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The Ministry of the Environment (MinAmbiente) spoke about how Colombia is preparing to update its environmental commitments. The development of these and more stories in our periodic Eco summary.

Some Senators think that the modifications to the General System of Royalties (SGR) seek to benefit the development of unconventional resources in Colombia.

Sergio Cabrales, Engineering Professor at the Andes University, explained the factors that the government must take into account to support the industry as an ally in Colombia’s economic reactivation process.

Rodrigo Suárez submitted his resignation to the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA), after two years leading the entity.

The director of the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA), Rodrigo Suarez, spoke about upcoming licenses for energy and unconventional projects.

The National Association of Domiciliary Public Service Companies (Andesco) hosted its “Green Growth for an Economic Recovery” webinar. HCC attended the event.

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.