Colombia lost 219,973 hectares (850 square miles) of forest last year, according to authorities. This is 23% more than the year before. The destruction of Colombia’s forests, particularly in the…
Bees injured 60 people at a rally of Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe.
Francia Marquez, an activist from southwest Colombia, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman prize for extraordinary environmental activists. Marquez, a community leader from the war-torn Cauca department, led a 10-day,…
Colombia’s geographic position and natural resources present promise for integrating renewable energies into its electric grid. There are also major challenges, however. Alfredo Parres, Vice President of ABB Group, a…
Colombia admitted on Friday that it has failed to spend one dollar of an international investment fund of $210 million for sustainable development. President Juan Manuel Santos triumphantly announced the…
Colombia’s Supreme Court ordered the country’s government to put its money where its mouth is and reduce the deforestation of its Amazon forest to zero before 2020. The court ruled…
Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol could face criminal charges after possible neglect caused a major oil spill in central Colombia. According to Environment Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo, Ecopetrol will see…
A crude oil spill has been causing an environmental disaster in central Colombia for three weeks without state-run oil company Ecopetrol taking action to control it. Oil started escaping the…
Medellin partially banned motorized traffic and reduced economic activity on Wednesday “to protect citizens” from pollution that has made air “harmful” for people’s health.