Marbella mayor joins environmentalists to oppose oil and gas exploration off the Costa del Sol
Marbella Mayor, Angeles Muñoz, has said the plans to search for oil and gas off the Costa del Sol are ‘diametrically opposed to tourism’
High speed train testing track goes off the rails
Mass opposition to ‘destructive’ scheme to bring world’s biggest train testing track to Antequera
Murcia shepherd derails golf course
After years of legal battles a shepherd wins a right to keep his land from developers
Bag tax fury
Fury as Fuengirola refuses to back plastic bag levy
Motorway gets the bird
Toll road to Ronda threatens over 100 rare species
Andalucia plans to expand protected areas
Proposals receive support from town halls, ecologists, businesses and central and local government
‘Enough of this shit’
The Green Party has called an urgent demo
Out of the sewers
All Andalucian sewerage to be treated by 2015
Sun, at a price
Cheaper power for consumers upsets supplies
Virgin beach gets ‘urbanised’
Plans to develop the stretch of virgin coastline around El Palmar have come a step closer
Red tuna comeback
Recently on the verge of extinction, now red tuna could actually be making a comeback
Slippery slope
Protesters demand an end to new artificial snow scheme in the Sierra Nevada
Fish deaths lead to probe
An investigation has been launched into the deaths of hundreds of fish in the Guadalhorce River
Flight path battle for flamingos
Protest groups unite to oppose ‘unnecessary, speculative’ airport that would endanger wildlife on Antequera’s protected vega
Europe’s new battle of Trafalgar
EU steps in to investigate ‘unsustainable macroproject’ that threatens precious virgin beach
SOS – Save our Sierras
Nature park plan to protect coastal hills from development
Andalucia binning the plastic bag
Shops will charge five cents per carrier bag from January, rising to ten cents by the end of the year
Out of the sewers
Campaign launched to stop nine towns from continuing to pour sewage into Guadalhorce river
Green victory in Spain
Company that tried to build a hotel on natural park land now faces 2.4 million euro fine
Top 10 green escapes in Spain
To help launch our new site www.greenguidespain.com, President of Greenpeace Spain, Juan Lopez de Uralde tells the Olive Press about his favourite natural escapes
Last battle for the red tuna?
Launching our Green Guide this week, we start with an in-depth look at the red tuna industry by Andrew Pearce
Traffic pollution motors in Spain
Brussels' emissions targets set nine years ago set to be broken
Save our beach
El Palmar beach under threat by plans to build a massive hotel complex
Wind fame for Tarifa
Tarifa set to be stand-out town in Andalucia for wind energy production
Dune and dusted by Costa del Sol
Andalucia officials criticised for their rampant development of coast
Gale-force fight
Opposition to windmills near Antequera beauty spot gathers pace after town hall joins fight