Catalonia declares drought emergency in 24 towns that will see water cuts
Catalonia declared a drought emergency in a total of 24 municipalities on Wednesday, which follows a severe lack of rain during the past 30 months.
Environment
Andalusia seeks €90m from Swedish mining group for toxic spill 25 years ago
Twenty five years after one of Spain’s worst ecological disasters, a court case against the Swedish mining company involved opened on Tuesday in the southern
German-led campaign to boycott Spanish strawberries angers farmers
A German-led campaign to boycott Spanish strawberries over environmental concerns has enraged farmers and Spain’s right-wing, forcing a German parliamentary delegation to suspend its work
Activists demand EU stops ‘green’ funds used to link ski resorts in Aragón Pyrenees
Environmental groups in Spain have called on the European Union to open an inquiry into the approval of €26.4 million of ‘green’ economic recovery funds
Plans to fell over 1,000 trees for metro extension ‘halted’ after weekend protests
UPDATED – 21 Feb – Madrid’s regional government said late on Monday that it would be dropping its controversial plans to fell more than 1,000
Sànchez sends congratulations to Lula for win in Brazil, hoping to fight climate change
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for his victory in the presidential election in Brazil, urging the two nations to work
Heavy fuel yet to be removed from Gibraltar cargo ship, as captain detained
Gibraltar authorities said on Friday that 80% of the diesel from a damaged and partly sunken bulk carrier ship has been removed, but that some
Barcelona seeks to ban smoking on all beaches, after positive pilot scheme
Barcelona City Council is seeking to ban smoking on all of the city’s 10 beaches from this July, following a successful pilot scheme that was
Court orders demolition of Extremadura’s ‘rural Marbella’ luxury resort
A luxury resort on an island in a reservoir near Cáceres in the Extramadura region, known locally as ‘rural Marbella’, is to be demolished to
€382m for environmental regeneration of Mar Menor lagoon
Spain’s Environment Minister, Teresa Ribera, this week unveiled a roadmap for the environmental regeneration of the stricken lagoon in the region of Murcia, known as Mar
