URBAN FOREST

PLANS to turn a former toxic wasteland in Malaga into a giant urban forest have been reactivated.

The platform Bosque Urbano Malaga has presented a project to turn the former Repsol petrol storage plant into a 177,000m2 Hyde Park-style attraction, with a natural lake, an amphitheatre and bicycle, and walking trails.

By Alex Trelinski

lations which reduced CO2 emissions by 3,000 tons. This move can be seen as a boost to advocates of rooftop and brown field solar installations.

Critics of plans for mega solar farms covering thousands of hectares of virgin countryside in Valencia and Andalucia have called for them to be toned down in favour of alternative installations.

In a blow to campaigners, a proposal for a 100-hectare solar plant to be developed in Ronda, Cañete La Real and Cuevas del Becerro has been given the tick of approval by the Junta de Andalucia.

At first the project was rejected, but Cobra, which is behind the plans, revised the proposal so that overhead power lines be buried instead to ‘reduce the visual impact of the plant’. It would be located in Majadas de San Antonio and have a power output of 500 wattpeak (wp).

(LEZ) at the beginning of next year. Restricted access to road traffic is a requirement of the Climate Change Law for cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants and must be implemented this year in cities such as Malaga.

Malaga’s LEZ will cover an area of 473 hectares in the city centre and its surroundings.

A number plate recognition system will be installed to control road traffic access through 97 points in the centre of Malaga.

TAX IS GOOD FOR YOU!

NOBODY likes paying tax, including yours truly.

That said, tax is vital when it comes to winning the fight for climate change.

With a few notable exceptions (Biden’s massive investment in the USA) the reason most countries are failing to hit the targets they agreed to is very simple… lack of money the cost of living is rising quicker than wages, energy costs are through the roof due in part to Russia’s unwarranted invasion of Ukraine, and families and businesses are feeling the pinch. Leading UK economist, Lord Nicholas Stern, has said that higher taxes will be needed if the UK is to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Herein lies the problem.

Governments are under pressure to cut taxes...

He rightly states that both public and private investment in new technologies is needed. Let’s look at both.

Private investment should not be the issue. There is a good long term return on investment. The major petroleum companies and energy providers have all posted record breaking and obscene profits. They should be forced to invest heavily in new renewable projects. Public investment is the major challenge. Politics take over, inaction follows.

Governments need to subsidise investment in new technologies and that money is typically financed by tax revenue or borrowing. Hence the need for us to pay more tax.

The Spanish and UK governments have not taken the opportunity to hit the exceptional profits of banks, energy providers, petrol companies etc with windfall taxes. So, it will come down to you and I. Brace yourself...it will come.

By Martin Tye

PAY UP: Higher taxes needed to reach net-zero

As developed countries scramble for what has come to be known as ‘energy security’, environmental concerns have dropped down the priority list of policymakers’ minds.

Governments are doing exactly what the majority of people do. The emphasis is on inflation, the economy and public services.

A recent survey by pollsters Ipsos confirmed just that. People surveyed all professed to be concerned about the environment but were much less enthusiastic about funding change. Is there a credible option?

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