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Meat consumption gets ecological grilling

This content was published on May 9, 2011 In the past, health risks, ethical issues and the development of disease have been the primary arguments put forward against eating meat. More recently, opponents of eating meat have adopted saving the planet from global warming as their new mantra. “Along with health, purity, spirituality and the refusal to kill animals, the idea of food…

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Forest fire risk remains high

This content was published on May 6, 2011 Issuing the warning, the office said warm, dry temperatures were expected over the weekend. The rainfall which occurred during the week had been too little to have much of an impact on generally dry conditions. Southern Switzerland last week experienced a large forest fire near Visp. Fire bans are in force in all cantons and…

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Opponents of nuclear power set up camp at electricity provider

This content was published on May 5, 2011

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Terminator’s climate group sets up in Geneva

This content was published on May 5, 2011 Launched in December 2009, R20 comprises some 30 local governments around the world which aim to limit global warming to two degrees above 1990 levels. “We chose Geneva because that is where the majority of United Nations specialist environmental agencies are, as well as the largest non-governmental organisations like the WWF, the International Union for…

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Main road reopens as fire comes under control

This content was published on Apr 27, 2011 Several dozen trucks had been unable to drive through to Brig on Tuesday, because the alternative route for private cars was not strong enough to bear their weight. Their drivers had been forced to spend the night in emergency parking areas just west of Visp. Private cars were still having to use the detour on…

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Yamagishi communities live without money or personal possessions

This content was published on Apr 27, 2011

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The situation today

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Minor showers fail to halt impact of drought

This content was published on Apr 24, 2011 The private weather service, Meteonews, said the quantities were not enough to make up for the shortfall since the beginning of the year, but that they had “halted the progress of the drought regionally”. Sunday’s SonntagsZeitung newspaper quoted an expert from the Swiss weather service, Meteo Swiss, who said only one third of average precipitation…

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University readies for rare bloom

This content was published on Apr 20, 2011 The only previous time a titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) produced a flower in Switzerland was 75 years ago. It has taken the garden’s 20kg corm 17 years to reach the blossoming stage, but the two-metre tall flower will die back after only a few days. Its mother plant last bloomed in the Frankfurt Palm Garden…

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Ski season is victim of early spring

This content was published on Apr 19, 2011 According to the Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, there is only about half as much snow as usual above the 2,000-metre mark. Between 1,000 and 2,000 metres, there is only about a quarter of the typical amount of snow for this time of year. In some places there is less snow than in…

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