Environment News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

MUST READ: Unwanted developments, ‘touristification’ and greedy politicians selling the country out are destroying Spain’s coastline – new report

THE latest Blue Flag report offered a dazzling reporting on Spain’s beaches. The Foundation for Environmental Education created a map that blanketed the country’s coastlines

12 Jul, 2024 @ 19:15

Environment·Lead·Must Read

British and other foreign tourists spent a record-breaking €1.6billion across Spain's Valencia region this August

Environment boost: Costa del Sol seawater given an ‘excellent’ rating free of sewage or faecal matter

BEACH go-ers on the Costa del Sol can swim a little easier after a new study deemed the sea water quality to be ‘excellent’. The

12 Jul, 2024 @ 08:00

Costa del Sol·Environment·Lead

Electric vehicle sales rose by 49% in Spain in 2023 but continue to lag way behind European average

ELECTRIC vehicle sales in Spain went up by 49% last year according to the Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers(Anfac). 124,607 electric vehicles (fully-electric

10 Jul, 2024 @ 21:00

Environment·Lead

Spain’s aviation sector looks to a green future by setting up country’s first hydrogen airport hub

SIX major players in Spanish aviation have signed an agreement to study the creation of the country’s first hydrogen airport hub. The manufacturer Airbus, airport

9 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Five loggerhead turtles born on a Marbella beach prepare to start life in the sea after a year’s training at marine zoo

FIVE loggerhead turtles born on a Marbella beach last year are set to be released into the sea after being nurtured in a marine zoo.

4 Jul, 2024 @ 08:00

Environment·Lead·Marbella

Watch: Major resort is first in Spain to be declared ‘tsunami ready’ by the UN after performing evacuation drills and erecting warning signs – as experts predict monster wave ‘within 30 years’

A RESORT town on the Atlantic coast has become the first in Spain to be declared ‘tsunami ready’. Chipiona, a holiday hotspot of 19,000 people

3 Jul, 2024 @ 13:26

Cadiz·Environment·Lead

Chaos in Gibraltar: ‘Pollution tax’ that would have cost drivers an extra £520 per year sparks protests – forcing Fabian Picardo into embarrassing U-turn just two hours after announcing policy

GIBRALTAR’S Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was forced into an embarrassing U-turn on Monday afternoon after a Budget proposal for a new pollution levy sparked an

2 Jul, 2024 @ 16:22

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Waters in southern Spain are found to contain sewage and potentially toxic bacteria

THE latest report from Andalucia’s regional government has found that the waters off the Zahara de los Atunes beach in Barbate, Cadiz province, contain potentially

1 Jul, 2024 @ 17:27

Environment·Lead

IN PICTURES: New ‘lantern-like’ translucent power plant in Spain will give locals a glimpse into renewable energy production

AN innovative new thermal power plant with a distinctive ‘lantern-like’ shape has emerged from the plains of northern Spain. Located in Palencia, an Estepona-sized town

22 Jun, 2024 @ 13:00

Environment·Property

Spain’s Iberian lynx is no longer at risk of extinction following years of conservation efforts

THE Iberian lynx is no longer classed as ‘endangered’ on the global red list of threatened species after a two-decade-long conservation effort across the peninsula.

20 Jun, 2024 @ 12:21

Environment·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Tourism has gone too far’ – hundreds of protestors target F1 roadshow in Barcelona city centre ahead of Spanish Grand Prix

HUNDREDS of protestors attempted to disrupt a Formula One roadshow in Barcelona on Wednesday afternoon ahead of this weekend’s F1 Spanish Grand Prix. Tens of

19 Jun, 2024 @ 21:43

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Politics·Sport

Revealed Scientists solve mystery of big white blob on Mar Menor lagoon which appeared in 2022

Revealed: Scientists in Spain identify bizarre ‘white blob’ that appeared in Mar Menor lagoon in 2022

A GIANT white milky-coloured blob first spotted on the Mar Menor two years ago is said to have been caused by calcium carbonate according to

18 Jun, 2024 @ 12:45

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor

Giant solar trees planted to charge up vehicles, bikes, and electronic devices in eastern Spain

VALENCIA City Council has erected four solar trees to charge electronic devices at a cost of over €370,000. The project uses solar panels in tree-shaped

17 Jun, 2024 @ 13:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Valencia Low Emission Zone will not fine offenders in 2025

Valencia’s city centre Low Emission Zone will not fine motorists with polluting cars throughout 2025

DRIVERS with vehicles that don’t qualify to enter Valencia’s upcoming Low Emission Zone(ZBE) will not be fined for entering the area in 2025. Valencia mayor,

14 Jun, 2024 @ 17:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Six ‘black flags’ handed out to beaches and coastal areas suffering from pollution and ‘mismanagement’ in eastern Spain

THE Ecologists in Action group has dished out six flags to the Valencian Community in its annual ‘Black Flag’ awards to beaches suffering pollution caused

13 Jun, 2024 @ 17:15

Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Cockroach warning in Spain: This summer will be an ‘unprecedented’ challenge thanks to mutant specimens and climate change – here’s how to keep the pests out of YOUR home

CONTROLLING cockroaches in Spain this summer is going to prove an unprecedented challenge, an expert has warned. Jorge Galvan is the general director of the

13 Jun, 2024 @ 13:39

Environment·Health·Lead

This region in Spain wants to turn graveyards into solar farm

VALENCIA is using city graveyards to help it reach climate neutrality by 2030. Finding suitable sites for solar farms in urban areas isn’t easy, so

4 Jun, 2024 @ 14:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Violence erupts over Louis Vuitton fashion show in Spain: Protesters clash with police after iconic Barcelona park is forced to close

VIOLENCE broke out between protestors and police outside one of Barcelona’s most iconic tourist attractions on Thursday as locals rallied against the disruption caused by

24 May, 2024 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Environment·La Cultura·Lead

Electric cars shunned as motorists keep hold of ageing and polluting cars in Spain

Electric cars shunned as motorists in Spain keep hold of ageing and polluting vehicles

CAR numbers in Spain are rising with motorists keeping what they’ve got and shunning electric car purchases. That’s the conclusion of the Ancera car dealers

22 May, 2024 @ 12:45

Environment·Lead

Mi Moana offers glasses recycling at their beach cleans

Drop in your old glasses on the 25th of May at the Fuengirola T-Pier In partnership with their sponsor Specsavers Ópticas Fuengirola, Mi Moana will

21 May, 2024 @ 10:20

Environment·Other News

WATCH: Huge fireball ‘meteor’ is spotted in the skies above Spain and Portugal after entering the atmosphere at 160,000km/hr – so did YOU see it?

A HUGE fireball has been spotted flying above southern and central Spain and parts of Portugal. The Calar Alto Observatory in Gergal, Almeria, confirmed the

19 May, 2024 @ 12:55

Environment·Lead

Half of people in Spain say they would not pay to get their vehicle into a Low Emissions Zone

OVER half of people in Spain would not pay to take their vehicle into a city centre Low Emission Zone(LBE), according to a survey. Cities

18 May, 2024 @ 09:00

Environment·Lead·National News

Farmers plan fresh protests in Spain as they plot to block border with France with their tractors

FARMER strikes are set to return with a plot to block the border between France and Spain on the eve of next month’s European elections.

16 May, 2024 @ 10:24

Catalunya·Environment·Lead·Politics

Hundreds join protest against controversial solar farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca that ‘threatens wildlife and 10,000 trees’

OVER 300 San Miguel de Salinas residents protested in Alicante on Tuesday against plans to build a giant solar farm on prime agricultural land used

8 May, 2024 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

What was the Aznalcollar mine disaster? How the infamous 1998 meltdown near Sevilla remains the worst ever ecological disaster in Spain – as activists blast plans to RE-OPEN the site

In the early morning of April 25th, 1998, near the Sevillan town of Aznalcollar, a wastewater holding pond at the Los Frailes mine blew a

8 May, 2024 @ 12:06

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

British expat haven in southern Spain is accused of ‘ignoring drought measures’: Villa owners face €6,000 fines for filling up private swimming pools

A BRITISH expat haven in southern Spain has been accused of ignoring drought measures by using sprinklers and filling up swimming pools. The upmarket community

7 May, 2024 @ 13:02

Cadiz·Environment·Lead

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