WHEN you travel to Spain from a different country, you don’t often think about the impact you are having on the environment just by getting on the plane. There are ways you can make your journey greener though, and you don’t necessarily have to alter your travel plans. Unfortunately there is no way around the [...]

AN environmental lobby group in Gibraltar has condemned fire at the CEPSA oil refinery in San Roque as ‘disturbing.’ In particular the Environmental Safety Group voiced their concerns over a lack of official protocol for sharing information between the two border nations. In a strongly worded statement the group revealed they were alerted after the [...]

BRITISH economist Nicholas Stern has been awarded a top environment accolade by Spanish Bank BBVA. The academic, behind the influential Stern Review, was handed the Frontiers of Knowledge Award on Climate Change. At the ceremony in London he revealed he underestimated the economic impact of global warming, perhaps by up to four times. “We estimated [...]

A PLAN to drill for gas off the Costa del Sol could endanger the livelihoods of millions of Andalucians. By Sara Wallace The drilling site proposed by Repsol-YPF is located just nine kilometers offshore from the top tourist spots of Mijas, Cabopino and Fuengirola. Green group Ecologistas en Accion has slammed the scheme, which it [...]

EXPERTS warn that wet winter has increased risk of uncontrollable wild fires.

SPAIN has received a massive slap on the wrist by the EU for causing decades of damage to the environment. The European Parliament is demanding a freeze of millions of euros of grants for its failure to get to grips with the destruction of its coasts and other protected spaces. MEPs have passed the report, [...]

  THE Olive Press newspaper in Andalucia has been handed an award for its environmental campaigning. The paper was singled out by Green group Ecologistas en Accion in Priego de Cordoba for its consistent reporting on issues affecting the environment. In particular, it singled out the paper’s plastic bag and walking campaigns, as well as [...]