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US in midst of energy soul-searching

This content was published on Jun 30, 2015 Renewable energy will be back in US headlines if the Solar Impulse team gets its message across as it flies across the continent.

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Solar Impulse may be stuck in Japan for a year

This content was published on Jun 25, 2015 Time is fast running out for Solar Impulse to complete its round-the-world solar-powered flight this year, warns co-founder Bertrand Piccard. By August 5 the plane, which is currently stranded in Japan, must have crossed the Pacific Ocean.

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The divers who clean up Swiss lakes

This content was published on Jun 6, 2015 Swiss lakes are tourist attractions but also a convenient garbage dump. A group of divers do their bit to remove underwater junk.

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Solar Impulse starts Pacific crossing

This content was published on May 31, 2015 The Swiss sun-powered plane, which is covered with more than 17,000 solar cells, had been grounded in China for around six weeks, waiting for good weather. It eventually took off at 2.45am local time on Sunday. The Pacific leg, the plane’s seventh, is planned to take six days. It will be the first time a…

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Solar Impulse close to record attempt

This content was published on May 25, 2015 Organisers said there were too many clouds that risked lengthening an already longer-than-expected flight plan. Earlier in the day, the Swiss-based team had said that all systems seemed go for pilot André Borschberg to take off from the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing early on Tuesday morning. The flight to Hawaii is the longest and…

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Transporting risky chemicals

This content was published on May 24, 2015

Pebbles, rocks and majestic formations

This content was published on May 23, 2015 The diversity of the Swiss mountain landscape is reflected in the “Federal Inventory of landscapes and natural monuments of national importance”, which is now available as a book.

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Air pollution risk: beyond breathing problems

This content was published on May 19, 2015 Scientists already know that air pollution can harm lungs, and that breathing problems, in turn, can cause cognitive deficits. But if people exposed to air pollution develop cognitive deficits, is this a direct result of impaired breathing? Or could pollutants harm the nervous system in some other way? In a study of over 800 older…

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Swiss want more state-backed environment action

This content was published on May 11, 2015 Over half of the Swiss see themselves as more environmentally aware than average and believe more has to be done to combat climate change.

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Bad weather bill stretches over decades

This content was published on May 11, 2015 Inclement weather has cost Switzerland billions of francs in damage since 1972.

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