Fishermen in Spain could be paid to catch plastic
Move is part of a groundbreaking EU initiative to tackle plastic pollution, as well as give fishermen an alternative source of income
Keeping with Spanish green traditions
To celebrate the imminent launch of the Green Guide, the Olive Press looks at the sustainable practices still going today...
Everything’s going green
Next month will see the publication of the Olive Press’ annual Green Guide 2011
You WILL take the train to Spain
Sun-seekers could be forced to take trains from UK to Spain to reduce carbon emissions
Plastic tax comes in at last in Andalucia
New five cent green tax was introduced on plastic bags on May 1
When green doesn’t mean go in Spain
New eco friendly speed cameras hit the streets
Subsidies slashed for Spanish solar panel schemes
Government is being accused of lies following its decision to slash subsidies for solar power projects
Green victory for Spain
Delight for ecologists as marina, golf course and housing projects scrapped on the Costa de la Luz
Los Merinos golf was legal… BUT morally, environmentally and ethically wrong!
Ronda mayor Antonio Marin Lara not guilty of corruption
New energy-saving measures to save Spain 2.3bn euros
Plan aims to save the equivalent of 28.7 million barrels of oil per year
Andalucia’s natural parks under threat from new law
Green group fury as new law allows development - including possible golf courses and 4x4 routes - inside natural parks
Marbella mayor joins environmentalists to oppose oil and gas exploration off the Costa del Sol
Marbella Mayor, Angeles Muñoz, has said the plans to search for oil and gas off the Costa del Sol are ‘diametrically opposed to tourism’
High speed train testing track goes off the rails
Mass opposition to ‘destructive’ scheme to bring world’s biggest train testing track to Antequera
Murcia shepherd derails golf course
After years of legal battles a shepherd wins a right to keep his land from developers
Bag tax fury
Fury as Fuengirola refuses to back plastic bag levy
Motorway gets the bird
Toll road to Ronda threatens over 100 rare species
Andalucia plans to expand protected areas
Proposals receive support from town halls, ecologists, businesses and central and local government
‘Enough of this shit’
The Green Party has called an urgent demo
Out of the sewers
All Andalucian sewerage to be treated by 2015
Sun, at a price
Cheaper power for consumers upsets supplies
Virgin beach gets ‘urbanised’
Plans to develop the stretch of virgin coastline around El Palmar have come a step closer
Red tuna comeback
Recently on the verge of extinction, now red tuna could actually be making a comeback
Slippery slope
Protesters demand an end to new artificial snow scheme in the Sierra Nevada
Fish deaths lead to probe
An investigation has been launched into the deaths of hundreds of fish in the Guadalhorce River
Flight path battle for flamingos
Protest groups unite to oppose ‘unnecessary, speculative’ airport that would endanger wildlife on Antequera’s protected vega
Europe’s new battle of Trafalgar
EU steps in to investigate ‘unsustainable macroproject’ that threatens precious virgin beach