Ecopetrol embarrassed by new oil spill in central Colombia
Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol continues to be plagued by oil spills possibly due to neglect in maintenance. According to local media, the crude oil has polluted parts of the…
Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol continues to be plagued by oil spills possibly due to neglect in maintenance. According to local media, the crude oil has polluted parts of the…
Colombia’s government has begun termination of an $861 million contract to restore navigability of the Magdalena River that was led by Brazil’sOdebrecht, the government said on Wednesday. The decision was…
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui bank has pulled $250 million in financing from Colombia’s Magdalena River navigability project, as majority stakeholder Odebrecht faces corruption charges, the Colombian government said on Tuesday. Odebrecht…
US investment bank Goldman Sachs has expressed interest in financing a project to make Colombia’s Magdalena River more navigable, the government said on Tuesday. Cormagdalena, the government agency supervising work…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Sunday that the government will allocate $1.3 billion from the national budget to recover the navigability of the important Magdalena River that runs through…
Researchers have found a new species of fish in Colombia’s most important and possibly most contaminated major river, signaling the waterway’s continued vitality in spite of rising pollution levels, according…
The Dique canal, which connects the Caribbean port city of Cartagena to the center of Colombia, will be the topic of discussion on Thursday at an international environment conference.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday signed a $1.2 billion budget for the improving the Magdalena river that connects the south of the country with the Caribbean coast in…
An oil truck overturned and spilled 11,200 gallons of diesel in the southern Colombian Huila department Monday. The truck was traveling between the cities Neiva and Florencia when its breaks…