Costa Rica modernized without wrecking the environment. Here’s how.

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By Nathanael JohnsonDec 15, 2016, 7:01 am122 ptsTrending
First in a series on tackling global poverty while protecting the environment. Read the intro. For the one in 10 people around the world living on less than $2 a day, life is an emergency. Every day, poverty kills an estimated 15,000 children under the age of 5. The world’s ambulance is growth. To save…

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