Bogota’s fire department, in a joint operation with the Civil Defense and Aviation authorities, managed to extinguish five of the six fires that threatened the south-eastern outskirts of the Colombian…
Bogota’s environment secretary this week launched a new observatory that will allow the public to monitor important environmental indicators including air quality and water resources. The observatory’s website will also provide…
President Uribe gave a speech Tuesday ahead of his participation in the Copenhagen Climate Summit, in which he highlighted the primary arguments he intended to present in Denmark. The Colombian…
Authorities predict that Colombia’s current drought will be particularly severe due to the “El Niño” effect, while water rationing has already begun in several regions. According to a report released…
Colombian authorities raise alert level to ‘Orange’ on Thursday for the Nariño department’s Galeras volcano, which experts expect to erupt within days. The Colombian Institute of Mining and Geology declared…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced he will attend the United Nations (U.N.) Climate Change Conference in Denmark next week. The President’s attendance at the global summit in the Danish capital…
Colombia will request resources to protect its vegetation and will ask industrialized nations to finance programs to help the Andean nation adapt to the effects of global warming at a…
At a dinner held in London on Wednesday by Colombia’s Environmental Minister, the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, expressed interest in visiting Colombia. The Minister Carlos Costa claimed…
Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe will attend the UNASUR summit on November 26 but will not talk to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, confirmed the Foreign Minister on Wednesday. The Foreign Minister,…