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Renewable energy production is just one of the aspects of the initiative. (Keystone) There is little dispute that the Swiss must reduce their ecological footprint, but the devil lies in the details. Voters will decide on Sunday whether there should be more govement intervention. If everyone lived like the Swiss 2.8 times worth the Earth’s resources would be used up every year. Put another way, we would need three planets instead of one. As part of the 2015 Paris climate accord, Switzerland h...

Switzerland is among the world leaders in recycling of glass and other material. But it also has a very high waste production proportional to its populationxa0 (Keystone) Switzerland needs an economy that is based on the sustainable use of natural resources. An initiative by the Green Party wants to incorporate this into the country’s constitution, but opponents are convinced such a strategy is unrealistic. Voters have the final say at the ballot box on September 25. It is a fact that the co...