United Nations Climate Change Conference gets underway
Email this page November 11, 2013 (AFP) – Nations launched a new round of talks in Warsaw on Monday to pave the way for a 2015 deal to cut climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions. The 12-day United Nations Climate Change Conference comes amid a slew of warnings about potentially disastrous warming unless humankind changes its atmosphere-polluting, […]
Costa Rica shark finners have gory new technique to skirt the law
Email this page November 8th 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A new method of shark finning is making a gruesome appearance on docks in Costa Rica lately – the spinal columns of butchered sharks, with their fins still attached to them. The tactic is the latest measure being used by shark finners to skirt Costa Rica’s anti-shark […]
Global Warming Gases at Highest Level Ever
Email this page Lisa Schlein / VOA November 7th, 2013 (VOA) – GENEVA — The World Meteorological Organization reports the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere reached a record high in 2012. This accelerating trend will have devastating consequences on climate change, the U.N. agency says, unless the world’s nations do more to […]
Nicaragua accuses Costa Rica of causing “environmental nightmare” before the ICJ
Email this page November 5th, 2013 (AFP & InsideCostaRica.com) Nicaragua described Costa Rica’s construction of a road on its border parallel to the Rio San Juan as an “environmental nightmare” at the opening of the latest hearing over ongoing border disputes between the countries before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. […]
Fugitive from Costa Rica, Paul Watson eyes anti-whale battle from afar
Email this page LOS ANGELES, November 5, 2013 (AFP) – Fugitive eco-activist Paul Watson is due in a US court this week for his latest legal battle — but, after 15 months on the run, he says he is happy to leave the high seas clashes to friends in Australia. The Canadian-born Sea Shepherd founder […]
Wastewater plant will reduce amount of San José raw sewage dumped into rivers
Email this page November 4th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A new sewage treatment plant currently under construction will reduce the amount of raw sewage that is currently dumped directly into several rivers in the capital city of San José. The plant, which is being constructed by the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA), will […]
Did it snow in Costa Rica on Friday?
Email this page November 4th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Images of “snow-covered” ground near the Irazu volcano spread quickly on social networks on Friday. However, Elado Solano, an official with the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), said the phenomenon, which took place in the area of Santa Rosa de Oreamuno in Cartago, was actually heavy hail in […]
Paul Watson says Costa Rica “Red Notice” dropped; vows to pursue fight
Email this page November 1, 2013 (AFP) – Fugitive eco-warrior Paul Watson has vowed to continue campaigning “undaunted” by legal threats, after landing back in the United States following 15 months on the run at sea. The Canadian said Thursday he was heading for Seattle after arriving in Los Angeles earlier this week, to defend […]
