{"id":21921,"date":"2026-02-10T07:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/were-being-turned-into-an-energy-colony-argentinas-nuclear-plan-faces-backlash-over-us-interests\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T07:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:37:15","slug":"were-being-turned-into-an-energy-colony-argentinas-nuclear-plan-faces-backlash-over-us-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/were-being-turned-into-an-energy-colony-argentinas-nuclear-plan-faces-backlash-over-us-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re being turned into an energy colony\u2019: Argentina\u2019s nuclear plan faces backlash over US interests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Push to restart uranium mining in Patagonia has sparked fears about the environmental impact and loss of sovereignty over key resources<\/p>\n

On an outcrop above the Chubut River, one of the few to cut across the arid Patagonian steppe of southern Argentina<\/a>, Sergio Pichi\u00f1\u00e1n points across a wide swath of scrubland to colourful rock formations on a distant hillside.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s where they dug for uranium before, and when the miners left, they left the mountain destroyed, the houses abandoned, and nobody ever studied the water,\u201d he says, citing suspicions arising from cases of cancer and skin diseases in his community. \u201cIf they want to open this back up, we\u2019re all pretty worried around here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nPush to restart uranium mining in Patagonia has sparked fears about the environmental impact and loss of sovereignty over key resources
\nOn an outcrop above the Chubut River, one of the few to cut across the arid Patagonian steppe of southern Argentina, Sergio Pichi\u00f1\u00e1n points across a wide swath of scrubland to colourful rock formations on a distant hillside.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s where they dug for uranium before, and when the miners left, they left the mountain destroyed, the houses abandoned, and nobody ever studied the water,\u201d he says, citing suspicions arising from cases of cancer and skin diseases in his community. \u201cIf they want to open this back up, we\u2019re all pretty worried around here.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Push to restart uranium mining in Patagonia has sparked fears about the environmental impact and loss of sovereignty over key resources On an outcrop above the Chubut River, one of the few to cut across the arid Patagonian steppe of southern Argentina, Sergio Pichi\u00f1\u00e1n points across a wide swath of scrubland to colourful rock formations …<\/p>\n

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