https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A new study looking at global air pollution has found that a city in southern Spain is one of the urban areas with the cleanest air in the world.  https://www.thelocal.es/20210811/which-city-in-spain-has-the-cleanest-air Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:45:40 +0200 which-city-in-spain-has-the-cleanest-air Madrid City Council has launched a tender for a 74km-long forest belt to be developed around the city’s perimeters, with hundreds of thousands of new trees that will be planted to help improve the Spanish capital’s poor air quality. https://www.thelocal.es/20200710/madrid-wants-to-build-biggest-metropolitan-forest-in-europe Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:56:04 +0200 madrid-wants-to-build-biggest-metropolitan-forest-in-europe Thirty-six percent of the Spanish population is exposed to unhealthy air pollution levels above EU safety limits, a new study by the World Health Organization has found. https://www.thelocal.es/20141009/168-million-spaniard-breathe-polluted-air-who Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:38:00 +0200 168-million-spaniard-breathe-polluted-air-who The health risks of long-term exposure to air pollution are more serious than previously thought, a high-profile new study shows. The Local spoke to one of the researchers to find out what this means for Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20131209/pollution-increase Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:54:00 +0100 pollution-increase