In Europe`s greenest city, even its power plant smells more like a

In Europe's greenest city, even its power
plant smells more like a sauna
Published: 24 July 2007
It doesn't look like the heart of a green revolution. The smoke stacks stick up jarringly above
the line of pine trees and don't make for the most scenic view as you meander around the clear
blue waters of the nearby lake.
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In Svezia la città più "verde" d´Europa
Energia pulita, eco-edilizia, 10 anni di impegno: la Ue premia Växjö
25-07-2007
VÄXJÖ - Vista da qui, questa cittadina di 75 mila abitanti nel sud della Svezia non sembrerebbe il centro
di una rivoluzione verde. Le ciminiere si stagliano sopra le fila di abeti e impediscono la vista del vicino
lago. Eppure qui c´è la centrale elettrica che ha contribuito a fare di Växjö il luogo più ecologico
d´Europa. E in effetti, a guardare meglio, si vede che la sola cosa che fuoriesce dalle ciminiere è un esile
sbuffo di vapore.
Emission possible
Vaxjo is a city in southern Sweden with a population of 85,500. Near a series of lakes, the
university town is the commercial, cultural and educational centre of a region of 1.2 million
people. Earlier in the year, the City of Vaxjo received the Sustainable Energy Europe Award
during the European Sustainable Energy Week.
Going green
Despite forecasts of doom, Sweden's economy is thriving thanks to alternative energy
sources and lowered carbon emissions, Louise Williams reports.
In the cool forest region of southern Sweden, the city of Vaxjo has turned off the heating oil,
even on the darkest, snowbound days of winter. Coal, too, is gone and next on the fossil fuel
hit list is petrol. In the underground car park of the local government offices there are no
private vehicles, just a communal car fleet.
Cities Take the Lead on Climate Change
VAXJO, Sweden -- When this quiet city in southern Sweden decided in 1996 to wean itself
off fossil fuels, most people doubted the ambitious goal would have any impact beyond the
town limits.
Europe Briefing: Critical biomass - Sweden
Växjö has a programme that would make even Al Gore proud.
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Schaufenster in eine bessere Zukunft
Das Städtchen Växjö liegt in Schweden, wo die Winter lang und kalt sind.
Ausgerechnet hier produzieren die Einwohner am wenigsten Kohlendioxid in
Europa.
Von Julia Voss