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Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) reported that it implemented its contingency plan in the departments of Cesar and Norte de Santander, after oil spills were reported by authorities. The development of these and more stories in our periodic Eco summary.

An anonymous reader reacted strongly to a recent article where the ANLA was talking about its operational improvements.  Our reader’s point is that it is a waste of time and effort to look for operational improvements to a process that is fundamentally flawed to begin with. Here is the text of the email they wrote plus our Bottom-Line reaction.

The National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) has been reporting on its monitoring processes. This time, the entity ruled on the Quifa exploration area.

General Comptroller Carlos Córdoba said that the entity is not against fracking, but asked for certain conditions to be fulfilled.

The National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) has been reporting on monitoring processes in the sector, and this time, it ruled on two projects in the departments of Cundinamarca and Meta.

Once again, the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) reported on how it is changing its working plan, to make it more efficient.

The National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) spoke about its most recent follow-up process to industry projects in the departments of Casanare, Cundinamarca and Tolima.

For the first time, the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) will strengthen its activities in the country’s regions, thanks to resources from the General Royalty System (SGR).

Last week was a controversial one in Colombia’s congress with the ongoing battle over peace process implementation, approval of royalty reform in its opening debate and the final authorization of the government’s long-term economic plan (known as the PND for its initials in Spanish). The press reacted strongly to a clause about fracking but the politics of how one newspaper reacted was surprising, to me at least.

The Geomatics team of the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) participated in the Fundamentals of Spatial Data Infrastructure (ICDE) workshop. Here are the details.