Colombia bans mercury in gold mining
Colombia’s government announced Monday that it has prohibited the use of mercury in gold mining. The highly poisonous chemical will also gradually be phased out in other industries until a…
Colombia’s government announced Monday that it has prohibited the use of mercury in gold mining. The highly poisonous chemical will also gradually be phased out in other industries until a…
Colombia’s largest nature reserve, Chiribiquete National Park, has become a world heritage site, UNESCO announced Sunday. Together with a number of other natural wonders, UNESCO inscribed the 4.3 million-hectare national park…
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…