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Toxic spill bill: Junta to sue Boliden for €90m over 1988 contamination of Doñana

THE junta is suing mining company Boliden for €90 over the 1988 toxic spill that contaminated the wetlands in Andalucia’s Doñana National Park. The disaster occurred when a wastewater reserve pool burst

6 Jul, 2023 @ 19:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

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Spanish government improves upon its climate pledges and aims for CO2 reductions of 32%

THE Spanish government has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 32% of its levels in 1990, after receiving a backlash against the previous target of 23%. The decision came after pressure

6 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

Environment·Lead

Lost ‘Galician penguin’ rescued by beachgoers in Spain’ Torremolinos

A PENGUIN has made an epic detour and ended up on a beach in the tourist hotspot town of Torremolinos. Penguins are an unusual sight in southern Spain and so the appearance

6 Jul, 2023 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Reservoirs continue drying up despite heavy weekend storms bringing torrential rain across Spain

Reservoirs in Spain’s Andalucia suffer biggest weekly drop in water reserves of the year

THE sizzling start to the summer has seen water reserves in Andalucia drop to alarming levels. In fact, in the last week, the reservoirs in Andalucia have suffered the biggest weekly drop

6 Jul, 2023 @ 09:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Other News

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Spain’s Torremolinos to cut off water supply to 50% of beach showers

DROUGHT crisis measures are being introduced on western strip of the Costa del Sol, including Torremolinos. Despite initial forecasts that water restrictions wouldn’t take place until after the summer, many municipalities in

6 Jul, 2023 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE: British expat suffers horrific hornet attack in Spain’s Costa del Sol

A COSTA del Sol expat had a painful encounter with a swarm of highly aggressive hornets that descended upon him in a family-friendly residential area. Trevor Hamilton, 72, from Nottingham, had the

5 Jul, 2023 @ 19:00

Environment·Malaga

Partido Popular leader Feijoo promises National Water Authority to solve Spain's water problems

Partido Popular leader Feijoo to create National Water Authority if he wins Spain’s general election

THE Conservative opposition Partido Popular(PP) will create a National Water Authority if it wins the July 23 general election to deal with Spain’s water supply issues for farmers and other sectors. Despite

5 Jul, 2023 @ 12:45

Environment·Lead·Politics

Rare giant squid washes up on beach in Spain’s Cadiz

THE body of a giant squid measuring a metre and a half has washed up on a tourist beach in Cadiz stunning locals. The discovery of the dead sea creature was made

5 Jul, 2023 @ 08:45

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Lead

Spain’s airport operator steps up solar power push as part of new electricity supply deal

SPAIN’S airport operator Aena has signed new electricity supply contracts with Endesa and Iberdrola as it steps up the roll out of solar power installations across its entire airport network. It says

4 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

Environment·Lead·National News

Open Cast Mine Site Returns To Original Landscape Look In Eu Funded Project In Spain's Valencia

Open cast mine site returns to original pre-industrial landscape in Spain’s Valencia

RESTORATION work involving a former Valencian Community open cast mine being turned into pleasant green fields and vegetation has landed it the ‘Citizen’s Prize’ in EU Green week Rincon de Ademuz in

4 Jul, 2023 @ 12:45

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Rincon de la Victoria in Spain’s Malaga to cut off water supply to beach showers due to severe drought

FOR the second summer in a row, Rincon de la Victoria will cut off water supply to it’s beach facilities. Given that the La Viñuela reservoir, the main source of water for

4 Jul, 2023 @ 09:53

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Energy firm Endesa gets €500 million loans to fund solar and wind projects in Spai

ENERGY company Endesa has secured loans totalling €500 million to fund solar and wind projects in Spain. The deals will help Endesa deliver on its own clean energy goals, which include reaching

3 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Environment·Lead·National News

Extinction Rebellion fills in golf course holes in Spain in excessive water usage protest

CLIMATE activists from Extinction Rebellion(XR) said on Sunday that they had plugged holes on 10 golf courses in Spain to protest at the sport’s excessive use of water. “Just one hole on

3 Jul, 2023 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Basque Country·Environment·Ibiza·Lead·National News·Navarra·Valencian Community

Summer fires reactivate hedgehog rescue unit in Spain’s Doñana

THE first summer wildfires to have razed parts of Doñana have prompted a hedgehog rescue operation to be put in place. Wildfires take a devastating toll on local animals, and in order

3 Jul, 2023 @ 10:30

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Invasive brown gunk algae threatens beaches in Spain’s Cadiz

AN unprecedented amount of seaweed has washed ashore on the beach of Caños de Meca in Cadiz. An estimated 15,000 kilos of invasive seaweed has washed-up and swamped large parts of this

3 Jul, 2023 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Lead

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Spain’s Balearic Islands slammed for continuous destruction and pollution of its coastline

THE Balearic Islands have been flagged up as a key black spot for the ‘chronic cancer’ of environmental destruction. Ecologistas en Accion has slammed the islands for the alarming ‘noise’ and ‘sea

2 Jul, 2023 @ 19:30

Balearic Islands·Environment·Mallorca·Other News

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Discover Malaga’s lesser known vertigo-inducing ‘caminito’

MONTEJAQUE, a small village in the Serrania de Ronda, has it’s very own vertigo-inducing ‘caminito.’ Lesser known that the world-famous Caminito del Rey, but just as spectacular, the Caminito de los Caballeros

1 Jul, 2023 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Sport

Thousands of fried egg jellyfish take over Murcia’s coast

THOUSANDS of fried egg jellyfish are taking over Murcia’s beaches this summer. Mar Menor’s increasingly warmer temperatures are the consequence of the proliferation of this unique species. Scientifically named Cotylorhiza tuberculata, the

29 Jun, 2023 @ 18:45

Environment·Lead·Murcia

Smoke from wildfires in Canada reaches Spain’s Malaga

THE wildfire smoke from the hundreds of fires burning in Canada has entered Europe, reaching southern Spain. The wildfires raging through large swathes of eastern and western Canada have created a large

29 Jun, 2023 @ 09:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Eight outdoor athletes rescued in Mallorca in the last week alone

A TOTAL of eight outdoor athletes have been rescued by Guardia Civil officers in Mallorca only last week. A careless couple swimming under cliffs were rescued with a helicopter in Formentor. They

28 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Environment·Mallorca·Other News

Spain’s Axarquia to receive water from the Western Costa del Sol to battle ‘exceptional drought’ despite recent rainsLa Viñuela Credit Wikimedia

La Viñuela reservoir in Spain’s Axarquia starts summer at historic low

THE Lack of rainfall has meant the La Viñuela reservoir, which supplies more than 200,000 people, has equaled its worrisome historic low. The Viñuela reservoir is the largest in the province, with

28 Jun, 2023 @ 09:30

Environment·Lead·Malaga

48 black flags handed to environmentally ‘destroyed’ beaches and coastal areas across Spain

ECOLOGISTS in Action has handed their unwanted black flags to 48 beaches across the Spanish coast. The environmental group, which exposes a number of beaches in the country suffering from pollution and

27 Jun, 2023 @ 19:30

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Cadiz·Castellon·Environment·Granada·Huelva·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain to offer tax breaks to people who buy an electric car

SPAIN will pay back up to 15% of income tax to people who buy an electric vehicle before the end of the year in a bid to encourage sustainable driving. The maximum

27 Jun, 2023 @ 15:35

Environment·Lead·National News·Politics

Popular bathing area at Costa Blanca beach in Spain cleared due to pollution scare

A COSTA BLANCA beach has been closed to bathers for the second time in less than a year after tests showed the water had been contaminated by bacteria of fecal origin. Samples

27 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Premium·Valencian Community

Spain to launch department to study effects of heatwaves on health

Spain to launch department to study effects of climate change on health

WHILE SPAIN swelters in its first summer heatwave of the year- expected to run until Thursday- the government has announced plans for a a new department to investigate and alleviate the effects

27 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Environment·Health·Lead·Madrid·National News·Premium·Weather

Dutch captain speaks of ‘scary moment’ when orcas attack yacht in Straits of Gibraltar off Spain’s coast

A DUTCH captain described the ‘scary moment’ when a pod of orcas started to bite at the rudder of his yacht in the Straits of Gibraltar. A video he took showed the

25 Jun, 2023 @ 09:06

Andalucia·Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

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