Bogota wins award for leadership in battling climate change
The Colombian capital Bogota received the worldwide “Climate and City Leadership” award this Wednesday for innovation in public transport.
The Colombian capital Bogota received the worldwide “Climate and City Leadership” award this Wednesday for innovation in public transport.
Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro is in London to receive an award for his administration’s environmental policies, a recognition that is in stark contrast to how he is perceived in Colombia’s…
On Wednesday, Colombia’s government announced a massive amplification of the territory protected by the Chiribiquete Natural National Park in the heart of the Colombian Amazon.
An “ethical and political trial” took place in Colombia over the weekend to protest against the allegedly unethical practices of multinational gold firm Anglo Ahshanti (AGA) and oil giant Pacific…
Disturbing health abnormalities afflicting various towns in northern Colombia stem from the communities’ close proximity to the Cerro Matoso open-cast mine, according to environmental and health activists in the region.
Colombia has lost more than 295,862 hectares of forest to deforestation between 2011 and 2012, the Environment Ministry revealed on Monday.
Authorities in the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta and the owner of a storage are involved in a row over who is to blame for a fire that sent…
Multinational mining company Drummond has said it will fight sanctions levied against it for dumping vast deposits of coal into the sea earlier this year, reported newspaper El Espectador Wednesday.
At least 80 people had to be hospitalized in the northern Colombian coastal city of Santa Marta on Sunday after a fire billowed toxic smoke over the city.