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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Because whaling is so last season Iceland announces it will reinstate whaling ban next year	Andrew Sharpless	30 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, Iceland, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Puffin rescue Save the funny-looking seabirds!	JMG	27 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, cutesy, Iceland, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

The Invisible Hand Drops Its Harpoon Iceland halts whale hunt due to low demand		27 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
The Invisible Hand Drops Its Harpoon Iceland halts whale hunt due to low demand After resuming commercial whaling just under a year ago, Iceland's fisheries minister said recently that his country will not issue new whale-hunting quotas until there's more demand for whale-derived products and until Iceland gets an export license to send whale meat to Japan. "There is no reason to continue commercial whaling if there ...
Topics: business, Iceland, news, whaling (all these topics)

Word Gets Around New bike, parking policies leave polluting vehicles in the dust		09 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Word Gets Around New bike, parking policies leave polluting vehicles in the dust Now for some wheely good news (sorry, it had to be done): officials around the globe are moving forward on innovative eco-transportation schemes. Last week, the city council of Reykjavik, Iceland, enacted a rule that gives free parking to those who drive fuel-efficient vehicles. In Ontario, Cana ...
Topics: bikes, Canada, cars, energy, France, Iceland, innovation, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Turn the Boat Around Working with the fishing industry, Orri Vigfússon protects North Atlantic salmon	Michelle Nijhuis	25 Apr 2007	Main Dish
Orri Vigfússon. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize. "I have a passion for salmon," says Orri Vigfússon. "It's the king of fish. It's just a spectacular creature." Vigfússon is a veteran business exec -- the Icelandic brand Icy Vodka is one of his enterprises -- and he's now using his negotiating savvy to protect the iconic North Atlantic salmon ...
Topics: business, fishing, heroes, Iceland (all these topics)

Vote Surly, Vote Often Aluminum smelting defining Iceland elections		23 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Vote Surly, Vote Often Aluminum smelting defining Iceland elections You no doubt know that Iceland's elections are coming up on May 12. But here's something you may not know: the country's aluminum-smelting boom has become a key issue in the race. With three smelters up and running and three more planned, fans and foes alike are fired up. A new party, the Iceland Movement, has a platform with exactly one issue -- a five-year moratori ...
Topics: energy, Iceland, news (all these topics)

Economics 101: Don't kill whales No demand for Iceland's whale meat	Andrew Sharpless	30 Oct 2006	Gristmill

Topics: animal welfare, Iceland (all these topics)

Ice Vice, Baby Iceland to resume commercial whaling despite international ban		19 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Ice Vice, Baby Iceland to resume commercial whaling despite international ban Iceland plans to resume commercial whaling for the first time in nearly 20 years, despite an international moratorium. Through August 2007, the government will permit whalers to harpoon 30 minke whales and nine endangered fin whales. Iceland's Fisheries Ministry says there are 43,600 minkes and 25,800 fin whales off of Iceland's coast, and that limited comm ...
Topics: Iceland, news, oceans (all these topics)

The Missing Minke Japanese, Norwegians, and Icelanders spout off in favor of whaling	Colin Woodard	04 Apr 2006	Main Dish
If you're into eating whales, Kouji Shingru's shop is the place for you. Located on a pedestrian-only street in Tokyo's bustling Asakusa neighborhood, Shingru's compact establishment has it all: deep red whale steaks and fillets in vacuum-sealed packages, cured whale on a stick, snack-sized bags of whale jerky, and a wide selection of canned whale morsels packed in brown sauce. A ...
Topics: Iceland, Japan, Norway, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

Heaven Help Bus A visit to Iceland spurs dreams of a hydrogen future	Bill McKibben	19 Jul 2005	Soapbox
The loneliness of the long-distance rider. I have seen the future, and it works. The 111 bus rolls quietly up to the Mjodd terminal in eastern Reykjavik at 11:19 a.m., and I climb aboard. For 45 minutes, we cruise through the suburbs and then to the central square downtown, picking up and discharging eight passengers along the way. Fuel cells that would have filled the space of several passenger ...
Topics: hydrogen, Iceland, placemaking, public transportation, travel (all these topics)

Iceland of Make-Believe Little-known facts from a country on the edge of your consciousness	Katharine Wroth	26 Apr 2005	Counter Culture
39,756 -- area of Iceland, in square miles1 39,728 -- area of Kentucky, in square miles2 293,966 -- population of Iceland3 4,117,827 -- population of Kentucky2 10 -- percentage of Icelanders who believe elves "definitely" exist4 0 -- number of successful elf surveys conducted in Kentucky 11.5 -- percentage of Iceland that is covered by glaciers1 3,240 -- square mil ...
Topics: dams, energy, Greenpeace, Iceland, Kentucky, oceans (all these topics)

Shock and Thaw New Yorker launches three-part exploration of climate change		25 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Shock and Thaw New Yorker launches three-part exploration of climate change Writer Elizabeth Kolbert must have single-handedly accelerated global warming with the jet fuel she burned visiting the Arctic, Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, and the Antarctic to research a big three-part series on climate change for The New Yorker. What did she find? Well, it's all melting. The Alaskan village of Shi ...
Topics: Alaska, Antarctica, Arctic, climate, Greenland, Iceland, news (all these topics)

No More Mr. Ice Guy Arni Finnsson of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association answers readers' questions		15 Apr 2005	InterActivist
Arni Finnsson, Iceland Nature Conservation Association. How badly does hydroelectric power affect the environment? I thought it was a good alternative to burning fossil fuels for energy. -- Corey Bonasso, Morgantown, W.Va. In Iceland, valleys or lower-lying areas in the highlands, which the power industry would like to use for reservoirs, are usually the most vegetated and b ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Iceland, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

The Iceman InterActivateth Arni Finnsson of the Iceland Nature Conservation Association answers Grist's questions		11 Apr 2005	InterActivist
Arni Finnsson. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? Iceland Nature Conservation Association. We are the biggest member-based NGO in Iceland with 1,300 members. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? The powerful glacial river in the Karahnjukar area. Photo: Johann Isberg. INCA was es ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Iceland, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

You're Fired ... and Iced Photos of Iceland reveal a land of extremes		06 Apr 2005	Main Dish
Click here to see the photo gallery. In case you haven't heard, we're giving away a trip to Iceland. As a result, this photo essay is a bit of a divergence from our usual tough-as-nails coverage, wherein the prettiest pictures we run are of, well, politicians. But we're not just shilling here -- Iceland is a hotbed of Grist-worthy news. Iceland is known as the land of fire and ice thanks to dramatic glaciers and ...
Topics: Iceland (all these topics)

Smelter Skelter Enviros Protest Massive Dam in Iceland		09 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Smelter Skelter Enviros Protest Massive Dam in Iceland Extreme weather and remote locations can't stop the forward march of, uh, progress, as Iceland's Karahnjukar dam shows. The dam, which will be Europe's highest, is being built in a huge wilderness area, much to the dismay of environmentalists. They fear it will drown highland vegetation, change the groundwater balance, and create so much mud that in the dry season the dust blowin ...
Topics: dams, energy, Iceland (all these topics)

Thar It Blows First Minke Whale Killed in 14 Years		19 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Thar It Blows First Minke Whale Killed in 14 Years A team of Icelandic hunters who resumed whaling recently despite international protests killed a minke whale yesterday, the first in 14 years. The team, from Iceland's Marine Research Institute, plans to kill 37 more in the next six weeks. The hunt is part of a research program, and thus technically legal under the International Whaling Convention, and the hunters say minke whales have beco ...
Topics: Iceland, oceans (all these topics)

Research and Destroy		03 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Research and Destroy It's been a bad news week for whales. First, Iceland announced that it would begin hunting minke, fin, and sei whales again after a 13-year hiatus. The nation says the whaling will be strictly for research purposes, but environmentalists say the plan is a smokescreen for commercial hunts. The World Conservation Union's Red List ranks fin and sei whales as endangered, while North Atlantic minkes are near-threaten ...
Topics: Iceland, Japan, oceans (all these topics)

Whale Like a Banshee		15 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Whale Like a Banshee After a 10-year struggle to reclaim its whaling rights, Iceland has finally gotten the green light from the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunting. The commission outlawed commercial whaling in 1986, but Iceland and Norway refused to accept the ban. Norway negotiated to remain part of the commission and hang onto its hunting rights, but Iceland walked ou ...
Topics: Iceland, International Whaling Commission, Norway, oceans (all these topics)

Alcoa Can Wait		16 Jul 2002	Daily Grist
Alcoa Can Wait And now, some news from a place you seldom hear about: Iceland, which is forming the backdrop for the latest skirmish in the battle between conservationists and power companies. The country's Vatnajokull Glacier is Europe's second-largest wilderness, and is graced with mountains, lakes, canyons, rivers, and abundant wildlife. Iceland's national power company wants to ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, dams, energy, Iceland, wilderness (all these topics)

Business As Usual		02 Jan 2002	Daily Grist
Business As Usual The U.S. government will no longer consider a business's environmental track record when awarding federal contracts, following the Bush administration's decision to rescind 11th-hour Clinton-era "blacklisting" regulations. The regulations required a business to have a satisfactory record on ethical, environmental, tax, labor, antitrust, and consumer protection laws t ...
Topics: business, Iceland, politics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

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