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)…
Environment & Sustainability
NGO files EU complaint over air pollution in Spain
• Ecologistas en Acción says Spain negligent over widespread high ozone levels • 1,800 premature deaths linked to dangerous ozone levels in…
NGOFILE :: Ecologistas en Acción ~ Ecologists in Action
• Ecologistas en Acción ~ Ecologists in Action • Ecologistas en Acción (Ecologists in Action) is a non-governmental umbrella organisation of more…
NGOFILE :: SEO/BirdLife
• SEO/BirdLife ~ La Sociedad Española de Ornitología • SEO/Birdlife, known by its full name in Spanish as La Sociedad Española de…
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…
Tenerife conclave urged to create Arctic preserve
• Greenpeace activists delivered 8 million signatures calling for Arctic protection • North-Atlantic marine protection meeting in Tenerife to decide sanctuary issue…
Spain’s 2015 air quality fell for first time since 2008
• Nearly 99% of Spain breathes air polluted beyond WHO recommended levels • Suspended particles, NO2 and SO2 said to be alarmingly…
#VIDEO: Protesters greet world’s largest cruise ship
• Barcelona protest cites negative impacts on environment, neighbourhoods • Taller than Eiffel Tower, 2,500 staterooms, 7,000 passengers and 2,000 crew About…
Spain readies Paris climate accord ratification
• Next Congress could opt for urgent six-month ratification of Paris Agreement • Spain awaiting word on carbon pricing as it prepares…
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…
Environmentalists warn of another toxic tire dump
• 5 million tires that were supposed to be recycled fueled suspected arson fire • Ecologistas’ warnings of danger of disaster unheeded…
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…
Sunlight, water & CO2 seen as new source of jet fuel
• Researchers at IMDEA near Madrid launch work on ‘Sun to Liquid’ fuel project • Project to produce jet fuel from concentrated…
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…
Fair Trade Challenge wants Spain to take a break!
• World FairTrade Challenge 2016 set for May 13-15th worldwide • Supporters to host fair-trade coffee break with friends, family or co-workers…
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…
Startups take on climate change in Valencia
• Fifteen startups selected in annual Climate-KIC Accelerator program • Ideas deemed economically viable, innovative in approach to climate change Fifteen business…
NGOs demand action on marine migration corredor
• Ecologistas, Greenpeace, SEO/BirdLife, FOE & WWF press gov’t for action • Seek to end Mediterranean oil-gas drilling to protect migratory marine…
Colau warns Endesa, Gas Natural on energy cutoffs
• Barcelona mayor says utilities have yet to sign up to energy cutoff protocols • Companies face 100,000-euro fines per violation under…
Environmentalists introduce resolution in Congress to protect Iberian wolves from hunters, ranchers
• Nearly 800 native Iberian wolves are killed by hunters each year in Spain • Environmentalists are keeping up the pressure for…
Spanish Congressional committee calls for gov’t suspension of ‘fracking’ permits, pending review
• Measure would require full vote of Congress, Senate to take effect • A Spanish Congressional committe has made a first move…
UNESCO’s designation of Rio Tajo-Tejo reserve makes Spain leader in global biosphere ranking
• Addition to UNESCO list gives Spain a total of 48 biosphere reserves • UNESCO has bestowed biosphere-reserve designation on the area…
Palma de Mallorca’s ‘Cathedral of Light’ achieves zero carbon footprint via 100% use of renewables
• Europe’s second-highest Gothic cathedral certified ‘green’ by Axpo Iberia • The lights were out Saturday night at the Cathedral in Palma…
WWF says Spanish cities, towns, corporations and organizations ready for Earth Hour 2016 on Saturday
• Hour-long ‘lights out’ for climate change Saturday from 8:30-9:30 pm • More than 300 Spanish cities and towns are joining 120…
U.S. puts Palomares nuclear accident cleanup on hold until after Spain’s next government takes office
• Nuclear debris from 1966 accident of U.S. B52 bomber still awaits removal • The United States has postponed its pledged removal…
Poaching of endangered Imperial Iberian eagle nests linked to gov’t budget cuts for wildlife conservation
• A pair of young eagles can fetch 10,000 euros on the black market • Wildlife conservation organisation SEO/BirdLife has denounced the…
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…
Andalusia far ahead in solar capacity, already reaches EU’s 2020 target of 20% renewable energy
• Southernmost region boasts 43 percent of total solar production in Spain • Andalusia has become the first region in Spain to…
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,…