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 Steinn liggur á grúfu og skríður niður Esju Innlent Þrjú látin: Heyrðu öskur þegar hringt var í neyðarlínu Erlent Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Vita æ meira um skaðleg áhrif rafsígarettna Innlent Sautján ára stúlka í haldi vegna innflutnings gerviópíóða Innlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir rangfærslur eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Öskjuhlíðartimbrið komið til Eskifjarðar Innlent Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti innlent
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 Steinn liggur á grúfu og skríður niður Esju Innlent Þrjú látin: Heyrðu öskur þegar hringt var í neyðarlínu Erlent Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Vita æ meira um skaðleg áhrif rafsígarettna Innlent Sautján ára stúlka í haldi vegna innflutnings gerviópíóða Innlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir rangfærslur eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Öskjuhlíðartimbrið komið til Eskifjarðar Innlent Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti innlent