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Fight against plant pathogen will see 100,000 almond trees DESTROYED in Alicante

PLANS to halt a plague decimating almond groves has caused uproar after revealing 100,000 trees will be cut down in Alicante. Campaigners say the scheme will ‘completely destroy’ the cultivation of almonds

15 Apr, 2019 @ 14:38

Costa Blanca·Environment

WATCH: Snow falls on hills of Costa del Sol as downpours forecast for Monday

https://www.facebook.com/ventaelrefugioestepona/videos/807945709582842/?v=807945709582842 THIS is the moment snow fell on the hills behind Estepona this weekend. The footage was shared by the El Refugio restaurant which said even more snow fell on the

7 Apr, 2019 @ 13:09

Environment·Lead·Malaga

IN PICS: Yellow warnings for SNOW in Spain’s Andalucia as temperatures drop

Granada has already seen snowfall and is on alert today and tomorrow

5 Apr, 2019 @ 18:32

Environment·Granada·Jaen·Lead

WATCH: Man arrested for trying to sell an elephant’s foot disguised as a stool on social media

A MAN has been arrested for trying to sell an elephant’s foot disguised as a stool on the Costa Blanca. The Guardia Civil saw the foot advertised on social media, and contacted

3 Apr, 2019 @ 18:12

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

IN PICS: Rainbows fill the skies after torrential rain on the Costa Blanca

EVERY cloud has a silver lining, as the saying goes. But in the Marina Alta comarca on the Costa Blanca, a brief torrent of rain yesterday (Tuesday) left the limestone coastline bejewelled

3 Apr, 2019 @ 13:24

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

WATCH: Dead cows wash up on Spain’s Canary Islands after being thrown overboard by ‘stink boats’

It is believed the dead cows came from freighters transporting live cattle from South America

1 Apr, 2019 @ 15:43

Environment·Lead

Thousands march in Madrid as depopulation rocks rural Spain

MADRID has seen large protests by rural Spaniards who fear their communities are withering away. The movement, labelled the ‘revolt of an empty Spain,’ brought thousands of people out onto the streets

1 Apr, 2019 @ 13:22

Environment·Lead·Politics

The Cabo de Santa Pola one step closer to becoming a municipal nature reserve on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Sierra and Cabo de Santa Pola has come a step closer to being designated a municipal nature reserve. The councillor for agriculture, environment, climate change and rural development, Alejandro Escalada Villanueva,

1 Apr, 2019 @ 12:11

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

WATCH: SECOND dead dolphin in a week washes up on same 3km strip in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SECOND dead dolphin has been spotted washing up on the Costa Blanca in the space of just a week. The dolphin was videoed by passersby, including children, at 5pm on the

31 Mar, 2019 @ 13:54

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Summers in Spain are now FIVE WEEKS longer than in the eighties

Research claims that around 32 million people are affected by a warming climate

30 Mar, 2019 @ 16:58

Environment·Lead·Travel News

Gibraltar BANS BALLOONS in desperate bid to save wildlife

The ban comes after authorities cancelled the territory’s annual National Day celebration in which 30,000 red and white helium balloons are released

27 Mar, 2019 @ 13:04

Crime & Law·Environment·Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s Supreme Court bans historic bull hunting and spearing tradition in Castilla y Leon

THE Spanish Supreme Court has put animal rights over ancient rites to end the torture and killing of bulls at a historic tournament watched by ‘40,000’ fans. Toro de la Vega is

23 Mar, 2019 @ 11:00

Environment·Lead

FIGHT THE POWER: Olive Press launches campaign to stop network of 352 pylons ‘destroying’ Andalucia’s Lecrin Valley and Alpujarras

Thousands of people are affected and the proposed route, which begins in Conchar in the west and ends at Benahadux in the east, was approved back in 2015

23 Mar, 2019 @ 09:00

Almeria·Environment·Granada·Lead·Nature

Police capture guinea fowl that sent residents ‘crazy’ with its racket on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE have captured a rogue guinea fowl that robbed residents of sleep for ‘a week’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol. The native African bird makes a sound like somewhere between a goose

22 Mar, 2019 @ 16:23

Environment·Lead·Malaga

IN PICS: raw sewage pumped out at three places off Nerja beaches

RAW sewage is being pumped out in three places just off the shores of Nerja, an investigation by the Guardia Civil has revealed. The three pipes, located at Burriana beach, Torrecilla beach

22 Mar, 2019 @ 14:56

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Drones used for ‘first time’ in battle against toxic caterpillars on Costa Blanca

DRONES, great tits and pheromones have been used in the battle to control pine processionary caterpillar populations in the Region of Murcia. The hairy caterpillars, which make webs in trees and form

20 Mar, 2019 @ 12:11

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Residents feel shaking as FOUR earthquakes rock Malaga

Although only measuring between 1.7 and 2.1 on the Richter scale, residents felt shaking due to the epicenter being close to the surface

18 Mar, 2019 @ 15:33

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Rain and cold wind forecast for Spain’s Malaga this week

Winds could reach up to 40km/h between tomorrow morning and Wednesday while from Thursday onward the clouds look set to clear

18 Mar, 2019 @ 15:16

Environment·Lead

NOT A BIN: Plastic fills river on Costa Blanca just hours after a 20-tonne clean-up

PLASTIC waste has accumulated in the old channel of the Segura river just a day after a massive a clean-up. The Confederacion Hidografica de Segura (CHS), spent weeks clearing 20 tonnes of

18 Mar, 2019 @ 11:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

IN PICS: eagle-owls and kestrels ELECTROCUTED by cables in crucial Spanish wetland

MASS bird electrocutions have been recorded in a crucial wetland spanning the provinces of Alicante and Valencia. Environmental group Pego Viu were alerted to reports of raptor die-offs close to electricity pylons

15 Mar, 2019 @ 18:09

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

British expat campaigning to save farmer in southern Spain whose more than 400 cows are facing death after town hall ‘cruelly’ cut electricity and water

It’s not Crowson’s first battle with mayor Javier Arana after she thwarted his efforts to bring back bullfighting to the town two years ago

15 Mar, 2019 @ 12:38

Cadiz·Environment·Lead

Spain’s airports to produce own power under massive solar panel project

SPAIN’S airport operator has announced ambitious plans to produce most of its own electricity using solar power. Aena, which manages 46 airports and two heliports across Spain, will invest €250 million in

7 Mar, 2019 @ 15:46

Environment·Lead

WATCH: Spanish inventor creates ‘rain generating device’ to turn HELICOPTERS into sprinklers for fighting forest fires

A 73-YEAR-OLD Spanish inventor has created a device to turn helicopters into rain-making machines in an effort to better control forest fires. Antonio Garcia, who lives in Pitres, in the Alpujarras, has

5 Mar, 2019 @ 18:35

Environment·Lead

Andalucia bird sanctuary under threat from drought and wild boars

THOUSANDS of waterfowl are at risk in the Donana National Park due to a series of management blunders that are seeing eggs and chicks being massacred by hungry wild boar. More than

2 Mar, 2019 @ 13:00

Environment·Huelva·Lead

Campaign launched to save oldest tree in Malaga

The chestnut tree, in the Sierra de las Nieves natural park, needs decking to protect its roots

2 Mar, 2019 @ 10:17

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Celebrities join thousands of expats and locals battling ‘ugly’ and ‘devastating’ electricity pylons planned for Granada’s iconic Lecrin Valley and Alpujarras region

The Di No A Las Torres (Say No To The Towers) group argues high voltage towers would have a ‘devastating effect’ on tourism and agriculture, as well as health

1 Mar, 2019 @ 15:06

Environment·Granada·Lead

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