Environment

The House of Congress today refused to ask the Government to suspend permits for prospecting in the Mediterranean and around the Canary Islands, as requested by the PSOE, the Plural Left (IU-ICV-CHA), CiU and the Grupo Mixto. The House voted down a motion agreed between the Socialists and the leftist …

The village of Prioro, in León, has seen plenty of snowfall during the recent snap of cold weather that Spain has been suffering. But for resident Óscar Montero, the weather brought the biggest surprise of his life: when he looked out of his front door on Saturday, a bear cub …

Earlier this afternoon firefighters brought a forest fire under control in the area of ses Torres, one kilometer from Port de Sant Miquel. Its flames had spread rapidly, fanned by the strong wind blowing across the island today. Although firefighters say that it is now under control, they add that …

The national weather service, AEMET, reports that a low pressure system approaching from the North Sea is due to hit the Iberian peninsula and Balearic Islands on Thursday, bringing wind, snow and rain that won’t let up before next Wednesday. The worst of the storm will be felt between Thursday …

The Alliance Mar Blava has reiterated the need for in depth reform of the ‘obsolete’ Hydrocarbons Law to “eliminate the promotional nature of the search and exploitation of hydrocarbons and transform it into a standard that prioritises environmental criteria.” They say that the Act should specify the declaration of the …

PSOE-Pacte councillor, Rafa Ruiz, has demanded that the mayor, Virginia Marí, give “immediate and urgent action” to the area of Platja d’en Bossa, which is in a state of “absolute abandonment. The neighbours, according to Ruiz, have made clear their desperation, “despite having contacted the Ayuntamiento on numerous occasions “virtually” …

The external technician hired by the Consell d’Eivissa for the environmental impact report on the sa Coma Motocross circuit project copied a report made by the company DUNE ISLANDS SL that had been conducted in 2007, for the project to reform the Sant Miquel road. On December 2nd last, the …

The Sant Joan Socialist Group has proposed the acquisition by public institutions of one of the houses and towers near the hamlet of Balàfia, which they say is currently for sale. The secretary general and Socialist candidate for mayor of Sant Joan, Pep Torres ‘Peret’, said that they “were interested …

The Talamanca Neighbourhood Association is collecting documentation and preparing the ground for the filing of a complaint against the Attorney Abaqua and the Conselleria of the Environment for crimes against the environment, against public health, and for the economic damage caused by the breakage of the outfall. Last year, the …

The Mar Blava Alliance has accused the Ministry of Industry of not allowing information on the Seabird oil exploration project in the Gulf of León to be made public. The Alliance are demanding that the opening period for claims against the Seabird Exploration project be made available to all citizens. …