"Argentina suspends Patagonia dams," 23 January 2017

On 21 December 2016, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation suspended the construction of the “Kirchner” and “Cepernic” dams in the province of Santa Cruz, in southern Argentina...

A consortium made up of Electroingeniería S.A., China Gezhouba Group Company Limited and Hidrocuyo S.A. [was] set to execute the project after being awarded the contract in August 2013...

The Supreme Court’s decision follows an action initiated by the Argentine Association of Environmental Lawyers of Patagonia and the Forest Bank Foundation... The court decided unanimously to suspend work on the dams until such time as the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and a hearing required under Argentina’s Environmental Impact Law on Water Works for Energy (law 23,879) have been implemented. These had not been in force previously due to improper regulation.

The ruling has left most of the works paralysed, with no definitive date for resumption, the company has said...