Mother Nature Network reports that newly elected Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado pledged at his inauguration ceremony that by 2021 the Central American nation will have completely become independent from fossil fuels. Alvarado, a 38-year-old former journalist and member of the left-leaning Citizens' Action Party, said, "Decarbonisation is the great task of our generation and Costa Rica must be one of the first countries in the world to accomplish it, if not the first.
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