Here you can send the Icelandic Government your protest against the Kárahnjúkar dam that will cause the destruction of the surrounding area!
The email includes the message below plus whatever you want to add in the text field below. Please be polite.
Dear Sir,
Stop your plans to build a dam in the eastern icelandic highlands.
I have learned with regret that the icelandic government is set to build a dam in the east of Iceland, endangering a unique wilderness area.
If this project goes ahead, with the construction of a 700mW hydropower plant that will flood or permanently change a vast wilderness in Iceland’s central highlands region. If built, the hydro plant would severely impact one of the largest wilderness areas remaining in western Europe due to the construction of a number of dams, channels, diversions, reservoirs and roads. In total, about 1,000km2 in the central highlands north of the Vatnajökull Glacier will be directly affected although the impact area is much larger.
Furthermore, I have learned the project is not even supported by the Icelandic Planning Agency. On August 1 2001, the Icelandic Planning Agency made a clear ruling against the Kárahnukar hydropower facility because of its enormous environmental impact. The Iceland’s environment minister, Siv Fridleifsdóttir, who, ignoring her own Planning Agency, granted permission to proceed with the project on December 20, 2001.
Up until now it's been my understanding that Iceland is among the most unspoiled countries in the world. Your plans, however, and your politics are about to severly damage that image of your country. You can not have it both ways.
In conclusion, I urge you to drop you plans for building a dam in this unique area.
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