Tag: Ecologists in Action
Iberian lynx killed in road accident in Spain’s Sevilla prompting calls for more protection
AN Iberian lynx has been killed in a fatal ‘hit-and-run’ near Doñana—prompting calls for more protection for the endangered species. The tragic incident took place...
Campaigners send Mar Menor lagoon pollution complaint to EU which pins blame on Spain’s politicians
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have sent a formal complaint to the EU over the pollution problems at the Mar Menor lagoon in Murcia. The joint submission sent by...
Ecologists call for hunting ban in area razed by the Sierra Bermeja fire in Spain’s Malaga
ECOLOGISTS in Action-Sierra Bermeja have called on the Junta to control hunting in Sierra Bermeja. Following the Sierra Bermeja fire, which has destroyed nearly 10,000...
Two black flags awarded over pollution and building plans which ‘threaten’ the Costa Blanca environment in Spain
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners, Ecologists in Action, have awarded two black flags to the Costa Blanca region. Their annual black flag list features areas of pollution and...
Junta rules to protect Donana National Park from gas project
Plans to extract gas from Doñana nature reserve win a provisional stay of execution
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
Debate rages over Aznalcollar mine reopening
Should a mine that caused one of Spain’s worst environmental mishaps almost two decades ago reopen for 450 jobs?
Ecologists lodge official complaint against Ronda town hall for Casa Rua project
The group feels the initiative is ‘useless’ and a that a copy of Villa Padierna doesn’t fit in with Ronda’s tourism policies
Madrid sixth most-polluted European big city
Green group Ecologists in Actions claims air pollution causes 2,000 deaths a year in the capital
Junta President announces possible legislative changes affecting illegal properties in Andalucia
Susana Díaz announces plans to propose legislative change that would legalise thousands of homes
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WHEN Lloyd Millen was informed, just before Christmas, that he had been awarded an MBE for services to British nationals in Spain he couldn’t...
