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Switzerland to Add More Solar Power to Rooftops and Highway Noise Barriers

Switzerland to Add More Solar Power to Rooftops and Highway Noise Barriers

In Switzerland, highway noise barriers surrounding the Oberland Autobahn near Wangen-Brüttisellen will soon provide solar power. Last year, Switzerland’s Federal Roads Office made the surfaces of highway noise barriers free and set out to cover 350 of them in solar panels. Swiss officials estimated that the arrays could generate 100 gigawatt hours of clean energy […]

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    Switzerland Says No to Nukes, Yes to Renewables Following Historic Citizen Vote

    Switzerland Says No to Nukes, Yes to Renewables Following Historic Citizen Vote

    More than 58 percent of Swiss voters supported a measure to phase out nuclear power in favor of renewable energy. The plan provides billions in subsidies for renewable energy, bans the construction of new nuclear plants and decommissions Switzerland’s five aging reactors. There is no clear date when the plants will close. “The results shows […]

    Greenpeace: Syngenta Pesticides Kill Bees

    Greenpeace: Syngenta Pesticides Kill Bees

    Greenpeace Switzerland With the help of local activists, on April 17, Greenpeace Switzerland scaled the building at Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, and dropped a large banner proclaiming “Syngenta Pesticides Kill Bees.” The global agrochemical company consistently denies that its pesticide products kill bees. For the last 15 years, in Europe and North America bees […]