Environment
Costa Rica Electricity Rate Increase Comes as a Shock
Back in March, the state utilities regulator announced that Costa Rica had met its yearly energy demand almost exclusively with renewable resources and, therefore, would be reducing electricity rates by about 12% from April. Now, April has come to...
Environment
UPDATE: Costa Rica Turrialba Volcano May 5th, 2015
Turrialba Volcano erupted Monday, May 4, 2015at 3:25 p.m. sending ash almost 3 km into the sky over San Jose, prompting the National Emergency Commission (CNE), to issue a national alert as well as causing the Juan Santamaría International...
Environment
Puntarenas Toxic Spill Alert Downgraded to Yellow
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Over the Labor Day weekend, a ship containing the toxic chemical, ammonia nitrate, sparked an emergency alert off the coast of the Costa Rica tourist town of Puntarenas when it sank in heavy...
Environment
Costa Rica has a Dirty Little Secret
Costa Rica has a garbage problem, and it’s more complex than you think.Despite national-level efforts to make Costa Rica a greener country, it seems the general population still fails to see the value in personally maintaining the environment from...
Environment
Are Earthquakes and Volcano Activity on the Rise?
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - If it seems like earthquakes and erupting volcanoes are happening more frequently, that’s because they are. Looking at global magnitude six (M6) or greater from 1980 to 1989 there was an average of...
Environment
Average Costa Rica Family Uses 3,500 Plastic Bottles per Year
Take a drive along Route 27, and at Santa Ana, you’ll notice a big fence made from of bottles trapped in a net with a sign that reads: "The truth always comes out."The work of 3,500 plastic bottles by...
Environment
Honey Import Doubled Due to Environmental Changes
The few rains and strong winds have affected the Honey production in Costa Rica; this situation endangers to the apiaries (bee keepers) owners and dealers of honey. For that reason, Honey imports significantly increased to meet consumer demand in...
Environment
Costa Rican Environmentalists Achieve Goal: No More Hammerhead Shark Fin Exports
After much controversy and complaints by environmentalists, the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) announced today that they will no longer issue permits for the export of shark fins until they have developed a legal document that ensures that...
Environment
Mayor Petitions Costa Rica Government to Change Forestry Law in Light of Cypress Deforestation Debate
The mayor of San Rafael de Heredia, Jorge Isaac Paniagua, has asked the Commission for Environmental Affairs of the Legislative Assembly to reform the Forestry Law, in order to avoid the further cutting of cypress trees.Paniagua said they must...
Environment
Turrialba Volcano Very Active Over the Weekend With Ash Eruptions and Small Quakes
The Turrialba volcano in Costa Rica, which since last October has maintained constant activity continues excite with new ash eruptions accompanied by seismic movements in recent days.Gino Gonzalez, a volcanologist at the National Seismological Network (RSN), said that last...
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La Cruz de Guanacaste: From Record Heat to Record Rainfall in a Single Month
The district of Santa Elena in La Cruz, Guanacaste, experienced record heat and rainfall in a single month, according...