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Country: Chile

Santiago, Chile to purchase more than 700 electric buses in 2020
July 1, 2020November 17, 2020

Santiago, Chile to purchase more than 700 electric buses in 2020

Chile just order 150 electric buses from BYD to transport people around its capital city of Santiago. Santiago intends to have its public transportation system fully electric by 2040.

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Chileans now consume a lot less sugar after landmark public health law
February 13, 2020November 17, 2020

Chileans now consume a lot less sugar after landmark public health law

The world’s toughest controls over the promotion of sugary drinks, brought in by a nation beset by obesity, have cut purchases by nearly a quarter in two years, research has shown.

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Chile’s largest metro network to be powered by solar and wind
November 1, 2019November 17, 2020

Chile’s largest metro network to be powered by solar and wind

Santiago’s metro system – which transports approximately 2.4 million passengers each day – will become one of the first subways in the world to source most of its power needs from renewable energy.

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Chile to close 8 coal plants by 2024, phase out coal entirely by 2040
June 7, 2019November 17, 2020

Chile to close 8 coal plants by 2024, phase out coal entirely by 2040

The move would slash the share of coal within the electricity grid from 40% to 20% in five years, with a view to phasing out the fuel completely by 2040.

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Chile set to become first American country to ban plastic bags
May 31, 2018November 17, 2020

Chile set to become first American country to ban plastic bags

In a historic decision, Chile’s House of Representatives voted this Wednesday to ban the usage of plastic bags in all types of shops across the entire territory, making it the only country to prohibit them in the American continent.

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Chile adds 10 million acres of parkland in historic first
February 5, 2018November 17, 2020

Chile adds 10 million acres of parkland in historic first

At a ceremony on Monday, Chilean president Michelle Bachelet officially declared a major expansion of Chile’s parklands, creating two new national parks and protecting vast swaths of the country’s rainforests, grasslands, and other wild terrains.

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One of world’s largest marine parks created off coast of Easter Island
October 9, 2017November 17, 2020

One of world’s largest marine parks created off coast of Easter Island

Rapa Nui protection area, about same size as Chilean mainland, will protect up to 142 species, including 27 threatened with extinction.

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Private land gift drives vast expansion of Chile’s national parks
March 15, 2017November 17, 2020

Private land gift drives vast expansion of Chile’s national parks

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and American conservationist Kristine Tompkins on Wednesday pledged to grow Chile’s national park lands by roughly 11 million acres • an area more than four times the size of Yellowstone National Park.

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Chile to build massive 450 MW solar thermal power plant
March 10, 2017November 17, 2020

Chile to build massive 450 MW solar thermal power plant

This week, the Chilean government gave the green light to development of SolarReserve’s 450 megawatt (MW) Tamarugal concentrated solar power project.

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Jacob Roggeveen of The Netherlands becomes the first European to visit several South Pacific islands
September 9, 1722November 4, 2020

Jacob Roggeveen of The Netherlands becomes the first European to visit several South Pacific islands

Jacob Roggeveen was a Dutch explorer who was sent to find Terra Australis, but instead became the first European to visit Easter Island, Bora Bora, Maupiti of the Society Islands, and Samoa.

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