Chinese company says it is ready to build $40 billion “Nicaragua Canal”
Email this page June 11th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Chinese company, HK Nicaragua Development Investment Co. Limited (also known as the HKND Group) said yesterday that it was ready to proceed with the construction of the Nicaraguan canal, estimated to cost about $40 billion. The firm said the project would be completed in ten years. However, […]
Nearly 2,000 more trees will adorn Guiones beach
Email this page By Arianna Mckinney / Voz de Guanacaste Imagine relaxing in the shade along the beach, looking up into the lush trees to see monkeys and birds, and other wildlife, returning to what was once their habitat. This is the vision that drives biologist Gerardo Bolaños Cespedes to recruit friends, coworkers, local […]
Tilarán becomes 57th canton to declare itself free of GMO’s
Email this page June 10th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Municipal Council of Tilarán unanimously agreed to declare itself free of genetically modified crops, becoming the 57th municipality in Costa Rica to make the declaration. The agreement declares Tilarán “as a territory free of transgenic crops, whatever their species or plant variety, which includes a prohibition […]
Ruins of “Old Arenal” emerge as Lake Arenal approaches lowest level in 19 years
Email this page June 7th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Residents in the areas of Arenal and Tronadora are getting a glimpse of the past, as parts of buildings and structures that went underwater decades ago re-emerge from the Lake Arenal reservoir. The old towns of Tronadora and Arenal were relocated in 1978 when the original towns […]
Tourist missing for two days in Cerro Chirripo found alive
Email this page June 7th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A woman who had been missing for more than two days in the Cerro Chirripo National Park was found alive yesterday morning. Rocio Vegas, a nurse at Hospital Mexico, was found alive and apparently in good condition, despite being missing for more than two days without food […]
Conservation groups offer $10,000 reward to find killers of environmentalist
Email this page Conservation groups announced earlier this week a $10,000 reward for information on the brutal killing of Jairo Mora Sandoval, a sea turtle activist working to protect nesting sea turtles on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast near Limón. Environmental organizations around the world are calling for justice and this week announced the Jairo Mora […]
Ad Astra and Cummins successfully use hydrogen+biogas to power generator
Email this page June 6th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) – In a significant scientific and environmental achievement, a combined team of engineers and technicians from Ad Astra Rocket Company and Cummins Power Generation, a business unit of global power leader Cummins Inc., (NYSE: CMI) have successfully powered a Cummins-built electrical generator using mixtures of hydrogen and […]
On World Environment Day, Costa Ricans plan vigils for slain environmentalist
Email this page June 5th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Dozens of vigils will be held throughout Costa Rica today, commemorating World Environment Day and the life of Jairo Mora, an environmentalist who was murdered on May 31st. Mora worked to stop the poaching of leatherback turtle eggs on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. Mora was found […]
