#VIDEO Greenpeace protests Black Friday consumerism
Activists from Greenpeace España unfurled a banner on Friday in downtown Madrid to protest the consumerism of ‘Black Friday’ sales promotions in…
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Greenpeace climbers protest climate change, rising seas
While Spain was on momentary pause the day before national elections at the weekend, climbers from Greenpeace España scaled Barcelona’s iconic Columbus…
Greenpeace targets Sánchez gov’t over Saudi arms sales
Activists from Greenpeace España unfurled a giant banner from Madrid’s Arco del Triunfo Monday on the occasion of international Human Rights Day,…
Greenpeace protests Spanish arms sales to Saudi Arabia
► Activists say Saudi coalition uses weapons to target civilians in Yemen war ► Police in the Spanish port city of Bilbao…
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…
Greenpeace calls for coastal ‘protection at all costs’
• NGO says 53 Spanish coastline areas under threat from renewed construction • Coastal construction across Spain up 57% since 1993, 150%…
#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 says plastic major Mediterranean pollutant
• Mediterranean Sea plastics pollution comparable to contamination in Pacific • 72 percent of garbage collected on Spain’s Mediterranean beaches is plastic…
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…
Greenpeace calls for action to save bee population
• Greenpeace wants a gov’t timetable for banning pesticides that are killing bees • NGO says pesticides to blame for decimation of…
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…
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…
NGOFILE :: Greenpeace España
• Greenpeace España ~ Greenpeace Spain • Greenpeace España is the Spanish section of international non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace, which since its…
Greenpeace links environment, social justice issues
• Greenpeace España selects 35-year-old psychologist, activist as new director • Daniel Fernández stresses need to link environment with social justice issues…
NGOFILE :: Greenpeace España
• Greenpeace España ~ Greenpeace Spain • Greenpeace España is the Spanish section of international non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace, which since its…
Greenpeace scales Madrid towers to protest TTIP
• Greenpeace activists unfurl banner calling for halt to EU-US TTIP trade deal • Action follows on Greenpeace Netherlands’ leak of TTIP…
Greenpeace Algarrobico activists acquitted by judge
• Case against 28 activists for protest over illegal Almería beach hotel dismissed • Supreme Court ruling against hotel cited as vindication…
Greenpeace demands immediate demolition of Almeria beachfront hotel following High Court ruling
• Supreme Court rules hotel complex built in violation of zoning regulations • Greenpeace activists on Tuesday demanded the immediate demolition of…
Greenpeace activists arrested after ‘Stop Garoña’ banners unfurled on Nuclear Safety Council building
• Protest to stop reopening of 45-year-old nuclear plant closed in 2013 • Greenpeace activists were arrested in Madrid Wednesday after rapelling…
Greenpeace calls on political parties, Congress to halt approval of La Garoña nuclear plant re-opening
• Facility closed since 2013, regulator considering approval of re-opening • Greenpeace Spain has called on the Mesa Directiva of Spain’s new…
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…
Greenpeace, Oxfam & Amnesty fault Spain’s political parties for foot-dragging on social rights
• NGOs want universal access to basic rights enshrined in Constitution • Political parties get poor marks in commitment to healthcare, housing…
Greenpeace campaign calls on political candidates to remember environment in election campaign
• Greenpeace urges political candidates to honor environmental pledges • Clever campaign uses ‘Little Prince’ quote to focus attention on environment Greenpeace…
Activists oppose hotel planned for Almeria natural park
The Partido Popular-led right-wing regional government of Andalucía is on the verge of approving construction of a four-star hotel with 33 rooms,…
Judges overrule PP’s veto of Madrid Central traffic fines
Two local judges have cancelled the year-long moratorium on the payment of fines by motorists for driving vehicles in downtown Madrid in…
Activists protest arms bound for Saudi war in Yemen
Peace activists in Spain have protested what they say was the onloading of explosives onto a Saudi ship in the port of…
How does your supermarket rate on reducing plastics?
Amid growing consumer pressure and a government push for reduction of single-use plastics so as to meet ambitious EU recycling targets for…
Protest over Saudi ship onloading munitions in Sagunto
Despite protests from Spanish peace and anti-war activists, a Saudi Arabian cargo ship was allowed to dock and onload munitions in the…
Hundreds of groups back 27th September climate strike
► More than 300 NGOS, unions backing Global Climate Strike action in Spain ► Marches and rallies planned for 32 Spanish cities,…
Judge blocks changes to Madrid anti-pollution plan
► Court will hear environmentalist lawsuit, halts proposed changes to plan ► Motorists again face fines for circulating downtown without required permits…
Madrileños protest changes to city’s air-pollution plan
► Thousands march through capital to protest changes to ‘Madrid Central’ plan ► Critics say Mayor aims to dismantle program to combat…