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...
Oslo needs your garbage
A shortage of rubbish in Norway’s capital is having an unusual effect on heating for the city. Oslo’s forward thinking use of incinerators to produce ...
Whale hunting to resume in Iceland’s waters
Bucking the conservation trend, an Icelandic company intends to restart commercial fin whale hunting this season, raising the spectre of sanctions imp...
Four stranded killer whales die in North Iceland
The Icelandic rescue team was unable to save four out of five killer whales that had washed ashore on a beach in Heiðarhöfn on Langanes peninsula yest...
Cairn Energy PLC was unprepared for Greenland offshore oil spill
A recent report of Cairn Energy PLC’s offshore oil drilling and exploration programme off the shores of western Greenland said the company great...