Hotel sector urged to offset tourism’s carbon emissions
? 25,000 tons of CO2 produced for every million tourists in Spain ? Spain’s hotel sector has been urged to do more…
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Greenpeace spoofs Rajoy’s climate-change promises
► Activists unfurl banner critical of policies on renewables and climate change ► Activists from Greenpeace España unveiled a giant film poster…
Spain ready for new climate law, more emissions curbs
• Climate change official sees new law in 2018, backs greater EU restrictions • More renewable energy possible, pending regional, bilateral electricity…
#VIDEO: Barcelona awakens to giant Greenpeace sun
• Activists roller 2,000 litres of biodegradable paint in busy traffic roundabout • Protest aimed at Spain’s reliance on fossil-fuels over renewable…
Greenpeace calls on Rajoy to end ‘dirty’ energy subsidy
• Greenpeace España wants Rajoy gov’t to end ‘sun tax’, promote renewables • Spain begins gathering input for Law on Climate Change…
Solar investors line up against Spain at World Bank
• Total of 27 lawsuits over Spain renewables cuts at World Bank dispute agency • ICSID has ordered Spain to pay 128…
#VIDEO: Doñana river dredging placed on hold
• Spanish gov’t assures UNESCO that dredging of Guadalquivir will not proceed • WWF España calls for definitive proof, says Doñana wetlands…
Greenpeace blockades Fenosa gas plant in Andalucía
• Activists’ early-morning direct action blockades gas production, storage plant • Protesters say plant threatens Doñana wetlands, UNESCO World Heritage Site Some…
Protesters march to save Doñana wetlands preserve
• ‘Save Doñana’ coalition rejects Gas Natural Fenosa underground storage plans • Groups want new environmental impact studies of Fenosa’s projects in…
Greenpeace petitions Fenosa to stop Doñana project
• Environmental NGO calls for immediate halt to Gas Natural Fenosa drilling • Petition launched to save UNESCO World-Heritage site from gas…
Activists: environment minister ‘bad news’ for Spain
• Groups say García Tejerina signals continued negative environmental policies • Activists call for immediate ratification of Paris Accord on greenhouse gases…
Spain’s wind-power sector shows signs of rebound
• Buoyed by exports, Spain’s wind-power producers appear poised for recovery • Deloitte report sees resilience, despite losses from PP-imposed renewables tax…
EU Court ruling to benefit Spain healthcare workers
• Court says Spain tries to use ‘temporary’ contracts to deny workers benefits • Ruling seen as boon to ‘temp’ healthcare workers…
NGOFILE :: Amigos de la Tierra España ~ Friends of the Earth
• Amigos de la Tierra España ~ Friends of the Earth • Amigos de la Tierra España (Friends of the Earth Spain)…
NGOFILE :: Amigos de la Tierra España ~ Friends of the Earth
• Amigos de la Tierra España ~ Friends of the Earth • Amigos de la Tierra España (Friends of the Earth Spain)…
NGOFILE :: Greenpeace España
• Greenpeace España ~ Greenpeace Spain • Greenpeace España is the Spanish section of international non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace, which since its…
NGOFILE :: Greenpeace España
• Greenpeace España ~ Greenpeace Spain • Greenpeace España is the Spanish section of international non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace, which since its…
Anti-nuclear groups seek all plant closures by 2024
• Spanish environmentalists call for “progressive, orderly & urgent” closures • Gov’t subsidies of nuclear amount to 21.58 billion euros over past…
Anti-green minister resigns over offshore accounts
• José Manuel Soria forced to resign in wake of Panama Papers scandal • Career ended for opponent of renewables, proponent of…
Supreme Court agrees to hear ‘discriminatory’ challenge to 2015 electricity ‘auto-consumo’ law
• Environmentalists, solar producers & consumer organisations filed lawsuit • Spain’s Supreme Court has agreed to consider a lawsuit filed by Greenpeace,…
Five NGOs press Sánchez to push sustainability, social justice to forefront of coalition negotiations
• Major ‘green’ NGOs press for commitment from parties on environment • As Pedro Sánchez of the Socialist party (PSOE) continues with…
Wind-energy group: 2015 worst year for wind since 1980s, not one single MW of new installed capacity
• Wind power met 19.4% of energy demand in 2015, with production falling • Spain’s Asociacion Empresarial Eolica (Wind Energy Association, or…
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal filed against controversial ‘sun tax’ on self-generated solar power
• Renewable producers say ‘sun tax’ penalizes solar to benefit of fossil fuels • The Supreme Court of Spain has agreed to…
Cheap coal, wind-power reduction fueled setback in de-carbonisation of Spain’s energy market in 2015
• 24% jump year-on-year pushed coal-fired power ahead of renewables • The use of coal in fueling Spain’s electric energy production spiked…
Greenpeace gives PP gov’t poor marks for 2015, citing legal setbacks on environment & free speech
• Environmental NGO’s annual report card knocks new obstacles to renewables • Halt to drilling off Canaries, Valencia and Malaga among high…
Podemos leader says technology, social media increasingly important to democracy in Spain
• Iglesias says younger voters’ use of social media key to Podemos campaign • Investment in renewables could create more than 300,000…
Gov’t, unions worry about impact of Abengoa bankrupcty on Spanish economy, labour market
• Creditors say solar, wind powerhouse’s debt level exceeds 9 bn euros • Spanish renewables giant employs 7,000 in Spain and 28,000…