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
TOP MARKS: Up to 45 stretches of coastline in the Valencian Community classed as having ‘exceptional environmental value’
UP to 45 beaches throughout the Valencian Community have been granted top marks in a new environmental study by the regional government. The autonomous community’s
Valencian scientists reintroduce endangered species of newt in the Serra Calderona
Natural ponds have recently been found to play a vital role in regulating global warming, as they trap and filter carbon dioxide naturally.
City on Spain’s Costa Blanca runs on 100% renewable energy sources for entire year
ORIHUELA, in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca South, has just announced that all of the Iberdrola electricity used throughout 2019 came from
REVEALED: The Saudi company behind the potential ‘avalanche’ of wind turbines across Spain’s Costa Blanca
COSTA BLANCA North is set to become a huge wind farm, consisting of turbines as high as 30-storey buildings – if a Saudi Arabia company
Volunteers sought to help with cactus clearance on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE ARIZONA cactus is alive and all-too-well in the mountains above Orihuela, and volunteers are being sought to help remove them. The city’s Environment Department
‘Beastly’ windmill project that ‘will endanger animal lives and the environment’ is universally slammed on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A POWER generation project across nearly 150,000 acres of Spanish countryside has been widely criticised by the four councils it would affect. Nine windmills, each
Fly tippers’ “irresponsible attitudes” slammed as roadside rubbish removal starts in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA and Orihuela Costa streets are being cleared of piles of rubbish seen dumped by fly tippers at the roadside. A joint collaboration between the
SHINE ON ME: Tax cuts announced for fitting solar panels on houses in Valencia city
In addition, property owners who fit the panels will also be able to apply for grants covering 95% of the so-called ‘Icio’ tax, payable upon
THE FUTURE IS ORANGE: Valencian citrus farmers finally on the money ‘thanks’ to COVID
Valencian orange and lemon producers saw their income go up at last
Costa Blanca city becomes the greenest in Spain’s Valencian Community with over 50 charging stations for electric cars
ORIHUELA and its surrounding areas now have over 50 charging stations for electric vehicles, more than anywhere else in the Valencian Community. The Environment Councillor,
ANIMAL HOUSE: Another good year for Valencia’s Bioparc
LAST year was yet another success for Valencia city’s Bioparc animal refuge. Always keen to escape the ‘zoo’ tag due to its negative connotations, the
SAVE OUR COAST: Spanish ministry announces urgent project to regenerate the shoreline off Valencia’s Cullera
CULLERA (Valencia Province) will recover the historic sand dunes that dotted its shores more than 60 years ago in a bid to prevent coastal erosion.
IT’S A DOG’S LIFE: Animal welfare experts in Valencia warn that leaving pets out in the cold can lead to prison
LEAVING pets outside in extreme weather conditions is a crime punishable with prison, animal welfare societies in Valencia are warning. With images doing the rounds
EU fine threat over endangered turtle doves in Spain’s Murcia region
THE Murcia government faces a European Union fine if it does not do more to protect the European turtle dove. The endangered migratory bird has
Green energy sparks lowest electricity prices in Spain for 17 years
Spanish society is also increasingly energy-efficient, as part of a general consciousness regarding the environment
BRRR! Winter lands with a bang in Spain’s Valencia region
Today (January 2), the mercury was expected to continue falling throughout the region
DARLING BUDS OF NAY: Valencia region heads ranking of abandoned farmland in Spain
There are currently 162,902 hectares of crops standing empty and unused
GOING GREEN: Valencia region to pass law forcing shops to sell and collect reusable drinks containers
By the end of 2023, at least 10% of cans and bottles on sale at stores must be apt for their reintroduction into circulation
EU expected to help fund eco-friendly underground highway between Spanish coast and inland Costa Blanca
A MULTI-MILLION euro underground highway linking Torrevieja and Orihuela is to be discussed this week, with important funding from the EU. Speedy transport links have
Intelligent bins to reward recycling in Valencia province
An IT system will be fitted to the containers that will open after reading an ID card or code and measure the amount of refuse
Plans to instal 588 football pitches’ worth of solar panels in Valencia’s Chiva spark mass opposition
A multinational company has purchased land to the tune of €12.6 million to instal 420 hectares of solar panels – the equivalent of 588 football
Mayor plans ‘green corridor’ to unite city currently split asunder by rail line on Spain’s Costa Blanca
CALLOSA DE SEGURA Mayor, Manuel MartÃnez, wants a train line through the municipality to be dismantled because, “the tracks cross the city and split it
Two more earthquakes this morning make four in four days in Granada region of southern Spain
TWO MORE earthquakes have hit west of Granada this morning, Sunday December 6. The first was at 9.32am and measured 3.1 on the MMI Scale,
Forget about the Richter Scale, this is how earthquakes are measured across the world
With so many reports and articles about Europe’s new earthquake hotspot being here in Spain, it’s only right that the Olive Press explain how tremors
Outrage after two bears shot dead during hunts in northern Spain
TWO bears have been killed during wild boar hunts in northern Spain, sparking fury among conservationists. Two brown bears were killed on Sunday during two