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WELCOME TO TREE CITY: Valencia’s Gandia earns international award for its trees and gardens

GANDIA has been officially named ‘Tree City of the World’ by the United Nations (UN). The capital of La Safor district (Valencia Province) currently has 27 square metres of gardens per inhabitant

11 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

Locals invited to ‘grow their own’ as new urban gardens project blossoms in expat urb’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POPULAR with British expats, San Fulgencio’s La Marina urbanisation, is to have a €79,000 urban garden development creating 68 jobs. The project, developed with Hidraqua, will see a recreation area with pergola

10 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

United Nations to investigate whether Spain is at fault for major pollution incidents in Mar Menor lagoon

A four-year campaign to get the United Nations to investigate whether Spain has breached environmental rules in the Mar Menor lagoon has succeeded. The Ecologistas en Accion group sent a report to

9 Mar, 2021 @ 13:40

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Eco-tourist routes resume with virtual walks to cope with demand on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA is to see its eco-tourism routes resume through its natural parks, after a hiatus caused by the Covid-19 restriction. The popular walks through Torrevieja and La Mata Natural Park attracted over

9 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

SUNNY OUTLOOK as Spain’s top power provider unveils first solar plant projects in Valencian Community

ENERGY company Iberdrola is to build its first three solar energy power plants in the Valencian Community costing €235 million. Two of the new facilities will be in the Avora-Cofrentes Valley in

7 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

Environment·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Malaga lays ambitious foundations for a green belt around city to combat climate change

A HIGHLY ambitious plan has been announced by Malaga City Council to combat climate change. Malaga City Council, through the Urban Environment Observatory (OMAU), is beginning to lay the foundations for a

6 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Down in the dumps: Spain ignoring recycling targets

SPAIN has been ignoring critical European-wide waste recycling targets. The country has not just been missing a 50% recycling (or re-use) target set by the EU, but the situation is getting worse.

28 Feb, 2021 @ 13:38

Environment·Lead·National News·Other News

BURNING ISSUE: Log stoves and fires are more harmful for health and environment then road traffic

THERE is nothing many expats love more than a roaring fire or a fuel efficient log-burning stove. But beware. While a log fire might be charming it could be bad for your

28 Feb, 2021 @ 12:37

Environment·Lead·National News·Other News

New sewer is just the start of ‘various projects’ promised by mayor in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO, in the Costa Blanca’s Vega Baja region, is due to have a modernised sewer installed that the mayor described as “very necessary”. But the local mayor added to the news

23 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Valencia launches drive to become climate-neutral by 2030

VALENCIA city will be partly climate-neutral before 2030. The local council plans to approve a motion on Thursday (February 25) entitled ‘Valencia Ciudad Neutra’ (‘Valencia Neutral City’), aimed at transforming at least

23 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Environment·Valencia

Flood prevention project planned for popular expat area on Spain’s Orihuela Costa

ORIHUELA COSTA should see no more flooding, thanks to a proposed multi-million euro prevention project with Hidraqua. The coastal region of Costa Blanca South covers the popular expat areas of Campoamar, Mil

22 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Environment

CITIZEN CANE: Bamboo and undergrowth cleared from La Safor rivers

THE buildup of bamboo canes and undergrowth in riverbeds and under bridges throughout the Valencian Community is usually the main culprit of the heavy floods that regularly swamp towns and cities throughout

19 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Environment·Nature·Valencia

Forest plantation further increases biodiversity on river bank in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A RIPARIAN forest is being planted on the banks of the Segura river, east of Rojales in the Vega Baja region of Costa Blanca. The Segura Hydrographic Confederation (CHS) seeks to remove

19 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Environment

Solitary bees encouraged to reproduce in fight against climate change on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES City Council, in the Vega Baja region of Alicante province, has just launched a second project to fight climate change along with the Association of Naturalists of the Sureste (ANSE). This

18 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Riverside development and urban renewal project costing 400,000 euros planned on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE SEGURA riverside in Orihuela is due to have an urban renewal project costing just over €400,000. Orihuela City Council, through its Department of Services and Maintenance, has responded to business and

18 Feb, 2021 @ 10:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Energy Firm Iberdrola Announces Massive Floating Wind Power Farm For Spain S Coast

Energy firm Iberdrola announces plan for massive floating wind power farm off Spain’s coast

SPANISH energy company Iberdrola wants to spend over €1 billion on a massive floating wind power farm off the coast, so long as it can get cash help from the European Union.

16 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

The site of the future Cullera 'Manhattan'

WELCOME TO ‘MANHATTAN’: Plans for mega development complex in Valencia’s Cullera to go ahead despite court setback

THE highly controversial development known as ‘Manhattan’ will finally go ahead as planned in Cullera (Valencia Province) despite a court sentence against it. Now 17 years old, the project includes the construction

16 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Environment·Property·Valencia·Valencian Community

Plastic Sea: Almeria’s environmental and humanitarian disaster

IF anyone has told you that the Great Wall of China is visible from space, I’m afraid they were telling fibs – or spreading fake news, to use journalist jargon. But would

14 Feb, 2021 @ 11:15

Environment·Lead

BEAUTIFUL BUT DEADLY: Iberian wolves expected to return to Spain’s Valencia region within the next five years

WOLVES are expected to return to the Valencia region. Leading biologists believe that the combination of dwindling population figures in rural areas and the increasing abandonment of agricultural land will encourage the

11 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Environment·Nature·Valencia

WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH: Surge in COVID-related hospital refuse triggers storage chaos in Valencia

THE huge increase in disposable hospital refuse due to the COVID pandemic is causing severe storage and disposal problems. In Valencia city, six refrigerated lorries loaded with 3,600 kilos each of gloves,

10 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Alicante·Coronavirus·Environment·Lead·Valencia

Over 200 trees to be planted in new forest to improve biodiversity on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A NEW initiative in the Vega Baja area of Spain’s Costa Blanca South will see over 200 trees planted to form a new forest on the banks of the River Segura. Rojales

9 Feb, 2021 @ 20:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

FULLY CHARGED: Valencia driving schools switch to electric cars to reduce pollution and promote clean transport

THE motor industry is currently facing one of its most profound and vital challenges in history – and Valencia is revving up to go. Increasing concerns about global warming and greenhouse gasses

9 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Technology·Valencia

RED MIST: African sand blankets Spain’s Mediterranean coast

Experts report that there are very few documented cases of this type.

8 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Alicante·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Environment·Valencia

Wolf hunting to be banned throughout Spain in ‘historic win’ for conservationists

THE Iberian wolf has been classed as a protected species by the Spanish Government, making it illegal to hunt the animal nationwide. Spain’s Environment Ministry has ruled that protection for wolves in the south

8 Feb, 2021 @ 11:15

Environment·Lead·Other News

International supermarket chain Lidl launches project to support a sustainable Olive Oil industry in Spain

LIDL Supermarkets are launching a new project on Monday, February 8, promoting the sustainable development of the olive sector in Spain. More than 250,000 families are said to depend on the industry,

7 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Environment·Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Beauty belies Spain’s toxic cover-up

AT FIRST GLANCE, you might think a sci-fi writer had dreamed up this polar scenery of ice-like foam sheets atop a dazzling green sea. Small natural pockets, akin in appearance to the

7 Feb, 2021 @ 11:21

Environment·Lead·Other News

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