Tree-folk in Iceland are racing against time, and each other, to get Christmas trees chopped down and into the shops. Read the full story

British drilling firm Cairn Energy has seen its share prices increase after finally finding evidence of oil in one of its controversial Greenland wells. Read the full story

Roughly a year after construction began on Iceland’s new methanol fuel factory, it has now opened and is at full production capacity. Its environmentally-friendlier renewable fuel may well be used in almost every car in the country. The factory is the first of its kind in the world. Read the full story

As strange is it sounds, there is no usable geothermal hot water for residents on Iceland’s volcanic island of Heimaey. After the famous volcanic eruption on the island in 1973 returning evacuees were able to set up geothermal space heating for their homes from the hot lava — but that time is long over. The lava heat plant was decommissioned in 1988 after the ground went cold. Read the full story

Alcoa has confirmed that it is no longer interested in building a new aluminium smelter near the northern Icelandic town of Husavik. Read the full story

British oil company Cairn Energy has announced that it has again failed to strike black gold at its sixth controversial well off the coast of Greenland, angering environmentalists and worrying investors. Read the full story

Only five of Iceland’s ten biggest municipalities are living up to their responsibilities as far as sewage treatment is concerned. Read the full story

Hunting of Iceland’s favourite Christmas table bird, the ptarmigan, could be banned outright following a warning from The Icelandic Institute of Natural History. Read the full story

An accident occurred this week which caused the release of waste from a chicken abattoir to flow into a South Iceland river. Read the full story

A declaration of co-operation will be signed tomorrow for the construction of a 66,000 tonne/year silicon factory planned for Bakki near the north-eastern Icelandic town of Husavik by the German company PCC. Read the full story