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 of international best practices and experiences. Since the last IEA review in 2015, Spain has solved a long-standing issue of tariff deficits …
Greenpeace said activists climbed a cooling tower at a Spanish nuclear power station on Tuesday, and the environmental group called on the regulator to reject the plant's bid to renew its operating permit next month. The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) said the 1,000 megawatt Cofrentes plant had declared an emergency …
On January 10, Spain opened an architectural extravagance to the public amid complaints that the City of Culture in Galicia is a white elephant. The complex is still less than half built after it was commissioned 12 years ago. A library and newspaper archive were opened while four buildings—a museum, …
The European Union looks set to overhaul the way renewable energy projects and power grids are financed, launching a new type of infrastructure bond and converging the EU's tangle of overlapping subsidies. European leaders will meet in Brussels for a February 4 summit to reconcile an EU goal of getting …
The objective of the study was to evaluate the association between fatty acid intake or the use of culinary fats and depression incidence in a Mediterranean population. Prospective cohort study (1999–2010) of 12,059 Spanish university graduates (mean age: 37.5 years) initially free of depression with permanently open enrolment. At baseline, …
DO CHEMICALS used to disinfect water harm our health? Evidence suggests drinking water purified with common disinfectants like chlorine and bromine causes urinary bladder cancer. But it was not clear whether the chemicals can affect health when used to keep swimming pools or bathing water clean, until now. Spanish and …
France, Spain and other Mediterranean nations forced the European Union to retreat, on November 18, from an ambitious plan to save the threatened and prized bluefin tuna. After drawn-out negotiations, the 27-nation EU abandoned a plan to seek cutbacks in fishing quotas based only on scientific advice and said it …
France, Spain and other Mediterranean nations have forced the European Union to retreat from an ambitious plan to save the threatened bluefin tuna. After drawn-out negotiations, the union abandoned a plan on Wednesday night to seek cutbacks in fishing quotas based only on scientific advice, and said it would now …
France remains opposed to a plan by the European Union's executive to let each member country decide on whether to approve the growing of genetically modified (GM) crops, the French farm minister said on Thursday. The proposals unveiled by the European Commission in June aim to overcome divisions between countries …
In vitro bioaccessibility (IVBA) studies were carried out on samples of mercury (Hg) mine-waste calcine (roasted Hg ore) by leaching with simulated human body fluids. The objective was to estimate potential human exposure to Hg due to inhalation of airborne calcine particulates and hand-to-mouth ingestion of Hg-bearing calcines. Mine waste …
Numerous studies have reported that traffic-related air pollution is associated with intrauterine growth restriction, low birth weight, and preterm birth, but studies to determine the most harmful pollutants and the most susceptible periods for exposure have been inconclusive. Aguilera et al. studied exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and aromatic hydrocarbons …
Mid 16th century The Spaniards’ expectations of plentiful and easily accessible gold reserves proves unfounded, but the island still becomes important as a seat of colonial administration, a starting point for conquests of other lands, and a laboratory to develop policies for governing new possessions. At Española the Spanish crown …
Nearly 40 percent of the global land surface is at risk of desertification, a new study says. The areas at risk represent eight of the 15 natural 'eco-regions,' coded according to their degree of aridity. "Unsustainable land use may lead to the soil becoming degraded. If this happens in arid, …
It has been revealed that 65 heads of states and governments will be attending the most important environmental summit held in December this year in Copenhagen, Denmark. The organizers of the climate summit announced this week that leaders of most of the world
