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Spain's Pedro Sanchez blames climate change for flood disaster and 220 deaths during COP29 speech

Climate change is behind deadly DANA floods in Valencia, says Spain’s Pedro Sanchez

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez has resoundingly blamed climate change for the DANA weather fronts that caused at least 220 deaths from flooding in Spain- mainly

12 Nov, 2024 @ 17:30

Environment·Lead

Revealed: This is where the mountains of debris and rubbish from Valencia’s deadly floods are being dumped

AS the clean-up operation continues in flood-ravaged Valencia, many are wonder where the mountains of debris are being moved to. The answer is a newly

11 Nov, 2024 @ 13:06

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Earthquake alert for Portugal and Spain: Experts warn catastrophic 1755 disaster is at risk of repeating itself as buildings are not prepared

THE alarm has been raised for authorities on the Iberian Peninsula to better prepare themselves for a potentially devastating earthquake. According to experts, there is

8 Nov, 2024 @ 07:00

Environment·Lead·Weather

Popular Costa del Sol resort town in Spain could suffer ‘deadly catastrophic flooding as seen in Valencia’ after continually building houses in flood zones, report warns

FUENGIROLA could be hit with a devastating Valencia-like disaster due to continued overdevelopment in flood zones, it has been warned. The Costa del Sol town

6 Nov, 2024 @ 14:10

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Multiple reservoirs in Spain’s Alicante reach lowest levels in a decade following record-breaking summer

After the deluge in Spain: Malaga reservoir levels recover 62% of the summer’s losses in just seven days – with more rain forecast

THE recent deadly deluges to hit Malaga have brought some respite to the region’s water crisis. The province’s reservoir levels have recovered 62% of the

5 Nov, 2024 @ 12:23

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Two earthquakes are detected off the coast of southern Spain – with one measuring almost 5 on the Richter scale

TWO earthquakes have been recorded near the coast of Huelva in southern Spain. According to the National Geographic Institute, the tremors were detected off Cape

24 Oct, 2024 @ 12:46

Andalucia·Environment·Huelva·Lead

World Sloth Day: Two of the adorable – but endangered – creatures land on Spain’s Costa del Sol to raise awareness of their plight

THE cornucopia of animal life to be found in the Costa del Sol just got a large upgrade with the addition of two two-toed sloths.

19 Oct, 2024 @ 15:00

Costa del Sol·Environment·Lead

Pollution causes 60,000 hospitalisations per year in Spain, experts warn

AIR pollution causes 60,000 admissions to Spanish hospitals every year especially with people who have serious pathologies and clinical conditions, according to a top scientist.

18 Oct, 2024 @ 16:00

Environment·Health·Lead

Major fashion companies in Spain to trial recycling clothes plan

BIG fashion companies in Spain will start collecting discarded clothes from April next year as part of a voluntary scheme to manage textile waste before

11 Oct, 2024 @ 11:26

Environment·Lead·National News

Dramatic new study reveals that nearly half of Spain's vertebrate animal population is in decline with amphibians and inland fish most at risk

Damning report warns of plummeting animal populations in Spain

AROUND 40% of the vertebrate animal population in the Iberian Peninsula is in decline according to study done by researchers from Alicante and Barcelona universities.

9 Oct, 2024 @ 07:00

Animals·Environment

First Sightings Of Poisonous Processionary Caterpillars That Can Kill Dogs In Spain

Deadly caterpillar warning in Spain: Creatures capable of killing dogs are ‘expanding massively’

EXPERTS are sounding the alarm about a deadly caterpillar that is expanding across Spain. The processionary caterpillars typically hibernate over winter (pictured above) in forest

3 Oct, 2024 @ 11:45

Animals·Environment·Lead

Watch: Hammerhead shark ‘is spotted swimming off Sotogrande’ near Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the moment a hammerhead shark was reportedly spotted swimming off the coast of southern Spain this week. In a video shared on social

2 Oct, 2024 @ 17:07

Andalucia·Animals·Cadiz·Costa del Sol·Environment·Lead

Protests erupt over plans for luxury hotel in protected natural park and ‘last untouched stretch’ of coastline in Spain’s Andalucia

THOUSANDS of locals and expats have mobilised against plans to build a luxury hotel in the heart of a protected natural park in Andalucia. Developers

1 Oct, 2024 @ 18:09

Almeria·Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Outrage after 450kg of hazardous waste containing deadly asbestos is dumped next to British expat homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE in Altea are trying to find out who dumped 450 kilos of hazardous waste at the entrance to the Las Mimosas urbanisation. Altea council

1 Oct, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Watch: Huge fire takes hold in Spain’s Valencia as inferno cuts off major road and locals are evacuated

THIS is the moment a huge fire took hold near the city of Valencia in eastern Spain on Thursday. Video footage shared online showed the

26 Sep, 2024 @ 18:34

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain is slipping into a desert climate, new drought study warns

PARTS of Spain will have a desert-like climate by 2050, a new study has warned. Research from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) into global

22 Sep, 2024 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Catalunya·Environment·Lead

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

Madrid’s low emission zone is ANNULLED after court rules it is unfair to force low-income residents to buy greener vehicles

A MADRID low emission zone designed to improve air quality in the centre of Spain’s capital has been annulled after a leading court stated that

21 Sep, 2024 @ 12:59

Environment·Lead·Madrid

Portugal fires latest: Seven people are killed and 50 injured as smoke enters Spain and locals are warned of ‘darkening skies’

AN incredible photo taken from space shows the 100-plus forest fires that are currently ravaging Portugal. The inferno has continued to advance since being declared

20 Sep, 2024 @ 14:03

Environment·Lead·National News

Portugal burns: 100 ‘out of control’ forest fires are visible from space after destroying thousands of hectares – as state of emergency is declared

AT least seven people have died as scores of wildfires continue to rage in Portugal, forcing authorities to officially declare a ‘state of calamity’. Over

19 Sep, 2024 @ 11:48

Environment·Lead

Watch: Forest fire takes hold in Malaga’s Alhaurin el Grande as helicopter tackles blaze and thick black smoke billows into the sky

A FOREST fire has been declared in the Malaga town of Alhaurin el Grande. According to Andalucia’s firefighting service INFOCA, a ‘heavy duty’ helicopter has

13 Sep, 2024 @ 14:50

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Snakes have ‘fully invaded’ Spain’s Ibiza: Environmentalists fear for local lizard species

The horseshoe snake arrived to the island around two decades ago

13 Sep, 2024 @ 13:42

Balearic Islands·Environment·Ibiza·Lead

Electrical power lines spark huge forest fires in Spain’s Catalunya region

FIREFIGHTERS are battling to tame two wildfires which broke out in Catalunya on Thursday afternoon. The pair of blazes ignited simultaneously after an issue with

13 Sep, 2024 @ 13:20

Catalunya·Environment·Lead

Remembering one of the Costa del Sol’s most devastating forest fires: How this week three years ago saw 3,000 people evacuated and a heroic firefighter killed by raging inferno in the Sierra Bermeja

THIS week marks three years since the start of the devastating Sierra Bermeja forest fire – the worst blaze registered in Spain in 2021 –

11 Sep, 2024 @ 16:06

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Malaga·Video

Activists in Spain slam Gibraltar’s environmental record after King Charles III ‘commends’ the territory on its nature conservation in National Day message

KING Charles III’s National Day message to Gibraltar congratulating the territory on its conservation work was met with a scathing response from Spanish ecologists. The

10 Sep, 2024 @ 18:00

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead