Tag: Iceland
Iceland holds its first funeral for a glacier
"The symbolic death of a glacier is a warning to us, and we need action."
Iceland becomes first country to fix this gender inequality problem
Iceland is now the only country in the world that has legalized equal pay between the sexes.
World’s Hottest Hole: Iceland to Harness Molten Magma for Electricity, Could...
Iceland, known for its numerous bubbling hot springs and geysers, already heats up to 90 percent of its homes and supplies about a third of its electricity with geothermal.
Iceland Proves Third Parties Have Legitimate And Crucial Role In Democracy
Why shouldn’t America be able to do the same?
Great News! Iceland Halts Whaling for 2016
Iceland blames Japanese import regulations for making it nearly impossible to import whale meat.
Iceland Sentences 26 Corrupt Bankers to 74 Years in Prison
Iceland just sentenced their 26th banker to prison for his part in the 2008 economic collapse. The charges ranged from breach of fiduciary duties to market manipulation to embezzlement.
Four More Bankers Put on Ice
With four former executives of Kaupthing Bank having their convictions upheld this week, Iceland is showing the world that it's possible to prosecute bankers. So when will the U.S. catch on?
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“Moderates” Support Extreme Injustice
The label goes to candidates who back endless war and block Medicare for All, while a CNN poll now finds a third of Democrats calling themselves socialists. Scolding them as interlopers plays well with donors and nowhere else.
On September 2, federal layoff appeals move from the Merit Systems Protection Board to...
Ninety-nine percent of the 1,252 public comments opposed the change, and employees will no longer be able to take a final decision to federal court.
Appeals court upholds order limiting ICE arrests at Quaker, Sikh and Baptist houses of...
The Justice Department never argued a compelling government interest before the district court, and the Fourth Circuit held that defense waived.
The baddest, bloodlust bullies having a very bad year
How goonish egotism backfires, Befouled by self-inflicted quagmires!
Three-quarters of Americans would oppose a data center near their home, new polling finds
Opposition has swung 33 points in a year as utility bills climb, and more than 530 counties and towns have restricted or banned the facilities.