By Jon Clarke THE opposition party has joined demands for action over the Western Beach sewage problem, which it fears is getting worse. The GSLP/Liberal party insists a hotel development in La Linea could cause further pollution on the beach, which has already been indefinitely shut due to health issues. It insists that the sewage [...]

By Wendy Williams THE Spanish have long been proclaiming the olive as the ideal snack. Now it seems the rest of the world is catching on with British consumers prefering the more sophisticated olives to the old fashioned bar snack of peanuts. Tesco – the country’s biggest supermarket – has revealed olive sales rose by [...]

PRINCE Charles has met Spanish business leaders to discuss the need to change to a low carbon economy. The meeting focussed on developing opportunities for green growth in Spain and the EU and involved representatives of some 20 Spanish and European companies. Charles listened to views on the challenges ahead as well as the potential [...]

By Jon Clarke and Wendy Williams ONE of Spain’s last unspoilt stetches of coastline has been saved from two huge megaprojects. Environmentalists on the Costa de la Luz are overjoyed that both schemes – a 200m euro port expansion for Tarifa and a golf development in Vejer – have been turned down by the Junta. [...]

THE Spanish government is being accused of lies following its decision to slash subsidies for solar power projects. The renewable lobby insists it has been hung out to dry, with politicians exaggerating costs in order to justify the cuts. Spain’s solar industry body, Asif, argues the solar projects have been sacrificed to keep profits from [...]

  THEY are the bain of every motorist… but at least they are eco-friendly. A new breed of speed cameras has been equipped with a small windmill and several solar panels. The new design, launched in Catalonia, should generate enough electricity to catch out motorists without using electricity from the grid. So far, two prototypes [...]

FISH allegedly caught using child labour and heading for dinner tables across Spain  has been seized by authorities. The 1,100 tonne catch, worth around 4.5m euros, was impounded in the Canary Islands, on suspicion of being caught using illegal ‘pirate fishing’ off West Africa. Senegalese children as young as 14, believed to have been at [...]

By Caroline Peal FORMER UN chief Kofi Annan has slammed Costa del Sol planners who have allowed the coastline to become overdeveloped. Speaking to a packed conference hall in Marbella, Annan said planners should have been more careful. “Before rolling out a tourism strategy, one has to make sure that the development is sustainable from [...]

SUCCESS certainly runs in the family. Monica Cruz, the equally stunning sister of Penelope, has launched an eco-bag aimed at promoting environmental awareness under the slogan ‘Be green, be chic’. The actress was recently used as a body double for her then-pregnant sister in Pirates of the Caribbean IV. Proceeds from the bags will go [...]