Fifteen Thousand Protest Dam 27. september 2006 09:45 Ómar Ragnarsson sjónvarpsmaður flugmaður fréttamaður hugmyndaflug rúv kárahnjúkar Around fifteen thousand citizens of Reykjavik joined television journalist and environmental activist Ómar Ragnarsson last night on a protest walk down Laugavegur to Austurvöllur in the city centre. People were backing Ragnarsson's plea to the Government and the Iceland Power Company to postpone the filling of Hálslón lagoon in the east highlands. Ragnarsson has put forward the idea that energy for the Alcoa factory in Reyðarfjörður should come from geothermal areas in north-east Iceland, thus sparing the river Jökla and the Hjalladalur valley. Ragnarsson made a powerful speech at Austurvöllur, in an emotional moment which had many in tears as images of the east highlands were shown on a large screen behind him. Protest walks also took place in Akureyri,Ísafjörður and Egilstaðir at the same time. As a response, the National Power Company has said that they will of course go forward with the filling of the lagoon, and that the Kárahnjúkar dam and Reyðarfjörður aluminium factory will be very beneficial for Iceland's economy. The water will start flowing into Hálslón, tomorrow, Thursday. News News in English Mest lesið Ekki séð neitt þessu líkt á sínum fjörutíu ára ferli Innlent Er við góða líkamlega heilsu en heilinn að „bregðast honum“ Erlent Kynna drög að nýrri stefnu í heilbrigðismálum Innlent Málafjöldi tvöfaldast milli ára: „Hálfur milljarður farinn nú þegar“ Innlent Málverk stolið af nasistum fannst í argentínskri fasteignaauglýsingu Erlent Kallar bandarískan erindreka á teppið vegna Grænlandsmála Erlent Fundu steinaldarbyggð í Árósaflóa sem fór undir sjó eftir ísöld Erlent Minntust þess ekki að hafa brennt tösku fyrir Stefán Blackburn Innlent 50 prósenta tollar á indverskar vörur taka gildi í Bandaríkjunum Erlent Lögfesta bann gegn símanotkun í skólum Erlent
Around fifteen thousand citizens of Reykjavik joined television journalist and environmental activist Ómar Ragnarsson last night on a protest walk down Laugavegur to Austurvöllur in the city centre. People were backing Ragnarsson's plea to the Government and the Iceland Power Company to postpone the filling of Hálslón lagoon in the east highlands. Ragnarsson has put forward the idea that energy for the Alcoa factory in Reyðarfjörður should come from geothermal areas in north-east Iceland, thus sparing the river Jökla and the Hjalladalur valley. Ragnarsson made a powerful speech at Austurvöllur, in an emotional moment which had many in tears as images of the east highlands were shown on a large screen behind him. Protest walks also took place in Akureyri,Ísafjörður and Egilstaðir at the same time. As a response, the National Power Company has said that they will of course go forward with the filling of the lagoon, and that the Kárahnjúkar dam and Reyðarfjörður aluminium factory will be very beneficial for Iceland's economy. The water will start flowing into Hálslón, tomorrow, Thursday.
News News in English Mest lesið Ekki séð neitt þessu líkt á sínum fjörutíu ára ferli Innlent Er við góða líkamlega heilsu en heilinn að „bregðast honum“ Erlent Kynna drög að nýrri stefnu í heilbrigðismálum Innlent Málafjöldi tvöfaldast milli ára: „Hálfur milljarður farinn nú þegar“ Innlent Málverk stolið af nasistum fannst í argentínskri fasteignaauglýsingu Erlent Kallar bandarískan erindreka á teppið vegna Grænlandsmála Erlent Fundu steinaldarbyggð í Árósaflóa sem fór undir sjó eftir ísöld Erlent Minntust þess ekki að hafa brennt tösku fyrir Stefán Blackburn Innlent 50 prósenta tollar á indverskar vörur taka gildi í Bandaríkjunum Erlent Lögfesta bann gegn símanotkun í skólum Erlent