https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Switzerland’s ranking has fallen for the second year in a row in a climate change index compiled by environmental groups and released on Tuesday as global politicians seek a climate deal at the COP21 summit in Paris. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151208/swiss-ranking-for-climate-change-policies-drops Tue, 08 Dec 2015 21:41:04 +0100 swiss-ranking-for-climate-change-policies-drops Swiss reactor Beznau I, the world's oldest nuclear power plant, is riddled with so many holes it resembles the Swiss cheese Emmental, Swiss media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151008/worlds-oldest-nuclear-reactor-like-emmental Thu, 08 Oct 2015 11:58:53 +0200 worlds-oldest-nuclear-reactor-like-emmental Greenpeace said on Thursday it had launched legal action to demand that Switzerland shut down Beznau, the world's oldest commercial nuclear plant, for security reasons. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150820/greepace-demands-closure-of-swiss-nuclear-plant Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:27:54 +0200 greepace-demands-closure-of-swiss-nuclear-plant Greenpeace said 100 activists from the environmental organization from nine countries penetrated the grounds of the world’s oldest operating nuclear plant in the canton of Aargau on Wednesday in a bid to shut it down. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140305/greenpeace-activists-enter-swiss-nuclear-plant Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:42:00 +0100 greenpeace-activists-enter-swiss-nuclear-plant Campaigners at the World Economic Forum Thursday handed clothing giant Gap and Russian oil major Gazprom their annual Public Eye shame awards for what they said were lax factory safety standards and Arctic drilling. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140123/gap-and-gazprom-win-davos-shame-awards Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:46:36 +0100 gap-and-gazprom-win-davos-shame-awards Marco Weber, who was jailed in Russia over an Arctic protest, said after returning to Switzerland that solitary confinement was "very hard" but that he did not regret joining the protest. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140101/swiss-greenpeacer-id-do-it-all-again Wed, 01 Jan 2014 10:41:00 +0100 swiss-greenpeacer-id-do-it-all-again Swiss Greenpeace activist Marco Weber has arrived back in Switzerland after being held in Russia for three months along with 29 others on hooliganism charges. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131227/swiss-greenpeace-activist-gets-russian-exit-visa Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:43:00 +0100 swiss-greenpeace-activist-gets-russian-exit-visa Russian lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Kremlin-backed amnesty bill that is set to end the prosecution of 30 members of Greenpeace, including Swiss citizen Marco Weber, while freeing the two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131218/russian-amnesty-promises-release-for-greenpeaces-weber Wed, 18 Dec 2013 22:15:00 +0100 russian-amnesty-promises-release-for-greenpeaces-weber Eight Greenpeace activists were taken into custody on Tuesday after an elaborate protest at a Geneva energy conference, including polar bears wading in oil-soaked snow and oil-spill cocktails served to conference participants. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131204/eight-greenpeace-activists-arrested-in-gazprom-protest Wed, 04 Dec 2013 09:11:00 +0100 eight-greenpeace-activists-arrested-in-gazprom-protest A Swiss Greenpeace activist held in Russia following a protest against Arctic drilling decries detention conditions in comments published on Sunday, complaining he was kept in isolation in a cold cell. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131027/jailed-greenpeace-activist-decries-isolation Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:59:00 +0100 jailed-greenpeace-activist-decries-isolation Swiss club FC Basel were fined 30,000 euros on Thursday over crowd trouble and a high-profile protest by Greenpeace against Gazprom, the Russian energy group that sponsors their Champions League rivals Schalke. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131017/fc-basel-fined-over-greenpeace-protest Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:48:00 +0200 fc-basel-fined-over-greenpeace-protest A Swiss Greenpeace activist in custody in Russia for scaling an oil rig to protest Arctic drilling is unbowed, saying in a letter published on Sunday that Moscow's reaction showed the need for the stunt. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131013/swiss-greenpeace-member-unbowed-by-russian-arrest Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:43:00 +0200 swiss-greenpeace-member-unbowed-by-russian-arrest Twenty-three people were injured amid clashes between supporters on the sidelines of a Champions League match in Basel interrupted by a Greenpeace protest, police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131002/greenpeace-activists-disrupt-basel-football-match Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:18:00 +0200 greenpeace-activists-disrupt-basel-football-match Scientists seeking to grow genetically modified wheat on three hectares of fields in the canton of Zurich are facing protests from environmentalists. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130207/green-activists-oppose-zurich-gmo-research Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:01:16 +0100 green-activists-oppose-zurich-gmo-research Campaigners at Davos on Thursday awarded their annual Public Eye shame awards to Goldman Sachs and Shell "for particularly glaring cases of companies' greed for profit and environmental sins". https://www.thelocal.ch/20130124/goldman-sachs-and-shell-win-davos-shame-awards Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:40:00 +0100 goldman-sachs-and-shell-win-davos-shame-awards