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    Iceland’s Government – Greens to the rescue? - by frog



    Should I be happy? The glass is half full: a fellow Green Party has helped form a coalition government at the national level. The glass is half empty:  it’s in Iceland, a very small country with a very large economic crisis.  Iceland’s financial meltdown is of biblical proportions.  Cue the locusts. And cue the Greens, [...] read more
    February 5, 2009 4:36 pm - 67 Comments
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    The race to be the first carbon zero country - by frog



    The Independent has coverage of the worldwide competition to be the first country to go carbon neutral. The leading four countries are Iceland, Norway, Costa Rica and New Zealand, which each formally signed up to go carbon neutral at last years’ Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme. [Achim Steiner, UNEP's executive director] spells [...] read more
    April 16, 2008 9:08 am - 5 Comments