BJORK SPEARHEADING CAMPAIGN AGAINST ICELAND ENERGY TAKEOVER
BJORK has written an open letter to Britain’s Financial Times in a bid to raise awareness about an environmental battle she is spearheading in her native Iceland.
The All is Full of Love singer is among leading environmentalists oppos ed to the Icelandic Government’s decision to allow top Canadian power com pany Magma Energy to invest further in the island’s geothermal power indu stry.
She writes, "This is something the nation should keep," calling the dea l something that "smells like the leftovers from the corruption that brou ght us the bank crash", referring to the 2008/2009 world economic crisis.
Bjork will perform at a press conference in Reykjavik, where fellow act ivists will produce a national petition aimed at blocking the deal that w ould see Magma own 98.5 per cent of Iceland’s biggest energy company HS O rka.
Under the terms of the takeover, the Canadian company will be allowed t o utilise part of Iceland’s geothermal resources for up to 130 years.
Bjork adds, "I’m hoping the nation and its government will decide to ca ncel this deal. Then I can, hopefully, go back to writing music." (KL/WNW
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