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 Dullarfull brotlending nærri Area 51 Erlent Engan óraði fyrir framhaldinu Erlent „Það er sárt að þurfa að horfa á eftir þeim“ Innlent Spyr hvort aflífa þurfi sig vegna mjaðmaskipta Innlent Trump og „maðurinn með ljáinn“ hóta að greiða ekki laun Erlent Tóku farsíma af unglingum í Hafnarfirði og millifærðu af reikningum Innlent Stofna hreyfingu til undirbúnings íslenskum her Innlent Lögregla lýsir eftir Aylin Innlent Ekki hlutverk stjórnarandstöðunnar að halda uppi stemmingu Innlent Á leið til Suður-Afríku með syni sína í meðferð vegna úrræðaleysis 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 Dullarfull brotlending nærri Area 51 Erlent Engan óraði fyrir framhaldinu Erlent „Það er sárt að þurfa að horfa á eftir þeim“ Innlent Spyr hvort aflífa þurfi sig vegna mjaðmaskipta Innlent Trump og „maðurinn með ljáinn“ hóta að greiða ekki laun Erlent Tóku farsíma af unglingum í Hafnarfirði og millifærðu af reikningum Innlent Stofna hreyfingu til undirbúnings íslenskum her Innlent Lögregla lýsir eftir Aylin Innlent Ekki hlutverk stjórnarandstöðunnar að halda uppi stemmingu Innlent Á leið til Suður-Afríku með syni sína í meðferð vegna úrræðaleysis Innlent