Costa Rica is the first country ever to receive the “Champion of the Earth” award from the UN. This recognition has previously been given to 88 laureates, 21 world leaders,…
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Some cynical philosopher stenciled a few words in the center of the park road. They read: “Nature is wrong.” The words are fading away, which brings a smile. Nature will…
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World News – Researchers in South Africa are taking recycling to the extreme. In what they’re calling a first, they’ve found a way to make building bricks out of human urine.
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body tasked with providing scientific evidence and consensus on climate change and its implications for decision-makers and the public, has…
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Costa Rica Exceeds 98% Of Renewable Electricity For 4th Consecutive Year
by admin 2018/10/10Costa Rica News – Costa Rica surpassed 98% of renewable generation in its Sistema Eléctrico Nacional (SEN) – National Electric System – for the fourth consecutive year. As of Wednesday, October…
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Costa Rica News – The Global Footprint Network warns that Costa Rica’s ecological footprint is problematic in that the country is “in debt to the planet,” meaning the national consumption of…
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Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Bans Single Use Plastics From Certain Entities
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2018/06/06Costa Rica News – President Carlos Alvarado, in honor of World Environmental Day, issued a directive on the matter of single-use plastics used in public institutions.
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One of the most perniciously wrongheaded scientists of our decisive age is physicist and popularizer Michio Kaku. He’s a ubiquitous voice of “techno-optimism” on science shows, and he points in…