Separate environment from energy, environmentalists plea
PM’s separation of housing and infrastructures is ‘opportunity for wider change’ Environmental association ZERO has leapt on the prime minister’s decision to separate the ministry of infrastructures and housing to
Levels of pollution in Lisbon “above those tolerated by WHO”
Cruise terminal and cycle paths ‘among worst affected areas’ A study published today re-emphasises the problems of pollution in Lisbon. Some areas – ironically including cycle paths – are among
Environment minister misses first days of COP27 due to Covid
Environment minister Duarte Cordeiro has not travelled with Portugal’s prime minister to COP27 in Egypt because he has tested positive for Covid-19. As the nation’s media points out there is
Lisbon students mark COP27 by ‘taking over high schools and university faculties’
In what is meant to be a mass-takeover of educational establishments this week, a relatively small group of students started the ball rolling, with teachers described as ‘right behind them’.
Shock in Lagoa as earthmovers destroy wetland, in spite of all attempts to save it
The new era of moving forwards, no matter what, has been witnessed this week in Lagoa where earthmoving machines have essentially destroyed all trace of the wetland area that attracted
Lagoa student, 17, organises Alagoas Brancas cleanup
Around 30 people took part in the initiative. American student Aidan D’Silva organised a cleanup initiative at Alagoas Brancas wetland. In his own words, he tells us why he feels
Student outreach event in Aljezur hears red-listed species live along riverbanks
A lucky few environmentally-interested people, families and school kids got the full benefit of a fascinating, new Erasmus+ student project last Saturday that has been based in Aljezur for the
“Every day Portugal lets European recycling and waste management targets slip a little further”
AEPSA, the association of Portuguese businesses in the environmental sector, is on the warpath. It claims that “every day Portugal diverges a little more from European recycling and waste recovery
Lithium ‘wars’: European watchdog “opens proceedings on Portuguese environmental agency’s retention of information”
Citizens groups fighting a government plan to allow lithium mining in various areas of northern Portugal have received an unprecedented boost to their campaigns. Today, the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee
NGO denounces destruction of threatened flora in Beja due to intensive agriculture
Four populations of species of threatened flora, in the Portuguese municipality of Beja, in southern Portugal, are being destroyed due to intensive agriculture, Portugal’s environmental NGO Zero has denounced, according