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Fuel breakthrough as Spain’s Repsol unveils 100% renewable petrol that could help save our planet

SPANISH energy giant Repsol has just announced the industrial-scale production of the world’s first 100% renewable gasoline. The fuel, dubbed Nexa 95, is now available

14 Oct, 2025 @ 16:30

Environment·Green·Lead·Other News

Illegal Costa Blanca mobile home park closed down after sewage pollutes farming eco-system

Illegal Costa Blanca mobile home park ordered to close down after sewage pollutes farming eco-system

AN ANONYMOUS pollution complaint led to the Guardia Civil uncovering an illegal mobile home park site. Guardamar del Segura council has ordered the facility to

13 Oct, 2025 @ 12:46

Costa Blanca·Green·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We can’t just walk into their home and sit at their table’: Calls for more education after friends film themselves swimming with whales in the Strait of Gibraltar

MORE education is needed to stop people disturbing whales, conservationists have warned, after a video of three friends diving from a boat to swim with

9 Oct, 2025 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Gibraltar·Green·Lead

Spain and Portugal's late April electricity blackout caused by excessive voltage

Spain has just ‘five days’ to rescue wobbling power grid – or face risk of fresh nationwide blackout, regulator warns

SPAIN’S energy regulator has sounded the alarm over the state of the country’s energy grid – almost six months after the country was plunged into

9 Oct, 2025 @ 09:30

Green·Lead·National News

Outcry over plans to rip up ancient olive groves near Granada’s Alhambra to build a giant solar panel plant

ANCIENT olive groves are to be ripped up to make way for a solar panel plant near one of Spain’s leading World Heritage sites. Granada

8 Oct, 2025 @ 18:15

Granada·Green·La Cultura·Lead

WATCH: Last tour company still selling tickets to orca shows named and shamed during Mallorca travel conference

ANIMAL rights activists stormed the stage at a major travel industry convention in Mallorca to denounce Europe’s last big tour operator still selling tickets to

8 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Green·Lead·Mallorca

Lifeline thrown: Illegal farms to be axed in bid to rescue Spain’s vital ecoreserve Doñana’s thirsty wetlands

SPAIN’S most important national park is finally getting the cash to tackle its depleted water resources. Doñana National Park – one of Europe’s last great

8 Oct, 2025 @ 12:59

Andalucia·Environment·Green·Lead·Other News

Victory for campaigners as Malaga bans horse-drawn carriages – but what will happen to the animals?

By Rachel Gore MALAGA has finally moved to ban horse-drawn tourist carriages in the city with immediate effect – with the fate of the animals

6 Oct, 2025 @ 15:15

Green·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Outrage as friends cruising on a leisure boat dive in and swim with a pod of whales passing through the Strait of Gibraltar

THREE friends who thought they were having the experience of a lifetime may find themselves staring at the wrong end of a five-figure fine after

6 Oct, 2025 @ 14:36

Andalucia·Cadiz·Gibraltar·Green·Lead

Spain and Portugal’s April power blackout caused by excessive voltage

SPAIN and Portugal’s April 28 electricity blackout was caused by excessive voltage according a report published by the European network of electricity transmission system operators(ENTSO-E).

3 Oct, 2025 @ 15:15

Green·Lead·National News

Spain now boasts among the cheapest energy in Europe – and its thanks to renewables (which were NOT to blame for the blackout), new report claims

SPAIN has become one of the cheapest places in Europe for electricity, thanks to a surge in solar and wind power that has broken its

3 Oct, 2025 @ 14:35

Business & Finance·Green·Lead

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez wants climate change action counted as defence spending – and Europe isn’t happy

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is making waves in Copenhagen by trying to label climate change action – plus emergency and disaster management – as

3 Oct, 2025 @ 08:45

Environment·Green·Lead·Other News

‘European way of life is under threat’: New environmental report is grim reading for Spain

CLIMATE change is threatening the European way of life despite ‘significant advances’ in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, an alarming new report has warned. According to

2 Oct, 2025 @ 14:30

Environment·Green·Lead

Greenhouse gases generated by Spain’s power sector fell by 16.8% in 2024

GREENHOUSE gas emissions from Spain’s power sector fell by 16.8% in 2024, compared to the previous year- a reduction of 1.5 million tonnes. The Ministry

2 Oct, 2025 @ 14:15

Environment·Green·Lead

POWER SURGE: Spain to Pump €200 Million into Second Menorca-Mallorca Electric Cable by 2030

SPAIN’S government is powering up plans to lay a second undersea electric cable between Menorca and Mallorca – with the high-voltage project set to spark

26 Sep, 2025 @ 10:25

Business & Finance·Environment·Green·Lead·Other News

Spain’s Balearics up the ante against invasive snakes with €2.5m spend and 2,600 traps

THE Balearic Government is going all?in on stopping slithery invaders, unleashing €2.5 million and deploying over 2,600 traps to shield the islands’ delicate ecosystems. In

26 Sep, 2025 @ 08:55

Balearic Islands·Environment·Green·Lead·Other News

Leaving a legacy for nature: Why foreign residents in Spain are choosing WWF in their wills

FOR many people who have made Spain their home – whether full-time or part-time – the country’s natural wealth becomes an inseparable part of life

26 Sep, 2025 @ 08:35

Environment·Green·Lead·Other News

WATCH: Fire breaks out at Acerinox steel plant in Spain’s ‘toxic town’ across from Gibraltar

A FIRE ripped through part of the Acerinox stainless steel plant across the bay from Gibraltar early on Thursday morning. The blaze began at around

25 Sep, 2025 @ 12:24

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Green·Lead

Costa del Sol zoo transfers nine captive dolphins to China – but why does Spain still permit circus-style shows?

NINE bottlenose dolphins from Selwo Marina in Benalmadena have been shipped to China, raising fears they will continue to be used in circus-style shows. The

24 Sep, 2025 @ 11:04

Costa del Sol·Green·Lead

Claims octopuses are leaving Spanish waters for UK shores are a ‘snowball of misinformation’

RECENT reports have suggested that octopuses are leaving the Spanish coast of Galicia because they cannot cope with rain and changes in water salinity. However,

18 Sep, 2025 @ 16:08

Environment·Galicia·Green·Lead·Nature·Other News

Fears bird flu outbreak is spreading into central Spain after dead birds turned up in popular tourist towns in Andalucia

NEW cases of bird flu have been spreading through central Spain after first being detected in popular city parks in Malaga and Sevilla. Fears of

18 Sep, 2025 @ 14:33

Andalucia·Environment·Green·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Sevilla

How to understand the home energy system when settling in Spain

IT is often said that life in Spain isn’t just lived – it is enjoyed. Sunshine, shared meals, and a rhythm that feels a little

15 Sep, 2025 @ 15:02

Environment·Green·Sponsored·Technology

Fumigating is underway in southern Spain to combat mosquitos carrying West Nile Virus

AUTHORITIES in southern Spain have stepped up fumigation campaigns after mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus were detected in Cadiz province. They were found in Benalup-Casas

15 Sep, 2025 @ 14:43

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Green·Health·Lead·Nature·Other News

Marbella goes green: Four new air monitors set up in Low Emission Zone

MARBELLA is taking a big step towards cleaner air. The town hall has installed four state-of-the-art environmental monitors in the historic Old Town to track

7 Sep, 2025 @ 13:15

Andalucia·Environment·Green·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

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Fuel breakthrough as Spain’s Repsol unveils 100% renewable petrol that could help save our planet

Illegal Costa Blanca mobile home park ordered to close down after sewage pollutes farming eco-system

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We can’t just walk into their home and sit at their table’: Calls for more education after friends film themselves swimming with whales in the Strait of Gibraltar

Spain has just ‘five days’ to rescue wobbling power grid – or face risk of fresh nationwide blackout, regulator warns

Outcry over plans to rip up ancient olive groves near Granada’s Alhambra to build a giant solar panel plant

WATCH: Last tour company still selling tickets to orca shows named and shamed during Mallorca travel conference

Lifeline thrown: Illegal farms to be axed in bid to rescue Spain’s vital ecoreserve Doñana’s thirsty wetlands

Victory for campaigners as Malaga bans horse-drawn carriages – but what will happen to the animals?

WATCH: Outrage as friends cruising on a leisure boat dive in and swim with a pod of whales passing through the Strait of Gibraltar

Spain and Portugal’s April power blackout caused by excessive voltage

Spain now boasts among the cheapest energy in Europe – and its thanks to renewables (which were NOT to blame for the blackout), new report claims

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez wants climate change action counted as defence spending – and Europe isn’t happy

‘European way of life is under threat’: New environmental report is grim reading for Spain

Greenhouse gases generated by Spain’s power sector fell by 16.8% in 2024

POWER SURGE: Spain to Pump €200 Million into Second Menorca-Mallorca Electric Cable by 2030

Spain’s Balearics up the ante against invasive snakes with €2.5m spend and 2,600 traps

Leaving a legacy for nature: Why foreign residents in Spain are choosing WWF in their wills

WATCH: Fire breaks out at Acerinox steel plant in Spain’s ‘toxic town’ across from Gibraltar

Costa del Sol zoo transfers nine captive dolphins to China – but why does Spain still permit circus-style shows?

Claims octopuses are leaving Spanish waters for UK shores are a ‘snowball of misinformation’

Fears bird flu outbreak is spreading into central Spain after dead birds turned up in popular tourist towns in Andalucia

How to understand the home energy system when settling in Spain

Fumigating is underway in southern Spain to combat mosquitos carrying West Nile Virus

Marbella goes green: Four new air monitors set up in Low Emission Zone

Andalucian mountain town soaks in an astonishing 500mm of rain in just 24 hours – obliterating 78-year record

Police swoop on luxury watch thieves in the UK over string of thefts worth half a million in Mallorca and Ibiza

Spain’s competition watchdog whacks oil giant Repsol with €20 million fine over ‘abusive practices’

WATCH: Safety works begin at Estepona’s notorious ‘ant roundabout’ after months of constant crashes