Protesters demand urgent measures to save Mar Menor
More than 50,000 people turned out in Cartagena Wednesday evening to protest the pollution of the 193-square-kilometer Mar Menor saltwater lagoon in…
Environment & Sustainability
Left parties vie for ‘green vote’ in upcoming elections
► PSOE pledges ‘New Green Deal’, Podemos wants state-run renewables utility ►Más País calls for environmental sustainability inclusion in Spain’s Constitution It…
Iberdrola paid bent cop to spy on judge, opponents
► Energy giant paid ex-policeman Villarejo to infiltrate opponents, spy on judge ► Ex-cop in jail without bail for criminal organization, bribery,…
Ecologistas say protected Iberian lynx killed by hunters
► Four animals re-introduced into wild killed by hunters in Montes de Toledo ► Environmental NGO calls on Castilla-La Mancha region to…
Spain pledges 150mn euros to combat climate change
► Spain commits to helping Green Climate Change projects in developing world ► Contributions by Spain, EU countries to offset U.S. refusal…
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,…
Spain’s solar-thermal energy generation hits record high
► Solar-thermal electricity production up 4.1% over previous record set in 2015 ► Sun’s energy converted to stored heat, electricity by large-scale…
Iberian lynx cubs born in Caceres, first time in 40 years
► Two lynx cubs born to mother released into wilds of Extremadura in 2015 ► Nationwide, native lynx reintroduction program has seen…
Colau unveils plan to cut Barcelona vehicle emissions
► Barcelona mayor says new measures to cut CO2 by 20 tonnes annually ► Announcement same day as EU request that Spain…
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…
NGO report says 32% of Spaniards breathe polluted air
? Nearly 1/3 of people breath foul air, below EU & Spanish air-quality standards ? By WHO air-quality standards, nearly 98% of…
PP’s ‘Madrid Central’ U-turn defies EU air-quality norms
► New mayor’s first measure to cancel fines for non-permitted vehicle traffic ► Critics say nixing ‘Madrid Central’ measures risks air-quality conflict…
Ecologistas ‘award’ black flags to 48 Spanish beaches
► Environmentalists say ‘tourism monoculture’ is unsustainable for Spain ► Overbuilding, massive reliance on cruise ships, low-cost airlines cited Spanish environmental NGO…
WWF protests plastics at Lanzarote underwater museum
► WWF divers call on Spain’s gov’t to take action against single-use plastics ► Protest over negative impact of plastics on world’s…
Spain’s most conscientious recyclers are older women
? 83 percent of all women and nine of 10 women age 55-64 recycle in Spain ? 94% of Spaniards say recycling…
NGOs demand action from Congress on climate change
► Environmental groups join call for comprehensive climate-change legislation ► Groups urge symbolic declaration of international climate-change emergency More than two-dozen leading…
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…
Researchers deploy robots, drones in renewables project
Spanish teams at universities and research labs in Andalucía and the Basque Country are joining with other researchers in France, Ireland, Portugal,…
New decrees target energy poverty, promote renewables
The government of President Pedro Sánchez announced on Friday its approval of two new Decretos Leyes (‘Decreed Laws’) containing measures aimed at…
Activists clean plastic waste from Rio Segura in Alicante
Environmentalists have raised the alarm about the huge amount of plastics finding their way into the Mediterranean Sea in Alicante, disgorged at…
Spanish students join protest against climate change
Groups of Spanish students rallying under the banner of Juventud por el clima (‘Youth for Climate’) will be joining students from around…
Spain gets poor marks on water resources management
Spain’s water resources policies for the protection of rivers, lakes, wetlands and underground aquifers are failing and nearly half the country’s river…
Solar capacity jumps 94% after removal of ‘solar tax’
Spain’s production of solar energy jumped 94 percent last year with the installation of 261.77 megawatts of new photovoltaic power, according to…
Supreme Court orders demolition of Benidorm towers
Landmark twin residential towers that encroach upon the public right of way at Punta Llisera on the Bay of Benidorm in Alicante…
Tech startup promotes UN sustainability compliance
A Spanish tech startup that launched last year in the United States and Mexico is now coming home to Spain with the…
Unidos Podemos seeks hunting curb to protect wildlife
The Unidos Podemos parliamentary group in Congress has called on the Socialist party government of President Pedro Sánchez to introduce greater restrictions…
IKEA set to go solar, provide electric vehicle recharge
Swedish retail chain IKEA has announced that its stores across Spain will soon begin offering free electric vehicle recharge to customers as…
Gov’t, unions, owners agree to end coal mining this year
Spain’s government, miners’ unions and coal operators have inked a deal that will end coal mining in Spain before the new year…
New law will scrap ‘sun tax’, cut cost of electricity bills
Spain’s new minister for energy and the environment, Teresa Ribera, announced Friday that the government will introduce legislation into Congress that will…
Spain set to expand electric vehicle recharge stations
Spain expects to embark on an ambitious expansion of recharge stations for electric and hybrid vehicles in the coming weeks, following imminent…