Environment
Costa Rica Moves Forward With Plans to Use Burned Trash for a Waste-to-Energy Recycling Program
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A regulation for solid waste management by municipalities will be published in March, allowing local Costa Rica governments to generate waste energy, also known as waste-to-energy or energy-from-waste.This type of electricity generation uses burned trash...
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Costa Rican Toucan Gets New Lease on Life Thanks to 3-D Printing
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - In January, a hurt toucan named Grecia who lost the upper half of his beak, got the compassion and sympathy of all of Costa Rica. A campaign was initiated.After the bird was attacked by...
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Costa Rica Seeks $302.9 Million for Renewable Energy Advancements and Border Crossing Modernizations
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica will work on the modernization of its border crossings and boost renewable energy in 2015. To accomplish this, the country has requested $302.9 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), reported an...
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Fun But Responsible: Costa Rica’s Palmares Festival Recycles One Ton of Trash Per Day
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - More than five tons of recycling waste have been collected during the first five days of the Palmares fiestas.The waste is collected by Coca Cola through their Mission Planet initiative and distributed between...
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Costa Rica Fishermen Adopting Environmentally Sustainable Shrimping Techniques
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Many fishermen in the Southern zone of Costa Rica have stopped using trawls and changed to smaller nets. This new technique will capture white shrimp without affecting other marine species.The executive director of...
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Caribbean Mega Port Will Utilize Solar, Wind, and Tidal Systems to Generate Power
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The new ocean terminal in Moin, Limon will operate on clean energy through solar panels, wind turbines and tidal leverage power systems.Communication manager for the firm APM Terminals, Rogelio Douglas, said construction for...
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Costa Rica Introduces Solar Energy Surplus Buyback Plan for Homes and Businesses
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Aresep) has announced that their plan for families or businesses to use or install solar panels and sell the surplus energy generated will be ready in February.According...
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Phenomenal Footage of Huge Dolphin Pod Captured Near Drake Bay
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - An impressive group of dolphins was recorded on December 12, just 29 miles west of Drake Bay in the Osa Peninsula.
The video was captured by Shawn Larkin, a tour guide who has been residing...
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Despite Turrialba’s Eruptions, Local Water is Still Safe
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Ministry of Environment and Energy (Minae) presented a report on the Municipality of Turrialba about the monitoring of rivers and streams in the area with the recent activity from the Turrialba volcano.The...
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Report Shows Costa Rica is the Place to be in Central America for Radical Climate Change
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The rate of adaptation for climate change (called ND-Gain) developed by the University of Notre Dame, ranks Costa Rica as the best country in Central America to address these challenges. The country, which is in 69th...
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Queen of Belgium Visits Los Guido and Tirrases to Learn About Children’s Rights in Costa Rica
Costa Rica has had a visiting queen this week. Mathilde of Belgium, Queen Consort of the Belgians, is making...