Contact: Dan Chambers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel: 506-2261-6822 CR Tel: 506-8818-0262 Email: info@TheCostaRicaNews.com THE FUTURE OF COSTA RICA: LEADING BIOFUEL PRODUCTION Over the years, terms like construction, development and real estate have failed to take into consideration the words sustainability and environmental well-being. In fact, so much so that infrastructural development tends to take [...]
Biofuels is on the rise… again. The first time some painful lessons were learned for fast-in investors. This time the focus is on second generation biofuels and Central America. First generation: Why so bad? Some of it´s obvious and has been covered before: using petroleum-based fertilizer to grow corn, which is sprayed with petroleum-based pesticides [...]
Over the years, terms like construction, development and real estate have failed to take into consideration the words sustainability and environmental well-being. In fact, so much so that infrastructural development tends to take place at the cost of natural resource depletion. Fast forward to 2012 and sustainable, eco-friendly development is at the forefront of modern [...]
Former Costa Rica President Jose Maria Figueres participated in the World Future Energy Summit 2012 held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, January 15-17 as guest of His Highness Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and guest of Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of MASDAR the sponsor of WFES. Mr. Figueres spoke [...]
Global production of biofuels increased 17% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion liters, up from 90 billion liters in 2009. High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in [...]
by MERCEDES R. AGUERO The Garabito thermal power plant complicates the goal of Costa Rica to become the first carbon neutral country in the world in 2021. The plant, which will have an installed capacity of 200 megawatts, will burn 122 million liters of fuel to produce electricity in 2010. This will involve producing about [...]
by TCRN Staff Action taken by the Costa Rican Airline Nature Air to offset their carbon footprint has been recognized and rewarded by National Geographic. According to the cable news agency EFE, National Geographic Washington announced Tuesday the projects that were selected in the competition on tourism innovation for the benefit of local communities and [...]
by Chrissie Long Costa Rica’s carbon neutrality goal received a stamp of approval from the United States government on Wednesday, when embassy officials announced the opening of an energy efficiency center in the Central Valley. The center, which will be run out of the University of Costa Rica, “will advance the path toward a cleaner [...]
A group comprising six environmentally-friendly nations has urged policymakers to agree on a deal at the Copenhagen Climate Change summit. The consortium is made up of Costa Rica, Cape Verde, Iceland, Singapore, Slovenia and the United Arab Emirates, according to China’s Xinhua news agency. In a joint statement, the six countries explained it is extremely [...]
By Mike McDonald The Copenhagen Climate Change Summit’s host nation, Denmark, threw the first concrete financial aid figures on the negotiating table on Wednesday that could help countries such as Costa Rica protect their environment. Pending a firm global deal and promises of fair aid numbers from other developed nations, the Danish government announced it [...]
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