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Animal rights group targets McChicken

This content was published on Sep 6, 2009 SAP has started a nationwide petition to force McDonald’s to stop buying chicken, milk and eggs from foreign suppliers – imports which it describes as “problematic ecologically and for animal rights”. The organisation said McDonald’s Switzerland imports 1,000 tons of chicken breasts from factory farms annually. These farms do not live up to Swiss animal…

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Minister calls for funds to fight climate change

This content was published on Sep 4, 2009 Moritz Leuenberger was speaking at an informal meeting of ministers and experts on the sidelines of the World Climate Conference in Geneva. “The greatest challenge consists in making sufficient funds available for adaptation measures and allocating them fairly,” he said. The United Nation’s climate secretariat puts the funding requirement at between several tens of billions…

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Swiss urged to pursue bolder climate policy

This content was published on Sep 3, 2009 swissinfo.ch caught up with Swiss climatologist Thomas Stocker, who co-chairs a working group of the prestigious Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), after his speech at the third World Climate Conference in Geneva on Monday. The week-long event is being organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), together with Switzerland, and seeks to improve the…

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A visit to Trub

This content was published on Sep 1, 2009 Trub is a typical Emmental village – but in 2008 what differentiated it from other Swiss villages was the record low turnout of its voters. (pictures by Thomas Kern, swissinfo.ch)

Science solves the mystery of the red lake

This content was published on Sep 1, 2009 A Zurich-led team of researchers have now pinpointed the reason – a rare algal bloom Tovellia sanguinea, in what is only the second case of its kind in Europe and the first in Switzerland. The 1,140-metre high lake, near the Säntis mountain in Appenzell Inner Rhodes in eastern Switzerland, suddenly turned red at the end…

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Talks aim to improve climate change adaptation

This content was published on Aug 30, 2009 Switzerland, which has a long tradition of research and adjusting to climate change, backs the creation of a global system to ensure decision-makers obtain accurate and timely climate information and predictions. The third World Climate Conference, organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), together with Switzerland, runs from Monday until Friday September 4. The Geneva…

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Global warming puts a stop to skiing out of season

This content was published on Aug 28, 2009

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Swiss set aside more land for nature

This content was published on Aug 28, 2009 In total, the Environment Office looked at 11 applications submitted in early 2009 for the establishment and operation of new parks across the country. Two received park status and seven others were put on a short list as official “candidates”. They were awarded grants worth SFr5.6 million ($5.3 million) in all. The two newly accredited…

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Hydro power

This content was published on Aug 28, 2009

Planned cuts in greenhouse gas heats up debate

This content was published on Aug 27, 2009 Environment Minister Moritz Leuenberger said the target was ambitious compared with other countries in the world. He called on parliament not to jeopardise a compromise reached after long discussions in the cabinet over targets and concrete measures. “The draft law is the most important instrument to cut greenhouse gases and help limit a hike in…

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