Cantabria announces ban on fracking as ecologists triumph

Spain is set to enact its first regional ban on producing natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, yielding to objections from environmental groups that so-called fracking risks polluting drinking water. In the northern Cantabria region, where energy companies say much of Spain’s gas exists in shale rock, the Parliament plans to vote April 8 on suspending the contested drilling technique “as long as current doubts on the technology remain,” according to the bill on the government’s Continue reading Cantabria announces ban on fracking as ecologists triumph

Ecologists and affected houseowners to have a round table meeting

Here’s the press release: A round table meeting is taking place in Mojacar between Local Urban Abuse organisations and Local Ecologists Movements in Mojacar on Saturday 30th May, starts at 11.00am in the Hotel Best Mojacar. On this Round Table from the Province of Almeria will be Ecologistas en Acción (Almeria) Abusos Urbanísticos Almanzora No (Almanzora valley) Levante Sostenible Abusos Urbanísticos Levante Almeriense No. (Almeria coastal area) From outside the Province of Almeria, AUN, the Continue reading Ecologists and affected houseowners to have a round table meeting