ELF Strikes Against ALCAN in Iceland
James | 23.01.2007 13:42 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | World
Areas in the Icelandic highlands that are threatend by ALCAN´s expansion:
Thjorsarver (listed by the international treaty of Ramsar as one of earth´s most important wetland areas, Lake Langisjor, one of Europe´s most beautiful lakes, the River of Thjorsa and numerous geothermal fields all over the Icelandic highlands.
Thjorsarver (listed by the international treaty of Ramsar as one of earth´s most important wetland areas, Lake Langisjor, one of Europe´s most beautiful lakes, the River of Thjorsa and numerous geothermal fields all over the Icelandic highlands.
In the first week of the new year ELF (Earth Liberation Front) struck in Iceland for the first time. The target was the Alcan Aluminium smelter in Straumsvik, Hafnarfjordur which is already being expanded into pristine lavafields without local democratic consent which was promised in the town council elections, but has still not taken place. This factory is part of ongoing heavy industrialisation of the Icelandic wilderness powered by large dams and geothermal power stations all around the country. Three peices of machinery (2 diggers and a crane truck) were heavily sabotaged and the ELF signature was left on a workshed wall. Help fight the heavy industrialisation of the wild!
James
Homepage:
http://www.savingiceland.org
