Europe returns fin whale meat to Iceland
One hundred and thirty tonnes of fin whale meat have been sent back to Iceland from the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
EFTA: Iceland must improve quality of water
Iceland has been told it must improve the quality of water its food industry uses, revealed the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). EFTA carried o...
Iceland whaling draws criticism from Greenpeace
The resumption of commercial fin whaling in Iceland is immoral, according to Greenpeace. Icelandic whaler Kristján Loftsson’s company Hvalur, which is...
Iceland dubbed as premier location for algae biomass production
Iceland has been dubbed as a premier location for algae biomass production at the recent European Algae Biomass Conference 2013 due to the country’s g...
Full steam ahead for energy plants in Iceland
The Framework Programme for Hydro and Geothermal Energy Resources will come under review by the new prime minister in an attempt to fast track project...
Melting ice sheets to become the norm?
An alarming new discovery, detailed in a study published in Geophysical Research Letters, shows that 97 per cent of Greenland’s ice sheet could experi...
Greenland Premier snobs Arctic Council meeting in Sweden
The Recent Arctic Council Meeting was notable for the absence of one key player, Greenland, who boycotted the meeting. The territory’s premier saw no ...
Wind power puts Iceland on the renewable energy map
In a recently released report on world wind energy Iceland became the 100th nation to subscribe to this form of renewable energy, and was noted for it...