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Irish leader berates Vatican, relations at “historic low”

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:35:25 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Ireland is reeling today after Taoiseach Enda Kenny tore into the Vatican Wednesday 20 July, “in language never before used by an Irish government leader,” as the Irish Times put it, with the national newspaper noting that relations with the Vatican had reached a historic low. “Kenny accused the Vatican of downplaying [...]

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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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Electricity 8% hike called “unjustified”, current prices frozen

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:24:00 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s independent electricity authority, the EICom, said Monday 14 June that an 8 percent price hike announced by Swissgrid in May is unjustified. The rates hike is for 2011 and would have a direct impact on consumer prices, EICom notes. EICom has told Swissgrid that the new rates cannot be implemented [...]

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Wind power gains ground in Switzerland (update)

jessicaevans — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:40:01 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 28 August GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – New wind turbines at Saint-Brais, canton Jura, will raise Switzerland’s total annual renewable energy power production to 17.5 MW, according to Suisse Eole, the Swiss wind energy promotion association. Switzerland has a limited number of wind turbines, but the Jura wind park is the first in the country to [...]

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Brazil’s main cities suffer 4 hour blackout

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:17:36 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Power has been restored to much of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil after the two cities experienced four hours of electrical blackout. The power outage, apparently caused by transmission problems at a hydroelectrical station at the Itaipu dam, also briefly affected neighbouring Paraguay and, for longer, nine of Brazil’s 27 states. MCNBC [...]

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