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 Ákvörðun dómsmálaráðherra gríðarleg vonbrigði Innlent Skipstjóri handtekinn í Reykjavíkurhöfn Innlent „Við ætlum að upplifa stóra drauminn hans Kristians Helga” Innlent „Þeir verða að geta varið sig“: Hættir við að hætta vopnasendingum Erlent Lögreglan lýsir eftir Hebu Ýr Innlent Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent Einu verslun Þingeyringa lokað Innlent Öll tölfræði um málþófið á einum stað: Íslandsmet á næsta sólarhring Innlent Bandamenn fá hótunarbréf um 25 til 40 prósent toll Erlent Skiltið hluti af stærra vandamáli sem dragi úr lífsgæðum 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 Ákvörðun dómsmálaráðherra gríðarleg vonbrigði Innlent Skipstjóri handtekinn í Reykjavíkurhöfn Innlent „Við ætlum að upplifa stóra drauminn hans Kristians Helga” Innlent „Þeir verða að geta varið sig“: Hættir við að hætta vopnasendingum Erlent Lögreglan lýsir eftir Hebu Ýr Innlent Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent Einu verslun Þingeyringa lokað Innlent Öll tölfræði um málþófið á einum stað: Íslandsmet á næsta sólarhring Innlent Bandamenn fá hótunarbréf um 25 til 40 prósent toll Erlent Skiltið hluti af stærra vandamáli sem dragi úr lífsgæðum Innlent
Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent
Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent