Earth Science News
FROTH AND BUBBLE
'Surf and turf' protest in Spain against factory, mine
'Surf and turf' protest in Spain against factory, mine
by AFP Staff Writers
A Pobra Do Caraminal, Spain (AFP) Mar 22, 2025

Thousands of people on boats and on land staged a "surf and turf" protest in northwest Spain on Saturday against a planned textile factory and the reopening of a copper mine.

Protesters in the coastal city of A Pobra do Caraminal, in Spain's Galicia region, decried what they said were the environmental risks posed by both facilities.

Organisers -- who termed the rally a "surf and turf" protest -- said they had suspicions about the plans by Portuguese company Altri to build a factory to make lyocell, a semi-synthetic textile.

They said they feared it was just cover to build a cellulose plant that would pollute the region's Ulloa River and its Arousa Estuary.

The site of the factory is in Palas de Rei, close to a section of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route used by hundreds of thousands of people every year.

The organisers -- calling themselves the Platform for the Defence of the Arousa Estuary -- said they also opposed the planned reopening of an open-cast copper mine in Touro, just east of the city of Santiago de Compostela. The mine was closed in 1986.

Manoel Santos, a regional representative for Greenpeace, said the Altri textile factory "could spell the death of the Arousa Estuary".

Galicia's regional government has declared the factory to be ecologically viable.

A spokeswoman for Greenfiber, Altri's subsidiary in charge of the project, denied any pollution risk. She told Galician public television that the factory "scrupulously respects all EU environmental rules".

al/rmb/jj

ALTRI SGPS SA

Related Links
Our Polluted World and Cleaning It Up

Subscribe Free To Our Daily Newsletters
Tweet

RELATED CONTENT
The following news reports may link to other Space Media Network websites.
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Too much water: Gold rush, climate change submerge Bolivian village
Tipuani, Bolivia (AFP) Mar 20, 2025
Navigating a makeshift raft between drifting furniture and submerged cars, Rafael Quispe steers through his village in western Bolivia, where the streets were turned into rivers two months ago. His home is one of about 500 partly immersed in floodwaters in the village of Tipuani in the heart of a gold-mining region. Gold mining has carved away at the banks of the river that runs through the municipality of 7,500 inhabitants. That, combined with unusual rains attributed to climate change, is to b ... read more

FROTH AND BUBBLE
Israeli officials work on Gaza voluntary migration plan

One dead, two missing in Ecuador bridge collapse; N. Macedonia buries victims of deadly nightclub fire

Indonesia passes bill allowing military in more govt roles

UN chief condemns 'intolerable' suffering in Gaza

FROTH AND BUBBLE
Iraqis find Ramadan joy in centuries-old ring game

How Altegrio is Redefining AI Development Services

Inner space technology push for next-gen European space microchips

Prospect of copper mine reopening revives tensions in Panama

FROTH AND BUBBLE
Australian lawmaker shocks senate with dead salmon stunt

Back in the pink: Senegal salt lake gets its colour back

3D nanotech blankets offer new path to clean drinking water

'Unprecedented' mass bleaching drains life from Australian reef

FROTH AND BUBBLE
'It was beautiful': Mount Kenya's glaciers melting away

New model reveals global chain reaction behind ancient sea level surge

Scientists aim to uncover cause of unexpected warmth in Everest glacier

World's glacier mass shrank again in 2024, says UN

FROTH AND BUBBLE
Technology developed by MIT engineers makes pesticides stick to plant leaves

Brought to eel: France busts elver-smuggling ring

Parisians back 'garden roads' scheme in record low turnout

Canada files WTO trade action against Chinese agriculture, fishery duties

FROTH AND BUBBLE
Central Spanish town under threat from flooding

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits off New Zealand's South Island

Japan panel drafts response plan for Mount Fuji eruption

Flights cancelled after Indonesia volcano eruption

FROTH AND BUBBLE
Four political activists abducted in Burkina Faso: NGO

Paramilitary shelling kills five at Khartoum mosque: lawyers' group

Zimbabwe moves army chief to sports docket

Ghana ex-security chief arrested as fraud crackdown expands

FROTH AND BUBBLE
Colombia's lonely chimp Yoko finds new home in Brazil

Beijing simplifies marriages to encourage Chinese to wed

When did human language emerge?

Study reveals how rising temperatures could lead to population crashes

Subscribe Free To Our Daily Newsletters




The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2024 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. All articles labeled "by Staff Writers" include reports supplied to Space Media Network by industry news wires, PR agencies, corporate press officers and the like. Such articles are individually curated and edited by Space Media Network staff on the basis of the report's information value to our industry and professional readership. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Statement Our advertisers use various cookies and the like to deliver the best ad banner available at one time. All network advertising suppliers have GDPR policies (Legitimate Interest) that conform with EU regulations for data collection. By using our websites you consent to cookie based advertising. If you do not agree with this then you must stop using the websites from May 25, 2018. Privacy Statement. Additional information can be found here at About Us.