Costa Rica’s emerging status as a green energy leader has won renewed praise from experts discussing the country’s 99 per cent fossil-free electricity use. The central American country achieved an almost completely carbon-neutral footprint when sourcing electricity for its citizens in 2015, according to the Costa Rican News. About 18 per cent of all its energy use was electric, official figures showed, with 99 per cent of that electricity sourced from green energy supplies. The…
How Costa Rica is becoming one of the most environmentally friendly places on earth
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