The Irish Times, has a good article about the conference in Bruxelles the other day, and quotes Björk and Mary Robinson:
“The singer gave an emotional speech about the environmental damage caused in Iceland by aluminium smelters and warned that the financial crisis could prompt politicians to fast-track plans to build more smelters to try to address the rapid economic slowdown. “Usually I don’t notice politics. I live happily in the land of music-making. But I got caught up in it because politicians seem bent on ruining Iceland’s natural environment,” she said.
The abundance of thermal energy in Iceland has enabled it to become a global centre for the aluminium industry, attracting investments from Alcoa and Rio Tinto. The three biggest smelters in Europe are located in the country, which has a population of only 300,000.”
Here is the article in the Irish Times
Tags: mary robinson, road to copenhagen
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