Spain 2021: energy policy review
The International Energy Agency (IEA) regularly conducts in-depth peer reviews of the energy policies of its member countries. This process supports energy policy development and encourages the exchange
Spain
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Toxic spill
southern Spain is facing an ecological disaster following a toxic spill that has led to the flow of contaminated water and acidic mud toward the sea, say environmentalists. Poisonous waste
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Alluring corridors
Conservation of lengths of forests, harbouring native animal and plant species, is a powerful concept that can involve people and attract funds
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Analysis of potentially toxic phthalate plasticizers used in toy manufacturing
A plasticizer is a substance normally incorporated to a PVC resin or some other materials such as paints, to improve some of its properties as flexibility or processability. Phthalates, adipates, phosphates and some others are the main compounds used as plasticizers. Some of these compounds, as bis-(2-ethylhexyl)
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Rhythm and flow
Scientists solve the mystery of missing mass in the solar system
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Ancestral relations
The recent discovery of 800,000 year old fossils may provide an insight into the last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals
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String of peaks
A mammoth ring of mountains could have once stretched from Spain to New Zealand
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Leaded to decay
Francisco Gil and his colleagues at the University of Granada, Spain, have found that teeth from children and adults that contain high concentrations of lead have more caries, plaque and dental
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BLEATING RETREAT
The UK was at the receiving end when the European Court of Justice ruled recently that a ban on export of live sheep imposed by it on Spain, was unlawful. The Luxembourg court ruled that the UK
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Spain parched
Spain is facing the longest ever dry patch this century. The drought spells disaster for crops. Although the Agrarian Young Farmers Association pegs drought losses at us $2.34 billion, Greenpeace
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A mother's challenge
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has admitted a Spanish mother's complaint that the environmental nuisance caused by an unlicensed waste treatment plant adjoining her house is a