Costa Rica’s green plans: Sustainable coffee, bikes, and clean energy

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By Eve AndrewsAug 20, 2015, 4:01 pm51 pts
Costa Rica has set an ambitious goal for itself: To be entirely carbon neutral by 2021. But it’s really not that crazy — just this summer, the entire country was powered entirely on renewable energy sources for 94 straight days. For perspective, your summer goals included finishing two whole books and…

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