that marked his last annual address, Boric also discussed crime, infrastructure, the economy and abortion rights. In comments that sparked the largest amount of cheers and jeers from opposite sides of Congress, Boric said he will introduce a law to ban imports from what he called "illegally occupied territories" and back efforts by Spain for an arms embargo against Israel. Boric, an outspoken critic of Israel, had recently recalled military personnel from Chile's embassy in the country and summoned the ambassador for questioning. Chile's government will also introduce an "accelerated decarbonization" bill that aims to boost investment in renewable energy sources, help end coal-powered thermoelectric plants and move the country's 2040 goal to decarbonize the electric grid up to 2035. Boric added that a bill to speed up the permitting process for new projects was weeks away from being approved, a long-awaited request by miners, renewable energy companies and other investors. Its goal is to cut permitting times by 30% to 70%, Boric said. "Investment projects won't develop to their full potential if we don't modernize and speed up permitting," Boric said, while also touting his plan to expand lithium mining, led by state copper giant Codelco. Critics have rebuked Boric for not making major reforms he promised as a candidate, and for failing to see through a rewrite of the dictatorship-era constitution that was knocked back twice by voters. Boric appeared to recognize the complaints, while defending his record. "Have we achieved everything we wanted, with the depth we wanted? No, but we have made progress in that direction, with the conditions under which we had to govern," he said.
Arab News
4 days ago
- Business
- Arab News
Chile president to ramp up decarbonization, pressure on Israel as term winds down
VALPARAISO, Chile: Chile's President Gabriel Boric said on Sunday that he will accelerate renewable energy efforts and step up pressure against Israel over its war in Gaza among other initiatives during his government's last nine months in office. In a wide-ranging three-hour speech from Congress in the coastal city of Valparaiso that marked his last annual address, Boric also discussed crime, infrastructure, the economy and abortion rights. In comments that sparked the largest amount of cheers and jeers from opposite sides of Congress, Boric said he will introduce a law to ban imports from what he called 'illegally occupied territories' and back efforts by Spain for an arms embargo against Israel. Boric, an outspoken critic of Israel, had recently recalled military personnel from Chile's embassy in the country and summoned the ambassador for questioning. Chile's government will also introduce an 'accelerated decarbonization' bill that aims to boost investment in renewable energy sources, help end coal-powered thermoelectric plants and move the country's 2040 goal to decarbonize the electric grid up to 2035. Boric added that a bill to speed up the permitting process for new projects was weeks away from being approved, a long-awaited request by miners, renewable energy companies and other investors. Its goal is to cut permitting times by 30 percent to 70 percent, Boric said. 'Investment projects won't develop to their full potential if we don't modernize and speed up permitting,' Boric said, while also touting his plan to expand lithium mining, led by state copper giant Codelco. Critics have rebuked Boric for not making major reforms he promised as a candidate, and for failing to see through a rewrite of the dictatorship-era constitution that was knocked back twice by voters. Boric appeared to recognize the complaints, while defending his record. 'Have we achieved everything we wanted, with the depth we wanted? No, but we have made progress in that direction, with the conditions under which we had to govern,' he said.
Reuters
4 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
Chile president to ramp up decarbonization, pressure on Israel as term winds down
VALPARAISO, Chile, June 1 (Reuters) - Chile's President Gabriel Boric said on Sunday that he will accelerate renewable energy efforts and step up pressure against Israel over its war in Gaza among other initiatives during his government's last nine months in office. In a wide-ranging three-hour speech from Congress in the coastal city of Valparaiso that marked his last annual address, Boric also discussed crime, infrastructure, the economy and abortion rights. In comments that sparked the largest amount of cheers and jeers from opposite sides of Congress, Boric said he will introduce a law to ban imports from what he called "illegally occupied territories" and back efforts by Spain for an arms embargo against Israel. Boric, an outspoken critic of Israel, had recently recalled military personnel from Chile's embassy in the country and summoned the ambassador for questioning. Chile's government will also introduce an "accelerated decarbonization" bill that aims to boost investment in renewable energy sources, help end coal-powered thermoelectric plants and move the country's 2040 goal to decarbonize the electric grid up to 2035. Boric added that a bill to speed up the permitting process for new projects was weeks away from being approved, a long-awaited request by miners, renewable energy companies and other investors. Its goal is to cut permitting times by 30% to 70%, Boric said. "Investment projects won't develop to their full potential if we don't modernize and speed up permitting," Boric said, while also touting his plan to expand lithium mining, led by state copper giant Codelco. Critics have rebuked Boric for not making major reforms he promised as a candidate, and for failing to see through a rewrite of the dictatorship-era constitution that was knocked back twice by voters. Boric appeared to recognize the complaints, while defending his record. "Have we achieved everything we wanted, with the depth we wanted? No, but we have made progress in that direction, with the conditions under which we had to govern," he said.
BBC News
16-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
'Mystery' of Hull Blitz report classified for 100 years
A decision to embargo a report on the bombing of Hull until 2042 is "unjustifiable", an MP has Diana Johnson wrote to the National Archives (NA) earlier this month to ask why the study – into the impact of German attacks on the city during World War Two – had never been NA has now confirmed that the report is under wraps for 100 years and said it was looking into the questions raised by the David Atkinson, an expert on the Hull Blitz, said the report was likely to have contained sensitive information when written, but why the embargo had not been lifted after more than 80 years was a mystery. In total, about 1,200 people were killed during German bombing raids on Hull, with 3,000 injured and more than 150,000 made Diana said: "The rate of death and destruction in Hull from Nazi bombs in the Blitz was comparable with that in London, but Hull's suffering was never recognised nationally in those wartime years when we were just referred to as a 'north east coastal town'."Hull seems to have been the only town or city treated in this way. An explanation as to why this happened is long overdue, after already being withheld for over 80 years."It's unjustifiable for information about these events to be kept locked away for 17 more years." Dame Diana has promised to pursue the matter along with colleagues from the University of Atkinson, from the university, has researched how the wartime government established secretive surveys in the city to assess how people "got by beneath the bombs".He said the embargoed report could reveal how effective the developing technology of aerial warfare was – and how much aerial bombing it would take to defeat a sensitive information was kept secret during the war."I think the government at the time was worried about how disclosing the report might reveal to the Germans that the citizens of Hull were resilient to aerial bombings," Prof Atkinson said.A spokesperson for the National Archives said it had asked Dame Diana's office for clarification on some aspects of her they said records specialists were looking into the issues raised. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
