EU lawmakers consider stronger plastic pollution law after spill hits Spain
Brussels, BelgiumReuters Some European Union lawmakers are pushing to strengthen a planned law on microplastics pollution, after millions of plastic pellets washed up on the coast of Spain’s north-western Galicia region. Tiny plastic pellets are used to manufacture everyday items from water bottles to shopping bags. They are also an environmental menace, adding to the […]
Postcards: Galicia’s traditional fisherwomen pass the torch to a new generation
NACHO DOCE and SILVIO CASTELLANOS, of Reuters, meet the shellfisherwomen of the Noia estuary…