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WWF faces off with Bern over energy certificates

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:03:47 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland is turning to energy certificates from outside the country to make its CO2 quota for 2008-2012, and environmental group WWF is not happy about it. The Swiss Federal Council announced Tuesday 17 January that it is signing a new contract with the Climate Cent Foundation to increase its engagement by one [...]

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EPFL to set up energy, chemistry branch in Valais

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:12:53 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud’s federal polytechnic institute, EPFL and canton Valais signed an agreement of intention Tuesday 10 January in Sion to establish a branch of the school in canton Valais, most likely in Sion but working closely with a number of existing services throughout the canton. A formal agreement and plans will be [...]

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Geneva’s lakefront lights win national energy prize

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:10:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva was one of the top winners in the sixth annual Swiss government Watt d’Or programme to recognize energy-saving initiatives. It was honoured 4 January as the winner of the energy technologies category for its new LED strings of lights along the Lake Geneva waterfront. The waterfront area has been lit up [...]

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WWF wins twice, with wolves and windmills

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:55:12 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – WWF Switzerland is counting two environmental battles won this week. Its fight to see Valais respect the Bern International Treaty that covers the protection of wolves, an endangered species, resulted in a decision by the Sion district tribunal 13 December to condemn former cantonal councilor Jean-René Fournier to 60 days community service, [...]

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Swiss spend more on food than on taxes

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:08:21 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Insurance was 8.4% in 2009, but cost has risen for past 2 years BERN, SWITZERLAND – Average disposable household income in Switzerland in 2009 was CHF6,650 a month, with 13 percent of that, CHF1,185, going for food, beverages and restaurants. Housing and energy together made up the largest household budget item, CHF1,495 a month. Transport [...]

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Swiss Post’s famous yellow vehicles get green tint

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:29:31 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss Post buildings and vehicles are about to shift firmly into ecology gear, with the group’s announcement that all of its letter delivery scooters will soon be electric and 20 of its premises will see photovoltaic systems installed on their rooftops. The group has until now relied on hydroelectric and wind power. [...]

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Lighting up (a room) more complicated with new Swiss bulbs

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:37:38 +0000

GenevaLunch.com WWF shines a light on the new bulbs, with old ones disappearing next year ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The WWF conservation group is giving us a helping hand four months before the shock sets in of discovering you can’t just replace your old light bulb with the same thing. Switzerland in the autumn of 2012 will [...]

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Renewable energy production up

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:44:23 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s production of energy from renewable sources rose in 2010, new figures from the Federal Energy Office 30 June show. Electricity from renewable sources, including hydroelectric power (without accumulation pumps consumption), rose by 1.2 percent for a total of 36.4 billion kWh. Nuclear power plants currently provide 39.3 percent of the country’s [...]

Power lines could be headed underground

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:44:26 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Several groups have fought power lines in Switzerland over the years, arguing against them for esthetic reasons, particularly in tourist areas. Now, as a group in canton Valais is about to present a feasibility study showing that the lines can be effectively buried underground, a popular initiative to require their removal is [...]

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Chinese and Russians failed to seal gas deal

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:41:09 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Five years of Chinese-Russian talks and the promise of a nearly done deal were not enough to put ink on paper and seal what would be “one of the largest energy deals in history” worth billions of dollars, as the Moscow Times puts it. The two appeared so close to agreement that [...]

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