Barcelona to install floating desalination plant to help fight drought
Drought-stricken Catalonia will install a floating desalination plant to help the city of Barcelona guarantee its drinking water supply, the Catalan government said on Thursday.
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Possible hottest first quarter on record for Spain, as drought warnings continue despite recent heavy rain
Predictions show that Spain has experienced its warmest first quarter on record since 1961, with January, February and March showing higher temperatures than usual, according
EU scraps pesticide proposal, as farmers continue to protest
The European Commission shelved an anti-pesticide proposal on Tuesday in yet another concession to farmers after weeks of protests that blocked many capitals and economic
Catalonia declares drought emergency that affects six million residents
On Thursday, the Catalan government officially declared a drought emergency in the Ter-Llobregat system, the primary water source for six million residents across Catalonia. The
Spanish police arrest climate activists who glued themselves to Goya paintings
The Spanish National Police said on Friday that they had arrested 22 climate activists over protests at museums and elsewhere, including one where they glued
Catalonia in ‘pre-emergency’ drought alert, and may need water shipped in
Over 200 municipalities supplied by Catalonia’s Ter-Llobregat water supply system, with a population of around six million people, officially entered the ‘pre-emergency’ phase of drought
Spain’s €1.4 billion plan to help protect Doñana National Park from drying up
National and regional authorities in Spain signed an agreement on Monday to invest €1.4 billion in areas around the Doñana National Park in a bid to
Winds from Storm Ciarán stoke a wildfire in Valencia, with 850 evacuated
A wildfire stoked by storm winds in the Valencia region has burned some 2,000 hectares of land and forced the evacuation of over 850 people from
Heatwave shatters Spain’s temperature records for early October
The start of October in Spain this year has been the warmest since records began, the country’s meteorological agency AEMET said on Monday, with nearly
Five dead, three missing as ‘storm Dana’ brings torrential rain across Spain
#UPDATED on 6 Sept 2023 at 9am The death toll from the heavy rains that lashed Spain on Sunday have increased to five as emergency
