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A life aquatic

This content was published on Mar 11, 2008 Michel Roggo is a specialist in underwater photography in Switzerland’s rivers and lakes. Taking these pictures sometimes requires patience: it can take anything up to three days before a fish cares to swim in front of the camera lens.

Consumer habits cancel out green efforts

This content was published on Mar 10, 2008 It says that people are thinking more ecologically than ever before – and yet it sums up its findings under the headline “One step forward, one step back.” “Sales of ecological products are increasing in all areas, in some cases steeply. But people are becoming more demanding about their food, housing and leisure activities, which…

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Car industry revs up green models in Geneva

This content was published on Mar 6, 2008 The event, which is expected to attract more than 700,000 visitors, showcases 94 new models, 17 of which run on alternative technologies designed to be less harmful to the environment. Over the next ten days, around 260 exhibitors from 30 countries will be displaying their shiny wares at the first big motor show of the…

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Storm disrupts air, land and water transport

This content was published on Mar 1, 2008 A number of flights had to be cancelled at Zurich airport, while others were delayed. On the other hand, Zurich received flights diverted from storm-hit airports in southern Germany and Austria. Geneva also suffered delays with incoming flights from Germany and the UK. A number of trees were blown down in eastern Switzerland, blocking roads.…

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Fine-particle pollution worries authorities

This content was published on Feb 26, 2008 The 80km speed limit was introduced on Monday on the stretch between Chiasso and Taverne after pollution levels exceeded permitted levels. The authorities called on the local population to avoid using cars and to lower the temperature in apartments. The situation in Ticino is not expected to improve within the next few days owing to…

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Experts call for sharp cut to CO2 emissions

This content was published on Feb 25, 2008 They said achieving this ambitious goal – Swiss levels currently stand at more than six tons per capita of carbon dioxide – would involve the three Es: increased efficiency, renewable energy and electricity. For the past year, researchers at the federal institute’s Energy Science Centre have been considering ways of countering the ongoing rise of…

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Geneva to ban smoking and dangerous dogs

This content was published on Feb 24, 2008 The decision makes Geneva the sixth Swiss canton to approve a smoking ban. The details of the law must now be worked out by the cantonal parliament. The anti-smoking initiative was one of several local issues put before voters in Geneva. They also approved an initiative to ban dangerous dogs. Fighting dogs will be forbidden…

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Paying the price for past pollution policy

This content was published on Feb 20, 2008 Experts say the case is typical of past environmental practices in Switzerland, when no protection laws existed. Many more sites are said to be affected. Waste disposal sites like La Pila, in French-speaking Switzerland, were the norm mid last century, when the country was undergoing a period of economic growth. “Nobody realised that the environment…

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Supermarkets seek to boost green credentials

This content was published on Feb 15, 2008 The independent Climatop organisation announced on Friday that it was launching a CO2 label to be awarded to products which cause the least damage to the environment. Climatop has been set up by the myclimate foundation – a spinoff from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich – and the Ecological Centre at Langenbruck to…

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Bird rules ruffle environmentalists’ feathers

This content was published on Feb 15, 2008 Cantons will be given greater freedom to control their cormorant populations and some unhatched eggs may now be destroyed. The authorities said they had made the decision in consultation with all stakeholders, but the organisation BirdLife Switzerland argued that its concerns were ignored. It said valuable bird protection areas would now be threatened. The cormorant…

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