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It's about time someone in Argentina seriously started considering the environment. This DOES NOT MEAN just saying no to the paper-mills in Uruguay or boycotting Botnia. This means caring about the environment as a cause, and not as a way to be seen as powerful among neighboring countries. How much attention has been given locally to environmental issues? Very little. A couple of front page articles about a "disappearing lake" in Argentina/Chile, and lots of news about the bad weather in the City and its consequences for the people ... but barely anything generating awareness about the real thing.

What can we do?

For starters, if we really do care about the environment, we should let an environmental agency propose a solution to the paper-mill conflict with Uruguay. If the problem does not have to do with the environment, then it is political, and if it is political, people should know.

Then, we can maybe start adopting laws (although these are more rare than Presidential decrees in Argentina) favoring companies who do care and take assertive action about the environment. Another variation of this would be actually carrying out current laws - for example those limiting pollution by buses, which is absolutely unbelievable to anyone walking around Buenos Aires' avenues.

On a third instance, we could offer entrepreneurs more favorable conditions (i.e., -4%) for green entrepreneurs, i.e., those who start a company complying with regulations.

That could be a good start. Let's join in. This is Blog Action Day.