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Muehleberg nuclear station latest protest site

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:17:18 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss anti-nuclear groups are continuing to call for an end to nuclear power plants, with the latest in a series of peaceful protests taking place Tuesday 26 April at Muehleberg. An estimated 500 people formed a human chain around the centre from 07:00 to 08:30, but workers were allowed to enter [...]

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Bluefin tuna at heart of $4bn black market

Sean Ecker — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:55:54 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The black market in bluefin tuna spans three continents and is estimated to be worth $4 billion annually in a recently released report by a group of investigative journalists. And the European fishing industry blatantly violates its own management rules by continuing to overfish the bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean, according [...]

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Swiss anti-nuclear protest gathers 4,000

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:37:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Solothurn, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – More than 4,000 people gathered in Goesgen, canton Solothurn, in northern Switzerland Monday, for a peaceful protest against the continuing development of nuclear energy in the country. The protest had participants from 83 groups in Switzerland, France, Germany and Austria. One of their key points was that switzerland’s nuclear power plans [...]

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Nestle goes for green in palm oil sourcing

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:41:15 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Vevey, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Food giant Nestlé has become the first global consumer goods company to become a partner of TFT, The Forest Trust, “to build responsible supply chains”, starting with palm oil. The company’s sourcing policy for palm oil came under attack at its April 2010 annual general meeting, when Greenpeace protesters arrived dressed [...]

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Greenpeace monkeyshines colour Nestlé annual meeting

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:43:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Nestlé annual general meeting held at the Palais Beaulieu in Lausanne promised to be a relatively dull business session, compared to the UBS one the previous day. But that was before Greenpeace protesters dressed as orangutangs crowded the area outside the meeting and two of them were spotted by an [...]

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Public Eye nominates worst companies in 2009

Sean Ecker — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:38:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Winners of the awards to Switzerland’s and the world’s “most dismal” corporations – the 2010 Public Eye Awards – will be announced in Davos 27 January to coincide with the opening of the World Economic Forum in that Alpine resort. The Hall of Shame candidates are those companies with the most [...]

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Last chance for bluefin tuna: ICCAT meets in Recife, Brazil

Sean Ecker — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:10:17 +0000

GenevaLunch.com WWF International has called on the International Convention for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) to impose a ban on catching the bluefin tuna, as well as a ban on trading in it. ICCAT is holding its 21st regular meeting in Recife, Brazil Monday 9 November. It meets to decide on whether to heed [...]

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