"Always a staunch advocate for her native Iceland, Björk was recently interviewed by Canadian weekly news magazine Maclean's about her home country's valuable (and vulnerable) natural resources as the Reykjavík Grapevine points out. In the piece, the singer denounced Canadian company Magma, which recently bought a majority share of the previously public-owned Icelandic energy company HS Orka. She cited questionable humanitarian practices by companies owned by Magma's Chairman and CEO Ross Beaty and said the businessman..." More here on Pitchfork. |