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Posted by: dunite

Bern :: Switzerland | updated 2012-07-25 23:53:15 -0700 | green-news

Now, plant owners can talk to their plants to find out what they need, with a new wi-fi sensor called ‘Koubachi,’ a brainchild of Swiss inventor Philipp Bolliger who designed the innovative device so that owners can be alerted as...
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Breaking News: A bad news on frogs and extinction
Posted by: CATALINA

Gland :: Switzerland | updated 2012-07-27 23:24:23 -0700 | green-news

According to I classify of UICN (International Union for the Conservation of the Nature), almost a third of 5.918 species of amphibians on the whole planet are threatened with extintion. The specialists of these species, mainly of the species newts,...
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Breaking News: (Amazing Photos) An Underwater Glacier
Posted by: jinkinpark

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated 2012-07-27 06:43:37 -0700 | green-news

Nature really leaves us breathless. And she still gives us some new mysterious things to discover. An example would be an underwater glacier. In the photo above, you can see a man swimming inside an underwater maze which is inside...
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Breaking News: Swiss Government Votes To Decommission Nuclear Plants
Posted by: Ljubica Vujadinovic

Bern :: Switzerland | updated 2012-11-02 01:30:05 -0700 | green-news

Due to a growing anti-nuclear sentiment after the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant, the Swiss government has proposed a complete phase-out of nuclear power. At the moment nuclear energy provides 40 percent of country’s electricity. According to the announcement, the...
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Breaking News: Stockholm Convention bans Endosulfan globally
Posted by: kumarps

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated 2012-01-13 15:44:46 -0800 | green-news

The Geneva Conference against Persistent Organic Pollutants came to its good end with the news of barning another hazardous chemical product, Endosulfan which is an off-patent organochlorine insecticide and acaricide and found causing serious health problems. Because of it's the...
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Breaking News: Stockholm Convention deadlock continues on Endosulfan as India insists for consensus decision on day 4
Posted by: clovaturner

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated 2011-05-02 21:26:12 -0700 | green-news

Many countries share India’s point of view that decision on Endosulfan without consensus would set dangerous precedent The day began with a discussion on matters relating to the implementation of the convention in relation to DDT. On endosulfan, the contact...
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Posted by: RobertWeller991

Olten :: Switzerland | updated 2012-10-30 18:03:19 -0700 | green-news

A letter bomb exploded Thursday morning in a company that lobbies for Swiss nuclear energy. Two women were hurt, and were hospitalized with wounds that were not life threatening. An Italian paratrooper lieutenant colonel suffered more serious injuries when he...
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Posted by: prabirghose

Payerne :: Switzerland | updated 2012-07-28 04:19:20 -0700 | green-news

The Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg was upbeat about his proposed night flight in the HB-SIA aeroplane powered by 12,000 solar cells. It was scheduled to take off from Payerne in west Switzerland and remain airborne for 24 hours as a...
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Breaking News: European Butterflies, Dragonflies And Beetles Threatened With Extinction
Posted by: RobertWeller991

Gland :: Switzerland | updated 2012-10-30 18:14:59 -0700 | green-news

A siilent European spring Pandas, tigers, bluefin tuna, sharks and whales aren’t the only wildlife facing possible extinction.The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is warning that habitat loss is having a serious impact on butterflies,...
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Breaking News: Environment friendly toilets
Posted by: prabirghose

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated 2012-07-27 21:26:19 -0700 | green-news

The Swiss scientists are set to revolutionize the way we treat our waste. They are evolving an eco-friendly toilet system that might save us from many problems that we face as a result of choked sewers. They have found that...
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Breaking News: Wrapping Up Holiday Waste: Sustainable Packaging Standards In Development
Posted by: Beth Buczynski

Geneva :: Switzerland | updated 2012-11-02 02:15:58 -0700 | green-news

The holidays are upon us, and it seems that all the world is a-flutter with brightly colored wrapping paper, shiny bows, and packages smothered in plastic. From the environmental standpoint, the holidays represent wasteful consumption on steroids, as statistics show...
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Breaking News: Around the World in 25 DAYS Non-Stop - in a SOLAR Powered Plane
Posted by: myVox

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated 2012-04-13 13:11:55 -0700 | green-news

The man who in 1999 had circled the globe non-stop in a balloon is now eyeing to set the record of flying around the world in a solar-powered airplane. Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard unveiled in Zurich-Duebendorf a prototype of his...
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Posted by: Cathy Taibbi

Gland :: Switzerland | updated 2012-04-17 22:15:50 -0700 | green-news

Gland, Switzerland: According to a news release dated June 18, 2009 by the World Wildlife Fund, the governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidize their unprofitable whaling industries. This is the conclusion from a first-time analysis...
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Posted by: Adrian Holman

Zurich :: Switzerland | updated 2013-06-18 15:26:27 -0700 | green-news

Tuesday 18 June 2013 (Degrees for this European continental weather forecast are in Celsius. All weather statistics for this forecast has been provided by The Weather Channel.) Madrid, Spain: Light rain. 23/11. Dublin, Ireland: Partly Cloudy. 20/9. London, England: Rain...
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