Friday, March 29, 2024

Environment

Spanish bluebells pose major threat to British species

The future of the beloved British bluebell is in jeopardy

Loggers floored by pine fines

271 trees were chopped down illegally in Mijas

‘Dry and warmer than average’ spring for southern Spain and Andalucia

THE Iberian Peninsula will experience a dry and warmer than average spring.   According to Accuweather, an 'area of high pressure will build west of the...

Conservation centre opens in Sierra de las Nieves to nurture struggling vulture population

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Hide Sierra de las Nieves’ aims to nurture vultures struggling to find food while also promoting environmentally-friendly tourism

Green campaigners to protest against CEPSA solar project in central Malaga

Green campaigners will protest in central Malaga as oil giant CEPSA rolls ahead with its massive solar panel project for the Ronda area.  CEPSA is...

Dramatic image captures ‘the power of nature’ with ‘The Leaning Tower of Guardamar’ in Spain’s Costa Blanca

OLIVE PRESS reader, Gary Cummings, of Formentera del Segura, sent us this dramatic picture of what he describes as 'The Leaning Tower of Guardamar'. Cummings...

Elderly British couple killed in Mallorca floods identified, while three still missing, including boy, 5

Over 510 emergency units were sent in response to the worst floods Mallorca has seen in a century, including 120 soldiers, seven military vehicles and helicopters

Where does your clothing go when it gets recycled? This investigation reveals the surprising – and surprisingly far-flung –...

DOES anyone really know where items go when you put them in the recycling?  Eco-activists Greenpeace decided to find out, and traced the surprising global...

‘Unthinkable’: Ronda residents protest CEPSA plan for giant solar farm in Serrania de Ronda

Dozens of concerned Ronda residents made the journey to central Malaga to protest CEPSA’s plans for a massive solar farm in the Serrania de...

Cold front bringing snow, high winds and heavy rain to Spain

Temperatures have plummeted across the country

GREEN BEACH BARS: Gandia announces plans for first eco-friendly chiringuitos in Spain

The move has been announced for summer 2024, when the current bar licences expire.

Spain’s Malaga reactivates ambitions plans to have largest urban forest in Mediterranean Europe

PLANS to turn a former toxic wasteland in Malaga into giant urban forest have been reactivated. The platform Bosque Urbano Málaga has presented a project...

Estepona to build desalination plant after recent storms fail to halt dwindling water supplies

AFTER a disappointing week of stormy weather that failed to replenish reservoirs, Estepona town hall has decided to go ahead with plans to construct...

Seven dead in Spain as killer heatwave continues to spread across Europe

Temperatures are set to be high for the remainder of the week

Be prepared: It makes life in Spain so much easier if you know what to do in a crisis

IT can not be overstated how important it is to read and understand the documents that come with your insurance policies. Very few people seem...

Why 10,000 trees need emergency treatment to get Spain’s Valencia out of a sticky mess

VALENCIA CITY COUNCIL has started a mass programme of spraying fungicide on 100,000 trees to stop a cochinal infection that's causing a serious problem. Above...

Spanish imperial eagle: the bird of prey that narrowly escaped extinction

THE Spanish Imperial Eagle, also known as the Iberian imperial eagle, Spanish eagle, or Adalbert's eagle, was close to global extinction in the 1960s. In...

Green flag for Beach in Spain’s Malaga closed due to faecal contamination

MALAGA City Council has given the greenlight for Sacaba beach to reopen to public bathing. The area between the breakwater of La Termica and the...

Spain plans to make green taxis

Madrid city hall sets out new regulations to create ecotaxis

Flood-hit Costa Blanca town says ‘Gracias’ to all that helped during gota fria

THE PEOPLE of San Fulgencio came together to acknowledge and thank the ‘fantastic and unselfish’ emergency services and volunteers that helped throughout September’s floods...

Madrid: Fashion house Chanel helps restore ‘green lung’ in Spain’s capital

MADRID’S Royal Botanic Gardens have been given a makeover with investment from fashion brand Chanel. The design house restored the Botanic Gardens’ rose garden in...

Nothing to grouse about!

Andalucia's Sandgrouse population has grown by almost 300 percent in the last three years

Dutchman donates 3,000kg of organic ‘solidarity potatoes’ to help struggling families in Javea

NO ONE understands more than the Spanish that potatoes, particularly patatas bravas, were made for sharing. But Dutch resident Herman Sinnema, in Pedreguer, has this...

British expat says council on Spain’s Costa Blanca are ‘ignoring’ attempts to rescue mistreated dogs as they ‘know the...

A BRITISH expat who has fought for eight years to rescue dogs trapped in a ‘hellhole’ says town hall councillors do nothing due to...

Rubbish throwing on the street and in the wrong bins just got much more expensive in Gibraltar

AUTHORITIES have clamped down on littering and fly tipping in Gibraltar by raising fines to four times their previous amount. The Department of the Environment...

Skill swap shop in Spain

LETS helps people swap skills and services rather than paying for them

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