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Solar taxi lights up Big Apple

This content was published on Sep 12, 2008 Palmer, who set off from Lucerne in July 2007, gave United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a lift to work on Friday. The 36-year-old teacher has already driven his solar-powered vehicle 43,000 kilometres across Europe, Asia, Australasia and the United States. “…without spending a single cent on petrol,” stressed Palmer, as he presented the Solartaxi to…

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Swiss offers free solar taxi rides in New York

This content was published on Sep 10, 2008 He arrived in New York on Tuesday, having already driven his solar-powered vehicle 43,000 kilometres across Europe, Asia, Australasia and the United States without using a drop of petrol. During his trip he has given lifts to a number of prominent people, including New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and Titanic film director James Cameron. On…

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Swiss climatology honoured

This content was published on Sep 4, 2008 Thomas Stocker, head of the climate and environmental physics department of Bern University, has been named to the group, which studies the physical scientific aspects of climate change. The group is to help prepare an assessment report due in 2013. Environment Minister Moritz Leuenberger described Stocker’s election as “an honour for Switzerland” and a “recognition…

Swiss Saffron

This content was published on Sep 4, 2008 It is mid-October, and the saffron harvest in the village of Mund has begun.

Nature Parks

This content was published on Sep 3, 2008 The government in 2008 approved applications for nine new regional nature parks. Combined with those from 2009, they will cover an area the size of canton Bern. A look at some of the regions highlighted last year.

Glaciers in poor regions need closer watch

This content was published on Sep 1, 2008 That was the warning issued on Monday by Swiss scientists from Zurich University in a report co-authored by the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep). The scientists, led by Wilfried Haeberli, said monitoring of glaciers and ice caps in central Asia, tropical zones and polar regions needs to be stepped up urgently. Haeberli, who is also…

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Zoos take aim at “big bad wolf” myth

This content was published on Sep 1, 2008 But experts say that the wolf is still largely misunderstood and – unlike in stories – poses no danger to humans. A special project has been launched to counter the public’s fears. Wolves were driven to extinction in Switzerland in the 19th century. They started to reappear in small numbers in 1995, having wandered in…

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Ban warns of climate change crisis

This content was published on Aug 31, 2008 “Climate change is not just a phenomenon. It is developing into a large scale crisis that threatens large spheres of human development,” Ban said at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Geneva on Sunday. He said countries negotiating a successor to the Kyoto Protocol should aim…

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Search ends for Mont Blanc climbers

This content was published on Aug 24, 2008 The authorities in France’s Haute-Savoie region said there was a pre-dawn avalanche on the northern face of Mont Blanc on Sunday. It was set off by a falling block of ice and gathered pace at around 3,600 metres altitude. The missing party were roped together when the avalanche struck. Five French and three Italian climbers…

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Beaver population leaps ahead

This content was published on Aug 23, 2008 Around 350 of the animals were counted in 1993 but the population is now up to 1,600, according to a Federal Environment Office survey published on Saturday. Almost all the large rivers and lakes are populated by beavers, the survey showed. “This evolution is remarkable if we think that the beaver was wiped out in…

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