Tag: Ecologistas en Accion
Campaigners call for Sierra Bermeja to be awarded national park status in wake of devastating wildfire
FOLLOWING the recent wildfire that ravaged nearly 10,000 hectares of the Sierra Bermeja mountains and the Genal Valley, there have been even louder calls...
GOING OFF: Spanish activists blast British government for docking nuclear submarine in Gibraltar and ‘putting Andalucia at risk of...
SPANISH activists have demanded the UK government stop docking nuclear submarines in Gibraltar. Ecologistas en Accion blasted the British Navy following the arrival of the...
Blowing in the wind: Does pollution on Gibraltar’s border with Spain cause increased cancer rates?
Black clouds of pollution billow daily from the industrial chimneys of the Campo de Gibraltar. Is it all merely hot air or a smoking gun for cancer? The Olive Press investigates
Volunteers remove more than 22,000 cigarette butts from Costa del Sol beach in Spain
DEDICATED volunteers have picked up an amazing 22,500 cigarettes from a Costa del Sol beach. The amazing haul was removed from La Linea's shoreline during...
Green campaigner who had cocaine planted in car adamant he knows who is behind the stitch-up
Ecologistas en Accion to stage rally in support of Juan Clavero
Runners blamed for lasting damage to Spain’s protected mountain zones
Some 10 environmental groups have sent an official letter to Spain’s minister of agriculture
A gruesome legacy: The history of shooting in Spain
Graphic content warning: Following the shocking massacre of a landowner's dogs by alleged hunters upset over a hunting ban, we trace the Spanish roots of the gruesome sport
New national park bid for Andalucian Sierra Bermeja and de las Nieves mountains
Maribel Marin revealed that the Junta de Andalucia is currently considering a new proposal to give Estepona's impressive Sierra Bermeja the status in conjunction with Ronda's Sierra de las Nieves
ENVIRONMENT FEATURE: Spain’s most polluted and worst managed beaches win Black Flags
Raising the black flag: Green group honours Spain’s most polluted and worst managed beaches with Black Flag 2016 awards
Eco-warriors slam Velez-Malaga deforestation
GENA-Ecologistas en Accion claims a wooded hill, some 241m high, has been destroyed by loggers
European Commission bans construction on unspoilt Costa de la Luz beach
A scheme to build thousands of homes alongside a virgin beach in Tarifa has been outlawed
Fox furore in the Campo de Gibraltar
A GREEN group has called for action in the Campo de Gibraltar after finding a poisoned fox. Alfredo Valencia, President of Ecologistas en Accion, has...
Pope look-a-like leads eco-warriors in green protest against climate change
Members of environmentalist group Verdemar de Ecologistas en Acción staged a ‘performance’ protest
Green groups call for Spanish sun tax reform
The levy on solar power was introduced by the government in October
Green group blast Andalucian authorities after deadly floods
Ecologists in Action criticised ‘totally uncontrolled’ building work
Two vultures killed by Guadalteba wind turbines
Ecologistas en Accion has denounced a wind farm
Greens rejoice as Junta plans to repossess controversial Algarrobico
It'a a top week for nature as green groups rejoice as Junta finally takes steps to knock down Algarrobico hotel
Supreme Court scraps Andalucia’s most controversial golf macroproject Los Merinos near Ronda
Ronda’s Los Merinos golf macroproject has been scrapped by the Supreme Court after almost a decade of legal warfare
EXCLUSIVE: Expats come under fire from ecologists over ‘illegal housing’
Expats 'assert their right to colonise the rural landscape' according to the ecologist
Law change ignites fears that important forests could be burned to make way for development projects
Green groups are outraged by the change
High Court ruling adds new twist to Algarrobico Hotel tangle
Environmentalists and locals clash over the hotel's fate
Black mark for Tarifa
The Costa de la Luz town has received 'black flags' for its two main beaches
Ronda – San Pedro motorway plans shelved
Plans for motorway through the Genal Valley have been shelved
Donana National Park president steps down
Former Spanish PM Felipe Gonzalez has stepped down from his presidency after admitting he does not have enough time to do the job
Donana UNESCO Biosphere reserve to triple in size
UN votes to make Spain’s most important reserve three times larger as sewage battle hots up
Almeria under fire for black flag beaches
Almeria still has worst black spots, while four beaches manage to clean up their act in annual coastline report
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Torrevieja Hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca is back in public management
TORREVIEJA Hospital, which serves 180,000 people, returned to public management at midnight this Saturday morning. The southern Costa Blanca facility had been managed privately since...
