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European Mps End Three Day Visit To Spain's Mar Menor Lagoon To Review Pollution Problems

European MPs end fact-finding visit to polluted Mar Menor lagoon in Spain ahead of drafting crucial report

A three-day fact-finding trip to the Mar Menor area by European MPs has ended with one of the delegation stating that the pollution problems have

26 Feb, 2022 @ 08:30

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

The cold winter weather returns to Malaga

Much needed rain forecast in Spain’s Malaga this Thursday and Friday

THE drought situation is critical in the province due to the lack of rainfall in recent months, so the arrival of any rain will come

23 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Malaga·Weather

Spain to convene Drought Committee ‘in next few days’

SPAIN is experiencing some of the worst droughts in the last 20 years, according to climate scientists. Water reserves in some regions in Spain are

22 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·National News·Other News

Spain’s Malaga records lowest rainfall values in 80 years

THE province of Malaga is set to face its worst drought since records began in 1942 by the national weather agency AEMET. The drought situation

21 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Spain’s ongoing drought is listed in the world’s top 10 ‘most expensive natural disasters’ of 2023

Drying up: Water disputes springing up as major drought stares Spain in the face

THE crumbling walls of a once-submerged village rising from the cracked mud of a dried up reservoir have become a powerful symbol of the water

20 Feb, 2022 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Must Read·National News

Multi-million deal for renewable energy investment in Spain

THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a deal with investment firm Ben Oldman, paving the way for a €114 million fund to finance new

19 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead·National News

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

Spain’s government launches web portal dedicated to Murcia’s polluted Mar Menor lagoon

A Spanish government website has launched a section dedicated to Murcia’s Mar Menor lagoon and the pollution issues surrounding it. Ecological Transition Minister, Teresa Ribera,

18 Feb, 2022 @ 18:17

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Largest ultra-fast electric car charging point in southern Europe opens by Costa Blanca airport in Spain

SPANISH power company Iberdrola has opened what it claims to be southern Europe’s largest electric car recharging area. The ‘ultra-fast’ facility is located on the

17 Feb, 2022 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Dead whale calf washes up in port of Spain’s Malaga

A DEAD male fin whale calf was spotted on Monday night floating upside down near the mouth of the harbour. The carcass has now been

17 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Water Thieves Use Generators And 12 Kilometre Pipe Out Of Well To Supply Farms Across Murcia Area Of Spain

Water thieves use 12 kilometre-long pipe and pumping gear to illegally supply farms across Murcia area of Spain

A gang who hooked up an illegal water supply from a Murcia region well to irrigate farms has been busted by the Guardia Civil. Three

15 Feb, 2022 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Murcia

IN PICS: Ghost village becomes tourist hot spot as it remerges from drought-hit reservoir in northwestern Spain

A VILLAGE that was flooded to make way for a reservoir 30 years ago in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region has reappeared thanks to receding waters

15 Feb, 2022 @ 11:45

Environment·Lead·National News·Olive Press Travel

Drought fears grow as dry spell continues in Spain’s Malaga

THE drought situation is ‘critical’ in the province due to the lack of rainfall these months. In fact, according to the latest data, just 14.5%

15 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Weather

European Commission Threatens Spain Over Water Extraction Plans For Andalucia's Doñana National Park

European Commission threatens Spain over environmentally-damaging water extraction plans for Andalucia’s Doñana National Park

THE European Commission has threatened to penalise Spain if plans go ahead to extract more water from one of Europe’s largest wetlands. The warning comes

14 Feb, 2022 @ 18:30

Environment·Huelva·Lead

Water bills could rise by 25% as reservoirs run dry and salination costs increase in Spain’s Alicante province

A COSTLY CRISIS in Alicante Province is expected as drinking water supplies dwindle. The lowest levels of rainfall in over five years have meant some

14 Feb, 2022 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

War on wild boars declared in Spain’s Murcia in special ‘hunting emergency’

WILD boar numbers have risen to such a level in the Murcia region that the government has declared a ‘temporary hunting emergency’. It means the

14 Feb, 2022 @ 13:56

Environment·Lead·Murcia·Nature

Fotocasa launches online portal that calculates how solar power could slash your electricity bills

FOTOCASA has launched an online portal that calculates how solar panels could slash your monthly and annual electricity bills. The website asks users type in

13 Feb, 2022 @ 12:45

Environment·Lead·Property

Demolition order for Valdecañas 18-hole golf resort, 4-star hotel and 185 chalets in Spain’s Extremadura

IT took 14 years for the sentence to come, but the Valdecañas resort complex has finally received a demolition order. Extremadura’s Tribunal Supremo announced this

11 Feb, 2022 @ 18:45

Environment·Lead

More charging points makes popular expat area the best for electric car users in Spain’s Valencia region

ORIHUELA is now the municipality with the most charging points for electric vehicles throughout the Valencian Community. Four new charging stations have been commissioned for

11 Feb, 2022 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

deer laid out after the hunt. Photo: Ecologistas en accion

‘Orgy of blood and death’: Outrage over mass slaughter of trapped animals during hunt in southern Spain

THEY each paid €1000 to participate in the shoot which took place on a huge private estate in Andalucia. The 70 hunters dispatched half a

9 Feb, 2022 @ 10:15

Environment·Lead·Nature

Drought Fears In Spain After Low Winter Rainfall Takes Reservoirs Down To 44% Capacity

Dry January raises drought fears in not-so rainy Spain as reservoir capacity goes down to 44%

THE second-driest January of the 21st century has sparked fresh fears of a drought in Spain. The government conceded this Tuesday that it was monitoring

8 Feb, 2022 @ 17:00

Environment·Lead

Jellyfish population surge on southern Spanish beaches as rising sea pollution kills predators

MALAGA’S beaches could soon be inundated with record numbers of jellyfish, marine experts have warned. Climate change, water conditions, the urbanisation of the Mediterranean coast

8 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News