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Colombia: Gas

 
Colombia: Gas
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Colombia has plenty of clean natural gas. But even so, many people cook with firewood, which is both dirty and bad for their health. A new pilot project is cleaning up the cooking fires and getting people hooked into a safer, cleaner, cheaper alternative.

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  • Website: Colombia
  • Website: Colombia Natural Gas Project
  • Website: Latin America & Caribbean
  • Washington DC, February 26th, 2010—Colombia has plenty of clean natural gas. But even so, many people cook with firewood, which is both dirty and bad for their health. A new pilot project is cleaning up the cooking fires and getting people hooked into a safer, cleaner, cheaper alternative. Colombia gas giant Promigas and a World Bank-administered program, the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid, joined forces to set up the project.

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