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Rio Grande de Terraba Estuary. Photo by Bernard DUPONT/ Flickr.

Hydro, Nature & Environment, Policy & Strategy, Renewables February 6, 2017

Costa Rica’s Supreme Court stops hydroelectric project for failing to consult indigenous people

On November 1, 2016, the Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica’s Supreme Court provided some good news to a Terraba (Teribe) Indigenous territory when it stopped…

Pirris Hydroelectric Power Station Costa Rica

Fossil Fuels, Policy & Strategy, Renewables February 2, 2017

Costa Rica went 250 days in 2016 without burning any fossil fuels

Proof that 2016 wasn’t all bad. A round of applause for Costa Rica: the small Central American country ran solely on renewable energy for 250…

Climate Change, Hydro, Nature & Environment, News & Comments, Policy & Strategy November 11, 2016

Virginia Tech researchers: Climate change may benefit Ethiopia, increase the country’s access to water

Despite the many disastrous impacts of climate change, there are some regions of the globe that might benefit from hotter temperatures. A team of researchers…

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

World Rainforest Day

Rainforests cover only 2 percent of the planet’s surface area but are responsible for more than 25% of all Western medicine and house more than 50% of the world’s plant and animal species.