http://www.savingiceland.org/node/24
"North of Vatnajokull, Europe's biggest glacier, lies Iceland's most fascinating and varied volcanic landscape. Ice and boiling geothermal infernos meet at the edges of the glacier, and then the largest remaining pristine wilderness in western Europe begins - a vast panorama of wild rivers, waterfalls, brooding mountains and mossy highlands thick with flowers.

A large part of this is due to disappear under 150m of water by 2006, when the Karahnjukar dam is completed. Work has already begun on the $1bn mega-project designed to power just one aluminium smelter, to be built by US multinational Alcoa"

i'm sure that there are some who will advocate for the possibility of Alcoa and Bechtel being responsible corporate citizens , but I doubt the folks who share a fence with them are among that number.

"Alcoa has yet to clean the Rockdale plant even though they have been forced to by law on several occasions. It is doubtful that implying a clean-up will solicit any results. Perhaps one reason that President Bush helped Alcoa is that Paul O’Neill, Alcoa’s multimillionaire chairman and former CEO, now serves as Secretary of Treasury under Bush.

Another large organization that gives much help to Alcoa is the World Bank. They have been an integral partner in Alcoa’s growth across the globe. The World Bank has put forth much money to help fund development projects for Alcoa."