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Good news for the Costa Rican Environment
By: Lance HarrellAnne Slaughter Andrew has been nominated by US President Obama to head the U.S Embassy in Costa Rica.Andrew, a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., received her law degree from the Indiana School of Law and...
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A Vegetarian Among Meat-eating Spiders
For years, scientists were confident about one uniform trait of the world's 40,000 spider species: They were meat-eaters.So you can imagine the eureka moment when Brandeis senior lecturer Eric Olson realized a jumping spider he found in Costa Rica...
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Animals find refuge in Costa Rican rainforest haven
Puerto jiménez, COSTA RICA–Paris Hilton learned the hard way: Kinkajous just don't make good pets. Paris's kink "Baby Luv" lost BFF status when it bit her on the arm.You'd think that lesson would be obvious, and yet ... those...
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Wind Power in Costa Rica
Inaugurated the first phase of wind farm in Guanacaste which began operating 30 of the 55 turbines that make up the wind farm. For year-end planning to finalize the work and complete the nominal power of 50MW.Also, the Instituto...
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A Goal for Copenhagen
Few seem willing to address the issue openly, but one of the toughest issues to address when delegates gather in Copenhagen in December for the global conference on climate change will be governance. Many developing nations attending have stressed...
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Beetle from Costa Rica named after Charles Darwin
The beetle, named Canthidium (Eucanthidium) darwini, was discovered in a remote and unexplored UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Talamanca Mountains as part of a Natural History Museum led project.It was found on one of 7 expeditions to the...
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Costa Rica houses new energy program
By Shane BrennanImagine a 12-day excursion down to Costa Rica where you could find not only beautiful beaches, but also college credit awaiting your arrival.This is the vision of three University students heading the Entrepreneurial Renewable Energy Project, a...
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Environmental changes and investing?
In Costa Rica, coffee growers have been forced to plant at higher and higher altitudes in recent years; this fall's crop in Columbia is expected to be down substantially due to heavy rainfall. July's harvest was down by nearly...
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President Arias to speak at U.N. summit in New York on climate change
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias will take part with 25 other heads of state, including U.S. President Barack Obama, on Sept. 22 for a climate change summit at the United Nations in New York City.The U.N. Secretariat selected Arias...
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Carbon Controversies in Costa Rica
Does the Model Central American Country Live Up to its Big Green Reputation, Particularly When It Comes to Climate Control? Everyone needs something to believe in, and for many Latin American progressives, that something for years has been Costa...
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Costa Rican University Students Will Travel to NASA After Winning Mars 2024 Challenge
Two students from Fidélitas University will attend the MARS CHALLENGE. They are Sofía Mena Quirós (Electromechanical Engineering) and Alejandro...