Donors discuss green climate fund
Email this page November 20th, 2014 (VOA) Officials from a group of wealthy countries are meeting in Berlin to discuss a fund to help developing countries deal with climate change. The meeting Thursday comes days after President Barack Obama announced that the United States will contribute $3 billion to a so-called Green Climate Fund. The goal […]
Nicaragua to “double or triple” dredging of San Juan River in coming months
Email this page November 18th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Nicaragua will spend $4 million USD in the coming months to “double or triple” its dredging operations on the San Juan River, according to the current Minister of Development of the Rio San Juan Basin and former Sandanista guerrilla leader, Eden Pastora. Speaking to reporters, Pastora said […]
New Tilaran wind farm will power 80,000 homes
Email this page November 17th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Vice President Ana Helena Chacon attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Chiripa wind farm in Quebrada Grande de Tilaran on Saturday. The wind farm will produce some 200 million kilowatts (kWh) per year, enough to serve 80,000 homes, according to estimates by Acciona, the company which […]
Fresh eruptions of ash reported at Costa Rica’s Turrialba volcano
Email this page November 17th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) After a week of relative inactivity, the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) reported eruptions at the Turrialba volcano on Thursday and Friday that sent a fresh sprinkling of ash over nearby communities. Thursday’s eruption occurred in the early morning hours, while Friday’s eruption […]
Famed poet, priest, politician calls Nicaraguan Canal a “monstrosity”
Email this page November 3rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The famed Nicaraguan priest, poet and politician, Ernesto Cardenal, described the Nicaraguan Grand Canal, set to break ground in December, as a “monstrosity” in a column published over the weekend in Nicaragua’s La Prensa newspaper. Cardenal accuses President Daniel Ortega of having imposed the project on the […]
NASA captures image of sulfur dioxide “blanket” over Costa Rica after eruption
Email this page November 3rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Satellites belonging to the United States space agency, NASA, captured images of a “blanket” of sulfur dioxide over western Costa Rica a day after the Turrialba volcano began erupting last Wednesday. Satellites captured the following image on Thursday, October 30th, the day after Turrialba roared to life: […]
Solar and wind energy booms in emerging markets
Poor nations are adding capacity from renewable energy projects at nearly twice the rate of developed countries, a new interactive report found. The surge reflects the economic advantage that cleaner technologies have in emerging markets, which are scaling up energy installations to match the demands of expanding populations and economies, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday.
Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano comes to life in largest eruption in 150 years
Email this page October 30th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano erupted shortly after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, in what officials are calling the most significant eruption of the volcano in 150 years. Those who live nearby reported seismic activity and “booming sounds” that began around 11 p.m. Some 40 minutes later the volcano […]
