Another headache for Drummond: Fisherman to sue US coal giant, Colombia environmental authorities over 2013 spill
Over 1,400 fisherman from the Bay of Santa Marta area on Colombia’s northern coast are...
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Colombia wins international prize for ecotourism
A prominent tourism festival named Colombia as the best ecotourism destination for 2014, local...
Warning of eight new areas of deforestation in Colombia: Ministry of Environment
Eight problematic deforestation areas caused primarily by illegal logging and mining have been...
Drummond to reopen north Colombia port, pending environmental inspection
Colombia’s Ministry of Environment announced it will conduct a thorough inspection of the...
Colombian families to relocate after reaching agreement with mining corporations
One-hundred and seventy-three families from Colombia’s northern Cesar state agreed to a...
Over $7B of mining investments stalled in Colombia
In a growing snowball of bad news for Colombia’s mining industry, global mining site Mining.com reported that $7.3 billion of mining investments have been stalled in the country due to “delays in environmental...
US coal multinational Drummond denies new Caribbean coal spill
Traces of a potential coal spill surfaced off Colombia’s Carribean coast Tuesday, just days...
Alternatives don’t float boat for US coal giant Drummond
US coal giant Drummond has shown little interest in alternative proposals by the Colombian...
International environmental conference to discuss problems with major Colombian canal
The Dique canal, which connects the Caribbean port city of Cartagena to the center of Colombia,...
Colombia lost 295,862 hectares of forest between 2011 and 2012
Colombia has lost more than 295,862 hectares of forest to deforestation between 2011 and 2012, the...
Colombia to invest in ‘La Niña’ damage
Colombia has invested millions of dollars for recuperating sensitive environmental zones damaged by tropical storm ‘La Niña.’ Roughly $37.4 million has been set aside for recovery of vital natural environmental...
Rejected 7-star hotel for national park to be restarted
The controversial seven-star hotel project in Colombia’s Tayrona National Park is to be revived according to newspaper El Tiempo on Tuesday. Despite the fact that the project was rejected last October under suspicions that...
