The “uncontrolled” growth of industrial farming of livestock and poultry in Spain is causing water pollution from nitrates to soar, Greenpeace warned in a new report on Thursday.
Ecologists said Wednesday they had submitted a formal complaint to the EU over Spanish authorities' "continued failure" to protect the Mar Menor, one of Europe's largest saltwater lagoons, against agricultural pollution.
In the EU, 13 percent of deaths are linked to pollution, said a new report published on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which stressed the current pandemic put environmental health factors in the spotlight.
Just a day after traffic restrictions were scrapped by the new mayor, air pollution returned to levels recorded in the days before Madrid Central was introduced.
Monday marked the first day when cars will be allowed to drive in Madrid’s central areas without having to face a penalty after Madrid's new right-wing City Hall scrapped a traffic restriction introduced by the last mayor.
Thousands marched through Madrid on Saturday to ask the Spanish capital's new mayor not to ditch ambitious traffic restrictions in the centre only recently set up to improve air quality.
A plan by the new right-wing mayor of Madrid to effectively bin a landmark anti-pollution traffic restriction plan for the city centre has caused uproar and opposition to the announcement gathers momentum. Here’s five reasons which explain the anger.
The first measure announced by the new Popular Party-led council installed in Madrid’s City Hall was to reverse Madrid Central, a traffic restriction plan for the capital that has cut pollution and seen air quality improve.
Spain's government said it wants to outlaw the sale of new diesel and petrol cars from 2040, the latest European country to target polluting vehicles to try to cut emissions.
For decades, plastic straws have been essential props for cocktail makers, smoothie lovers and fast food addicts. But that may be starting to change, thanks largely to vigorous environmental campaigning.
The City of Madrid will activate stage three of its anti-pollution protocol for the first time ever on Thursday as high nitrogen dioxide levels in the Spanish capital continue to grow.
The maximum speed limit in Madrid was dropped to 70 km/h on Tuesday and parking will be restricted on Wednesday as the governing body in the Spanish capital responds to a spike in pollution.
Madrid mayor, Manuela Carmena, signed a commitment to rid the pollution-stricken city of diesel-powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade.
Air pollution caused an estimated 29,980 premature deaths in Spain in 2013 according to a report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on Wednesday.
Madrid’s city hall has cut the speed limit for vehicles on the city’s roads in an attempt to cut pollution, which has soared above recommended levels in recent days.
A new report from the European Environment Agency has revealed that Spain exceeded safe pollution levels 150 times last summer, putting people at risk of breathing problems and lung disease.
