Monday Blues 23. apríl 2007 15:21 "Author Andri Snaer Magnason said the construction of smelters like Alcoa's, and the geothermal and hydroelectric plants that power them, has created a "heroin economy"." A good overview of the continuing debate on aluminium smelters and energy usage from Reuters. It seems that this issue is not going to die anytime soon. It is already one of the main issues facing voters in next month's parliamentary elections. Another debate that apparently refuses to die is the issue of whaling, but Iceland recently resumed commercial whaling after abiding the International Whaling Commisions moratorium since 1991. According to a new study by Eurostat, Iceland tails only Switcherland for the highest drug prices in Europe, with prices in Iceland being 60% above average. Next time I get sick, I'll fly to London for the prescription... Orri Vigfússon, a former vodka entrepreneur and banker from Iceland, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Price, the equivalent of the Nobel Price in the Eco-circle, for his work on saving the North Atlantic wild salmon population. In 1989, Vigfússon established the North Atlantic Salmon Fund, which has raised $35 million to buy fishing rights from commercial fishermen in England, France, Greenland, Iceland and Norway. By paying fishermen not to fish, the fund estimates more than 5 million salmon have been spared. No word on how the demand drove up prices of fishing rights. News News in English Mest lesið Vestmanneyingar „slógu velferðarskjaldborg“ yfir gesti Innlent Stúlkan sem fór í sjóinn er látin Innlent Landsvirkjun sé ekki „löngu búin að semja“ við alla landeigendur Innlent Grunaður um að myrða heila fjölskyldu en skilja ungabarnið eftir á lífi Erlent Fagna afmæli virkjunar sem sökkti sveitajörðum en rafvæddi síldarbæ Innlent Beinaber gísl látinn grafa eigin gröf á Gasa Erlent Reiður Trump segir Schumer að fara til helvítis Erlent Kvenfólkið í Eyjum bjargaði deginum Innlent Búast við gasi á höfuðborgarsvæðinu og Akranesi Innlent Að bugast á hálf nöktum ferðamönnum og beita sektum Erlent
"Author Andri Snaer Magnason said the construction of smelters like Alcoa's, and the geothermal and hydroelectric plants that power them, has created a "heroin economy"." A good overview of the continuing debate on aluminium smelters and energy usage from Reuters. It seems that this issue is not going to die anytime soon. It is already one of the main issues facing voters in next month's parliamentary elections. Another debate that apparently refuses to die is the issue of whaling, but Iceland recently resumed commercial whaling after abiding the International Whaling Commisions moratorium since 1991. According to a new study by Eurostat, Iceland tails only Switcherland for the highest drug prices in Europe, with prices in Iceland being 60% above average. Next time I get sick, I'll fly to London for the prescription... Orri Vigfússon, a former vodka entrepreneur and banker from Iceland, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Price, the equivalent of the Nobel Price in the Eco-circle, for his work on saving the North Atlantic wild salmon population. In 1989, Vigfússon established the North Atlantic Salmon Fund, which has raised $35 million to buy fishing rights from commercial fishermen in England, France, Greenland, Iceland and Norway. By paying fishermen not to fish, the fund estimates more than 5 million salmon have been spared. No word on how the demand drove up prices of fishing rights.
News News in English Mest lesið Vestmanneyingar „slógu velferðarskjaldborg“ yfir gesti Innlent Stúlkan sem fór í sjóinn er látin Innlent Landsvirkjun sé ekki „löngu búin að semja“ við alla landeigendur Innlent Grunaður um að myrða heila fjölskyldu en skilja ungabarnið eftir á lífi Erlent Fagna afmæli virkjunar sem sökkti sveitajörðum en rafvæddi síldarbæ Innlent Beinaber gísl látinn grafa eigin gröf á Gasa Erlent Reiður Trump segir Schumer að fara til helvítis Erlent Kvenfólkið í Eyjum bjargaði deginum Innlent Búast við gasi á höfuðborgarsvæðinu og Akranesi Innlent Að bugast á hálf nöktum ferðamönnum og beita sektum Erlent