Costa Rica: First Nation to Ban Fossil Fuels
3 min readJul 9, 2018
In May, Costa Rica’s new 38 year old president Carlos Alvarado announced the plan of the ban in his inauguration speech. Costa Rica will be the first nation in the world to eliminate fossil fuels completely, but it will be a hassle.
In his speech, he said that “Costa Rica must be one of the first countries to decarbonize, if not the first to accomplish it.” He also said “When we reach…
