Former Minister of Environment (MinAmbiente), Luis Murillo, spoke about the role of the carbon tax in Colombia’s efforts to comply with the Paris Agreements.
The President of the National Hydrocarbons Commission (ANH), Armando Zamora, said that the regulations for fracking pilot projects (PPII) will be available in July this year. What does this mean for companies?
Between Covid-19, the resulting economic collapse and social unrest spreading throughout much of the globe, many of the principles that underlay the way the world worked in this century are under question. Recently we published two opinion pieces on the environment by a Long-Time Reader and now we have this contribution by the petroleum engineers’ association, ACIPET.
Our Long-Time Reader is back as life imitates art. It would be nice to imagine that his article in HCC inspired the Washington Post but that is highly unlikely. The newspaper is not even a subscriber! Instead, as he says in his opening paragraph, his commentary anticipated the Post article and the latter has inspired him to elaborate on his arguments.
The Ministry of Environment (MinAmbiente) and more than 150 Mayors from all over Colombia signed the Pact for Climate and Biodiversity. The development of these and more stories in our periodic Eco summary.
The National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) has the green light to start its expansion and restructuring process.
The Minister of Environment (MinAmbiente), Ricardo Lozano, announced the creation of a Permanent Environmental Table (PET) in the department of Santander.
The government announced the reactivation of the National Water Council. The initiative will be supported by seven different entities.
Greenpeace and the Energy and Clean Air Research Center (CREA), conducted a study analyzing fossil fuel pollution.
The National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) received 80 requests for environmental licenses in the oil and mining industry, during 2019 alone.
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