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Swiss nuclear plants pass EU stress tests

This content was published on Apr 26, 2012 Undertaken by the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG), the stress test report adopted on Thursday concluded that “all countries have taken significant steps to improve the safety of their plants”. The report was the result of phase three of the European Union stress tests in which multinational teams of experts analysed the country reports…

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Cabinet announces its zero nuclear energy strategy

This content was published on Apr 19, 2012

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Strategy outlined for nuclear-free energy future

This content was published on Apr 18, 2012 Switzerland’s heavy reliance on nuclear energy came under intense pressure in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, with the government ultimately pledging to abandon nuclear power by 2034. Central to the government’s plans will be the construction of combined heat and power-generating plants as well as combined-cycle gas plants. Renewable energies will make up…

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Organic sales up, share of farming stagnates

This content was published on Apr 3, 2012 However the percentage of organic farms in the Swiss farming sector has remained stagnant over the decade at 11 per cent. Bio Suisse, the organic farming umbrella group, said more farmers were needed to meet domestic demand for organic produce, particularly for cereals and oilseed. Organic foods have now reached six per cent market share…

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March unusually sunny

This content was published on Apr 1, 2012 Normally the sun is visible 30 to 50 per cent of the time during the day, but this year that figure was between 65 and 80 said MeteoSwiss, the Swiss national weather service. This is comparable to conditions around the Mediterranean. Over the last ten days of the month, the skies remained clear for the…

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Oceans hid CO2 during last ice age

This content was published on Mar 30, 2012 An international team of glaciologists found that the close connection between CO2 and temperature has existed over the past 800,000 years: with low CO2 concentrations during the ice ages and higher CO2 values during warm periods. They then tried to work out where the carbon dioxide was hidden during the ice ages and how it…

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Swiss urge creation of new sustainability body

This content was published on Mar 24, 2012 Swiss delegation chief Franz Perrez said it had made “ambitious but not unrealistic” proposals to advance talks at a preparatory meeting in New York this week ahead of the June conference. The new council would replace the Commission on Sustainable Development and answer directly to the United Nations General Assembly. The idea was put forward by a…

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Springtone

This content was published on Mar 24, 2012 Swiss springtime officially began at 5.14 a.m. on March 20. Signs of the change of season are everywhere. Images: Keystone, Reuters, AFP

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Task force set up to solve second home issues

This content was published on Mar 15, 2012 On Sunday 50.4 per cent of Swiss voters agreed that “in every commune where at least 20 per cent of homes are second homes, no more second homes may be built”. But it’s unclear how this will work in practice. Environment Minister Doris Leuthard has created a working group to clarify certain issues, saying it…

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