Mosfellsbær residents find dead trout in polluted Varmá river
Something nasty is going on in the town of Mosfellsbær, situated about 15 minutes drive from downtown Reykjavík. Since June, the residents have report...
New silicon factory in Helguvik spewing smoke over neighboring town
The Environment Agency of Iceland has received numerous points and complaints about both smoke and burning smell from the Silicon metal factory in Hel...
Norwegian researchers: electric cars pollute as much as normal cars
Norwegian scientists have claimed that electric cars may be just as bad, or even worse, for the environment than traditional automobiles.
Piggy poo-llution causes stink in Wales
A council in Wales is blaming its poor air quality on Danish pigs, saying particles from their faeces are drifting over the UK.
Fuel tanker crashes in Iceland, leaks into sea
There was a significant risk of explosion alongside an Icelandic fjord this morning where a petrol tanker skidded off the road and began leaking its c...
Icelandic municipality escapes fines for unclean incinerator
The Environment Agency of Iceland has conceded to the Westman Islands council’s claim that it should not have to pay the daily fines charged by ...
Industrial chemicals making polar bears poorly
Polar bears from Greenland are becoming ill because of chemicals which make their way from the industrialised world to the Arctic via air and sea curr...
Chicken slaughterhouse pollutes Icelandic salmon river
An accident occurred this week which caused the release of waste from a chicken abattoir to flow into a South Iceland river.