10 Greenpeace activists detained

Ten activists from the environmental organisation Greenpeace were arrested today as they tried to stop a coal ship docking and unloading its cargo for a nearby power station.

Greenpeace cover the Hotel El Algarrobico

Greenpeace activists have this morning covered the Hotel El Algarrobico in Almería with green cloth to symbolise its ‘disappearance’. The twenty storey Hotel, located near Carboneras beach in the Cabo de Gata natural park, has been the subject of numerous protests and legal actions relating to the legality of the construction. For the time being, at least, the 18,000 square …