Spain news
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- 'A role model': how Seville is turning leftover oranges into electricity, Feb 23 [1]
2020
Can we have a regenerative and circular tourism? As a Mallorca resident, Daniel Wahl thinks it's possible, Jan 19 [2]
2019
The Frugal Leftist Who Shook Up Madrid, May 24 [3]
2018
Solar, thermal… Spain’s historic hotels go green, Dec 30 [4]
Balearic Islands bank on their sun to kickstart power drive, Adam Vaughan, May 4 [5]
Balearics launch pioneering plan to phase out emissions, Feb 15 [6]
In 2018, Madrid Is the City to Watch for Environmental Progress, Jan 3 [7]
2017
New Report Shines Light on Groundbreaking Catalan Cooperative, Nov 14 [8]
Climate Change Related Drought Bakes the Iberian Peninsula, Nov 10 [9]
Degrowth Discussed in the Catalan Parliament, Oct 10 [10]
How a city in Spain got rid of its cars, Aug 30 [11]
What a city in Spain learned from Sweden about promoting local food and healthier eating, Jul 21 [12]
Madrid as a democracy lab, Jul 10 [13]
How Madrid's residents are using open-source urban planning to create shared spaces – and build democracy, Jun 27 [14]
Behind the green door: Discover Andalucia’s eco village of Los Molinos del Rio Agua, Jun 10 [15]
How One City in Spain Launched a Local Currency, Jun 8 [16]
Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation: Juan del Río, May 4 [17]
Cataluña prohíbe la entrega gratuita de bolsas de plástico en todos los comercios, Mar 31 [18]
El anillo ciclista que revolucionará la movilidad, Feb 27 [19]
10 propuestas sevillanas para luchar contra el cambio climático, Feb 26 [20]
Pamplona presents Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, Feb 6 [21]
Gijón se adhiere al manifiesto a favor del Plan Estratégico Estatal de la Bicicleta. Jan 30 [22]
Madrid’s mayor is determined to clean up its air – by pedestrianising its biggest shopping street, Jan 16 [23]
2016
Madrid Is Giving Itself a Car Ban For Christmas, Dec 5 [24]
La Red de Ciudades por la Bicicleta destaca el valor ecológico y económico de la bici, Nov 24 [25]
Barcelona is kicking cars off many of its streets, Oct 4 [26]
Packed beaches and gridlock loom large as tourists swap terrorism hotspots for Spain, May 14 [27]
Growing a better future in Mollet del Vallès, Apr 15 [28]
Madrid is covering itself in plants to help fight rising temperatures, February 3 [29]
Vitoria-Gasteiz European green capital by design, January 6 [30]
2015
Primera red ciudadana libre de Barcelona para internet de las cosas, por @carmenjane, December 28 [31]
Barcelona empieza a perfilar su polémica moneda local, October 21 [32]
Each Street Redevelopment Is a Chance for the City, September 30 [33]
Welcome to Jun, the town that ditched bureaucracy to run on Twitter, July 2 [34]
The solidarity fridge: Spanish town's cool way to cut food waste, June 25 [35]
Cycling share doubles in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the new cycling champion of Spain, May 27 [36]
Spain Got 47 Percent Of Its Electricity From Renewables In March, April 2 [37]
How Seville transformed itself into the cycling capital of southern Europe, January 28 [38]
Repsol Abandons Oil and Gas Exploration Off Canary Islands, January 16 [39]
“We Are Energy”: Community Energy from Scotland to Spain, January 14 [40]
2014
Canary Islands to vote on oil exploration, October 2 [41]
Madrid first city in the world to apply sustainability criteria to parking, August 6 [42]
The Madrid P2P Commune, May 22 [43]
El Hierro to become the first island in the world to be fully energy self-sufficient through combined wind and water power, May 1 [44]
Victory: no more Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in Laciana Valley (Spain), February 27 [45]
Subsidy-free solar takes off in Spain, February 5 [46]
Spain: wind power becomes main source of energy, January 15 [47] “Spain is the first country in the world where wind energy was the technology that most contributed to the coverage of demand in a full year,” AEE (industry association). Renewable sources of energy as a whole covered 42.4 percent of demand last year.
2013
‘Cohousing’: un nuevo modelo de vivienda asequible y sostenible, December 26 [48]
Madrid's Big Plan to Swear Off Cars, December 4 [49]
2009
Mediterranean wildfires, [50], July
2008
Spain cuts speed limit and introduces energy-saving measures in bid to reduce oil imports, [51] July 30
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