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
Green groups slam ‘dead end’ project to prospect for oil in inland Andalucia
Junta backed project to search for oil and gas deposits in Jaen and Sevilla comes under fire
Cabo de Gata under attack again
Almeria’s Cabo de Gata park now threatened with new 1,500 home golf megaproject
Priest makes soup out of church vermin
The Granada priest insists he has been capturing the pigeons by hand
Former Ronda mayor could be investigated for up to a dozen cases
Ecologistas en Accion has highlighted a long list of urban projects that have been ‘plagued by irregularities’
Spanish pressure groups unite to save Ronda gorge
The green groups are opposing scheme to build 22 houses and a hotel opposite Ronda's famous gorge
La Montosa quarry friction
Environmentalists want the La Montosa Quarry returned to its natural state
Ruffled feathers in Ronda
A falconer project is threatening rare local birds
Grizzly death
Species extinct as last female brown bear in the Pyrenees is almost certainly dead
Slippery slope
Protesters demand an end to new artificial snow scheme in the Sierra Nevada
Ground down to size
Coffee giant Starbucks is the biggest loser in name and shame business ceremony held in Spain
Ronda Mayor U-turn
He orders demolition of 17 buildings he may have passed
Protected chameleons could sink massive shopping centre plan
A colony of chameleons is threatening the development of a huge shopping centre and hotel complex on the Costa del Sol
