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Nuclear energy debate generates heat

This content was published on Nov 27, 2009 Energy providers Alpiq, Axpo and BKW Energie are bickering about how many new plants should be built and who should run them. But before that happens, they must first convince a sceptical public. Nearly three years ago, the Swiss government decided that two new atomic energy plants were needed to cover a predicted power shortfall…

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Facts & Figures

This content was published on Nov 25, 2009 Changing climate: US government, Swiss research institutes, national weather office, SwissMeteoEnergy consumption: Swiss government (Energy Office)Climate goals: Swiss government (Energy Office, Federal Environment Office) All images: Keystone, Reuters

Bern Convention celebrates 30 years

This content was published on Nov 23, 2009 Since its adoption, the convention has been signed by 48 countries, including four African countries because of the interest to protect common migratory species. Switzerland ratified the accord in 1981. Switzerland invited the contracting parties to hold this year’s meeting of the Standing Committee to the Convention in Bern as a way of celebrating the…

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Falling stars?

This content was published on Nov 20, 2009

Sheep farmers gun for wolves

This content was published on Nov 20, 2009 Several hundred farmers held a noisy demonstration in front of parliament on Friday, to express support for moves to change the government policy towards wolves. “Wolves have no business in Switzerland,” Roberto Schmidt told the demonstrators. “Our fathers and grandfathers had good reasons to wipe them out,” added the centre-right member of the House of…

Leaders pledge to end “silent hunger crisis”

This content was published on Nov 18, 2009 The meeting, held in Rome by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has been addressing the growing global hunger crisis. But critics say the outcome is not concrete enough. The FAO says the number of people going hungry has breached the one billion mark this year for the first time. The situation has…

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E-waste casts shadow over Basel Convention

This content was published on Nov 17, 2009 The Basel Convention, a global treaty signed by 172 countries which regulates international movements of hazardous and toxic wastes, is marking its 20th anniversary on Tuesday. “E-waste did not even exist as a waste stream in 1989 and now it’s one of the largest and growing exponentially,” Katharina Kummer Peiry, executive secretary of the international…

Dismantling of the Dock B at the Zurich airport

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New life breathed into old airport dock

This content was published on Nov 16, 2009

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Giant trees of Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 16, 2009 Michel Brunner, a graphic artist and author of “Giant Trees of Switzerland”, has been measuring and photographing giant trees in Europe for more than ten years. He has listed more than 2,000 trees, of which more than 1,000 are in Switzerland. (Photos: Michel Brunner and André Hübscher; selected by Rolf Amiet, swissinfo.ch)

Melting glaciers sing their dying songs. Julia Calfee recorded them

This content was published on Nov 4, 2009

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