Environment

WATCH: Black smoke from petrol plant angers neighbours in Spain’s ‘toxic town’ by Gibraltar

RESIDENTS across the Campo de Gibraltar have been left furious after a petrochemical plant belched towering flames and thick black smoke into the sky this week. The dramatic scenes at [video src="https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Cepsa-smoke-flares.mp4" poster="https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Cepsa-smoke-flares.mp4"]Gibraltar News – The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper …





Gibraltar on high-alert for plastic pellets washing up on its beaches after sightings were reported in nearby Tarifa

THE recent environmental crisis on the shores of northern Spain, marked by the spill of plastic pellets into the ocean, has prompted immediate action from authorities in Gibraltar and Malaga.  Gibraltar’s Department of the Environment has intensified its coastal monitoring following the discovery of these pellets on Bolonia beach in nearby Tarifa.  This response comes […] Gibraltar News – The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper …