pollution

With the start of the new year, start making some changes in your lifestyle geared towards helping the planet.

BAIC Group, a Chinese state-owned company, announced this week the opening of its dealership in Costa Rica.

More than 1.3 million people die each year on the world's roads, and tens of millions are seriously injured.

Saturday's event includes more than 40 locations where volunteers will gather to clean up Costa Rica's beaches.

How can Costa Rica achieve electric transportation?

We can choose how this story ends for the planet.

"Here in Monteverde, our spring water is crystal pure. Nevertheless, we transport truckloads of water in small plastic bottles up and down the mountain."

Water samples were collected from the river for laboratory testing; environmentalists believe the death of fish could be linked to the use of agrochemicals at farms in the area.

Estimates from the Health Ministry state that people throw nearly 300 tons of garbage in Costa Rica's streets, sewers, vacant properties and rivers every day.

Past experience would suggest our assembly is just settling in for a nice long back-and-forth on electric cars. The country can't afford such a delay.