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 Segjast komnir með nóg og ætla að gæta að framtíð Íslands Innlent Einfaldlega nýnastistar sem þýði meira ofbeldi og átök Innlent Sérsveitin mætti í útilegu MRinga Innlent Aðstæður þær bestu síðan 2021: Bílastæði við eldgosið að fyllast Innlent Lokuð inni með lokað fyrir glugga í þrjá daga Innlent Óhollt magn brennisteinsdíoxíðs á höfuðborgarsvæðinu og Akranesi Innlent Fundurinn vonbrigði: „Þetta leikrit er hafið“ Innlent Lögreglan lýsir eftir Sindra Péturssyni Innlent Hæsta gildi brennisteinsdíoxíðs frá upphafi eldsumbrota Innlent Salibuna á sirkustjaldinu og lélegir listamenn Innlent
"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 Segjast komnir með nóg og ætla að gæta að framtíð Íslands Innlent Einfaldlega nýnastistar sem þýði meira ofbeldi og átök Innlent Sérsveitin mætti í útilegu MRinga Innlent Aðstæður þær bestu síðan 2021: Bílastæði við eldgosið að fyllast Innlent Lokuð inni með lokað fyrir glugga í þrjá daga Innlent Óhollt magn brennisteinsdíoxíðs á höfuðborgarsvæðinu og Akranesi Innlent Fundurinn vonbrigði: „Þetta leikrit er hafið“ Innlent Lögreglan lýsir eftir Sindra Péturssyni Innlent Hæsta gildi brennisteinsdíoxíðs frá upphafi eldsumbrota Innlent Salibuna á sirkustjaldinu og lélegir listamenn Innlent