GenevaLunch » environment http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no WWF wins twice, with wolves and windmills http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/15/wwf-wins-twice-with-wolves-and-windmills/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/15/wwf-wins-twice-with-wolves-and-windmills/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:55:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64704 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/15/wwf-wins-twice-with-wolves-and-windmills/feed/ 0 New tax on 5kg+ batteries applies in January http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/new-tax-on-5kg-batteries-applies-in-january/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/new-tax-on-5kg-batteries-applies-in-january/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:20:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64542 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Batteries over 5kg will be taxed at purchase, rather than when they are recycled, starting 1 January 2012, says Bern. Household and small batteries currently carry a recycling tax, at purchase, but not larger ones, such as car batteries and industrial ones. The new system is designed to boost the rate of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/07/new-tax-on-5kg-batteries-applies-in-january/feed/ 0 Swiss households’ Christmas lights: 4 weeks equal one town for year http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-households-christmas-lights-4-weeks-equal-one-town-for-year/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-households-christmas-lights-4-weeks-equal-one-town-for-year/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:07:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63546 GenevaLunch.com WWF suggests ways to reduce electricity consumption but keep holiday lights GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss households, in the five to six weeks around the Christmas holidays, use electricity for decorative lights that is the equivalent of a small town during an entire year. Enough, says environmental group WWF: there are ways to decorate with lights [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-households-christmas-lights-4-weeks-equal-one-town-for-year/feed/ 0 Patent for broccoli, conventionally bred, set to go ahead http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/28/patent-for-broccoli-conventionally-bred-set-to-go-ahead/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/28/patent-for-broccoli-conventionally-bred-set-to-go-ahead/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:10:50 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62967 GenevaLunch.com This article is republished with permission from IP Watch By William New Revised EPO Patent For Conventional Broccoli Has Public Interest Ramifications GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A patent for a conventionally bred form of the common household vegetable broccoli appears to be on its way to acceptance by the European Patent Office following a change to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/28/patent-for-broccoli-conventionally-bred-set-to-go-ahead/feed/ 3 Swiss Post’s famous yellow vehicles get green tint http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/22/swiss-posts-famous-yellow-vehicles-get-green-tint/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/22/swiss-posts-famous-yellow-vehicles-get-green-tint/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:29:31 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61723 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/22/swiss-posts-famous-yellow-vehicles-get-green-tint/feed/ 0 Public transport gets high green marks compared to cars http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:37:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61429 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss public transport systems do more than simply carry more people for less fuel: they also get relatively high ecology marks for their overall impact on the environment. A study ordered by the federal government, published in German 9 September, shows that while public transport is far ahead of road traffic at [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/public-transport-gets-high-green-marks-compared-to-cars/feed/ 0 Can little Switzerland teach big China how to manage climate policy? http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/10/can-little-switzerland-teach-big-china-how-to-manage-climate-policy/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/10/can-little-switzerland-teach-big-china-how-to-manage-climate-policy/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:52:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60531 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – A David and Goliath meeting on climate policy will take place from 14 to 21 August when a high-level Chinese delegation visits Switzerland to learn how the Swiss have developed their climate policy. China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is making environmental protection and climate change a priority in its [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/10/can-little-switzerland-teach-big-china-how-to-manage-climate-policy/feed/ 0 EPFL’s Alpine valley flood project in spotlight as the heavens open http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/epfls-alpine-valley-flood-project-in-spotlight-as-the-heavens-open/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/epfls-alpine-valley-flood-project-in-spotlight-as-the-heavens-open/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:01:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59817 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – EPFL chose the right week to talk about a new field project, part of a larger study of how environment influences flood rates in mountain valleys. Ticino and parts of Valais, including Zermatt, are worriedly watching rising waters from heavy summer storms. The two-year-old project to better understand the hydrology of the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/epfls-alpine-valley-flood-project-in-spotlight-as-the-heavens-open/feed/ 0 Swiss wood harvest up 5%, better profits raise cost coverage http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/swiss-wood-harvest-up-5-better-profits-raise-cost-coverage/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/swiss-wood-harvest-up-5-better-profits-raise-cost-coverage/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:26:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59802 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Wood harvests in 2010 were up 5 percent and, thanks to lower costs, profits rose overall, meaning that a larger part of forest maintenance costs in Switzerland were covered. Forests cover one-third of the land in Switzerland, with 29 percent of it in private hands and 71 percent owned by the public. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/14/swiss-wood-harvest-up-5-better-profits-raise-cost-coverage/feed/ 0 Green green green is the colour of your festivals this year http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/12/green-green-green-is-the-colour-of-your-festivals-this-year/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/12/green-green-green-is-the-colour-of-your-festivals-this-year/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:57:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59670 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Are you a gas-burning road hog who loves festivals and concerts? You might have to change your ways this summer, with  environment and sustainable development the buzz words for Swiss festivals.   Montreux Jazz Festival, which runs to 16 July, is the first of the big summer festivals and it provides details [...]

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