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Retired Swedish inventor sets his sights on improving garbage handling and cutting CO₂ in Barcelona

AS THOUSANDS of Europeans do every year, Jan Arlemark has recently moved to Spain in his retirement. But the former inventor will not be sitting

11 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Lead

Biggest Storm Water Tank In Spain's Murcia Region Aims To Cut Pollution Flowing Into Mar Menor Lagoon

Biggest storm water tank in Spain’s Murcia region aims to cut Mar Menor lagoon pollution

THE largest storm water tank in the Murcia region has been opened in Torre Pacheco. It is expected to reduce excess flow from the area’s

10 Mar, 2023 @ 18:00

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Artificial Sand Dunes Planned To Protect Beaches As Part Of 'green Benidorm' Project In Spain

Artificial sand dunes to protect beaches as part of ‘Green Benidorm’ project in Spain

PLANS for new initiatives under the umbrella title of ‘Green Benidorm’ have been unveiled, including the construction of artificial sand dunes to protect the city’s

10 Mar, 2023 @ 13:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain’s Andalucia commitment to supply drought-hit Axarquia with 31 hectometres of water this year

DESPITE the wet spell in December, the water levels of the Axarquía’s La Viñuela reservoir remain critical. The reservoir reached an all-time low of 9.1%

10 Mar, 2023 @ 09:15

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Malaga

Over €8 Million To Be Spent This Spring And Summer Removing Biomass Pollution From Mar Menor Lagoon In Spain

Over €8 million to be spent in six months removing biomass from shores of Mar Menor lagoon in Spain

THE Murcia government will spend nearly €8.5 million between April and September to remove biomass and ova from the Mar Menor lagoon. Visiting Playa Honda

9 Mar, 2023 @ 13:30

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Environmentalists: All of Andalucia at risk from British nuclear submarine docked in Gibraltar

The arrival of a British nuclear submarine in Gibraltar has put all of Andalucia at risk of nuclear catastrophe, according to a Spanish environmental group.

7 Mar, 2023 @ 20:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

First stone is laid for Parque de La Loma—the new ‘green lung’ in Spain’s Fuengirola

THE ambitious Parque de la Loma project to create a new ‘green lung’ in Fuengirola is underway. The cornerstone of Fuengirola’s new ‘green lung’ was

6 Mar, 2023 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Lock up your dogs and kids: The the pine processionary caterpillar has been spotted around Spain sooner than expected

The scourge of kids and pets has returned with force to Spanish population centres earlier than expected this year, alarming health experts. Systematic steps should

4 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Environment·Health·Lead

Ecologists and Local Councils reject plans for offshore wind farms

Offshore wind farms rejected by Marbella council and ecologists

Plans for offshore wind farms on the Costa del Sol have been rejected by local councils and environmental groups who stress the environmental cost and

3 Mar, 2023 @ 10:33

Environment·Lead

Spanish farmer’s grape collection could be client resistant, could tackle global warming

A farmer’s vast array of grape varieties he has been collecting since the 1980s could play a pivotal role in tackling the country’s current climate

2 Mar, 2023 @ 18:45

Environment·Lead·National News

Court Suspends Resurrected 22 Year Old Plan For New Urbanisation On Spain's Costa Blanca

Court suspends 22-year-old plan for new urbanisation on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante court has agreed to a temporary injunction to stop the resurrection of old plans to build an urbanisation in Lliber. The left-wing Compromis

1 Mar, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Property·Valencian Community

Adult Iberian lynx run over and killed in Spain’s Doñana

AN endangered Iberian lynx has been killed in a car accident near Doñana National Park in southern Spain. The tragic incident took place this Monday,

1 Mar, 2023 @ 10:15

Environment·Lead·Sevilla

Oil giant BP announces major green hydrogen boost for Spain’s Valencia area

UK oil giant BP has announced a €2 billion investment to develop a green hydrogen hub at its Castellon refinery in the Valencian Community. Green

28 Feb, 2023 @ 19:30

Castellon·Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s government approves offshore wind farm plan for small designated sections

SPAIN’S government has given the green light to launch offshore wind farms after approving the first-ever Maritime Space Management Plan(POEM). The POEM is about mapping

28 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Environment·Lead

Spain most at risk of climate change effects according to alarming new report

Spain is one of the EU countries most at risk from the climate crisis, according to an alarming report from a Spanish think-tank. Madrid-based Instituto

27 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

Environment·Lead·National News

Third oldest zoo in Spain celebrates 70th anniversary

THE Zoobotanico de Jerez celebrates its 70th anniversary—growing from a small animal exhibition in 1953 to a zoo of national reference. What began in 1953

25 Feb, 2023 @ 10:30

Cadiz·Environment·Lead·Other News

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Loggerhead turtle stranded on beach in Spain’s Malaga is rescued

A LOGGERHEAD turtle has been rescued from a Malaga beach last week by the city’s Local Police nature protection group (Grupona). It is believed that

24 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Four endangered Iberian lynxes released into the wild in Spain’s Granada

FOUR Iberian lynxes have been released into the wild in the Sierra Arana region of the Andalucian province of Granada as part of a breeding

23 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Environment·Granada·Lead

Madrid regional government puts tree-felling on hold after protest against new Metro stop

AFTER THOUSANDS of people came out to protest on Saturday, the Madrid regional government has put a Metro expansion plan on hold that would have

21 Feb, 2023 @ 17:45

Environment·Lead·Madrid

One of Spain’s 30 most spectacular natural landscapes is in Malaga

MAGICAL forests, impressive waterfalls and spectacular mountains, Spain has it all—with Malaga home to some of the country’s most breathtaking natural wonders, specifically the Torcal

20 Feb, 2023 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Protestors come out in force in Spanish capital in bid to save trees and play park from Metro expansion plan

MORE THAN a thousand people came out to protest in the Spanish capital on Saturday, against a Metro expansion plan that will see the destruction

19 Feb, 2023 @ 12:45

Environment·Lead·Madrid

Endangered Iberian lynx returning to Spain's Murcia region

Endangered Iberian lynx to return to Spain’s Murcia region

TWO pairs of endangered Iberian lynxes will start prowling around remote high areas above Lorca on March 3 to start the project of reintroducing the

17 Feb, 2023 @ 11:32

Environment·Lead·Murcia·Nature

New move to stop dangerous farmland pollution that's been devastating Spain's Mar Menor lagoon

Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon lost €54 million of European funding to fight pollution

SPAIN’S government says that €54 million of European money allocated in 2019 to fight pollution in the Mar Menor lagoon was switched elsewhere. The admission

16 Feb, 2023 @ 12:08

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Politics·Sevilla

Project to ‘repopulate’ Spain with 47 million Iberian bees gets underway in Malaga

REPOPULATING the Iberian Peninsula with 47 million Apis mellifera iberiensis, better known as the Iberian bee, is the aim of a project that has been

16 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

The sun finally won: How a innovative bid for sustainability got round the draconian rules in the historic quarter of Ronda… and made a great saving

WHEN the owner of Ronda Romantica, an Aparthotel in the historic town of Ronda, decided to become more sustainable and save money with solar panels

13 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead·Other News

Mercadona supermarkets in Spain spending €60 million on solar panels for stores

THE Mercadona supermarket chain is to spend €60 million on installing solar roof panels at its stores in Spain this year. Renewable energy currently powers

13 Feb, 2023 @ 13:19

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead·National News

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