"I think when it comes down to questions of hard cash and state budget, the European governments will feel they are doing what they can and it is not really up to the United States to tell them what to do,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"What we are seeing in Iceland is that as the magma particles get towards the surface, they interact with the very cold water and they chill to form glassy fragments and these glassy fragments are small, they have sharp edges and when those get up in the air that is what is causing the risk to aviation."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15