President Solis opposes geothermal in national parks
Email this page December 15th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) President Luis Guillermo Solis will not support geothermal energy generation in Costa Rica’s national parks during his time in office, calling such a measure unnecessary, the president announced last week during the latest roundtable discussions aimed at tackling high energy prices in the country. Despite the president’s […]
Deal reached at U.N. climate talks, but environmental groups not impressed
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon says that a global climate change agreement reached Sunday in Peru sets the stage for a “universal and meaningful” deal next year, even as environmental groups attacked the Lima pact as weak.
Turrialba volcano could remain active and belching ash for two years
Email this page December 10th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Turrialba volcano could remain active and belching ash for two years, one of Costa Rica’s most well known volcanologists, Gino Gonzalez of the National Seismological Network (RSN) said on Tuesday. Speaking on the radio program, Nuestra Voz on Radio Monumental, Gonzalez said that activity at the […]
Nicaraguan Army Eco-Battalion faces deadly threats to protect ecology
Email this page By Malcolm Alvarez-James December 10th, 2014 (Dialogo) The Nicaraguan Army’s Ecological Battalion (BECO) is fighting a unique battle on multiple fronts to protect one of the country’s most valuable resources: its ecology. Since January 2012, its 700 soldiers have saved hundreds of protected animals from poachers, confiscated millions of board feet of illegally […]
New activity at Turrialba volcano sends ash over 20 km; blankets Central Valley in sulfur smell
Email this page December 9th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Shortly after volcanologists began recording an increase in seismic activity at the Turrialba volcano around 9:30 p.m. Monday evening, reports of falling ash at least 20 km from the volcano – in cases, some much farther – began to pour in on social media sites. Residents in […]
Costa Rica joins six countries in pledging to reforest 20 million hectares of Latin America
Email this page December 8th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica on Sunday joined six other Latin American nations in pledging to reforest 20 million hectares – about the size of Uruguay – of degraded land by 2020, AFP reports. The announcement by Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador and Chile was made during the […]
Developing nations may need $500B a year due to climate change: UN
Developing nations could need as much as $500 billion a year by 2050 to adapt to the effects of a warming climate, the United Nations said, significantly revising its earlier figure of $100 billion a year estimated by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The new figures were presented in the first ever Adaptation…
Costa Rica makes small step towards national referendum on oil, gas exploration
Email this page December 2nd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has accepted a preliminary request towards a possible national public referendum that could potentially open the door to the exploration for oil and natural gas in the country by the State-owned Costa Rican Oil Refinery (RECOPE). The request, which gained TSE […]
