Panama to use transgenic mosquitoes to fight dengue
Email this page PANAMA CITY, January 15, 2014 (AFP) – Panama will try to control a dengue outbreak that has claimed six lives this year by releasing transgenic mosquitoes to render infertile female transmitters of the disease, officials said Tuesday. Health Ministry director Carlos Galvez told AFP the technique has “shown promise” in Brazil and […]
Fecal coliform exceeds recommended limits at seven beaches
Email this page January 13th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Of 122 beaches recently evaluated by the National Water Laboratory, only seven exceeded the recommend maximum level of fecal coliform, representatives of the laboratory said. The recommended maximum is 240 parts per 100 milliliters of water. In Balneario, Limón, fecal coliforms exceeded 1,000 parts, while Cieneguita, […]
Scheme to slow global warming could wreck tropics: study
Email this page January 8, 2014 (AFP) – An idea by the father of the H-bomb to slow global warming by sowing the stratosphere with light-reflecting particles could wreck the weather system in the tropics, a study said Wednesday. The scheme may benefit northern Europe and parts of Asia, but around the equator rainfall patterns […]
Sewage in rivers a serious problem: World Bank
Email this page January 3rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Three quarters of raw sewage in Latin America is dumped completely untreated into rivers and other water sources, creating serious problems for public health and the environment, experts from the World Bank warn. Experts warned that the situation should be taken especially seriously in Latin America, one […]
Activist-author Vandana Shiva to visit Costa Rica with anti-GMO message
Email this page January 2nd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Indian physicist, environmental activist and anti-globalization author Vandana Shiva will be in Costa Rica this month to speak against genetically modified crops. More than 50 cantons in Costa Rica – some 80% of the country – declared themselves to be GMO-free last year, while community organizations, environmentalists […]
Coopelesca becomes first 100% carbon neutral electric company in Latin America
Email this page December 31st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Rural Electric Cooperative of San Carlos (Coopelesca) has achieved 100% clean energy production and has also become the first electric utility to be certified as carbon neutral in Latin America. The award was made by the Ministry of Environment and Energy (Minae), which said Coopelesca could […]
Scientists say they predicted location, magnitude of 2012 Nicoya quake
Email this page December 30th, 2013 (VOA) Scientists say they were able to forecast the size and location of an earthquake using GPS to study changes in the Earth’s shape. The Georgia Institute of Technology researchers say they predicted the magnitude 7.6 Nicoya earthquake that shook Costa Rica in 2012. The Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica is one […]
In Washington, ICE gets $1.4 billion in loans for hydroelectric project
Email this page December 23rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) on Thursday signed a deal in Washington for two loans totaling $1.4 billion USD for the Reventazón Hydroelectric Project, located in the middle of the Reventazón River near Siquirres, Limón. The funding is being managed by a multilateral agreement with the […]
