Thursday, March 28, 2024

Environment

British expats save wild cats from poisoning in Malaga

Mayor Rafael Torrubia has granted sanctuary to the cats

ANIMAL RIGHTS FOCUS: Is the tide finally turning on Spain’s attitude towards animals?

Animal welfare in Spain is often dubbed appalling, but charities, shelters and changing traditions suggest the campaign for change is gathering momentum. Tom Powell asks, has the tide finally turned?

Catalan campaigners demand Spain rows back in Ebro River fight

Protestors march over government's transfer of water to other parts of Spain

Extreme weather causing one death over weekend leaves Malaga on yellow alert

Tragically, one toddler died and several adults were injured

Over €3 billion needed to prepare Spanish roads for driverless cars

An engineer with German car giants Bosch says Spain needs to invest at least €3 billion in its infrastructure before introducing driverless cars

Sierra Bermeja could soon become a National Park

The Andalucia Earth Sciences Institute has backed the campaign

Two eagles miss out on Valentine’s in their Spanish love nest after capture

The Junta will care for the feathered friends until their owners are located

Malaga province set for cold and snowy Valentine’s weekend

A polar air mass is on its way

Junta abandons plan for Cabo de Gata beach bar after public outcry

Plans to build a cafe and shop on unspoilt Cabo de Gata beach annulled

Zebra shark born at Benalmadena’s Sea Life

The shark was born at Benalmadena’s Sea Life as part of its conservation project

Jaen province home to biggest man-made forest in the world

The olive-tree plantation contains a staggering 64 million trees spread over half a million hectares

MUCH longer Marbella lifeguard season after drownings and Olive Press campaign

Lifeguards will be on the beaches full time from March 20 this year until the end of September

FEATURE: A closer look at Spain’s biggest earthquake in over half a century

Spain was shaking in its boots after Monday’s earthquake, Joe Duggan does a little digging to find out if Mother Nature could strike again?

VIDEO: Animal rights group PACMA slams rat-throwing festival in Valencia

Campaign group PACMA is calling for the Valencian festival to be banned

Volkswagen top 2015 Spanish car sales

The recent scandal over Volkswagen’s ‘green’ engines didn’t stop it topping the list of Spanish sales in 2015

Killer whales under threat with high poisonous chemical levels in the Straits of Gibraltar

Zoologists are now calling for tougher regulations for those found to be disposing of man-made PCBs into the seas

Two years’ jail for captain of Prestige tanker which created huge oil spill

Supreme Court sentences Prestige tanker captain to two years in jail for negligence

Almost 40 vultures freed from captivity in Andalucia

At least 18 vultures are still alive and well

Electric hire cars targeted by vandals

Environmentally friendly hire car company Car2go has seen 50 of its fleet damaged in Madrid

Israeli university awarded €70,000 after being barred from Spanish green energy contest

The Spanish Supreme court found Spain’s Housing Ministry had acted illegally by excluding the Israeli institution from Solar Decathlon Europe in 2009

Monday’s earthquake was largest to strike Malaga for 50 years

'Impossible' to know if there will be more earthquakes in the Alboran Sea, experts say

UPDATE: Child killed as powerful earthquake strikes southern Spain and Melilla

At least 26 injured in Melilla as tremors felt by thousands along the coast

Eco-warriors slam Velez-Malaga deforestation

GENA-Ecologistas en Accion claims a wooded hill, some 241m high, has been destroyed by loggers

Thousands sign petition to stop Iranian oil refinery in Algeciras

Earlier this week Margallo said talks were ongoing with Iran, after sanctions were lifted on the country

Iranian oil refinery plans in Spain spark outrage from local residents

Algeciras environmentalists hit back over health and pollution concerns as sanctions end

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