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Environmental Roundup for April 2012
A new ordinance proposed by the city of Madrid, which could well spread to other major cities if proved successful, will see car drivers fined 100 euro if they fail to turn off the engine of the vehicle if stopped…
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Federico Ramos cites Spain as an example of how to strengthen environment policies
29/03/2012. The State Secretary for Environmental Affairs, Federico Ramos, attended the first session of the ‘Meeting of the Environment Policy Committee at Ministerial Level’ of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), where he highlighted the strengthening of environment…
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Greenpeace slams Spanish coastal law reform plan
GREENPEACE has threatened to take legal action and stage major protests if the Spanish government pushes through plans to relax coastal planning regulations.
The environmental group is angry following comments by Spain’s Environment Minister Miguel Arias Canete promising to make…
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Madrid animal activists keep wolf from store
A live Iberian wolf escaped a grim afternoon of being gawped at in a store window after swift intervention by an animal rights group on Wednesday.…
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Criticized Coastal Law to get "deep reforms"
The controversial Coastal Law is to be subject to “very deep reforms” aimed at “enhancing the value” of Spain’s coastline, Environment Minister Miguel Arias Cañete, of the new Popular Party government, said Friday.…
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ATTACK OF THE RED PALM WEEVIL
Every year Palm Trees throughout the Costa Blanca are attacked by its arch enemy the dreaded ‘Rhynchophorus ferrugineus,’ better known as red palm weevil. Torrevieja’s City Council has started pruning the thousands of palm trees around the town, which in…
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IBERDROLA COMMENCES CONSTRUCTION OF ITS FIRST WIND FARM IN ASTURIAS
IBERDROLA has started to build what will be its first wind farm in the Principality of Asturias, the El Candal facility, with an installed capacity of 38 megawatts (MW).
This new project marks IBERDROLA’s entry into the renewables market in…
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Cheetah relocated to Spain park successfully
Tyson, a one year and eleven month old hand-reared male Cheetah, completed his relocation from Dubai to the Natura Parc in Mallorca, Spain last month.
Shaikha Fatima Bint Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is very fond of Tyson who was…
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EUROPE’S LARGEST VENOMOUS SNAKE IS IN BENIDORM
The Terra Natura animal park in Benidorm has welcomed a new resident this week, a four metre long King Cobra called Frank!
Frank has arrived at the park along with a female companion, a 3.8 metre specimen. Both are now…
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Millions of birds migrating to Spain face painful deaths
Up to four million migrating birds will be killed by illegal Spanish hunters this year, with many dying a slow, sticky death in traps that literally glue the animals to the ground, according to campaigners.
Thrushes flying south for a…
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Junk Food Makes Healthy Men Infertile: Study
Researchers from Harvard and the University of Murcia in Spain found that healthy young men who indulge in junk food may become infertile by damaging their sperms. Moreover, foods high in trans fats — like deep-fried and processed foods are…
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EARTHQUAKE NEAR JUMILLA
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was registered in the early hours of Monday morning, with an epicentre at Cañada del Trigo, at a central point between Jumilla, Elche and Orihuela.
No significant damage was immediately recorded by the seismology centre in…
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Spain’s nuclear spin by Greenpeace International
We are living in troubled times in Spain thanks to nuclear energy. The incoherence and inconsistency of the socialist government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero about nuclear energy in the last few weeks has plunged us into confusion. The nuclear…
US delegation to visit Spain and discuss pollution in Palomares
16/02/2011. Between 22 and 25 February, a delegation from the United States will visit Spain to discuss the issue of pollution in Palomares with the CIEMAT (Centre for Environmental, Technological and Energy Research) and provide advice based on its extensive…
Spain lures large European infrastructure for environmental research
16/02/2011. The Minister for Science and Innovation has managed to bring LifeWatch to Spain; a large European infrastructure for environmental research. The project has a budget of 220 million euros (to be financed by various EU countries) and its main…
?Climate change poses a global challenge to the security of us all?, says Carme Chacón
15/02/2011. On Tuesday, the Minister for Defence, Carme Chacón, emphasised the fact that more than 250 million people are affected by natural disasters every year, underlining that “climate change poses a global challenge to the security of us all”.…
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Rainstorms wreaking havoc in Spain
Rain, wind and hail wreaked havoc around Spain on Friday, causing flooding, disrupting rail traffic and injuring several people, local officials said.
Floodwater filled the streets of the western city of Caceres in overnight, reaching a depth of more than…
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Wildfires prompt evacuations in eastern Spain
More than 600 people were Tuesday combating three wildfires which forced the evacuation of eight areas in eastern Spain, officials said.
Most of the evacuations were in Valencia province. They were taken as a precaution, the sources said, without giving…
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Killer storms now easing
One man has died, a woman has been injured and emergency services were called out to deal with 322 incidents in the Comunidad Valenciana due to yesterday’s storms.
And a surfer has disappeared off the coast of Benicàssim (Castellón), but…
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Flooding kills three in southern Spain
Flooding sparked by heavy rains has killed three people in the southern Spanish province of Cordoba, police said Tuesday.
Two of the victims were travelling in a four-wheel drive vehicle which was swept away by floods near Aguilar de la…