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Costa Rica to become Latin American electric-car pioneer?

Green Car Reports

The Central American country ,wedged between Nicaragua and Panama, is home to 4.8 Costa Rica isn't what you'd call a bastion of automotive sales. million people who buy just 154,000 vehicles annually—less than 1 percent of the sales in the United States. But that won't deter the Costa Rican government from greening its fleet.

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Study attributes significant amount of kidney disease globally to PM2.5 pollution

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For example, DALYs per 100,000 were 366.71 (251.05, 498.01) in Nicaragua and 353.93 (260.05-449.24) Populations in Mexico, Central America, Southeast Asia, India, and Northern Africa were amongst those with highest DALYs. 449.24) in Mexico, compared to 44.59 (24.07-65.74) 65.74) in the United States.

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You Haven’t Seen Blue Until You’ve Seen San Andres

Baua Electric

On San Andres, a small Colombian island in an archipelago off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, counting the blues in the famous “Sea of Seven Colors” is on every visitor’s to-do list. But his passion, he said when I met him on San Andres, is helping tourists connect more deeply with the island’s history.

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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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New geothermal power came on line in Kenya, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Turkey, and Mexico, as well as Oregon, Nevada and Utah in the United States. New project announcements have increased the resource under development to about 30,000 MW.

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Micro-components in EVs: small dimensions and tight tolerances (Whitepaper) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

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