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Hertz is the first rental car company in the world to offer hydrogen vehicles to its customers in the North Atlantic.

North America is at the top of the list for potential. Iceland is leading the way in innovation and r&d, as this veteran environmental journalist's recent trip to the small country makes clear.

In a step greeted with relief by environmental campaigners, Iceland have announced that they will issue no new quotas for commercial whaling. Fisheries minister Einar K Guofinnsson said that “I will not issue a new quota until the market conditions for whale meat improve and permission to export whale products to Japan is secured. There is no reason to continue commercial whaling if there is no demand for the product.”