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 Sagður hafa tæmt sjóði flokksins og rekur nýja stjórn úr húsnæðinu Innlent Greindi þátt almennings og fjölmiðla í máli „strokufangans“ Innlent Óku á yfir 60 og missa ökuréttindin Innlent Halla forseti blandar sér í götuljósaumræðuna Innlent Vonar að Rauði krossinn endurskoði afstöðu sína Innlent Handtóku ökumann eftir eftirför á Sæbraut Innlent Þúsundir syrgja í Tehran og Trump segir æðstaklerkinn ljúga Erlent Reiða fram rúma milljón fyrir Jakub Innlent Formaður og gjaldkeri Vorstjörnunnar kærð fyrir efnahagsbrot Innlent Steini frá Straumnesi látinn 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 Sagður hafa tæmt sjóði flokksins og rekur nýja stjórn úr húsnæðinu Innlent Greindi þátt almennings og fjölmiðla í máli „strokufangans“ Innlent Óku á yfir 60 og missa ökuréttindin Innlent Halla forseti blandar sér í götuljósaumræðuna Innlent Vonar að Rauði krossinn endurskoði afstöðu sína Innlent Handtóku ökumann eftir eftirför á Sæbraut Innlent Þúsundir syrgja í Tehran og Trump segir æðstaklerkinn ljúga Erlent Reiða fram rúma milljón fyrir Jakub Innlent Formaður og gjaldkeri Vorstjörnunnar kærð fyrir efnahagsbrot Innlent Steini frá Straumnesi látinn Innlent