A frontrunner in renewable energy, 95-98% of Costa Rica’s electricity comes from renewable sources. While hydroelectricity is the largest source, other sources include wind, solar, geothermal, and ...

The call for entries has been announced for the fourth edition of the AmbientaDOS award in Costa Rica, an environmental ...

Creative waste-water and solar solutions cut down the energy footprint of the luxury home in Nosara and its six guest casitas ...

Costa Rica’s investment appeal is at risk as rising poverty, declining education, and environmental issues threaten long-term foreign investor confidence. Tico Times COSTA RICA\'S LEADING ... If these ...

Costa Rica has done a better job of that than most. The nation has managed to reverse deforestation, bringing total forest cover to 57%. It has achieved 98% renewable energy thanks to hydropower.

San José, Costa Rica, June 5th 2025 – Long celebrated for its environmental leadership, Costa Rica is charting new territory with the launch of its first marine Payment for Environmental Services (PES ...

For nearly a decade, Costa Rica has generated 99% of its electricity from renewable sources of energy. In 2015, the Central American nation "made global headlines" when it generated 100% of its ...

Fueled by a rapidly expanding eco-tourism industry, Costa Rica boasts an infrastructure that few countries ... 1948 and to focus its resources instead on healthcare, education and environmental ...

Costa Rica is pushing to legalize hundreds of small-scale miners who scrape out tiny amounts of ... The environment ministry estimates the miners produce around 500 ounces of 14 carat gold a ...

Work on Costa Rica's only open-pit gold mine remained stalled amid environmentalists' renewed complaints that the small Canadian mine owner is threatening local plant and animal life.<BR><BR> A ...

Costa Rica has done a better job of that than most. The nation has managed to reverse deforestation, bringing total forest cover to 57%. It has achieved 98% renewable energy thanks to hydropower.