Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.11.2011, Page 32

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“Despite these warnings, construc-
tion steamed ahead, and any criticism
of waste water polluting drinking
water was dismissed as alarmist. That
is, until it was discovered that that's
exactly what happened.”
Geothermal energy is perhaps a little bit
less green than you thought…
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“And the protest movement exploded,
first in Iceland, then Greece, Spain,
Portugal and France, and finally it
erupted with great force in the core
country of world capitalism itself, the
US.”
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
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“Either way, feel free to drop by his
house to luxuriate at a warm hearth,
hear him spouting forth reams of
geothermal wisdom, and for Óðin’s
sake, try his homemade pancakes just
like grandma made them way back
when.”
Iceland President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
invites YOU, yes YOU to join him for
pancakes
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“In 2005, people started getting wor-
ried when they saw puffin colonies
paved with dead chicks, and last year,
the puffins basically gave up before
the chicks even came around with
only 17% of eggs hatching normally.”
Iceland’s puffin population is dying :-/
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“With the knowledge that harming
the ancient moss that had grown on
the volcanic rocks carries with it an
eight-month prison sentence, I was
careful to mind my manners around
it.”
The Grapevine goes spelunking!
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“And then some very interesting peo-
ple introduced IMMI [Icelandic Mod-
ern Media Initiative] to the parliament
and it’s used to paint an image of
this beautiful media haven when the
reality is that individual journalists are
being taken down.”
DV journalist Jón Bjarki has been sen-
tenced for defamation for quoting a public
court case ruling! WTF?
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