The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza crew reaches the Riesco Island in Punta Arenas, where coal miner Invierno aims to accelerate the extraction process using blasting techniques not authorised by the Environmental Assessment Service. This implies greater environmental impacts on ecosystems in the area.
The company, along with COPEC and Ultramar groups, has a project reach of 6 million tons per year for the next 15 years.