Govt asks Colombians to save water as drought crisis continues
Colombia’s government has called on its citizens to take emergency and preparatory measures in the face of a protracted drought affecting large areas of the country.
Colombia’s government has called on its citizens to take emergency and preparatory measures in the face of a protracted drought affecting large areas of the country.
Environmental authorities announced Friday that a devastating regional drought that has killed at least 20,000 animals in central-eastern Colombia now threatens a sizable portion of the country.
The Colombian government and locally operating oil companies will jointly look for underground water wells in order to combat an ongoing drought in the central east of the country that…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office announced on Tuesday that it will begin an investigation into damage to underground water sources in drought-ridden eastern plains of the country.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has announced on his Twitter page that the government will be taking measures against the drought that is currently devastating the Casanare region in central…
The Inspector General’s Office intends to conduct a review of local authorities in eastern Colombia accused of privileging oil interests over a growing environmental crisis.
The western Colombia state of Choco on Wednesday called the help of neighboring departments as a colossal wildfire is endangering the lives of Afro-Colombians and indigenous groups living near the…
A military operation against a FARC cocaine processing plant revealed extensive environmental damage in the southwest of Colombia, the army said Tuesday.
Colombia’s environment minister confirmed Tuesday that “black spots” seen on beaches in Santa Marta in 2013 and early 2014 were the result of coal dust from coal barges in the…