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 Bandaríkin beittu neitunarvaldinu gegn kröfu um vopnahlé Erlent Raunvirði íbúða lækkar á ný Innlent „Hver ætlar að fylgjast með því að hann komi ekki til baka?“ Innlent Mótmælir breyttu fyrirkomulagi í nemendaráðskosningum Innlent Grunaður um að fara inn á heimili fjölskyldu og brjóta þar á barni Innlent Hundruð milljóna vanti: „Þetta er hreint misrétti“ Innlent Ók á vegavinnumann og flúði vettvang Innlent Kimmel tekinn af dagskrá: Donald Trump grafi undan lýðræðinu Innlent Gekk fram á dauða seli: „Svona á enginn að gera“ Innlent „Fólk hefur hætt eða nánast verið bolað úr starfi síðan hún tók við“ 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 Bandaríkin beittu neitunarvaldinu gegn kröfu um vopnahlé Erlent Raunvirði íbúða lækkar á ný Innlent „Hver ætlar að fylgjast með því að hann komi ekki til baka?“ Innlent Mótmælir breyttu fyrirkomulagi í nemendaráðskosningum Innlent Grunaður um að fara inn á heimili fjölskyldu og brjóta þar á barni Innlent Hundruð milljóna vanti: „Þetta er hreint misrétti“ Innlent Ók á vegavinnumann og flúði vettvang Innlent Kimmel tekinn af dagskrá: Donald Trump grafi undan lýðræðinu Innlent Gekk fram á dauða seli: „Svona á enginn að gera“ Innlent „Fólk hefur hætt eða nánast verið bolað úr starfi síðan hún tók við“ Innlent