Bogota to purchase 600 electric buses in 2020, but has it thought about infrastructure?
Mayor Enrique Peñalosa vowed to add some 600 electric buses to Bogota’s public transport...
Tag: pollution
Is pollution becoming a permanent health hazard in Medellin?
Medellin authorities on Sunday declared a red alert for the second time in two weeks over the...
Medellin issues red alert over ‘harmful’ air
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.
Medellin’s anti-pollution strategy is mainly window dressing: study
Medellin’s “Air Pact” to improve the air quality of one of Colombia’s most...
Pollution kills one person in Medellin every 3 hours: study
One person dies every three hours from pollution in Colombia’s second biggest city Medellin,...
Life-saving livestream: Medellin’s first ‘public’ pollution sensor starts broadcasting
The first PurpleAir Pollution Sensor in Latin America has gone online in Colombia’s second biggest...
Red alert: Medellin air pollution kills 6 times more people than guns
Breathing in Medellin, Colombia’s second largest city, has become such a health hazard that...
Pollution of bay in Colombia’s Caribbean requires ‘immediate action’: Comptroller
Colombia’s comptroller demanded to know how national authorities would address the...
Ecopetrol’s 2013 environmental investments in Colombia reach $630M
Colombia’s state-run petroleum company invested $630 million across a number of...
New species of fish found in Colombia’s heavily polluted Magdalena River
Researchers have found a new species of fish in Colombia’s most important and possibly most...
