Mandatory Independent Monitoring of Ecopetrol’s Discharges
Friday, September 21st, 2007Synopsis in English: Colombia's Environment Ministry (MAVDT) recently announced that the nation's public energy firm, Ecopetrol, will have its all its discharges into the Orotoy and Guamal Rivers permanently monitored and verified by an independent specialist company to check that they comply fully with environmental norms. Audits will be published periodically. Ecopetrol has also been […]
Cleaning Up One of Colombia’s Dirtiest Rivers
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007Synopsis in English: A co-financing agreement has been signed to get moving a project to clean up Colombia’s third most contaminated river basin, the Chicamocha (the two most contaminated are the river basins of the Bogotá and the Medellín). The 98.86 billion peso (about US$41.8 million at current exchange rates) project will be funded with […]