Saturday, June 14, 2025

Tag: Columbia

Colombian company uses coffee husks to build low-income housing

Woodpecker, a startup in Bogota, Colombia, uses coffee husks to manufacture lightweight, prefabricated buildings for home and classroom use.

More than 2,400 animals killed by oil spill in Colombia

It took Colombia's state oil company Ecopetrol three weeks to respond to the environmental disaster.

Sanders, Brown Speak Out On Gunboat Diplomacy For Corporations

“We object to any efforts to intimidate and discourage Colombia’s government from taking measures to protect the public health of Colombians in a way that is appropriate, effective and consistent with the country’s trade and public health obligations."

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Senator tackled and cuffed at DHS press event in LA as Trump-era immigration crackdown...

Sen. Alex Padilla was violently removed and handcuffed while attempting to question DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, drawing widespread condemnation and fueling fears of growing authoritarianism.

New study confirms glyphosate causes cancer at EU ‘safe’ exposure levels in lab animals

Even at the EU’s Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI), the study shows that glyphosate and its formulations have carcinogenic potential.

Rethinking climate action: A new guideline for planetary health

A new framework for planetary health reveals that our Industrial Age mindset—not human needs—is the real driver of environmental collapse.

Factory farms and the next pandemic: How industrial animal agriculture fuels global health threats

Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative.

‘Starvation by design’: Over 55,000 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces fire on civilians...

Palestinians seeking food at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites are being killed and injured in rising numbers, as Israel enforces a siege that aid experts and survivors say is deliberately fueling chaos, displacement, and starvation.